Vermilion Schools Auditors Begin Review Of Budget
Three state auditors start examining Vermilion Schools books to assess a projected deficit expected to exceed 816000 this year and about 33 million by 2000. Superintendent Schaffman says a week review will yield a report to state officials, possibly triggering a fiscal emergency designation.
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Ford Motor Co
Lorain
Ford
Antel
Burton Schoffman
Schaffman
Avon Council weighs petitions free rezoning vote on Avon Commons
Avon City Council members discuss drafting an ordinance to place commercial rezoning on the ballot without petitions. At issue is allowing a defeated Avon Commons rezoning to return to voters while noting charter constraints. A work session is set for Jan 19 at City Hall.
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Brady
Council
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Graczyk
Endum
Gracéyk
City Hall
Chester Road
Martin Luther King Jr
Detroit Road
Mitchell Schneider
Schneider
First Interstate Development Co
Pepper Pike
Lorain school board approves preliminary budget
Lorain school board approved a 1999 2000 tax budget to fund facility improvements with estimated expenditures of 79.7 million from the general fund an increase of about 12 million. Treasurer Lyle Troyer cited capital needs and roof repairs as major drivers. The board also adjusted meeting times to the second and fourth Mondays and approved makeup days if weather forces additional closures. An Ohio Edison contract amendment aims for 10 percent annual electric savings. Raul Ramos named president for 1999 with Keith Lilly as vice president.
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Lyle Troyer
Ohio Edison
Nicholas Hatlock
Raul Ramos
Keith J. Lilly
Ramos
Lorain delays action to save King's Woods from development
In heavy snow, residents including Audubon Society members and a former judge urged Lorain officials at City Hall to halt bulldozing of seven acres known as King's Woods. The Parks and Recreation Committee postponed action until spring as the King's Woods Preservation Committee camps for a city purchase and aims to collect 2,000 signatures.
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King’s Woods
Woman pleads guilty in corpse abuse case in Lorain
Lorain county Common Pleas Court heard Brenda E. Lee 41 plead guilty to one count of gross abuse of a corpse after police found a stillborn baby girl in the trunk of her Ford Probe on March 8. The plea could carry up to ten years in prison and a 2500 dollar fine, with concurrent consideration to another felonious assault and domestic violence case from December 15 involving a knife attack on her boyfriend.
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West 22Nd Street
Common Pleas Court
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Daffy Dan Sells Cleveland T Shirt Firm For Car
Cleveland icon Dan Gray sold his Daffy Dan's T shirt printing company on New Year’s Day to a longtime friend and her husband for the price of a car. A business consultant said Gray had other offers but declined bigger sums to protect his personal investment and free spirit image. Gray started Daffy Dan’s 25 years ago to prove his own business could work.
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Gray
David Patterson
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