Elyria Schools Hit by GM Personal Property Tax Loss
Elyria schools face about 105000 in personal property tax losses this year as GM inventories shrink and Ben Dix Corp credits reduce tax revenue. Total hit exceeds 130000 after adjustments, with most losses from the bond retirement fund and a small portion to the general fund. Superintendent Showalter and Treasurer Haywood spoke of uncertain future funding and potential levy needs.
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Elyria
General Motors
Bendix Corp
General Fund
Showalter
Ed Haywood
Musicians Union Band Plans Free Lorain Concerts
The Musicians Union Local 146 concert band will present the first in a series of free public performances Sunday at 4 pm by the fountain in Lakeview Park. The concerts are sponsored by the Musicians Union and Lorain Parks and Recreation Department.
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Lorain
Musicians Union
Lakeview Park
Lorain Parks and Recreation
Parents sue SW General doctor over child abuse charge
Pompano Beach couple from Florida sue Dr Mark Medveneff and Southwest General official in Cuyahoga County claiming their two year old son Jeremy was mislabeled as abused after blisters were misdiagnosed as cigarette burns. They seek punitive and compensatory damages, saying the incident caused humiliation and distress. The suit notes a dropped charge after tests showed a bacterial infection. Jury trial set in front of Judge Frank J Gorman.
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SW General Doctor
Middleburg Heights
UPI
Gilbert
Cathy Tomitz
Southwest General Hospital
Pompano Beach, Fla
Cuyahoga County
Tomitzes
Parma
Jeremy
Medveneff
Hopsital
Landskroner
Hospital
Frank J Gorman
Ridgeville Baseball Boosters Seek City Loan for Lights
The City Baseball Boosters in North Ridgeville request a $20,000 loan over five years to cover lights for the Sugar Ridge Road complex. Mayor Noll will weigh city involvement as costs total $40,000 with ongoing maintenance and power duties via Musco leasing at $3,800 yearly.
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North Ridgeville
Sugar Ridge Road
Dan Arabian
Arabian
Richard Noll
Parks and Recreation Department
Musco Corp
Atlas Electric
Grafton Old-Fashioned Tobacco Spittin Contest July 4
Grafton hosts a two day street festival on July 4 and 5 with a downtown parade launching at 2 p.m. on Saturday and a spittin contest at 3 15 p.m. Saturday featuring distance and accuracy contests. Winner earns spittoons. A possible Sunday spit-off may follow.
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Grafton
Main Street
Willow Park
Ely
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
Demjanjuk innocence claim echoed by Walus during tour
Frank Walus, a 58 year old man once convicted of concealing Nazi ties, tours nationwide claiming Johann Demjanjuk is innocent. Walus says he did not study the evidence and would not have read it. He cites Simon Wiesenthal in backing his stance as a protest against war crimes prosecutions.
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Cleveland
UPI
Demjanjuk
Chicago
Frank Walus
US District Court
Julius Hoffman
United States
7Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Walls
Hoffman
Justice Department
Office of Special Investigations
Treblinka
Ivan the Terrible
Walus
Simon Wiesenthal
Vienna
Austria
Wiesenthal
University professor avoids fine over animal reporting
John Carroll University biology chair Thomas L. Pearce faced a potential $1,000 penalty for not reporting December animal use. He filed zero counts after noting only rats mice and an occasional turtle were involved, arguing no other animals were used.
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Cleveland
UPI
John Carroll University
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Thomas L. Pearce
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