Lorain County grapples with national press error on bicycle incident
Lorain County ire flares after an Associated Press report misattributed an 18 year old bicyclist’s accident to Elyria. The event occurred on Route 20 in Huron County, not Elyria, as Peter Scott of Shavertown Pa set out to raise funds for Kiwanis World Health Fund. He was injured when run off the road, later continuing to St Louis and Kansas before stopping. Local residents complain of misrepresentation and seek corrections from the press.
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Lorain County
Associated Press
Oberlin
Norwalk
Huron County
Peter Scott
Shavertown
Kiwanis World Health Fund
St. Louis
Kansas
Tragedy in North Ridgeville Teen Dies After Trimmer Shock
North Ridgeville 14 year old Richard Bateman died after being shocked while unplugging a wet weed trimmer in his backyard. He was pronounced at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 9 18 p m. Coroner to determine official cause. He lived with foster parents at 7210 Case Road and attended Worth Ridgeville Middle School. Funeral services planned at First Congregational United Church of Christ.
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North Ridgeville
Richard Bateman
Case Road
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lillian Thompson
Lorain County
William Kishman
Richard
Worth Ridgeville Middle School
Long Island
Lisa Lotz
Tom Lotz
Bogner
Priscilla Shoup
Butternut Ridge Cemetery
North Eaton
Stanadyne asks union to return old offer for vote
Elyria Local 101 of the United Auto Workers will review Stanadyne Corp. final contract offer at 10 a.m. Tuesday after talks that kept the Moon Division strike alive since March. The company warned of plant closure if concessions are not approved, a move that could wipe out about 200 more jobs. Local 101, with about 456 members, has already lost 200 positions. Western Steel is unaffected. No vote is set for Tuesday, but may occur if members request it.
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Elyria
Ibi
United Auto Workers
Stanadyne Corp
John Klein
Klein
Moon Division
Western Steel Division
Lowell Street
Klemn
Cuyahoga official protests Wisconsin nuclear rod shipments
Cuyahoga County Commissioner Vincent Campanella demands halting 114 shipments of sixty eight tons of radioactive rods through Interstate 90 in Ohio until safety is assured. He cites potential accidents and favors advance local notice and public input for the hazardous material transport.
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Wisconsin
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Vincent Campanella
Cuyahoga
Lorain
Erie
Huron
Campanella
Nuclear Regulatory Agency
New York
NRC
Lorain County
Dormick Dellisanti
Donald J) Pease
D-Oberlin
Weather outlook with scattered storms and warm weekend
Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms tonight and a high near 84 to 88 today. Tonight's low 60 to 65. Sunday mostly sunny with a high 60 to 85. Rain chances 50 percent today, 40 tonight, 10 Sunday. Also a note on avoiding open toe sandals if soles wear thin.
Ridgeville man says great white visited fishing boat near Montauk
Ridgeville resident Joe Kumrow recounts a 20 foot great white shark sighting reportedly proof from a charter boat off Montauk Point, about 40 miles east of Long Island. The captain tagged the shark with a stainless steel dart. the animal reportedly lingered near the vessel for about 15 minutes before leaving. Kumrow plans to charter the same boat again next summer.
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Deborah Drive
North Ridgeville
Providence
Kamrow
Joe Kumrow
April
Associated Press
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