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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1999
Page
7
Lorain’s Finance and Claims Committee backed a $25.6 million city budget with a deficit target of about $600,000 after anticipated general fund revenues of $24.3 million and a $717,000 carryover. Mayor Koziura must trim costs further to balance.
Jerry Donovan, chair of UAW Local 2000 Unit Two at the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake, was elected president of UAW Sub Council 2 representing Ford plants. The three year post, first regional 2 official in 30 years, will oversee biannual conferences. Donovan credited mentor Clarence C W Clark and emphasized worker needs and proactive change.
Lorain officials will decide this month whether to upgrade the city jail or close it. The plan had been to phase the jail into a short term holding facility but state corrections officials demanded structural changes and additions such as more bathrooms and entrance ways to keep it operating part time.
Lorain County farmers with crop losses from bad weather last summer may obtain low-interest emergency loans through the Farm Service Agency. The USDA declared the county a disaster area for hail, rain, flooding and high winds between June 1 and July 2, affecting counties including Lorain and ten others in Ohio.
Ohio corn and soybean farmers faced low prices despite strong yields. The weather produced record soybean harvests of 193.2 million bushels and corn at 470.9 million, with national 1998 soybean output reaching a record 2.76 billion bushels. Lorain County reports hail damage affecting about 7,500 acres in a 125,000 acre county crop base, while 31 counties are named contiguous disaster areas.
The Utilities Committee of Elyria City Council denied a request by Jay's Towing Service to tap into the city sewer line. Council members Rothgery and Lotko voted against. Larkins supported. The matter may still be heard by the full council if the vote allows, amid arguments that exceptions have been made for nearby Grassie's Wayside Inn.
Soares Chie departs as officials report ninth grade proficiency test scores rise, highlighting improved performance across core subjects. Records show higher passing rates and targeted improvements in math and language arts, signaling progress for district-level assessments.
Lorain County schools mirror statewide gains with math writing and science rising, but science and math remain the weakest subjects. Ninth graders show 46 percent pass math and 48 percent pass science in Lorain, while Avon Lake reaches 89 percent in math and 88 percent in science. Overall freshman pass rate is 58 percent, up from 54 percent.
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