Holiday Inn faces clash over Lorain mini mall plans
In Lorain city plans announced for a $3 million Reid Avenue mini mall including a Rego Stop N Shop and nine outlets spurs conflict with Holiday Inn Associates who say they have first chance at the land behind the $2 million 300 Broadway office building. Attorney Robert Rains says the city’s move jeopardizes the inn project, while city officials point to a past verbal agreement that expired in 1978. Partners cited include Cleveland attorney John Carney Jr and Vermilion restaurant owner Eddie Solomon, among others, with July as a target for the inn’s construction.
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Lorain
Reid Avenue
4Th
5Th Streets
Broadway
Rego
Holiday Inn
Cleveland
Robert Rains
Holiday Inn Associates
Sanford Prudoff
Carl Gamina
Gamina Construction
Andrews
John Carney Jr
Ken Dettlebach
James Kokinda
Eddie Solomon
McGarvey's
Vermilion
Oberlin pastor honors King in Oberlin service
Reverend Fred Steen of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Oberlin led a King tribute at Rust United Methodist Church. He recalled King's life from birth in 1929 to his Oberlin College talk in 1956 and Memphis rally, praising his dream of racial equality and urging faith as a means to overcome. Steen urged continued NAACP efforts and noted King's stand on Vietnam and Johnson.
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Oberlin
Martin Luther King, Jr
Fred Steen
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Rust United Methodist Church
King
Atlanta
Steen
Oberlin College
Washington, D. C
Memphis
Lyndon Johnson
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Kingdom of God
Kings
Realtors support toll free calls expansion in Lorain County
Lorain County Board of Realtors backs a citizens committee push for toll free local service among Lorain County cities. Executive VP Michael M. Rudd asked PUCO to allow the board to present at hearings. Committee led by Richard Wickens seeks local unlimited extended area service for Elyria Lorain Avon Amherst South Amherst and North Ridgeville with hearings planned next April or May.
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Lorain County Board of Realtors
Citizens’ Committee
Michael M. Rudd
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
Richard Wickens
Elyria
Lorain
Avon
Amherst
South Amherst
North Ridgeville
Olmsted trustees puzzled by probe over teacher Venetra
Township Trustee Robert Venetra rejects parents' bid to review his position at Olmsted Falls High School. He denies promoting township politics in class and defends academic freedom while noting no witnesses or names have been provided by the anonymous petitioners led by Mrs Janet Lebanik. The effort seeks possible conflict of interest charges amid claims of influence on students.
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Olmsted Township
Robert Venetra
Olmsted Falls Board of Education
Venefra S
Venefra
Venetra
China
Ronald
Janet) Lebanik
Venetia
Lebanik
Elyria board seeks 7.6 mill levy for 3 years to avert school closings
Elyria Board of Education moved a limited three year levy to the ballot for March 22 to raise 2.89 million dollars annually. The plan includes 7.6 mills in year one with possible rate reductions in later years due to district valuation. The board, citing compromise, approved a four to zero vote for the measure and outlined cost cutting regardless of the levy outcome.
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Debbie Demmon-Berger
C-T
Elyria Board of Education
Elyria
Sue Ely
Robert Repas
Lorain County Tax Bills Go Out To 125000 Owners
Lorain County taxpayers receive annual tax bills as county treasurer J. Grant Keys mails bills Friday. Anticipated collection exceeds 21 million dollars with a February 13 deadline and a 10 percent late penalty. Notify treasurer’s office if no bill arrives.
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Lorain County
J. Grant Keys
Ohio
Batchelder rises to assistant minority leader in Ohio House
After a decade in a basement office Batchelder becomes assistant minority leader, facing questions about past double-dealing accusations and the politics of selecting a new leadership. He focuses on policy areas like death penalty school funding and tenure reform as the caucus shifts toward a younger leadership era.
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Columbus
Bill Batchelder
Statehouse
Medina
Batchelder
Alan Norris
R-Westerville
Charles Kurfess
House
GOP
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Gamma
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al Andrews
Jacobozzi
Debbie Courtright
God
PACO
Olmsted Trustees
Judy Johnson
Chronicle- Telegram
Elyria Board
Michigan
Toledo
UPI
Paul Schroeder
Columbus Bureau
Norris
Corwin Nizon
Lebanon
Nixon
House Reublicans
113Th General Assembly
Governor’s Office
Donna Pope
R-Parma
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