Sportsmen launch lake walleye preservation crusade in Ohio
Nearly 100 anglers from across northern Ohio attended the final Lake Erie Sport Fishermen meeting at Channel Grove Marina Marblehead. The nine man steering committee includes Gay Marsh Elyria Don Miller CT outdoor editor Jack McCann Port Clinton and Dr John Bodie Toledo. The LESF aims to obtain gamefish status for walleyes removing them from commercial harvest and to study quota enforcement with support from biologists and local sports groups.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Channel Grove
Marblehead
Gay
Bob Jasinski
North Ridgeville
Lorain Journal Outdoor Writer
Ed Shepherd
Toledo
Jim Feltman Jr
LESF
Massillon
Barberton
Columbus
Cleveland
Merrich
Lorain Seeks Disaster Declaration After Severe Storm
Lorain seeks state and county disaster designation to access aid for weekend storm damages. Mayor Zahorec says reporting gaps hinder relief plans. if city alone is under threshold, county status could allow low interest loans for uninsured or under insured residents. Cleanup reveals hidden home damage and disposal issues from fallen trees and limbs. The city contracts with Brotherton Co for landfill services near Oberlin, but limbs are not accepted. Council-approved shredders aim to grind debris for reuse, while residents contribute firewood from large limbs.
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Lorain
Joseph Zahoree
Zahorec
Brotherton Co
Oberlin
Area man faces 4 charges in wreck and dog incident
Sheffield Lake police charged Calvin D. Mitchell, 25, after he hit a telephone pole then crashed into a house on Brockley Avenue. He faced DWI assulting a police officer resisting arrest and allowing a dog at large. He was treated for a head wound, jailed, and set for a July 26 court appearance.
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Sheffield Lake
Calvin D. Mitchell
East Drive
Mitchell
Brockley Avenue
Brockley
Idlewood Ave
Joseph Ezso
Ezso
Ezio
Lorain St. Joseph
Sheffield Lake Municipal
County fund budget requests hit new high in Lorain County
Lorain County general fund requests for next year total 9.59 million, up from 6.79 million this year, with commissioners noting possible funding gaps. Officials discuss possible revenue increases via a half cent sales tax and a voter real estate tax to cover the difference.
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Lorain
Jeresmo J. Keron
Keron
County Commissioners Office
Planning Commission
Common Pleas Court
Board of Elections
First black woman named Lorain Director of Secondary Instruction
Dr. Rosie N. Doughty, 31, Canton native, named Lorain Board of Education Director of Secondary Instruction at a $22,500 annual salary starting August 1. She is the first woman and first Black in a top Lorain School post, with urban education expertise and prior work with the Ohio Department of Education. She will coordinate secondary instruction and curriculum, replacing Earl Wooding who becomes Emerson-Longfellow principal.
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Lorain
Rosie N. Doughty
Canton
Department of Education
Doughty
Gre
Earl Wooding
Emerson-Longfellow
Sheffield levy renewal eyed to keep schools open
Sheffield Lake school officials plan a 9.3 mill operating levy renewal next November to fund a projected $3,070,350 in revenues against estimated costs of $3,483,464. The 1977 budget shows a $413,113 deficit, with carryover balance down to $6,912. Taxes are expected near current level, and raises for non teaching staff were approved. The board expects no new tax campaign, calling the levy a necessity to keep schools open. Additional actions included blanket insurance bid, and bus body and chassis contracts.
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Sheffield
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake
Oneta McCarthy
Chapter 203
Ohio Association of Publi School
OAPSE
Richard Nace
Nace
American State Insurance Co
John Curtis
Meyer’s Equipment Co
Cambridge
Neisler Equipment Co
Oberlin Garage probe resumes with invited witness
A Lorain County grand jury probing abuses at the Oberlin garage resumes with at least one invited witness testifying and 28 others ordered to report. Democratic commissioner Jeresmo Keron says he will appear, invited by prosecutors though not subpoenaed. The probe focuses on activities during 1971 to 1974 under former garage head James Corcoran and related land-use questions.
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Oberlin
Ohio Department of Transportation
Lorain County
Jeresmo
Jerry) Keron
Keron
James Corcoran
Chronicle-Telegram
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Lake Walleyes
Don Miller
Division of Wildlife
Fofrich
Russell Scholl
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Scholl
Wildlife Division
Ontario
Jim Feltman Sr
Miller
Jasinski
Marsh
Shepherd, McCann
Channel Grove Marina
Box 174
Lakeside
Hard
Elio Jacobozzi
Council
Jay Kinas
Cascade Park
Jay
Robert J. Kinas
Harrison St
George Hudautt
New London
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Kim Tonry
Walter A. Godfrey
Lorain Schools
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Ohio History
Lowellville
Mahoning County
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