Medina County Fair Opens July 29 at Smith Road Grounds
The 135th Medina County Fair starts July 29 with 4-H honors breakfast, a two day horse and pony show, cheerleading, and a 7:30 p.m. demolition derby. Wednesday offers free youth admission and 25 cent rides 1 to 5 p.m. Harness racing opens at 7 p.m. with Honey Bee Stakes. baby beef show at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Thursday half price for seniors. Kiwanis honors 50th anniversaries. Bloodmobile 2 to 8 p.m. and junior livestock sale 5 p.m. Friday features Billy Craddock in two grandstand shows at 7 and 9 p.m. and Saturday showcases a tractor pull, Miss Honey Bee pageant, and Tommy Cash performances. Sunday ends with motorcycle races at 6 p.m. and fireworks at 10 p.m.
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Medina County
Smith Road Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds
Medina Kiwanis Club
Red Cross
Community Center
Billy
Crash) Craddock
North Carolina
Queens
Tommy Cash
Tom Cats
Johnny Cash
Tommy
Memphis, Tenn
Bridge deck replacement on Gulf Road bridge begins
Construction crews from the Ohio Turnpike Commission are lifting and carting away the at risk Gulf Road bridge deck. They plan to install a new deck by September 4, with work continued on Saturdays to complete the project, according to Elyria engineer Lonny G. Shippy.
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Gulf Road Bridge
Ohio Turnpike
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Elyria
Lonny G. Shippy
Gene Krebs
Lorain Council Shifts 5.7 Million in Tax Revenues
Lorain officials move 5.7 million dollars of city income tax into the general fund to cover wage increases insurance costs and police sick out. Auditor Koziura warns the 1981 outlook may worsen without new revenue and calls for evaluating options. Parker rejects an income tax increase despite warnings.
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Lorain
William Parker
Joseph Koziura
Koziura
Kozura
Parker
Ford Motor Co
Ford Motor
Lorain Ford
Wellington rec director gets raise amid budget concerns
Wellington Village Council approved a raise for recreation director Carla Schneider from 9620 to 10200 annually despite councilwoman Linda Navarre opposing it due to a three year deficit. President Sam Zubrick warned of fall votes on a recreation district and possible higher fees for out of village participants if defeated.
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Wellington
Linda Navarre
Carla Schneider
Council
Sam Zubrick
Wellington Township
Zubrick
Navarre
Richard King
Recreation Department
Lorain council gives up role of wage negotiator
Lorain city leaders agree to remove direct wage bargaining from council hands and place it with the mayor, cabinet and city auditor for future labor talks. Council member Victor Wlaszyn praised the move as a budget and efficiency measure, while others noted councils still have a say in final agreements.
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Lorain
Council
Victor Wlaszyn
D-6
Wlaszyn
Wlaszyn Saed
Ohio
Wilaszyn
Edmond Skimin
D-2
Area Girl Scouts to Camp Near Ten Sleep Wyoming
Twenty two girl scouts from seven area communities will travel to an old Indian site near Ten Sleep Wyoming for two weeks of camping fishing riding and archaeological outings. The group all seventh eighth and ninth graders trained for the trip for nearly a year to prepare for the camp at the Girl Scout National Center West. Grants from the Reader's Digest and Nordson foundations will cover part of the expenses.
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Ten Sleep
Wyoming
Girl Scout National Center
Trustees debate Southwest Hospital board expansion
Columbia Township Trustees discussed expanding the Southwest General Hospital Board from 29 to 43 members. James Clemens opposed adding voting administrators. John Fowler supported enlarging the board to include medical staff with voting rights, citing staff insistence. Delegates will vote later this year. Also, zoning board changes set for August 14 to address West River Road development and an appeals board special meeting on August 11 for variances.
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Southwest General Hospital Board
Columbia Township
Southwest Hospital
James Clemens
Earl Hemburg
Clemens
Southwest
John Fowler
Fowler
Town Hall
West River Road
Riverview
Appeals Board
Ill
New Book List Highlights Public Library Offerings
Public library unveils new titles across adult, juvenile fiction and non fiction. Notable adult novels include The Regensburg Legacy by J M Bickham Hawk of May by Gillian Bradshaw Waiting for Shelia by Joan Braine and The Graduate by Charles Webb. Juvenile entries feature Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet Ahlberg and Conrad's War by Andrew Davies among others.
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J.M. Bickham
Gillian Bradshaw
Shelia
Joan Braine
Barbara Cariland
Renate Chapman
Alisa Craig
Pierre Delattre
Thomas Father
Desmond Hogar
Roscoe Bowells
Middlecliff
Hope Jordan
City of Baraboo
B.B. Longyear
Las Palmas
Anne Maguire
CL. Reece
Wed. Ross
Bernice Rubens
SH. Shabtai
the Graduate
Charles Webb
Janet Ahlberg
Martha Alexander
DR. Bulla
W.0. Shumaker
W.J. Weber
Valerie Worth
Celebrity twists and legal blows as arts and industry collide
A jagged roundup covers Angie Dickinson at a New York party for Dressed to Kill, a $1 million libel suit against the Scientology church by Jim Siegelman and Flo Conway, American Airlines bumping drama at JFK, and Robert Scarry’s pig books drawing feminist critique. Also notes Herbert Kcio named editor in chief and David Bowie’s American stage debut as The Elephant Man.
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Angie Dickinson
Inlaw
Burt Bacharach, Sr
New York
Church of Scientology
Jim Siegelman
Flo Conway
Siegelman
Ms. Conway
Phil Donahue
Herbert Kicio
Richard Nixon
Copley
Richard Herd
Pamela Ewing
David Bowie
Denver
Center For the Performing Arts
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Angie
Burt
Carl Erbe
Charles Revson
John L. Lewis
Kate Smith
Joan Batista
Jfk
American Airlines
Los Angeles
Erbe
Richard
Scarry
Parents Magazine
Israel
Christina Onassis
Greece
Hubert Pelissier
Fred Kelley
Moons Carter IIi
Department Saw
Carter
Hosea Williams
DeKalb County
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