Community development director bids farewell in surprise party
Patricia Knight, acting director of Lorain County Community Development, exits after 12 years to become manager of business finance at Cleveland Area Development Corp. Colleagues praise her talent and lament the loss as she begins July 20, with no replacement yet hired.
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Elyria
Patricia Knight
County Commissioners’ Board
Knight
Oberlin
Cleveland Area Development Corp
Greater Cleveland Growth Association
Michael Ross
Ron Twining
Lorain County
Twining
Christin Brandon
Brandon
Tim Arra
Taft Campaign Visits Lorain Education Focus
Gubernatorial candidate Bob Taft visited El Centro de Servicios Sociales on East 28th Street to stress early education funding and preschool programs. He urged using the state budget surplus for repairs and called for locally tailored teaching, noting Lorain's diverse student body and need for culturally aware instruction.
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Lorain
Bob Taft
el Centro de Servicios Sociales
East 28Th Street
Taft
Mike Ferrer
el Centro
Lynda Ryan
Chronicle
Avon must pay $22,619 to lawyer in fee dispute
Ohio Supreme Court ruled Avon should reimburse Gerald Phillips for reasonable legal fees tied to a proposed charter amendment on the May 5 ballot. Phillips sought $28,831 at $175 an hour for 164 hours plus expenses. city argues the amount is excessive and questions the award.
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Avon
Gerald Phillips
Ohio Supreme Court
Phillips
Supreme Court
James Smith
Smith
Dan Stringer
Federal agency to rule if Nylonge hazard to public
Three representatives from the Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry heard Elyria residents on health concerns about Nylonge Corp. The visit aims to determine if the sponge plant poses a public health risk near the Superfund site after 24 criminal charges against Nyronge for dumping carbon disulfide and waste into city sewers since 1997.
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Elyria
Nylonge Corp
Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Pauline Leboda
Neighbors Protecting Our
Nyronge
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
Congress
Donna Gar
Poland reps on the road again after local learning experience
Five Polish delegates visiting Lorain County on a learning exchange with the Community Foundation of Greater Lorain County. Nongovernmental and local officials visited Neighborhood House and Lincoln Elementary School child-care programs to study foundation operations and long term funding. The group plans to establish Polish community foundations modeled on Ohio’s experience.
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Poland
Lorain
Lorain County
Columbus
Community Foundation of
Greater Lorain County
Lincoln Elementary School
Vis
Sylwia de Latour
Academy For
Ohio
Wojciech Kaczmarczyk
Foundation For the Development of Local Democracy
Kielce
Kaczmarczyk
Community Foundation
Brian Frederick
Steve Manheim
Stefan Oleszczak
Bilgoraj
Jonathan Archilla
Jonathan
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