Donation to Avon boosters may put you in the chips
Avon Athletic Booster Club will hold its 3rd Annual Cow Chip Drop on Saturday after the noon Festival of Flowers parade. A contest will name the cow, which will parade then go to Avon Middle School football field. Cash prizes total 710 including 500 to the square winner and 75 to surrounding squares. Tickets cost 10 and are sold by boosters or by calling two listed numbers.
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Avon Athletic
Avon Middle
Booster Club
Suspicious fire devastates tire yard in Lancaster Ohio
A large tire yard fire in Lancaster Ohio sparked evacuations for about 60 homes in the White Hills area. Fire Chief Wilbur Welch called the blaze suspicious as crews monitored hot spots. the inferno, centered near Irvin Robertson’s yard, burned for hours and may take days to fully burn out with no injuries reported. Police closed blocks around downtown while Mayor Don Maddux weighing legal action to remove tires amid bankruptcy filings.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Wilbur Welch
Welch
Irvin Robertson
Don Maddux
Robertson
Maddux
California executive tapped to lead Ohio workers' comp system
Patrick G. Mihm, senior vice president at Transamerica Insurance in San Francisco, tentatively accepts the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation administrator post. He could start by June 4 and would receive a 200000 salary with a package ranking as the state's highest. The board aims for agreement by midweek after recruiting nationwide since January.
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California
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Patrick G. Mihm
Transamerica Insurance Co
San Francisco
John R. Hodges
Workers’ Compensation Board
Edward H. Jennings
Ohio State University
Mihm
Cuyahoga Forms Team Approach to Major Disaster Planning
Cleveland and five suburbs have not signed county disaster cooperation pacts over the past year. County emergency planner Edmund Mecklenburg says a 1987 state law requires such plans, covering events from a Perry nuclear release to hazmat spills and tornadoes. Mel Mixner notes 94,000 evacuees may need shelter and treatment, with Red Cross and diverse partners to be involved.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Linndale
Warrensville Heights
Warrensville Township
Chagrin Falls Township
Burg
Perry
Lake County
Mecklenburg
AIDS priest expelled from parish after interview
The Rev. Robert Apking, 50, a Cincinnati priest with AIDS since 1985, says he was evicted from St. Christopher Church Vandalia after public comments on his homosexuality and illness. Archbishop Pilarczyk supported the move, while Apking and supporters lament the backlash and ongoing discrimination.
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Robert Apking
T. Christopher Church
Vandalia
Apking
Corpus Christi Church
Dayton
Monia
St. Christopher
Dayton Daily News
Robert Monnin
Monnin
Father Apking
St. Christopher Parish
Daniel Pilarczyk
Archdiocese of
Court sentences in Elyria for license and DUI cases
Flobbi Corn of 339 S Maple faces a suspended 30 day jail term for operating without a license and must obtain a valid license within 60 days. Robin Ottenberg of 719 E River St faces a DUI conviction with 30 days in jail, 60 day driving suspension, credit for three days, a suspended $100 fine, and a one year good behavior requirement plus a social behavior class.
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John A. Howard
Victor Perez
Oberlin Ave
Lorain
Brenda Harney
Elyria
Cal
Robin Ottenberg
E River St
Down
Qwayns Wahi
E. Wing St
Oberlin
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