Local inventor and wife among dead in Ohio jet crash
A 10 seat jet nosedived near Lorain County Regional Airport killing Vermilion Township inventor Donald Brown and his wife Shirley, along with pilot Wesley Roemer and co-pilot John Mengelson. The crash happened around 2:05 p.m. as the aircraft approached from the west, with investigators noting severe wreckage and a difficult scene to reach.
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New Russia
Lorain County
Vermilion Township
Donald Brown
Shirley
Ohio
Gainesville
Fla
Brown
Lake Erie
Ohio Highway Patrol
Travis Hughes
Elyria Post
State Highway Patrol
Hughes
Bob Tallhamer
LifeCare Ambulance Service
Oberlin Fire Department
Herb de la Porte
LifeCare
Paul Matus
Backhoe
Russia Road
West Ridge Road
Oberlin Road
Wesley Roemer
John Mengelson
Florahome
Kenn Air
Vermilion entrepreneur Don Brown built Donn Corp empire
Vermilion Township businessman Don Brown, a 89 year old inventor and pilot, created a drop ceiling grid system that grew into a multi million dollar Westlake empire, Donn Corp. In 1985 sales neared 300 million dollars before a 1986 sale of 2.8 million USG shares. He later reemerged as a land investor, with a 2008 deal: Richard E. Jacobs Groups paid 5 million for about 103 acres.
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Vermilion Twp
Don Brown
Westlake
Donn Corp
U.S
LCT cuts Para-Transit for disabled riders in Elyria
Elyria residents Carol Dennison and Adrian Linden, both disabled, must seek new transport as Lorain County Transit slashes Para-Transit. Dial-A-Ride remains only for those within three quarters of a mile of the two remaining fixed routes, with many riders notified less than a day before changes. Dennison voiced frustration at the abrupt cut and short notice.
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Elyria
Carol Dennison
Adrian Linden
Lorain County Transit
LCT
Dennison
Lorain council seeks Obama visit to Lorain steel mill
Lorain City Council plans a resolution urging President Obama to visit Republic Engineered Products on his Main Street tour. The letter, signed by several members, asks for a stop at Invacare Elyria Ford Avon Lake Plant and United States Steel Lorain as additions. Council member Mitch Fallis says sending the letter now improves the chances despite late timing.
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Lorain Council
Obama
Lorain
Barack Obama
Republic Engineered Products
White House
Coun
Cil
United States
Invacare
Elyria
Ford
Motor Assembly
Avon Lake
United States Steel
Mitch Fallis
Fallis
Council
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