Casino benefits hogwash faces church opposition in Lorain
About 100 people including leaders from the Evangelical Ministerial Fellowship of Lorain County voiced moral and economic concerns at a House hearing on Rep. Joseph Koziura’s bill to allow a Lorain casino as a five year pilot with a 1,000 room resort. Pastor Don Betts and Rev John Adams criticized gambling as a panacea while unions and churches questioned job claims and tourism benefits.
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Columbus
Lorain
Joseph Koziura
D-Lorain
Don Betts
House Economic Development and Small Business Committee
Evangelical Ministerial Fellowship of
Lorain County
Betts
Lakeview Baptist Church
Vermilion
John Adams
Lake Breeze Revival Center
Pentecostal Fellowship of Northern
Ohio
Adams
Higbee’s axes 48 more as sale completes
Higbee Co begins firing employees after its sale to Dillard’s and DeBartolo. Forty eight of 53 MIS group staffers were let go Tuesday as the department store chain consolidates computer functions with Dillard’s in Little Rock and real estate with DeBartolo in Youngstown.
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Cleveland
Higbee Co
Management Information Systems Group
Dillard Department Stores Inc
Little Rock
Ark
Edward J. DeBartolo Corp
Youngstown
Higbee
H. Gene Nau
Dillard’s
Nau
DeBartolo
Keys proposes 1988 budget with $16 million in operating costs
Elyria mayor Michael Keys unveils a lean 1988 general fund budget of about $16 million with no major layoffs or service cuts. He notes only up to five part time positions may be eliminated and warns that further adjustments and potential layoffs could come as costs, revenues, and union negotiations evolve. The plan relies on $1.5% income tax with a May referendum to sustain essential services.
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Elyria
Michael Keys
Keys
Council
Beverly Renner
General Motors Corp
Fisher Guide
Renner
DeMarco Buys Drage Realty in Elyria Joining Local Firms
Dennis J. DeMarco buys Les Drage Realty Co. with Art Williams, keeping the Drage name. Founder Les Drage remains president as the firm plans expansion into the Avon Avon Lake area. Drage Realty, founded 1957 as Drage & Co, employs 12 at 405 Broad St and handles residential commercial and industrial properties.
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Elyria
Dennis J. DeMarco
Convenient Food Mart
Les Drage Realty Co
DeMarco
Art Williams
Les Drage
Avon-Avon Lake
Broad St
Les Drage Realty
Lorain
Ford Motor Co
Baumhart Road
Recall vote set for Sam Laurie in Grafton
Grafton village council votes 4-0 to set a recall election for Council President Sam Laurie on March 29 after petitions demanded his resignation by February 26. Laurie says he will not resign amid concerns over Novak Road paving and flooding, and prior police chief Michaels firing.
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Laurie
Grafton
Sam Laurie
Novak Road
Cheryl Hosek
Bob McCarrick
Michaels
Couneil
Citizens For
Bush Dukakis win in Vermont
Vermont voters deliver wins for George Bush and Michael Dukakis in a statewide contest reported from Page A-6. Officials tally early results with both campaigns claiming momentum as votes come in across towns and counties.
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Ohio Council of Churches
Krebs
Tom Jones
Mentor Erectors Inc
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Dennis DeMarco
Drage Realty
Elyrian
Cleveland St
Sunshine Farms- Elyria Dairies Inc
North Center al Ohio Convenient Food
Cleveland Street
ConSun
Drage
Jeff Mohrman
C-T
Billy Michaels
Bill Florio
Flono
Florio
Tom Smith
Smith
Yacobezzi
Sam Laurio
Midway Mall
Accent
Gott
Abby Befarte
Swaggart
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