Elyria High graduates set for 7:30 Commencement at Ely Stadium
Elyria High plans a 7:30 p.m. commencement at Ely Stadium with a single rain date. The candidate list includes 269 girls and 225 boys plus 12 summer school and one adult education student, totaling 507 graduates, down from last year and from 1977. Names span many families with Donna Adams through Daniel Loescher and include numerous seniors and summer students.
Community Meeting Tonight Highlights Wednesday Events
VFW Auxiliary No. 9340 meets at 8 p.m. at the VFW Home. Township trustees convene 7 30 p.m. at Town Hall. School Board 7 30 p.m. in Copopa School cafeteria. Riders Inc 7 30 p.m. at Town Hall. United Methodist Women host salad luncheon at 12 noon in Fellowship Hall. Rotary Club gathers at noon at McGarvey s. Penfield United Church Women quilt at noon. Our Lady Of Lourdes Altar and Rosary Society 7 30 p.m. in New London.
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Copopa
Riders Inc
United Methodist
Fellowship Hall
Our Lady of Lourdes
Lorain Firemen Honored For Bravery At Open Station Ceremony
Four Lorain firefighters were praised as heroes during the opening ceremonies for a 1.2 million fire station at 1356 Broadway. Acting Lieutenant Al Budka and firefighters Tony Cuevas and Jim Davis were credited with freeing a 2 year old boy trapped in a upstairs room during a April 26 blaze at 225 West 29th Street. Steven McDowell was found under a mattress and rescued as crews battled intense heat. Budka was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. the child is recovering from extensive burns. Fire Chief James Kallis also commended Joseph Ford for saving a 62 year old woman in a September fire at 1720 Meister Road. The central station has been in use since April, with opening ceremonies and an open house Sunday.
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Broadway
al ‘Budka
Tony Cuevas
Jim Davis
29Th St
Steven McDowell
Budka
James Kallis
Joseph Ford
Meister Road
Proposed apartment plans dropped near Burns and Abbey roads
Landowner Dr. Robert Stevenson withdrew a rezoning request for a planned apartment project at a parcel near Burns and Abbey roads after strong local opposition over traffic and density. The plan had cleared planning and council committees and two council readings before cancellation. Stevenson may pursue a single family and 46 unit option, requiring formal approvals again.
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City Plannings Commission
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Stevens Zon
Richard Seward
Seward
Stevenson
Planning Commission
Council
Amherst osteopath named Ohio General Practitioner of the Year
Dr. W. P. Wagner of Amherst, chief of obstetrics at Amherst Hospital, was named Ohio General Practitioner of the Year by the Ohio State Society of the American College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. The 21 year practitioner was praised for elevating osteopathic medicine and public service. He has served as athletic physician for Amherst Steele High School and oversaw roles at Murray Ridge School and Golden Acres Home, and has ten children with his wife Bernadine. He recently became an assistant professor at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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The
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Osteopathic General Practitioners Organization
Ohio Osteopathic Association
Columbus
Wagner
Norman Jankowski
Ohio Society
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Forest Hill Hospital
Cleveland
Amherst Hospital
Amherst Steele High School
Lorain County
Murray Ridge School
W.P. Wagner
Golden Acres
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Bernadine
Lorain council to reconvene housing hearings
Lorain city council will reconvene investigative hearings on the housing rehabilitation program at 7 p.m. next Tuesday in city hall. Community Development Director Sanford Prudoff resisted providing transcripts of four public hearings, citing duties to both the city and HUD as Chicago HUD demands due by June 22.
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Sanford Prudoff
City Hall
Prudoff
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Chicago
HUD
Avon-A Strawberry Social Set for Friday
Avon residents will gather at Holy Trinity Church on Nagle Road Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. for a strawberry social with 90 cent servings and a four and a half dollar family cap. Proceeds go to support the local school. Pies and beverages will be sold. The event is part of a broader push tied to HUD deadlines and federal funds.
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Holy Trinity Church
Nagle Road
Avon Lake names top 1979 graduates
Avon Lake High School will graduate 279 seniors at 2 p.m. Sunday at Avon Lake Memorial Stadium. Valedictorian Jefrey Brian Legge, son of Walter and Mrs Legge of 159 Ashwood Dr, earned a 4.35 GPA and engaged in National Honor Society, Varsity Club, A Cappella choir, chorale and sports. Salutatorian Scott C. Wahl, son of Ronald Obee of 2673 Belle Rd, held a 4.26 GPA, edited Spectrum, and joined Math Science Club, AFS, Academic Challenge, Quill and Scroll. he plans to attend the University of Cincinnati with a chemistry focus. Legge received the Marshall Hahn Engineering Scholarship to Virginia Tech for chemical engineering mirroring the school’s top graduates list.
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Avon Lake High School
Jeffrey Brian Legge
Walter Legge
Ashwood
Legge
Chorale
Merman
Marshall Hahn
Virginia Tech
Scott C. Wahl
Ronald Obee
Belle Rd
Wahl
Knights of Columbus
University of Cincinnati
Avon Lake Memorial Stadium
Goodrich awaits EPA action on vinyl chloride emissions
Goodrich Chemical Co spokesman says Avon Lake plant has not heard from EPA about alleged vinyl chloride emissions. The chemical is linked to angiosarcoma. an employee death was reported in 1975. EPA Region V in Chicago warned halt of all emissions or risk a compliance order.
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EPA
BF. Goodrich Chemical Co
U. S
Environmental Pollution Agency
Avon Lake
Charles Arthur
Elyria
Cleveland
John Rapsys
Chicago
Diet nurse to speak at Vermilion College Club meeting
Maryann Ketchesin, a Lorain Community Hospital registered nurse, will be guest speaker at the Vermilion College Club season finale tonight at 8 at Grace United Methodist Church. She will discuss health food cookery and has led diet discussion groups and a natural foods course at the Elyria YWCA.
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Vermilion
Maryann Ketchesin
Lorain Community Hospital
Vermilion College Club
Grace United Methodist Church
Road levy to replace existing 1 mill improvement plan
Columbia Township voters will decide a new 1 mill road improvement levy for five years in November. The levy replaces the current 1 mill four year levy expiring this year and is expected to raise about $33,000 annually based on new valuation. Proceeds fund tar and stone of township roads.
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Columbia
Columbia Township
Court report corrects name in Elyria traffic fines
A Elyria Municipal Court entry Friday corrects a namespelling in a traffic violation list. Homer Demastus should read Homer Demastus Jr. in the record.
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Elyria Municipal
Homer
Demastus
Homer Demastus Jr
Elyria to fight Edison 33 percent street lighting hike
Elyria plans to oppose Ohio Edison's proposed 33 percent street light rate increase for two years. Council member Weber seeks more information and a Consumers' Council briefing before acting, with a July 1 deadline and potential PUC review ahead.
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Edison
Ohio Edison
Arthur Weber
Weber
John Bara
Delyria
Bara
Ed Consumers’ Council
Public Utilities Committee
Rara
Consumers’ Council
Comatose Wellington youth in critical condition after fair crash
A 15 year old Wellington boy, Richard D. Miller Jr., remained in critical condition and comatose at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a head on crash with a pickup driven by Herbert A. Morris at the Lorain County Fair Grounds. Morris was observed for chest pains and admitted to Wellington Community Hospital. No charges filed as investigators seek cause. Miller is the son of Richard D. Miller Sr. and has two friends who witnessed the event.
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Wellington
Lorain County Fair Grounds
Elyria Memorial Hospital
James Baughman
Richard D. Miller Jr
Adams St
Herbert A. Morris
W. Herrick Ave
Morris
Wellington Community Hospital
Baughman
Elyria arson charge filed. second suspect sought
A 20 year old Elyria man Dale Estep faces arson charges after a stolen Oberlin area car was found burning on Woodford Avenue. A witness said two men set the blaze and fled. Police pursued them. Estep resisted entry at his West River Avenue home. They seek Frank Estep as the other suspect.
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Woodford Avenue
Dale E. Estep
W. River Ave
Oberlin
Estep
W. River Street
Dale Estep
Frank Estep
Horvitz papers to cover trial despite trustees
Four Ohio Horvitz trusts face a family dispute over control of an $180 million empire. Harry Horvitz sues brothers William Horvitz and Kane in Cuyahoga County Probate Court amid a trustees’ bid to curb coverage. Some editors plan to cover hearings despite a two to one vote banning press reports. others may defy the order.
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William
Kane
Cuyahoga County
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Willoughby News Herald
Jim Davis
Dover-New
Philadelphia Times
Lorain Journal
Bob May
Mansfield News Journal
Harry
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