EMH Occupancy Dips, Hospitals Tap Voluntary Days Off
Elyria Memorial and neighboring hospitals face low occupancy with Elyria Memorial at 40 percent of 359 beds. Administrators urge voluntary time off and may impose mandatory hospital convenience days to cut staff costs as outpatient services rise 33 percent while inpatient admissions fall. Other facilities including Lorain Community and St Joseph report similar declines and new scheduling pressures.
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Elyria
Elyria Memorial
Robert Olesen
Olesen
EMH
Lorain County
Lorain Community
Wellington Community
Amherst
Tracked German Shepherd Reunited With Trucker in Elyria
A North Dakota trucker’s German shepherd Petrina escaped from his trailer in Elyria. The dog, described as long haired with a leather neckband, was found after an ad in the Chronicle Telegram. She stayed with an Elyria K-9 officer until reunion with Randy Merryman. The owners had offered a 1500 dollar guard dog reward.
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Mike
Petrina
Elyria K-9 Corps
Merryman
Lorain County Jobless Rise to 10.3 Percent in June
Lorain County unemployment climbed to 10.3 percent in June from 8.5 percent in May per the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services. The labor force grew by 5,000 to 117,200, with 105,100 employed and 12,100 unemployed, 2,000 of the new entrants finding jobs. Officials cite migrants from the south and Ford hiring rumors as factors.
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Columbus
Lorain County
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Tom Gallo
Elyria
Lawye r, bar owner, four others seized in cocaine plot
Lorain attorney James F Anadell and Elyria bar owner Joseph T Smith among six arrested in a cocaine trafficking investigation. MEG and Elyria police seized two ounces of powder, cash over seven thousand dollars, a gun, and other items during raids at the Holiday Inn and two Elyria homes.
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Elyria
Lorain
Florida
Lorain County
County Metropolitan Enforcement Group
MEG
Holiday Inn
Route 57
James Young
James F. Anadell
Collins
Joseph T. Smith
Alexander
James W. McElyn
N. Main St
Oberlin
Alan Revercomb
Garvin Ave
Teressa L. Findon
Creston Ave
Joe Johnson
Avon-Belden Rd
North Ridgeville
McElyn
Revercomb
Johnson
Young
Lorain County Bank Extends Wednesday Hours in Elyria
Beginning Wednesday September 11 the main office and all Lorain County Bank branches will offer extended Wednesday operations 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for lobby and drive-in 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for walk-up. Drive-through only Wednesday service ends and full services resume. President Robert T Bowman announced the move as Elyria’s first bank to drop drive-through only Wednesday hours. Friday and weekend hours remain unchanged.
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Elyria
Lorain County Bank
Robert T. Bowman
Elyria Banking
Shoemaker Dies in Ohio at Age 72
Former Ohio Lt Governor Myrl I. Shoemaker has died at age 72. The obituary notes his service in state government and his role in public life. The notice appears on Page B-2 of the edition.
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Ohio
Myrl IL. Shoemaker
Cars stored in field after Teamsters strike halts Ford release
Several hundred Thunderbirds Cougars and Econoline vans built at Lorain Ford plant sit in a vacant Russia Township field. Township officials accuse owner Richard Samslow of zoning violations and demand removal within three days. E&L Transport parked 300 to 500 cars awaiting storage as deliveries halted nationwide.
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Russia
Lorain
Ford Motor Co
Campbell
Lorain County
Gregory White
Richard Samslow
Leavitt Rd
Martin Mahony
Mahony
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