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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1990
Page
6
A long obituary list from Elyria area details the deaths of Elsie Lou Smith of Oberlin and several related individuals including Eleanor J. Dryer, James C. Sidley, Elizabeth A. Horvath, Clarice C. Gay, and Ora L. Lounsbrough. The notices cover birthplaces, residences, church affiliations, survivors, and funeral arrangements.
Millard Spriggs 71 of South Amherst died Thursday. Services Monday 1 p.m. at Garland Misencik Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Robert Nelson with full military rites by Amherst Veterans Military Honor Guard. Burial Crownhill Cemetery. Family receiving two hours before services. Spriggs a World War II Army veteran retired in 1980 after 34 years at U.S. Steel. He married Juanita Carter 23 years. survived by daughter Jeanette Lilly and son Larry plus many stepchildren and 13 grandchildren. Grace Hawk 62 of Wellington died Friday. visitation Sunday and services Monday at Cowling Truman Funeral Home and arrangements to be announced.
Lorain County Community College hosts a Friday morning workshop with Black Progressive and Festival Friends Club at the Black River Reservation. A 1 p.m. mini-Olympics features live music and ice cream, followed by a Sunday community fellowship service at 11 a.m. with speakers Lawrence Lee Evans and Gerald Evans. The First Community Interfaith Institute, active since 1980, runs programs for Elyria youth solely on private funding.
Berea Police Department welcomes Karen M. Badamy the 23 year old Parma Heights native as its first full time female officer. She will be sworn in by Mayor Trupp at a special council meeting and begins duties immediately. Badamy ranked fifth on the physical skills test and 12th on the written exam among 18 candidates. She will attend the Peace Officers Training Academy August 8 to November 16 and serves a four to six month field training period with an 18 month probation.
Elyria City Council is set to approve a water rate hike effective Aug 1. The average monthly bill would rise 70 cents to 7.82, following a 21 percent sewer increase and a 10 percent garbage pickup rise. The typical family of four would pay 41.82 monthly. The council may also vote on relinquishing the right to extend Valley Boulevard south of Hilliard Road after the Community Development Committee rejected vacating the right of way.
Elyria police allege Avon Ward 1 councilman Douglas Vaught bought a 1500 meat cutter from a man in a yellow truck at McDonalds near North Ridgeville months before his arrest. He allegedly gave the item to another Avon man and faced misdemeanor theft counts in Avon Municipal Court. If convicted, he could lose his council seat.
Oberlin detective Thomas Miller pleaded no contest in Oberlin Municipal Court to failure to yield right of way after an accident with an unmarked police car. He was fined 65 dollars plus court costs. Catherine Coney of Wellington drove the other car, and Officer Roger Southworth suffered minor injuries. The police car was not repaired due to age.
Elyria police report a 29 year old man Timothy Zeck of 197 Parmely Ave Elyria waived preliminary hearing and was bound on 5000 dollars. He faces one count of felonious sexual penetration involving an 11 year old girl in an incident at his home on July 2. The case was sent to the grand jury by Elyria Municipal Court Judge George Ferguson. Zech remains free on bond.
Elyria man Joe Lampkin 41 of 124 Fox Hill Lane is scheduled for a September 10 jury trial on the felony charge of compelling prostitution. He previously served a short jail term for refusing a blood test in a paternity suit and is charged with allegedly soliciting a 15 year old girl for sex.
Jerry Long a Keystone School Board member from LaGrange 50 denies indecent acts following a Tuesday complaint from a Grafton woman. Deputies seized items from his van including sexual paraphernalia and adult magazines as investigators probe the case with a hearing set in Elyria Municipal Court.
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