Death of reproductive rights advocate Carol Downer at 91
Carol Downer, a pioneering feminist activist who helped popularize at home menstrual extraction and co-founded the Los Angeles Feminist Women’s Health Center, died January 13 in Glendale California at age 91 after a heart attack two weeks earlier. Her life spanned racial justice and antiwar activism prior to shaping second wave feminism and self help in women’s health.
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Carol Downer
Glendale
California
Angela Booth
Downer
Betty Friedan
U.S. Supreme Court
Ms. Magazine
National Organization For Women
Harvey Karman
Lorraine Rothman
Venice
Feminists of America
Downer Posi
Federation of Feminist Women’s Health Centers
Pilgrim Blessitt dies at 84 after world cross pilgrimage
Arthur Blessitt, once a Los Angeles street preacher who began a 1969 Christmas Day cross trek, died Jan 14 at 84. His ministry announced the death stating he walked over 43,000 miles across continents, carrying a 45-pound cross and meeting figures from Pope John Paul II to Yasser Arafat, with a Guinness record for the longest ongoing pilgrimage.
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Arthur Blessitt
Los Angeles
Littleton
Colorado
Blessitt
Pope John Paul II
Billy Graham
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Ghana
Kenya
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
Community Food Pantries and Hours in Lorain County
A consolidates list ofLorain County food pantries with locations and hours including Lorain Lighthouse United Methodist 3015 Meister Road Elyria St Martin of Tours Valley City St Agnes Table of Plenty 611 Lake Ave Elyria Asbury Elyria St Patrick Wellington St Jude Elyria Goodwill Elyria Beyond the Walls Elyria Elyria Cares First Congregational United Church Lorain Salvation Army Sandstone South Amherst Oberlin Pathways Lorain Vermilion Salvation Army Well-Help Wellington Elyria Hospitality Center First Evangelical Lutheran Lorain Greater Victory Lorain Pet Pantry of Lorain County Elyria Third St Elyria contact numbers and walk in notes.
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Lorain Lighthouse
United Methodist
Meister Road
Lorain
St. Martin of Tours
Station Road
Valley City
White House
Saint Agnes
Table of Plenty
Lake Ave
Elyria
Bath Street
Asbury Food Pantry
Middle Ave
St. Patrick Helping Hands Food Pantry
N. Main St
Wellington
St. Jude Helping Hands Food Pantry
Poplar St
Goodwill Industries of
County Food Pantry
Keep Court
Beyond the Walls Church
Woodford Ave
Elyria Cares Food Delivery
Elyriacares.com
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Second St
Oberlin
Pathways Enrichment Center
Leavitt Road
Vermilion Salvation Army
Liberty Ave
Well-Help Food Pantry
Park Place
Greater Victory Christian Ministries
Reid Ave
Lorain County
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Third St
Pet Pantry
LorainCounty
Gmail
Roundup on Jack Cooper Transport closing February second
Jack Cooper Transport Company LLC at 5211 Oster Road will close Feb 2, terminating 45 drivers eight mechanics three operations supervisors one shop manager one terminal manager two welders and one yard supervisor per WARN filing. The Georgia headquartered private carrier employs Teamsters Local 964 represented workers.
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Jack Cooper Transport Company LLC
Oster Road
Jack Cooper
Georgia
Teamsters Local 964
Nominees sought for LCCC Commodore Hall of Fame
Lorain County Community College opens nominations for its second Commodore Hall of Fame class. Nominations due February 28. inductees will be honored at a June event.
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Lorain County Community College
Commodore Hall of Fame
LCCC
Marcia Ballinger
Elyria and Lorain County Fundraisers Listings
A roundup of fundraisers and community events including a FUND Dinner at Fligner's with 7 p.m. start and $50 tickets, Lorain County 4-H endowment dinner March 1 at German's Villa with $35 tickets, Elyria Kiwanis trivia night February 8 at St. Mary's Hall, VFW 1662 Auxiliary brick sale, North Ridgeville Lions Night at the Races, Friends of Metro Parks garage sale in LaGrange, Elyria Evening Lions flagpole fundraiser, Parade of Flags by Elyria Kiwanis, and Kiwanis flag installation service. Details on times, locations, prices, ticketing, and contact options provided wherever available. Fundraisers are published Mondays as space allows.
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Fligner’s
Joanna
Chuck
Lorain County
Liberty Ave
Vermilion
4-H Endowment Board
OSU
Russia Road
Elyria
Elyriakiwanis.org
VFW Post
VFW
Cleveland Ave
Amherst
North Ridgeville Lions Club
St. Clarence Pavilion
Lorain Road
North Olmsted
Northridgevillelions.org
Lionsclubofnr
Friends of Metro Parks of
Carlisle Visitor Center
Diagonal Road
LaGrange
Gmail
Elyria Evening Lions Club
Lion Kerry
Elyria Lions Club
Ely
Chronicle- Telegram
Donna Ponczocha
Chroniclet.com
Lorain County blotter summary of police incidents
A Dec to Jan blotter lists events in Lorain County including a parking dispute at Speedway with an active warrant arrest, a jail warrant service, a mental health crisis at Kresge Drive, a private property accident on Oak Point Road, a custody dispute on S Lake Street, trespass and removal on Plaza Drive, a Day’s Inn staff complaint under investigation, a contempt warrant arrest for Bryan Diedrick on Lancer Drive, a suspected but cleared active shooter call at Aldi, theft charges at Tractor Supply and a traffic stop for expired plates on Route 58.
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Leavitt Road
Speedway
Elyria Police
Lancer
Bryan Diedrick
Diedrick
Kresge Dr
Aldi
Cooper Foster Park Road
Tractor Supply Co
Evan Williams
Lorain
Lorain County shelters stay full amid bitter cold
Lorain County homes two emergency shelters Haven Center and St. Elizabeth Center operated by Neighborhood Alliance and Catholic Charities Services. Between them over 130 beds have been filled since mid December, United Way official Cassandra Marr said. Temperatures are set to fall to 1 degree Fahrenheit with windchills as low as minus 16, prompting shelter use for heating crises and general hardship.
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Lorain
Neighborhood Alliance
Cassandra Marr
United Way
Greater Lorain County
Marr
Carrion
National Weather Service
Lorain County
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Pilgrim Blessitt
Beirut
Mount Fuji
Japan
Christianity Today
Hollywood
Sunset Boulevard
Lorainccc.edu
Hall of Fame
College
Ohio
Mike DeWine
DeWine
Elyria Kiwanis
Mark Stewart
Lilac Court
Kiwanis Club of
Elyriakiwanis
Yahoo.com
Kresge Drive
Oak Point Road
S. Lake St
Police Department
Day’s Inn
Detective Bureau
Garrett Looker
Glooker
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