Lorain residents push to name school after Gen Johnnie Wilson
Residents urged the Lorain school board to honor retired four star Army general Johnnie B. Wilson by naming a school building after him. Three board members indicated support, while others weighed policy that only deceased individuals may receive building names. Wilson, born in Baton Rouge and raised in Lorain, rose to lead the Army Materiel Command before retiring this year and now runs Dimensions Inc. in Virginia.
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Lorain
Johnnie E. Wilson
Wilson
Bor
Baton Rouge
Mi. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Lorain High School
U.S
Army Materiel Command
Alexandria
Dimensions Inc
Technolo- Mensendiek-Jensen
Elbert Faces Cleanup Order Over Kasper Foundry Debris
Lorne Elbert Jr says he is complying with Lorain County Health District demands to remove debris from the old Kasper Foundry site after inspector John J. Sabo found construction and demolition refuse illegally dumped. Sabo ordered uncovering and removal with receipts, warned of prosecution, and planned re inspection.
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Elyria
Lorne Elbert Jr
County Health Department
Kasper
John J. Sabo
Lorain County Health Distrct
Elbert
Sabo
Black River
BFI
Couple killed in accident leave 270 pets behind
Meredith and Alex Petkovsek, teens from Amherst, care for more than 270 animals after grandparents Frank and Anoni Pavlo die in a crash at Route 303 and Quarry Road. The youths feed and tend 250 racing pigeons, 14 dogs, eight cats and two cockatiels, hoping to place them with good homes while legal arrangements proceed.
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Animal Kingdom
Frank
Anon Pavio
Pavlos
Wellington
Meredith
Alex Petkovsek
Alex
Amherst
Anoni Pavlo
Frank Pavlo
Quarry Road
State Highway Patrol
Linda Petkovsek
Pound
Animal Protective League
Former council member sworn into Lorain seat
Carolyn White, a former 1st Ward councilwoman, was sworn in by Mayor Joseph Koziura to fill the vacated Lorain City Council seat left by David Wargo. White, a Key Bank manager, aims to push street improvements, economic development with the Lorain Port Authority, and East Side housing standards. Her term runs through December 31, with no Republican or independent filed for the post.
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Joseph Koziura White
David Wargo
1St Ward
Lorain
Democratic Precinct Committee
White
21St Street
Root Road
Erie Avenue
Colorado Avenue
Wargo
Sid Saltzbaugh
John Brandt
Patricia Ann McCue
9Th Ward
William Flynn
Anthony Giardini
Democratic
Oberlin Fire Department to replace old Indian head logo
Oberlin The Oberlin Fire Department will phase out the native figure logo that has appeared on district fire trucks since the 1930s in favor of a modern insignia designed by the department. Two trucks from 1979 and 1990 still feature the old Sea grave Corp logo from Clintonville Wisconsin.
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Oberlin
Nia
Seagrave Corp
Clintonville
Wisc
Rescue of buried man to air on It's a Miracle show
North Ridgeville firefighters recount the 90 minute trench rescue of John Williams trapped eight feet underground on Harding Boulevard. The segment for Tri-Crown Productions will air on Pax network likely in September at 9 30 p m Sundays on Channel 23. Williams, a former Lorain resident, survived a collapsed sewer line job with limited equipment.
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Sharon Jefferson
Chronicle- Telegram
North Ridgeville
Rick Miller
Andy Wagner
PAX Network
Channel 23
Christopher Peok
Tri-Crown Productions
Burbank
Calif
John Williams
Lorain
Harding Boulevard
Williams
Miller
Wagner
Wiliams
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Marissa McCord
The
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Melvin Woodard
Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
East 30Th Street
Jeanine Donaldson
Keith Lilly
Thomas Wood
Ann Mensendiek-Jensen
Raul Ramos
Donaldson
Clyde Jackson
Gen
Eral
Nicholas Hatlock
Jackson
Hatlock
Johnnie B. Wilson
Minnie Wade
National Council of Negro Women
Gene Krebs
Chronicle
Kristin Webber
Mike Sakal
the Chronicle-Telegram
Carolyn White
Oberlin Fire
Jacqueline Party
Chuck Humel
Oberlin Fire Department
John Willams
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