Lorain County notices of funerals and drownings
Multiple obituaries and a drowning ruling from Lorain County include the funeral services for Hugh Opdyke in Elyria with burial in Brookdale Cemetery and Belinda Elek of Lorain declared an accidental drowning at Clare Mar Lake Park. Other notices cover Laddie Mitiska of Brownhelm and Master Sgt. Paul R. Csalos of Fort Meade, plus service details for Myrtle Nevin in Elyria and related memorial gifts.
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Belinda Lee Elek
Lorain
Clare Mar Lake Park
Huntington Township
John R. Devin
Aaron E. Webb
Beacon Baptist Church
Aim
Elyria
Lorain County
Clare Mar Lake
Belinda Elek
E. 20Th St
Hunington Township
Sheriff's Department
Paul R. Csalos
Fort Mead
Altoona General Hospital
Altoona
Crystal Springs
Admiral King High School
St. Lad’s Club
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Air Force
Anna Csalos
John S
John J. Gluvna
Ridge Hill Memorial Park Cemetery
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Myrtle R. Nevin
Hadaway
Wainwright Funeral Home
Arthur Long
Kate Walsh to host campaign cookout in Oberlin
Democratic state representative Kate Walsh will host a summer campaign cookout on July 13 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Russia Township Hall, 46288 Butternut Ridge Rd, just west of Route 58. The public is welcome.
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Oberlin
Kate Walsh
Death Notice for Almeda Nifsendt 80
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Almeda
Isch
Mary
Parken
Herbert Barbara
Mary Beard
St Mar
Elyria Township imposes open burning ban
Due to extreme dry conditions, the Elyria Township Fire Department warns residents of a township wide open burning ban. The ban covers ceremonial fires bonfires and camp fires and will remain until further notice.
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Elyria
Elyria Township
Water deliveries aid drought hit Lorain County crops
A Lorain County farmer and former trucker Prabott received several thousand gallons of water from an unidentified local businessman to sustain crops. He hopes more people contribute as drought pressures yield. The Frabotta family has endured long years without vacations or other relief.
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Frabotta
Lorain County
Prabott
Dairy Rarm
Quarry
Ood Sanaritan
Grafton Fined 4500 For Sewage Plant Upgrades
Lorain County Common Pleas Court Judge Adrian Bedleski ordered Grafton to pay a 4500 fine and complete upgrades to its sewage treatment plant by April 1989 to meet state waste water standards. The action follows a complaint by Ohio Attorney General Anthony Celebrezze Jr. alleging discharges into small streams violated the Clean Water Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Grafton
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Adrian Bedleski
Ohio
Anthony Celebrezze Jr
State Environmental Protection Agency
Bedeski
Oberlin
Celebrezze
Ford abatement plan OKd meets quick opposition from Tansey
Lorain City Council unanimously approved the first reading of a tax abatement forgiving 10 years of property taxes on a 105 million Ford expansion in Lorain plant. The plan affects Vermilion School District funds while Tansey criticized the offer and a related letter. Council will revisit the measure July 21 after further discussion with the United Auto Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Vermilion
Marie Tansey
Ford
Sandusky Register
Tansey
Federal Programs Committee
Baumhar Road
Metelsky
United Auto Workers
Sunday traffic fatality under investigation in Cleveland
Police continue examining a 2 am crash on an access ramp to Interstate 480 in Cleveland. Linda Cassidy, 24, a passenger, died after the 1981 Chevrolet Corvette driven by Scott Stockdale lost control and struck a light pole and wall. Investigators await a driver blood test and will forward findings to the city prosecutor.
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Cleveland
Avan Lake
Richard Zoss
Scott Stockdale
Westlake
Linda Cassidy
Stockdale
Cassidy Cassidy
Fairview Hospital
Zoss
Cleveland City
Appeals court upholds Huertas murder verdict
The 9th District Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed Ediberto Huertas's aggravated murder conviction and death sentence for the June 1986 stabbing of Air Force Sgt. Ralph Harris Jr. in Lorain. Judges found no reversal due to trial errors, noting the death penalty is not excessive in similar cases. Harris was home on leave to celebrate his son's fifth birthday after a dispute over a woman.
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Akron
9Th District Court of Appeals
Lorain County
Ediberto Huertas
Huertas
Sheffield Township
Air Force
Ralph Harris Jr
Lorain
Harris
Ohio Supreme Court to rule on Bowling double jeopardy
Elyria Ohio The state high court will decide if Rodney Bowling can be tried again for involuntary manslaughter and aggravated vehicular homicide in connection with the 1987 death of Robert Brock from injuries after a crash. The appeal delays Bowling’s August 23 Lorain County trial.
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Robert J
Brookdale Cemetery
Elyria
Washington Avenue Christian Church
Ohio Supreme Court
Rodney Bowling
Lorain County
Bowling
Robert R. Brock
Thomas Dougan
Gregory White
Brock
9Th District Court of Appeals
Dougan
Supreme Court
Vandalism and theft report in Elyria logs
Police fire log details multiple incidents in Elyria including a broken window at the Air Force Recruiting Office on Broad Street, thefts at Mister Hera on Middle Avenue and a purse on Taylor Street, a burglary on Barbara Street, a 10 year old struck by a BB on Glenwood Street and several juvenile fights on Lake Avenue and at Elyria Savings and Trust on North Abbe Road.
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Elyria
Air Force
Broad St
Hera
Middle Ave
Barbara St
Glenwood Street
Taylor St
Lake Avenue
Elyria Savings and Trust
North
Abbe Road
Cleveland museum not threat to Vermilion society
Mary Long, business manager of the Great Lakes Historical Society, says the new Cleveland Great Lakes Museum will be educational and not threaten the Vermilion museum. The Vermilion exhibits will stay, with no plans to move them, and the society will support both ventures. The Cleveland project’s first phase costs 17 million dollars and includes a 250 thousand dollar state grant.
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Vermilion
Great Lakes
Cleveland
Inner Harbor
Great Lakes Historical Society
Mary Long
Cleveland Museum
William G. Mather
Carlisle trustees hear bids for fire department projects
Carlisle Township trustees received bids on two fire department projects. Freu haul Corp of Charleston WV bid 7619 for a used water trailer holding 7000 gallons. The Alert Fire and Safety Co of Cuyahoga Parts bid 15799 for a heavy duty rescue tool to cut vehicles free.
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Carlisle
Freuhaul Corp
Charleston
W.va
Trustees
Alert Fire and Safety Co
Cuyahoga Parts
Multiple Elyria area thefts and assaults reported
Eyewitness reports indicate a Suttons Tire Center safe was pried open with about 1465 dollars taken from the lower compartment while 100 dollars was removed from the upper portion. Footprints were found as detectives investigate the break in. In Russia Township a 21 year old woman survived an attempted rape at Sunset Motel after being forced into a car by a man. Ivory Charley was arrested after a struggle with officers on 15th Street facing multiple charges. Marvin Dallas was charged with disorderly conduct after a shotgun threat. A rock attack damaged a police cruiser near Adams and Warden as a man fled. A sewing machine worth 700 dollars was stolen from a Bohannon Court residence.
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Sutton
Lake Avenue
Elyria Township
Sheriff's
Sheriff’s Deputies
Elyria
Russia Township
Broad Street
Sunset
Route 20
Russia Two
Ivory Charley
15Th Street
Charley
Marvin Dallas
Delaware Ave
Dallas
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Hugh Opdyke
Opdyke Services
Hugh “Hugine” Opdyke
Curtis- Scheuffler Funeral Home
Jim Gordon
Opdyke
North Ridgeville
Lfelong
Elyria City
Dime Delivery
Coast Guard
Bonnie Walker
Howard Bell
Rocky
Terry Opdyke
Traries Opdyke
Fern Sedensky
Ida May
Danny “Boonie
Elek Services
Amherst
Belinda
Lowell School
Lincoln Academy
Neighborhood House
Mary Elek
Hall
Mark
Robert G Eick
Bruce W Elek
Samuel and
Mary Agnes Hall
Ridge Will Memorial Park
Laddie Mitiska
Laddie J. Mitiska
Brownhelm
Lorain Community Hospital
Ohio State University School of Agriculture
Lakewood Nursery
Woomer
Ohio State Uiversity Experimental Station
Nellie
Nee Lenzen
James L
David
Marianne) Beursken
North Olmsted
George
Fairview Park
Richard
Hempel Funeral Home
Robert Barrett
Faith Baptist Church
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
National Audubon Society
Third Ave
New York
N.Y
Sheriff's Deputies
Nevin Services
Carlisle Township
Nevin
Portsmouth
Elyria-Lorain Abstract Co
Robert
Marjorie) Conrad
Medina
Lawrence Hadaway
Elyria Two
Trucker
Beverly
Lawrence Buddit
Arlene Kokinda
Kenneth Shawver
G. Daniel Metelsky
Shawver
Joe Koziura
Representa
Tive
Long
Vermilion Museum
Ray Fhidebrandt
Hildebrandt
Cleveland Public Library
Wakefield House
Adams Street
Warden Avenue
Michael Gienke
Gienke
Bohannon Court
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