Clueless at VMI and Willowick on gender roles
Paul Facinelli surveys gender issues in Willowick and Virginia Military Institute. Fire Chief Rudersdorf demotes Megan Parsons after a long service as captain amid a sex change, a decision challenged by a binding arbitration. The piece argues for equal opportunity and questions stereotypes about women in firefighting and military roles.
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Willowick
Harley Rudersdorf
Megan Parsons
Jaber
Parsons
Rudersdorf
Garry Strater
Strater
Megan
Ol’ Harley
Garry
Dixie
Virginia Military Institute
Citadel
United States Supreme Court
Virginia
Theodore Olson
New Life opens 22,000-square-foot Bereavement Center
An open house Sunday showcased New Life’s new 22,000 square foot center at 5255 N Abbe Road Elyria. The facility includes clinical and administrative offices, Harvest Life Bereavement Center, conference rooms, a chapel and a resource library. A Memorial Walkway allows purchase of brick inscribed with a loved one’s name.
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Alison Marty
Harvest Life
Sally
N. Abbe Road
Elyria
New Life
Adella Brian
Rita Ferenec
Shirley Karasevic
Marie Hill
Sheffield
Oberlin to honor MLK with speeches in February
Oberlin College will mark Martin Luther King Jr Day during February classes return. Allan Bocsak, anti apartheid leader connected to Nelson Mandela’s release, will speak at 8 p.m. February 3 in the Conservatory Warner Concert Hall at College and Professor streets. Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, ...
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Oberlin College
Mlk
Oberlin
Martin Luther King Jr
Allan Bocsak
Nelson Mandela
Two casino measures push on Ohio ballot in November
Elyria businessman Alan Spitzer filed petition language to place a constitutional amendment legalizing casino gambling before voters. His plan envisions eight riverboat casinos including Lorain County, plus three in Cuyahoga, three in Hamilton and one in Mahoning, with 334,623 signatures due by August 7. Buckeye Extravangaza proposes up to 16 floating casinos in Lorain, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Fairport Harbor and two determined by the General Assembly. Opponents organize, led by Citizens for Stronger Ohio, while Spitzer notes past Lorain approval but statewide defeat.
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Elyria
Ohio
Alan Spitzer
Ohio Attorney General's Office
Spitzer
Lorain County
Cuyahoga County
Hamilton County
Mahoning County
Buckeye Extravaganza
Pepper Pike
Citizens For Stronger
George V Voinovich
Lorain
Nevada
Atlantic City
Iown
Indiana
Windsor
Ontario
Lorain man charged in Florida slaying
Lorain man Mark Howard, 21, is charged with second degree murder in the beating death of German tourist Rainier Puerzer, 21, in the Ramrod Key resort parking lot. Howard, held without bond in Monroe County, met the victim at a bar the prior night and allegedly struck him with a blunt object after bar closing.
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Florida Keys
Mark Howard
Rainier Puerzer
Oberwiesenacker
Germany
Howard
Monroe County
Fla
Monroe County Sheriffs
Becky Herrin
Puerzer
Ramrod Key
Key West
Herrin
91-1
Burke Paving Co
Jackson
Mich
Florida
State jobs in Ohio debated for regional growth
Columbus officials say moving state jobs to other regions may not boost economies. A Dispatch analysis shows 4,448 state jobs added in Franklin County from 1979 to 1994, while service, finance, insurance, real estate and wholesale retail drove most growth. Local leaders caution against shifting jobs and urge broad economic development.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Dispatch
Franklin County
The
Dispatch
Jonathan York
Greater Columbus
Trooper James Gross Funeral Set After Ohio Slaying
Services are planned Tuesday at Holy Martyrs Church in Medina for State Trooper James Gross 27, killed during a traffic stop on Interstate 71 near Ashland. Maxwell White Jr. 30 of Reynoldsburg is charged with aggravated murder.
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Columbus
State Highway Patrol
Holy Martyrs Church
Medina
James Gross
Gross
Ashland
Elyria
Maxwell White Jr
Reynoldsburg
White
Jeanne Miller
Jean White
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Paul Facinelli
VMI
New Life Open House
Chuck Humel
Chronicle
Amy Stankiewicz
Chronicle-Telegram
Jeff Stacki
York
Mark V’soske
Yoledo Area
Jason Cox
S. Abbe Road
S. Broad Street
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