Lorain Elyria Homeless Facing Growing Crisis
A Lorain County social worker describes a rising tide of homeless people straining services as evictions and job loss leave families and individuals without income. Many sleep on Lakeview Park dunes or Elyria Cascade Park and seek shelter in hospital lobbies until security pushes them out.
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Elyria Memoriil, Hospital
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Paul Kuestner
Lorain County
Ex-middle-class family falls from grace in Lorain County
Richard, a 33 year old Elyria man, loses his engineering job at Stirling Castings in Wellington. His family becomes homeless after foreclosure on a $70,000 home. They move to Wilkes Villa public housing, then stay with friends after their duplex is burglarized, while worrying daily about basic survival and employment.
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Wilkes Villa
Elyria
Reagan swearing in a sham inauguration amid debate
Washington AP reports about a planned public inauguration for Ronald Reagan that many expect to be a televised ceremony while the real oath is privately administered at the White House. The piece notes Sunday inauguration history and mentions the 1957 Eisenhower private oath and the Sunday timing details.
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James C Hagerty
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Weekend Weather Outlook With Snow Flurry Chance
Outside partly cloudy today with a high near 30. Cloudy tonight and Monday with a small to moderate chance of snow. Snow chances are 10 percent today, 30 percent tonight, and 40 percent Monday. Low near 20 tonight. Details on Page A-3.
Mertz plans new path after Lorain County sheriff tenure
James Mertz retirements after 26 years as Lorain County sheriff last Sunday. Marti Mahony sworn in Monday as successor. Mertz seeks a post sheriff role, weighing public and private sector offers. He has polygraph experience and aims for direction in life while enjoying a month of sunshine. He opened the old jail building in 1977 and plans a vacation before deciding his next move.
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James Mertz
Lorain County
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Mertz
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