Three drownings and near drowning in weekend heat
A 13-year-old boy drowned in the Black River Elyria while swimming with friends near Third Street. Randy Moser, 30, Milan, broke his neck diving into shallow water at Bay Point Sand Bar. Jacqueline Wooten, 15, Lorain, nearly drowned in a Sheffield Woods pool and was revived. divers recovered one body in 20 feet of water. Police say the events occurred Sunday afternoon as hot weather drew people to the water.
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Black River
Elyria
Third Street
Milan
Sheffield Woods
Gene Reising
Bay Point Sand Bar
Sandusky
Randy Moser
Center St
U.S Coast Guard
Marblehead
Sheffield Township
Jacqueline Wooten
Dallas Ave
Lorain
Sheffield Center
Westlake teen dramatist wins three years in a row
Laura Neff, 14, an eighth grader at Lee Burneson Junior High in Westlake, wrote three plays addressing heavy topics. Her recent Divided By Three centers on greed and family conflicts as she aims to enter a national contest after remolding its opening. She has earned top prizes at the Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival for three consecutive years.
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Westlake
Laura Neff
Lee Burneson
Marilyn Bianchi
Laura
Dobarna Theatre
Cleveland Heights
Mrs. Neff
Friday
Marge
Alabama Theatre Family Routine Inspires Laura Playwriting
Laura has turned Alabama Theatre into a weekly family routine by writing plays. She aims to keep playwriting as a hobby while taking voice lessons to pursue acting, and envisions a future as a schoolteacher.
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Laura
Eaton Township harvest queen dies in two car crash
A 17yearold Grafton girl Kelly Vinson the Eaton Township Harvest Queen was killed in a two car crash at Butternut Ridge and Durkee Roads at 3 25 pm Sunday in Eaton Township Open Door Christian School junior Kelly Vinson was declared dead at Elyria Memorial Hospital after her car was struck broadside by an eastbound vehicle driven by Richard Fauth 20 of 37373 Butternut Ridge Road Elyria and a passenger Kim Draiss 18 of 515 Randall Drive Elyria was in fair condition with a head injury The driver of the other car was treated at EMH and Vinson s sister Katherine 14 was also treated at EMH for injuries
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Eaton Township
Grafton
Butternut Ridge
Durkee Roads
Kelly Vinson
Giles Road
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ms. Vinson
Katherine
Emh
Richard Fauth
Durkee Road
Fauth
Ms. Winson
Miss Winson
Open Door Christian School
Kelly
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Big Chuck
Little John
Drop in death rate changed families and society
A sociologist highlights how reductions in infant mortality from one in seven to one in 70 and higher life expectancy to 98 by age 15 transformed family life. Orphanages closed, grandparents took larger roles, and marriage longevity grew while empty nests became common as parents raised smaller families. The piece contrasts past indifference to loss with modern parental ties and enduring marriages, then shifts to a cemetery monument recalling a family with five children who died young, and the father’s humble inscription.
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Peter Uhlenberg
University of North Carolina
Journal of
Family History
Phillipe Aries
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Warens
Margaret Carson
Rosalie Simmons
Jackson
Miss
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Eaton Harvest Queen
The
Highway Patrol
Kelly Winson
Cleveland
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J.F. Rice
Great Northern Mall
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Rices
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Stella
Myrtella May
Leona Estelle
Susan Mandana
Rice
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Fred NicGanagié
J. F. Rice
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