Ohio EPA director defends budget plan amid criticism
Ohio EPA Director Warren Tyler defends excluding a toxic chemical right to know program and a Great Lakes anti-pollution project from the 1987-89 budget, saying decisions on operation and budgeting were pending. Activists and Gov Celeste support the programs, while the House trimmed EPA funding from 36.8 to 35.4 million as state funds balance with federal support.
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Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Warren Tyler
Great Lakes
Tyler
Richard Celeste
Celeste
Great Lakes-area
Sandy Buchanan
Toxic Action Project
Ohio Public Interest Campaign
Stephen Sedam
Ohio Environmental Council
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EPA
House Finance and Appropriations Committee
Old-time crafts at Bob Evans Farm teach 18th century skills
Craft classes at the Bob Evans Farm in Adams County Ohio use a restored log cabin village to teach blacksmithing coopering candle making spinning and weaving. Instructors from Pittsburgh and Ohio run weeklong sessions with dorm lodging at Rio Grande College costing 55 per person. The Wild Turkey Seminar appears on Saturday April 11.
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McGuffey
Bob Evans
Homestead Living
George Wolfe
PHE
Wolfe
Stan Whiting
Pittsburgh
Coopering
Adamsville
Rio Grande College
Turkey
Homestead
Bob Evans Farms
Butts targets hit skip penalties to match drunk driving
Ohio Senator Charles Butts seeks Senate Bill 121 to raise hit-skip penalties to the level of drunk driving. A Purdue study found hit-skip reports rose after 1983 drunk driving law, as harsher penalties for DUI prompted many to flee the scene.
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Ohio
Charles Butts
Cleveland
Butts
Jeff Stern
Purdue University
Stern
Detectives outline steps in Reagan murder case
Elyria police testified on the timeline from Larry Reagan’s discovery on August 24 to Clarence Sauer’s arrest 12 hours later. Prosecutors introduced a wooden railroad tie Sauer allegedly used and a defense conceded Sauer struck Reagan but denied delivering the fatal blow. LT. Michael Adkins testified the concrete block could not have fallen from the roof.
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Elyria
Larry Reagan
Clarence Saper
Sauer
Reagan
East Avenue
Harlan
Ray” Riley
Riley
Lorain County
Thomas Mangan
Michael Adkins
Teen pregnancy focus shifts to school success in Ohio
Children's Defense Fund Ohio argues improving fifth to seventh grade education cuts teen births more than distributing contraceptives. Mark Real cites the report A High Price to Pay Teenage Pregnancy in Ohio and urges schools, PTAs and lawmakers to identify at risk youths, provide tutoring, and promote after school jobs while stressing responsible parenting and later life planning.
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Children's Defense Fund-Ohio
Mark Real
Real
Ohio
PTA
Cleveland
Ptas
Students
Springfield South High School
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