Road closure on Route 252 near Columbia for three months
Beginning April 1 a section of Route 252 in Columbia Station will close for three months to straighten and raise a dangerous curve one mile north of Route 2. Columbia road supervisor Robert Rundle cited multiple accidents including a fatal 1986 crash of Olmsted Falls mayor David Fortier. Fortier’s car was hit by a semi and plunged into the Rocky River with a 30 minute underwater struggle for surviving occupant Fortier.
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Columbia Station
Columbia Road
Robert Rundle
Olmsted Falls
David Fortier
Rocky River
Fortier
Sock Hop to Benefit Columbia Athletic Boosters at Byelorussian Center
The Columbia Athletic Boosters host their third annual sock hop from 7 p.m. to midnight on March 30 at the Byelorussian American Cultural Center in Strongsville to raise funds for the club. Tickets are 12.50 with some at the door. Eddie & the Kasers will perform. For details, contact Bobbi Newton at 236 3097.
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Columbia Athletic Boosters
Webster Road
Strongsville
Sala Bobbi Newton
Amnherst Band
St Peter United Church of Christ
Church St
Marion L. Steele High School
Nord Family Foundation Awards 25 Grants Totalling 615 887
The Nord Family Foundation distributed 25 grants totaling 615 887 to Lorain and Cuyahoga county groups and others. A 100 000 two year grant went to Children Services Inc in Cleveland for residential and family treatment of troubled youths, the largest award. Other Lorain County grants included 68000 to Linden School 45000 to Center for Leadership in Education 25000 to Musicians Using Systems Incorporating Computers 17000 to Lorain County Organized Labor Management Council 15000 to Lorain County Urban League 8000 to New Lorain Association 5000 to Samaritan Center 3000 to First Community Interfaith Institute and 92500 to Oberlin Choristers for Carnegie Hall travel.
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Elyria
Nord Family Foundation
Lorain
Cuyahoga Counties
Children’s Services Inc
Cleveland
Nord
Lorain County
Linden School
Center For Leadership In Education
Lorain County Organized Labor/Management
New Lorain Association Inc
Black River
Lorain Port Authority
The
Community Interfaith Institute of Ohio
Oberlin
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Trauma center benefit at Rock Hall of Fame
The TIARA fundraiser for Southwest General Foundation will be at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to benefit the emergency trauma center. Dinner dance starts at 7 p m on April 27 with tickets from 150 dollars and a 20 April deadline. Reservations 816 6713.
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Cleveland
Southwest General Foundation
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Southwest General Health Center
Rock Hall
Foundation
Peter Gail
Goosefoot Acres
Geauga County
Steele student travels to D C for science event
Steele High School junior John Glasstetter joined 259 other students from 33 states Japan and Puerto Rico in Washington D C for the Presidential Classroom Special Focus Week on Science. He met government officials toured science landmarks and attended seminars on democracy and science during the week.
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Marion L. Steele
Washington
D.C
John Glasstetter
Glasstetter
Japan
Puerto Rico
MLS
Karl Schmidt
Ohio auditor eyes Cleveland panel as model for oversight
State Auditor Jim Petro proposed a temporary commission to oversee Cleveland schools finances and suggested similar panels could supervise other Ohio districts with money problems. He noted no decisions yet on panel makeup and cited potential involvement of Superintendent Richard Boyd and city officials. Petro released a state audit detailing budget cuts to avert a $1.4 billion deficit within eight years.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Jim Petro
Ohio
Petro
Richard A. Boyd
Th City
Clevelan
Michael R. White
House
J Ann Davidson
R-Reynoldsburg
Former judge sentenced for cocaine distribution case
Michael Gallagher a 39 year old former Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court judge was sentenced to one year in prison and fined 620000 for distributing less than an ounce of cocaine. He apologized for prior drug remarks and faces three years of federal supervision after release.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Michael Gallagher
ILS
Lesley Brooks Wells
Apri
Gallagher
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Drug Enforcement Administration
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Columbia
Snell Road
Boone Road
Boone
Eddie & the Kasers
Newton
Eaton
Eaton Town Hall
Pamela Wright
Wright Massotherapy
Eaton Township
Jennifer M. McSweeney Tana
Mohican State Park Lodge
Perrysville
Bob Eichenberg
Paul Carpenter
Daryl Davis
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio State University School of Natural Resources
OSU Extension Service
Charelle Rodenbaugh
Chronicle-Telegram
East Ave
Nord Foundation
Council For
labor/management climate survey
Lorain County Urban League
Samaritan Center of
Berea
Public Library
Polaris
Tolly Award
Middleburg Heights
Telly
Taurus
Thunderbird
Citibank
Broad St
Syl
Stonington Temple
Masonic Temple
Franklin Ave
John Higgins
Higgins
Tamara Solarz
Amherst
South Amherst
Tammi Solarz
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