Daddies at 33 cope with loss of husband and father
Mona Ward lost her husband Mark Ward at 33 after a Nov. 26 accident his 11 year old son said daddy fell and couldn’t get up CPR failed to revive him with 15 minutes ambulance arrival. He left five children youngest two months old. He struggled with work due to deafness and later tried marijuana trade with his father. TURN TO PAGE A-6
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Mona Ward
Mark Junior
Michelle
Mark
Carlton Frank Ward
Gene Krebs
Melinda
Mona
Michael
Matthew
Marshall
Firefighters and workers avert a second blast at Rossborough
Avon Lake officials say firefighters and company personnel who reentered the Rossborough Manufacturing Co building after Wednesday night’s blast prevented a larger second explosion. Two men died, a third was seriously injured, and authorities consider fines up to 10000 dollars for alleged failure to notify local officials about hazardous materials above thresholds.
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Rossborough Manufacturing Co
James McMullen
McMullen
Rossborough
Eaton Township
Robert Warner
James Pry
Lorain
Slain sailor linked as roommate of earlier victim
Navy investigators identify Shyam David Drizpaul of Milwaukee as the roommate of David Parker, shot at Trident base. Drizpaul, 23, a fire control technician on USS Michigan, is suspected in the killings of Scott Seely and Parker. Seely’s father cites a possible motive linked to an argument between Parker and Drizpaul.
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Wisconsin
Vancouver
Wash
Naval Investigative Service
Shyam David Drizpaul
Milwaukee
Gene Romano
Naval Submarine Base
Bangor
Drizpaul
Uss Michigan
Scott Seely
North Ridgeville
David Parker
San Diego
Parker
Romano
Seely
Philip C. Seely
Linda
Seattle
Cleveland
County weighs private jail to ease overcrowding
Lorain County Commissioners will explore a private jail in Butler County as a partial solution to jail crowding. Sheriff Mahony, County Administrator Muntean and others will tour the converted warehouse facility to assess benefits while a lawsuit alleging an overcrowded jail continues in U.S. District Court in Cleveland.
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Lorain County
Herbert Jacoby
Virgil Muntean
Martin Mahony
Butler County
Jacoby
U.S District Court
Cleveland
Chronicle-Telegram
Corinthian Corp
Berea
Sheffield Village
Fired Oberlin principal faces ax in Twinsburg
Twinsburg school board moved to fire Don Crockett principal of Wilcox Elementary after twelve Wilcox staff affidavits alleging sexist or sexually suggestive remarks in front of students and parents. Crockett, formerly an Oberlin High School assistant principal, was suspended without pay with a Jan. 31 fire vote possible if he does not appeal. He has 10 days to appeal and may request a hearing before a referee. The case follows prior Oberlin criticism in 1979 and current EEOC complaints from several teachers.
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Don Crockett
Oberlin High School
Crockett
Oberlin Board of Education
NAACP
Jeffrey Miller
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Celeste Bammer
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