Primary elections focus on local races and one park levy
Local politics take center stage as voters head to polls with Lorain County Metropolitan Park District 3 mill levy renewal being the sole countywide issue. Mayoral contests and council races dominate in Elyria Amherst North Ridgeville Sheffield Lake and Oberlin ward system questions.
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Ballo: Lorain County Metropolitan Park District
Elyria
Lorain
Amherst
North Ridgeville
Sheffield Lake
Wellington
Oberlin
Vermilion
State adds 84 acre strip to Findley Park expansion
The State of Ohio bought an 84 acre land strip along Bursley Road in Huntington Township to expand Findley State Park. The parcel, priced at 41 875 dollars, will become part of parkland totaling 931 acres, with future use as open farm land and a buffer between campsites and Hawley Road. Possession is set for May 15.
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State
Findley Park
Huntington
Ralph Vanzant
Bursley Road
Recreation Division
State of
Ohio
Findley State Park
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Division of Parks and Recreation
Alton Moskal
Huntington Township
Hawley Road
Vanzant
Maskal
Alabama
Ohio to press charges over stream litter violators
Ohio's Natural Resources Department will prosecute stream litter offenses statewide as part of an intensified drive. Texaco Inc Canton forfeited a $500 bond after 2000 barrels of brine drained into Allen Run killed over 1300 fish. Game protectors to arrest violators under the stream litter law across the state.
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Columbus
UPI
State Natural Resources Department
Ohio
William B. Nye
Texaco Co., Inc
Canton
Nye
State Wildlife Division
Daniel C. Armbruster
Elyria Mayor Sets Abbe Road Rezoning Talks
Mayor Leonard P. Reichlin will meet with Lorain County Homebuilders Association representatives and landowners before signing three Abbe Road rezoning ordinances. The changes shift parcels from apartment to single unit, apartment to large-lot single unit, and township to city residential use amid opposition from landowners and charges of discrimination by the homebuilders.
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Elyria
Leonard P. Reichlin
Lorain
Suits Worth 3000 Missing From Elyria Man’s Car
James D. Prylik of 1864 Middle Ave Elyria reported 25 men’s suits valued at 3000 missing from his locked car after visiting a tavern on 28th Street between 1 PM and midnight. A camera valued at 125 and a 150 tackle box were also taken. Four hours later police found several suits in the road at 28th Street and Tacoma Avenue and the items await Prylik’s identification.
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Lorain
James D. Prylik
Middle Ave
Elyria
28Th Street
Tacoma Avenue
Prylik
Elyria Council Leader Hospitalized After Auction Collapse
Eugene B. Smith president of Elyria City Council is in fair condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital after collapsing at an auction. He will have tests over the next two days. Smith, 64, has anemia and has served on the council since 1953.
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Eugene B. Smith
Elyria City
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Smith
Elyria Council
Sandstone Camera Club Touts Ohio Themed Show
The Sandstone Camera Club presents its Uth Annual Slide and Print Show tonight and tomorrow at the Lorain Public Library. The OHIO themed exhibit features historical industrial scenic and recreational images. General chairman Walter Longwell and club president George Bendik lead members from Elyria Lorain Amherst and Vermilion.
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Sandstone Camera Club
Uth
Lorain Public Library
6Th Street
Reid Avenue
Lorain
Ohio
Walter Longwell
Elyria
Amherst
Vermilion
George Bendik
Shamu Escapes Injury as Sling Breaks During Transfer
Shamu the 4,000 pound whale narrowly avoids injury when a sling fails during transfer from a flatbed to a pool at Sea World in Aurora. About 1,200 spectators watch trainer Jim Richards lower the dangling 25 foot whale safely into the tank.
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Shamu
Sea World
Aurora
Jim Richards
San Diego
Rob Thomas
Plum Creek flood prevention sought
County sponsorship of a flood prevention program for Plum Creek in Columbia Township will be requested at a meeting with county commissioners at 9:30 a.m. May 13. The project coordinator Mrs. Robert Gechter said an application for federal funds to finance cleaning as a soil conservation project will be made. If carried out, the creek would be maintained by benefiting property owners.
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Plum Creek
Columbia
Harvey M. Holcomb
Robert Gechter
Plum Creek Dr
Plum Creek Drive
Holcomb
Ohio Weekend Traffic Toll Rises With 17 Deaths
At least 17 people died in Ohio traffic accidents during the first weekend of May. Most fatalities occurred Saturday with four accidents causing multiple deaths, including two with three deaths and two with two each. Three deaths occurred in separate incidents on Sunday and one on Friday night. The prior weekend saw 20 fatalities.
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Ohio
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Bea
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