College Heights Baptist Church to open school
College Heights Baptist Church will build a Christian academy for kindergarten through ninth grade this summer with plans to add high school and a Christian college within ten years. The seven classroom facility will cost bonds of 430000 at 8 percent repayable in 15 years and funds 50 to 60 students with four teachers.
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College Heights
Gary Scarbrough
The
Christian College
Mosley
Church of the Open Door
Baptist Church
Abbe Road
Lorain County
Rium
Scarbrough
Tornado Warnings Bring Funnel Sightings Across Northeastern Ohio
Thunderstorms and high winds swept Lorain County with multiple funnel cloud sightings but no touchdowns or major damage. Seven funnel sightings were logged with gusts near 35 mph as a tornado warning circulated between Erie Medina and Cuyahoga counties. Wellington suffered the hardest damage with downed trees and a smashed window at a Saddle Shop. Power outages affected several utilities but were mostly restored by midnight. Local incidents included fallen trees in Brook Park and Milan Township and minor damage elsewhere. Ohio counties Delphos and Meigs also reported tornado and wind impacts.
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Lorain County
the Weather Service
Lynn Maximuk
Rt. 57
Sugar Ridge Road
Rt. 113
Birmingham
Rt. 10
and &4 Lumber Co
Fairview Park
Medina
New London
Sandusky
North Ridgeville
Ray Diederich
Ohio
Maximus
Wellington
W. Herrick Ave
General Telephone
Brook Park
Milan Township
Amherst
Lorain
Elyria
Allen County
Delphos
Meigs County
Ohio 124
Port Columbus International Airport
Bid to protect birds nest nearly costs girl her own
A 9 year old girl attempted to incubate two hummingbird eggs using a homemade incubator. The device started a fire in Don Norris apartment at 1580 Prospect St Apt F5. The blaze damaged a second floor bedroom about 300 dollars and contents valued at 400 dollars. Norris said the girl wrapped the eggs in foil and placed them under a bedside lamp. a sweater draped over the lamp ignited around 4 p.m.
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Don Norris
Prospect St. Apt
Elyria
Norris
Lee Ann Ball
Ohio Court ruling pushes teacher pay rise and class size limits
Area educators say state funds are needed to meet new standards after an Ohio Supreme Court decision clears a $1,000 salary boost for teachers over two years and caps class size at 25 by 1978-79. Nine districts meet the rise, Firelands Wester Reserve and Black River face funding strain. Firelands Supt. Dean Wise notes the issue comes down to money.
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Ohio Supreme Court
James A. Rhodes
Firelands
Wester Reserve
Black River
Dean Wise
General Assembly
Board of Education
Lorain
Elyria
LaGrange Lies Club Festival Opens With Family Ties
Lori Forbush and Deedee Slone attend the four day LaGrange Lies Club Festival held at Lions Community Park. The event features bingo, clowns, an antique car show and a chicken Bar-B-Q with activities scheduled across the remaining festival days.
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Lori Forbush
Deedee Slone
LaGrange
Lori Ta
William Forbush
Mata
Deedee
Nelson Slone
Adelbert Sr
Elyria
Lions Community
Tom Ty
Deadline approaches for Elyria police and sewage posts
The Elyria Civil Service office extends noon tomorrow as the deadline to submit applications for police positions while a test date remains unset due to unavailable materials. A separate exam for sewage plant jobs is Aug 16. applications must be filed at City Hall.
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Elyria
Civil Service
Civil Service Office
City Hall
Local men split ten thousand dollar instant lottery win
Two area men Kenneth Dulley of Berea and David L. Sipos of North Ridgeville split a $10,000 Instant Ohio Lottery prize on a ticket bought at Grace's Inn. Both are employed at Ray Faro Pontiac in North Ridgeville. A second pair of sailors on leave from the freighter Benjamin F. Fairless also split a $10,000 prize on a ticket bought at Stone's Grill in Lorain, plus William Hurn of Lorain is among 13 finalists on TV Ryxtra.
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North Ridgeville Tavern
Kenneth Dulley
Barrett Rd
Berea
David L. Sipos
Pinewood Dr
Grace's Inn
Ray Faro Pontiac Inc
North Ridgeville
Benjamin F. Fairless
Ralph Middleton
Tampa
Fla
Francis Williamson
Gladstone
Mich
Stone's Grill
Lorain
William Hurn
Washington Ave
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By Andy Young
Carlisle
Columbia Townships
National Weather Service
Cleveland
Huron Counties
Erie County
Medina and
Cuyahoga Counties
Weather Service
S. Main Street
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Bay Village
Lorain Medina
Courtland Street
Jeff Blahant
Kevin McDevitt
Parma Heights
By Gary Clark
Elyria Civil Commission
Elyria Commission
Commission
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