Area deaths list longtime Elyria charity leader Courtney Kirby
Obituary notices report the death of Courtney Edwin Kirby 79 of Sun City Arizona died July 21 after illness. He led Elyria Community Chest and United Community Services of Lorain County retiring in 1970. Kirby served WWII and earned the Legion of Merit Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Funeral arrangements set in Elyria with veterans rites. Also noted are Rozalia Firnig Lackoff 80 of North Ridgeville who died after a six month illness with survivors and arrangements listed.
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Courtney Edwin Kirby
Sun City
Ariz
Boswell
Bellaire
Ohio
Elyria
Arizona
East Liverpool
Cambridge
Elyria High School
Mr. Kirby
Muskingum College
Chase National Bank
Chase Manhattan Bank
Kirby
Elyria Community Chest
United Community Services of
Greater Lorain County
American Legion
Elyria Veterans Service
Elyria Jaycees
Donald R. Hafferkamp
William
Delrey Beach
Fla
Ralph
Boynton Beach
Eva J
First United Methodist Church
Donald W. Kuniz
Brookdale Cemetery
VFW
Rozalia Lackoff Firnig
North Ridgeville
Lorantssy Care Center
Copley
Nursing graduate receives top honors at Medical College of Ohio
Brenda Dziak of Loran graduated magna cum laude with a nursing degree and earned the dean's award for outstanding clinical performance. She also won the WB Saunders Award for Outstanding Student in Chemistry for the Life Sciences.
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Brenda Dziak
John Oziak Sr
Loran
Medical College of Ohio School of Nursing
WB Saunders
Children drive computer courses at Cuyahoga area schools
A math instructor at Cuyahoga Community College notes fear eases within four days as children like Heather Folz teach their mothers basic computer skills. Mothers were hesitant but students adapt quickly and future programs will expand to Avon Lake for kindergartners through second graders.
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Cuyahoga Community College
Heather Folz
Lynne
Coast Guard searches for missing boater amid flare reports
A guard helicopter joined the Monday search after flares were sighted at 5:40 pm but retired due to pilot exhaustion. Hailey says the flares may be hoaxes or real, with the case remaining open until a boater is missing or debris found. About 25 percent of Coast Guard calls are false alarms. other Monday calls included a mayday without position and an overturned 17 foot boat off Cleveland.
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Hailey
Coast Guard
Lorain Coast Guard
Cleveland
Rain Delays Hit Lorain County Farms Deep in Drought
Rainfall over the past week eases but remains short of July average for Lorain County. Drought projected losses total about 20.8 million with soybeans most affected. extension officials warn of continued ground water depletion. Lorain High appoints Paul Sink as principal and William Kingsley as assistant principal.
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Lorain
Lorain High School
Paul Sink
Tom Ballish
Sink
Euclid
Medina
William A. Kingsley
Lorain High
County Extension Office
Commission weighs permit rules for exterior home changes
Historic progress on their homes left residents unaware of approval requirements. Ed and Jayne Eisbrenner faced retroactive needs for a re roof completion. Len Stefanelli sought approval for a new roof after removal of a slate roof and had work halted until permits and commission consent were obtained. The panel plans an informational packet on design guidelines and rules and will meet biweekly through October then monthly in November.
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Jayne Eisbrenner
Harrison St
Len
Susan Stefanelli
Columbus St
Commission
Len Stefanelli
Davis
Keressi
Time gap gets blame for name on ethics list
The Ohio Ethics Commission delayed processing 1986 financial statements, placing former Lorain County Community College trustee Carl M. Adams on a conflict of interest list. Adams left the board in 1987, and his dual role at Central Trust Co. of Northern Ohio was cited. The commission notes the list is paper based and not an admission of unethical behavior.
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Columbus
Ohio Ethics Commission
Lorain County Community College
Lorain
Carl M. Adams
LCCC
Adams
Bid opening Thursday for S. Amherst Town Hall
South Amherst bids for the new Town Hall will be opened Thursday with council action targeted at the Aug. 8 meeting. Mayor Ken Jones says Law Director Stephen Gurchik and engineers R. E. Warner & Associates will review bids.
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South Amherst
Ken Jones
Stephen Gurchik
R.E. Warner & Associates
Jones
Lions Dairy Festival Kickoff in LaGrange This Week
The Lions Club Dairy Festival in LaGrange opens Wednesday at 6 p.m. with the Dairy Queen Contest. Carnival rides run Thursday 6–11 p.m. with $5 all you can ride tickets. Other acts include Village Squires, Buckwheat Pickers, and Linda Lou and the Silver City Band. Parade Saturday at 1 p.m. Puppet shows, greased pig and pole contests, peanut scramble, and a grand prize drawing Sunday night offering $1,000 first prize.
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Linda Lou
Silver City Band
Elyria Business Leader Bates Heads Local Chamber Legacy
Bates led the Commerce and Industry Association guiding projects like the Lorain County Chamber and Lorain County Together. He helped form the Small Business Enterprise Center and relocated the association offices. Bates co founded the Elyria Apple Festival and led Ohio chamber groups in 1986 and 1987. A search committee seeks a new association president.
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The
Commerce and Industry Association
Lorain County Chamber
Lorain County Together
Greater Lorain Chamber of Commerce
Small Business Enterprise Center
Association
Bates
Elyria
Chamber of Commerce Executives of
Ohio
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Wreck on Henderson Bridge Disrupts Lorain Traffic
A head on collision on Henderson Avenue Bridge halted traffic on the Black River Monday night. Mary Ann Flores, 32, crashed into Lori I. Leonard, 23, near the south end, leaving Flores in critical condition at St. Joseph's Hospital ICU and Leonard with minor injuries. Flores faces a charge of failure to control. Traffic paused about 15 minutes as responders cleared the scene.
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Kathryn
Katie” Kordeleski
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Krakow
Poland
U.S. Steel Lorain Works
Kordeleski
St. Stanislaus Church
Stefan Czarnecki Lodge
Polish National Alliance
United Steel Workers
Mary Koziura
Ignatz
Joseph Koziura S.r
Black River
Henderson Avenue
Mary Ann Flores
18Th St
Lori I. Leonard
E. Erie Ave
Flores
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Leonard
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Courtney Kirby
Area Charities
First United Methodist Church of
Willowbrook United Methodist Church
Autie Z. Allman
Grafton
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Grafton Baptist Church
Willis Donaldson
Blackburn- Fulton Funeral Home
North Carolina
Allman
Eaton Township
Dwight
Ted
Grant
Lake Milton
Betty Cole
Pompano Beach
James Efird
Oakboro
N.C
Christopher Efird
Monroe
Hezekiah Efird
Salsbury
Puey Epps
China Grove
Jim
Peggy) Linker
Mt. Pleasant
Donald
Sunset Memorial Park
North Olmsted
Rozalia
Hungary
Leslie (Rozalia) Lackoff
Janos Finnig
Erzsebeth
Janos
Jozsef
Sandor
Bogner Funeral Home
Holy Cross Cemetery
Brook Park
Autie Allman
Allman Services
Courtney Eirby
University of Toledo
Reppenhagen
Ruth M
Vincent Schaefer
Vincent H. Schaefer
Sandusky
Collier Electrical Construction Co
Warren
Thelma
Bernard
Sebring
Alice Townsend
Dorothy Schreck
Ernest
Bellevue
Evelyn Kilbride
Berlin Heights
Hinman Funeral Home
J.A. McCullough
Berlin Heights Regular
Walter Perry
Walter S. Perry
Wellington
Firelands Nursing Center
New London
Mountville
Penfield Township
Perry
First Methodist Church of
Ethel (Nee Perkins
Russell W
Hopewell
Norton Funeral Home
Robert Schwenk
Kathryn Kordeleski
John R. Devin
Michael Dyrcz
Calvary Cemetery
Heather
Rukhsana Zahd
Naureen Amjad
Zahd
Weiss
Avon Lake District
Mother Nature
Steve Fogarty
C-T
Ray Diederich
Diederich
Jerry Long
Lorain County
Jerry Klein
Haag
By Scott Stephens
Central
Warhite
S. Amherst Town Hall
Amy Hansen
Council
Elm Street
Gurchik
Sandstone Express
Amherst
Amherst Township
Office
Water Department
Lions’ Club Dairy
LaGrange
And
Industrial Association of North Central Ohio
Henderson Bridge
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