Carpenter Builds Desk For School In Kind Resource Effort
South Amherst school officials saved the district about 1000 by using scrap lumber to craft a new desk for the high school library built by local carpenter John Leace of 301 Fern St. The project reused leftover lumber and a purchased $100 Formica top. Attending youths are listed: Lence and Jon Cutnaw, Brenda Jones, Sherry Wilhelm, all residents of South Amherst.
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South Amherst
John Leace
Fern St
Lence
Jon Cutnaw
Lowell Cutnaw
Telegraph Rd
Chad Milam
Lorain board halts cuts but remodeling still costly
Lorain Board of Education, after scrubbing non academic items from the Lorain High School phase two expansion, finds the revised cost at 1.314 to 1.340 million dollars, well over the original architect estimate. Architects warn further cuts reduce usable teaching space. The board plans reworked drawings and a possible rebid, with an April 12 decision deadline, while approving new hires and construction bill payments.
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Lorain
Lorain High School
Board of Education
Todd Schmidt
Outcast
Rode
Kaplan
Curtis Associates
Cleveland
Schmidt
Lorain board okays thirteen point six six million in appropriations
Lorain General Fund appropriations of 13.66 million were approved by the Lorain Board of Education for the 1971 calendar year, up 617 thousand from 1970 due to tax reappraisals. The bulk funds cover salaries and wages, with 7.794 million for instructional personnel, and allocations for fixed charges, supplies, capital outlay, and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Lorain Board of Education
Antone Ujbelyi
Erty
Lorain Institute Fund
Fire origin unknown in vines at Atkins residence
At 12 47 p m a minor fire started in vines along a fence row behind Albert Atkins 116 Beverly Court. Firefighters reported no damage and quickly extinguished the blaze with a garden hose. Cause remains undetermined.
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Albert Atkins
Beverly Ct
Two Teens Use Counterfeit Bill at Avon Burger King
Avon Elyria police reported two unidentified teenage girls used a counterfeit twenty at a Burger King on 61st W Broad St. The manager Andrew Woody noted the girls entered between 5 and 7 pm and the fake was only detected around 9 am. The bill was handed to Elyria detectives.
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Burger King
Broad St
Elyria
Andrew Woody
Woody
Delinquent tax sale upheld in Oberlin dispute
Common Pleas Judge Paul J. Mikus upheld a delinquent tax sale involving Sumner Street property in Oberlin and ordered Lorain County Treasurer J. Grant Keys to refund a $75 tax payment by the former owner. Mrs. Geraldine Donaldson sued county officials for damages over a 1967 sale mixup, with the court declaring Oberlin Canteen Co. holds good title and ordering them to pay court costs.
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Common Pleas
Paul J. Mikus
Sumner Street
Oberlin
Lorain County
J. Grant Keys
Geraldine Donaldson
S. Pleasant St
Joseph J. Mitock
Keys
Arnold Levin
Thomas Holowecky
Oberlin Canteen Co
Oberlin Canteen
Donaldson
Cub Scout Pack 150 Mixup Causes Property Sale Confusion
Cub Scouts sponsored by St. Agnes Catholic Church are Pack 150 members. A Chronicle-Telegram report mislisted the pack number. Mrs Donaldson inherited the property, learned $750 in delinquent taxes, and was told a sale was pending. She arranged a $75 payment plan to save the property. She paid, but an oversight led to the house being sold and later razed.
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St. Agnes Catholic Church
Chronicle-Telegram
Donaldson
Keys
Railpax May End Penn Central Passenger Service to Wellington
Railpax plans to end the Penn Central passenger run stopping at Wellington on the Columbus to Cleveland route. The lone local service, nicknamed the doodle bug, may be discontinued as Railpax introduces a unified system bypassing Cleveland. More than 4% million visitors have toured Yellowstone Park since its 1872 opening.
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Railpax
Penn Central
Wellington
Columbus
Cleveland
Yellowstone Park
Wye
Citizens group plans campaign for school levy
New London residents form a citizens committee to back a May 3 mill operating levy, aiming to inform the public by telephone, sheets, and Q&A reports. If approved the levy would add 48 000 for teaching and nonteaching salaries and other expenses, with salaries to be brought in line with area schools. The group plans public meetings and seeks organizational endorsements, noting Gov Gilligan proposals could affect the levy. The next committee meeting is March 30 at 7 30 p.m. in the high school music room. the public is invited.
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New London
New London High School
Joseph Hurley
John Gilligan
Hurley
Board of Education
Methadone Clinic Approved at St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital trustees approved using hospital facilities for a methadone clinic to treat heroin addicts. The plan includes a nurse and pharmacist to dispense the drug and aims to coordinate with Walter G. Nord guidance centers for testing and counseling, with a future meeting called for other agencies.
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Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Ronald Streem
Streem
Walter G. Nord Guidance Centers
Amherst walkway approved linking park to shopping area
The Amherst city council approved a new walkway from Park Avenue to the city parking lot funded by the Chamber of Commerce. The measure follows over a year of consideration and aims to ease access from the park to the shopping district. Также, Mayor vetoed a building freeze on remodeling unless approved by council.
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Amherst
Park Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Anthony DePaola
Marvin Davis
Deadline set for planning grant requests in Lorain County
NOACA will not process applications after August 31 1971 for federal planning grants under the Crime Control and Safe Streets Act. Lorain County stands to lose NOACA handling and may have its $42000 matching grant for creating a new county processed by the Ohio Department of Urban Affairs. A March 30 Akron Holiday Inn meeting will explain the change with Bruce Newman of Urban Affairs in attendance.
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Northeast Ohio
NOACA
Lorain County
Ohio Department of Urban Affairs
Robert Brown
Brown
Holiday Inn
Akron
Bruce L. Newman
Two Tool Boxes Stolen From Amherst Auto Garage
Amherst Township deputies report a break in at Dellefield Auto Body on Middle Ridge Road where two tool boxes valued over 1100 dollars were taken between 4 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. yesterday from a work area. A small amount of change was also taken and entry was gained by removing a northeast window pane. Raymond Dellefield, 47, of 4271 Edgewater Drive Vermilion is named as the shop owner.
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Amherst Township
Raymond Dellefield
Edgewater Dr
Vermilion
Dellefield
Middle Ridge Road
Amherst
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Jack Mercer
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Kent
Kent State University
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Teen Center
Northgate Allotment
Joanie
Broad St.Elyria
Cub Scout
Citizens Group
By Helen Payne
Edward O'Reilly
Gov. Gilligan
Gilligan
Hurev
Methadone
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Tokyo
Health Ministry
Japan
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Lodi
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