Mayors Face Recalls Across Rust Belt Akron Toledo
Mayors Don Plusquelle and another Akron figure face recall drives as Akron voters decide on Tuesday and Toledo plans a November recall. Voters cite foreclosures police layoffs and unkempt parks amid widespread Midwest distress.
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Lorain International Festival to Crown New Queen
Natalie Rodriguez, Lorain’s festival ambassador, faces final duties as queen before crowning a successor at the Lorain Palace Theatre. The 2009 pageant hosts 18 princesses with nine nationalities, competition begins 7 p.m. Thursday with tickets $9 at the Palace box office or online.
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El Arriero Mexican Restaurant Opens in Lorain
El Arriero Mexican Restaurant opened a week ago at the Castle on West Erie Avenue in Lorain as El Castillo Grande closed at the site in March. Owner Lorenzo Gutierrez, 23, has previously owned two El Jimador locations in Wadsworth and Farmington New York. He was born in Mexico and moved to the United States at age 14 and learned cooking from his father.
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Demand rises for school lunches nationwide
The 2008-09 guidelines set free lunch income at 27 560 for a family of four and 39 220 for reduced price lunches. USDA spent 312 million last summer with 8.4 million in Ohio. February 2009 saw 516 355 free lunch applications, up 7.93 percent, and 98 000 discounted lunch apps, up about 4 percent. President Obama seeks 1 billion more per year to expand access and improve program integrity. Cecelia Torok of the Ohio Department of Education calls it a strong family aid option during tight times.
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Federal lunch program gains Ohio reach in summer aid
The U S Department of Agriculture spent 312 million on the program last summer. In seven years Ohio’s Summer Food Program grew 21 percent, serving nearly 61 000 children last year up from 40 000 in 2004.
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Out-of-state butterflies join garden at French Creek Nature Center
Butterflies from outside Ohio join monarchs swallow tails viceroys and cabbage whites in a new butterfly garden at French Creek Nature Center in Sheffield. The deck garden runs daily July 1 to September 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. free admission. call (440) 949-5200 for details.
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