Labor disputes loom as Elyria police wage talks begin
City negotiators face fragile talks with FOP Lodge 30 and EPPA before July 15 to keep patrols on the job past August 15. Police seek equipment repairs and pay signals as budget delays jeopardize cruiser upgrades and city finances strain staff.
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City
Fire and Service Department
Fraternal Order of Police
FOP
Elyria Police Patrolmen’s Association
EPPA
Paul Brand
Couple celebrates divorce with captions and creativity
MINNEAPOLIS AP. Ron and Charleen Bacigalupo plan a party after their 19 year marriage ends. They run the St. Paul Downtowner newspaper and announce the dissolution with a captioned photo in the June 22 issue. The divorce won’t end their business partnership.
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Minneapolis
Ron
Charleen Bacigalupo
Bacigalupos
St. Paul
Ms. Bacigalupo
Bacigalupo
Lorain festival bazaar serves global eats and beer
At the 12th Lorain International Festival bazaar crowds sample a Polish halushki plate with beer, Spanish treats like pastelillo, Chinese eggroll, potato pierogi, Greek baklava, Slovenian potica, Italian sausage, Indian curries and more. The writer notes ample sodium bicarbonate at the first aid station and revels in the week long event.
Ban on drilling in Lake Erie ends in Ohio
Ohio's nine year ban on drilling in Lake Erie expired at midnight but officials say drilling is unlikely for years. Natural Resources Director Robert Teater and oil and gas chief Theodore DeBrosse cite regulatory reviews, environmental studies, and required approvals as delaying any possible activity.
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Lake Erie
Robert E. Miller
Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Natural Resources
Robert Teater
Teater
James A. Rhodes
Theodore A. DeBrosse
Environment Protection Agency
DeBrosse
Department of Natural Resources
Anthony
Calabrese
Dcleveland
Senate House
Senate
House
DeBrossie
Chronicle-Telegram Earns Honor in News Competition
The Chronicle-Telegram received an honorable mention for general excellence in the annual Newspaper Editorial Workshop Services contest. This is C-T’s fifth straight year of recognition, with past two years as first in under 50,000 circulation. Albany Democrat-Herald won this year. no other Ohio papers were selected.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Newspaper Editorial Workshop Services
Los Angeles
C-T
Albany
Ore
Democrat-Herald
Sheffield Lake motorcyclist dies in lane crash
A 39 year old Sheffield Lake man died Friday after his motorcycle collided with a van at Grove Avenue and Fairless Drive around noon. Jack R Hill was pronounced dead at Lorain St Joseph Hospital. Police said no charges filed yet as investigators review the case. Hill, born May 5 1939 in Thorpe WV, moved to Sheffield Lake 40 years ago. He worked at Ford Lorain and served in Korea. Survived by wife Elisabeth A Hill, mother Mae Hill, son Jack Ray Jr, and sister Delores Miller. Visitation Sunday 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. at Walter A Frey Funeral Home. funeral Monday at 1 p.m. Burial Ridge Hill Memorial Park.
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Lorain
Sheffield Lake
Grove Avenue
Fairless Drive
Jack R Hill
Thorpe
West Virginia
U.S. Army
Korea
Ford Motor Company
Lorain Division
Elisabeth A
Andy
Finby) Mae Hill
Pisgah Forest
North Carolina
Jack Ray Jr
David
Delores) Miller
Walter A. Frey
Johnny Wade Sloan
Broadway Assembly Church
Ridge Hill Memorial Park Cemetery
Man charged with Matek murder returns to Maine
Robert W. S. Salo, charged with the strangulation death of Barbara Matek, 29, a 1967 Elyria Catholic graduate, was returned to Rockland Maine at 1 15 a m to face arraignment. He surrendered to Indiana police Tuesday night and is held in Knox County Jail pending court appearance. Matek body was found in a wooded area along the Atlantic coast near Rockland after a tip from a driver. She had been a special education teacher with Summit County MHMR and buried after a funeral Mass at St Jude’s Church.
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Robert W. S. Salo
Elyria
Rockland
Maine
Salo
Indiana
Barbara Matek
Elyria Catholic High School
Rockland District Court
Knox County
Sheriff's Department
Miss Matek
Alantic
Matek
Summit County Board of Mental Health and Retardation
St Jude’s Church
Jim Hale seeks anchor job after TV-8 firing
Bay Village native Jim Hale, fired from WIW-TV now WJKW amid a management housecleaning, hopes to anchor in a top 80 market. He alleges missing ratings figures, pursued arbitration loss, and a $425,000 libel suit, while working part time at WZLE-FM Lorain and eyeing new TV opportunities. He criticizes current trends in television news and notes channel choices as he seeks a return to anchoring.
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Wiw-Tv
WJKW
Jim Hale
Hale
Bay Village
TV-8
William Flynn
Virgil Dominic
Jeff Maynor
City Camera
Maynor
Judd Hambrick
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Wzle-Fm Radio
Lorain
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Stephen Nagy
James Horn
Broad Street
Disaster Service Agency
Rob Maller
Pen
Division of Geological Survey
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Erie
Cleveland
Jack RK. Hill
Carl Remensky
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