North Ridgeville Notes Community Days set for four days
North Ridgeville reports new officers for the year Janet Boring as president, Jane Hayes as vice president and secretary, Cathy Gleason as treasurer. The Junior Women's Club plans to use profits from a booth to buy a legal size typewriter for the police department. The Citizens League holds emergency meeting June 28 for officer nominations. Various local groups prepare booths for Jaycees Community Days with events including a King and Queen vote, band concerts, a roast beef dinner, square dancing, TV personalities, youth groups displays, and amusement rides by Gambel's Amusements Co.
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North Ridgeville
Janet Boring
Jane Hayes
Cathy Gleason
Police Department
Citizens League of
Jim Comerford
John Leacock
Leacock
Ridgeville seniors earn scholarships at commencement
Eleven North Ridgeville High School seniors were awarded scholarships from various organizations at graduation on June 8. Diana Baker received two awards from CAPSE and Mills Creek Womens Club, Terry Dennis two awards from the North Ridgeville Women's Club and Nursing Scholarship, and others include Lions Club, NR Education Association, PTAs, and several full and partial scholarships to the Beautician Academy Inc.
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North Ridgeville
Diana Baker
Ohio Association of Public School Employes
CAPSE
Mills Creek
Terry Dennis
Lorna Batton
Greg Austn
Lions Club
Jim Light
North Ridgeville Education Association
Frances Lenzer
Parent Teachers Association
Linda Toth
Women's Club
Denise Tomlinson
Ruth Sloan
Claudia Sigsworth
Reg Fina Sitar
Beautician Academy, Inc
Barbara Campana
Academy
Ridgeville council extends sewer ban while studying options
Ridgeville officials extended the temporary ban on new taps around the Mills Road treatment plant for two weeks to study a proposed resolution. The city plans to divert about 100,000 gallons of sewage to the Alvin Homes plant and finance additional facilities via Mills Creek Homes Inc and North Ridge Investment Corp. About 250 homes currently rely on Mills Road. A special meeting is set for Monday at 8:00 p.m. to discuss rejoining the Lorain County Health Board and land acquisition for a pumping station on Sugar Ridge Road.
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North Ridgeville
Mills Road
Mills Creek Homes, Inc
North Ridge Investment Corp
Alvin Homes
Alvin
City Bank
Grange Hall
Charles Stuart
City Hall
Lorain County Health Board
Avon
Avon Lake
Larry McGlinchy
Environmental Committee
Sugar Ridge Road
Council
Dan Standen
City eyes storm drainage bid rules and master plan
A city seeks bids from engineering firms for a storm drainage master study while noting a potential conflict with current contract holder Neff and Associates. A Thursday committee of the whole meets at 4 p.m to discuss this and a second motion by Cornish requiring full engineering plans and a master subdivision pin for council approval.
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Neff and Associates
Richard Sullinger
Cornish
Safety Town attracts 76 in first session
The Safety Town program opened with 76 pre kindergarten children attending the first class. Leaders including Mayor Charles Stuart Fire Chief Robert Dreger and Lions and Kiwanis sponsors led the two week sessions designed to teach traffic and pedestrian safety through miniature streets cars and signals.
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North Ridgeville
Charles Stuart
Robert Dreger
Charles Stiles
Anthony Rago
Ure Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Motels Seek City Abandonment Of Occupancy Tax
Four motel owners presented a petition urging the complete abandonment of a three percent transient occupancy tax, citing minimal projected revenue of about nine thousand dollars annually. The group listed Colonial Motel Ridge Motel Ohio Manor and Travelers Inn, with signatures not included. Council members noted lack of motel owner input and discussed the tax after a year of debate.
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North Ridgeville
Colonial Motel
Ridge Motel
Ohio Manor
Travelers Inn
Eugene Francis
Epuncil
Don Standen
Oberlin Moves to Save City Landmarks with New Ordinance
Oberlin city council approved first reading of a landmark preservation ordinance creating a five member commission with a 120 day demolition delay. It defines historic sites and sets standards, public meetings, a final list, and long review before demolitions.
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Oberlin
Chy
Council
Geraldine Donaldson
Dina Schooteaker
Law sets new policy for drug treatment in Ohio
Lawyers and officials in Lorain County discussed a new Ohio law enabling sentencing of drug offenders to treatment at the Cleveland Psychiatric Institute. Judge John D. Pincura and Dr. Albert Paolino described faster inpatient care and a shift away from Mansfield Reformatory or penitentiary sentencing. The institute would receive defendants under probation supervision and provide a drug evaluation report to the court in about 30 days.
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Lorain County
Cleveland Psychiatric Institute
Ohio
Common Pleas
John D. Pincura
Albert Aolino
Anne Wayant
Pincura
Cleveland Institute
Mansfield Reformatory
Paolino
City council tables action on bulldozer
The city council tabled a purchase motion for a new landfill bulldozer on Garden Street pending input from Sanitation Superintendent Jack Byam who was absent. They approved spending 4800 to repair an out of service landfill dozer, with repair costs potentially rising after inspection.
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Garden Street
Jack Byam
Felix J. Klimczak
D-6
Public Safety and Environment Committee
Council
Benefit sale goes awry in Stillwater misunderstanding
In Stillwater Oklahoma an electrical generator loaned by a rental company for a charity exhibit was accidentally sold at a benefit sale causing confusion. Local organizers say the item was inadvertently transferred without permission and are seeking restitution or replacement. The incident highlights the need for clearer pickup and transfer procedures at fundraisers.
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Stillwater
Okla
Land Rezoning Enables Church Expansion at North Ridgeville
North Ridgeville council rezones four acres owned by Alth Baptist Church on Rent Road to permit a church addition. Councilman Bernard Lysght moves to rezone land under option to the church and issue a building permit to proceed with the expansion.
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North Ridgeville
Alth Baptist Church
Bernard Lysaght
Rutgers Turban Helmets Return to 1870s Era Football
The article recalls early college football at Rutgers College where scarlet turbans wrapped thick hair under helmets in the 1870s, describing the distinctive headgear once worn by players.
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Rutgers
Two St Peters graduates win $100 PTU scholarships
North Ridgeville report: Paula Vessalo and Edwin Carandang, graduates of St. Peter's School, received $100 PTU scholarships for scholastic achievement character cooperation and plans to continue Catholic education at Elvira Catholic High School this fall. Paula is daughter of Mr and Mrs John Vessalo of 37500 Sugar Ridge Rd and Edwin is son of Mr and Mrs Celsa Carandang of 5631 Mills Creek Lane.
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North Ridgeville
St. Peter's School
Paula Vessalo
John Vessalo
Sugar Ridge Rd
Edwin Carandang
Celsa Carandang
Mills Creek Lane
Elvira Catholic High School
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