Former Elyria teacher Jane Dunham 75 dies in Avon Lake
Jane E Jolley Dunham 75 a former Elyria City Schools special education teacher died Saturday after a long illness at Bradley Road Nursing Home Bay Village She lived in Avon Lake over 50 years survived by two sons four grandchildren and a sister Funeral services Sunday noon at Busch Brubmeister Chapel Avon Lake with burial at Elmhurst Park Cemetery Memorials to the Multiple Sclerosis Society Cleveland branch.
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Jane E. Dunham
Jolley
Avon Lake
Bradley Road
Bay Village
Ardmore
Oklo
Elmhurst Park
Avon
Society
Euclid Ave
Cleveland
Veteran Walter Weidrick dies in Loudonville at 54
Walter M. Weidrick, Vietnam War veteran and canteen manager at VFW Post 8586 in Perrysville, Ohio, died Wednesday at Samaritan Hospital Ashland after a month of illness. A native of Elyria he lived in Loudonville. Survivors include his wife Jane, daughter Shelly, sons Brian and David, grandson, his mother Cora, brothers Art and James, and sister Rose. Visitation and services were Saturday. funeral arrangements handled by Byerly Lindsey Funeral Home in Loudonville.
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Walter M. Weidrick
Elyria
Samaritan
Ashland
Loudonville
Weidrick
VFW
Perrysville
Ohio
Geauga Truck Lines
Nova
American Legion
Legion
Amvets
Hayesville
Order of Eagles
Jane
Nee Baldner
Shelly Weidrick
Kidderminister
England
Brian Weidrick
Harrison, Ark
David Weidrick
Fayetteville
Ark
Cora S. Weidrick
Art Weidrick
Jeromesville
James Weidrick
Rose Regal
Amherst
Walter D. Weidrick
Tom Weidrick
Byerly-Lindsey Funeral Home
N. Market St
Florence Township Zoning Commission Vacancy Notice
Florence Township Trustees seek residents to fill a vacancy on the Zoning Commission. Interested individuals should contact the clerk or a trustee to apply.
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Florence Township
Zoning Commission
Little House Comes to Elyria Library Program
Judy Green presents a one hour talk at 2 p m Thursday at Elyria Public Library 220 Washington Ave for school age children. The program uses stories photographs and artifacts to explore Laura Ingalls Wilder and the later lives of the characters. Free and open to the public with information available from the Children's Room at 923 5747.
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Elyria
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Judy Green
Elyria Public Library
Washington Ave
Legion auxiliary unit takes second in Ohio parade
Elyria notes the Ameri can Legion Ladies Auxiliary Marching Unit earned second place at the American Legion Department of Ohio Convention Parade in Cincinnati on Saturday.
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Elyria
American Legion Ladies Auxiliary
American Legion Department of Ohio
Cincinnat
Death notices roundup in Elyria and Avon Lake area
Rita M Mason 60 Elyria survived by husband Charles E Mason sons Jerry W Reed Gregory J Reed Ban V Reed Kyle I Reed daughter Kim L Reed grandchild Tarzan NeKay and three sisters calling hours Monday at Busch Curtis Scheuffler Chapel Elyna services Tuesday at Crossroads Christian Center with interment at Ridge Hill Memorial Park Amherst Township Mary Teresa Semeny 85 Elyria survived by sons William McKinney Jum Horvath Gerald Conrad daughters Shirley Wadding Carol Kietnoeder Sally Rea Kathleen Reitz and one brother calling hours today at Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home with mass Monday at Sacred Heart Church Irondale burial at Calvary Cemetery Lorain Viola Richards 86 Avon Lake survived by husband Curt and son Leonard calling hours today at Busch Burmeister Chapel Avon Lake services Monday at Avon Lake United Church of Christ private interment Resthaven Memory Garden Avon
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Mason Rita M
Elyria
Charles E Mason
Jerry W Reed
Gregory J Reed
Ban V Reed
Kyle
Reed
Kim L. Reed
Tarzan NeKay
Busch-Curtis- Scheuffler Family
Second St. Elyna
Crossroads Christian Center
St Rt
Obertin
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Amherst Township
Semeny
Mary Teresa
William McKinney
Jum Horvath
Gerald Conrad
Shirley Wadding
Carol Kiet Noeder
Sally Rea
Kathleen Reitz
Reichlin-Roberts
Cleveland St. Elyria
Sacred Heart Church
Irondale Court
Calvary Cemetery
Lorain
Spencer Viola Richards
Avon Lake
Curt
Leonard
Busch-Burmeister Family
Avon Belden Road
Firelands Visual Arts sponsors Athens quilt trip
The Firelands Association for the Visual Arts sponsors a one day bus trip to Quilt National 97 at the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts in Athens Ohio on August 15. Ricky Clark will host the trip. Costs are 50 dollars for members and 60 dollars for non members. Price includes motor coach transport exhibition entrance tour and lunch. Call 774 7158 for details and reserve by August 6. Legion Post 12 Color Guard Elyria won first place in the Senior Men's Color Guard competition in Cincinnati, marking back to back titles in 1992 1994 and now this weekend.
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Oberlin
Firelands Association For the Visual Arts
Athens
Ohio
National 97
Dairy Barn Cultural Arts fMantar Thangehihy AE Can
Simple swallows have intriguing nesting habits
MILLERSVILLE AP The brown and white bank swallow nests in colonies in limestone quarry waste, a shift from riverbanks caused by habitat loss. Tom Kashmer and students band and track birds at Woolville Gibsonburg and Millersville quarries to study longevity and return rates, with about 1000 birds weekly at Millersville. The project, sponsored by Black Swamp Bird Observatory, feeds data to the National Bird Banding Laboratory, aiding research on colonial nesting species.
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Millersville
Tom Kashmer
Fremont
Kashmer
Sandusky County
Ohio
Redland Quarry
Green Creek
Woolville
Gibsonburg
Black Swamp Bird Observatory
Oak Harbor
National Bird Banding Laboratory
Maryland
Redland
Sadie Goetz
Stephanie Peter
Retirees vie for Elyria school board seats
Two retired administrators Kenneth Mundorf and Thomas Fox seek four and two year terms on the Elyria school board. Mundorf, 59, retired as executive director of human resources after 31 years with the district and cites superintendent search and levy funding as key issues. Fox, 54, formerly Ely School principal, retired after 25 years with the district and also notes the superintendent search and levy campaign as challenges. Other candidates include George Frazier Corky Stern and Jan Nowak.
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Elyria
Kenneth Mundorf
Sonya Moreno
Thomas Fox
Evelyn France
Mundorf
Fox
Ely
George Frazier
Corky Stern
Jan Nowak
Frazier
Stern
Elyrians For Quality Neighborhood Schools
William Ivancic
Woman injured in motorcycle fall on Crocker Road
A woman was injured Saturday night when she fell from a motorcycle along Crocker Road in Columbia Station. She was evaluated in the emergency room at Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights and appeared to have non life threatening injuries. The crash occurred about 10 pm between Station and Columbia West River roads as the rider slowed to avoid a car. No State Patrol report was available at the time.
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Columbia Station
Crocker Road
Southwest General Health Center
Middleburg Heights
Station
Columbia West River
Columbia Township
State Highway Patrol
Aluminum can drive funds local batting cages at park
New London Recreation Park conducts an aluminum can drive to raise money for two batting cages for local baseball and softball players. Drop off any aluminum products at the park garage. Park Director Gary Hopkins can be reached at (419) 929-8069 for more information.
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New London
Gary Hopkins
Search Spreads in Puerto Rico Forest for Missing Williams
A search party spread through a remote fork of the Mameyes River area near Williams’ last car sighting. Velezsaid the final park zone would be scanned. if not found today, the effort would shift outside the park. Williams, in Puerto Rico for research and fundraising, last phoned July 17. Family alerted the FBI in Ohio when he didn’t return on Tuesday. The 28,000 acre Mameyes forest is the commonwealth’s most visited nature preserve.
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Velez
Williams
Puerto Rico
College
FBI
Ohio
Welsh
U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Plane crash rescues with calm actions and fire crew aid
Dentist Saponari reported about $7,000 damage to a 1996 Paraplane Two Bombardier Rotax after an accident. Resident Valer Freeman Swank described Saponari and Berger staying calm until rescue workers freed them. Swank photographed the aircraft suspended between hot power wires as firefighters used a bucket from a fire pumper to remove the plane.
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Saponari
Valer Freeman Swank
Berger
Swank
Moore
Ford to lay off workers in Lorain as plant shifts planned
Ford union president Ci Bill Allen reports unprecedented layoff packages at UAW Local 425 Lorain with options including transfers to other plants, early retirement for workers with Ford service of at least eight decades, or staying until the contract expires in September 1999. Kentucky plant will build redesigned F-250 and F-350 trucks next year and a new Ford Crew Wagon may enter in 1999 to rival GM Suburban.
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Bill Allen
UAW
Lorain
Ford
Kentucky
General Motors Corp
North Ridgeville Festival Weekend Schedule Highlights
The corn will perform during the car show with horse shoe and sand volleyball tournaments at noon. Registration for horse shoe is Friday at 6 p.m. Events include Boot Scout'n Saloon at 4 p.m. and a Corn Crafts Contest awards at 4 p.m. Free Vogues concert at 8 p.m. Sunday features St Peters Church barbecue Noon 6 p.m. Grande Parade at 2:30 p.m. Queen introductions at 4, trophies at 4:30. On Target Fencing at 4:45. Jady Kurrent band closes at 5:15. Details via North Ridgeville Chamber at 327-3737.
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Vogues
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Center Ridge Road
Jady Kurrent
North Ridgeville
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