Banquet reveals gender gap in Lorain County Sheriff Council
About 260 guests attended the Lorain County Advisory Council on Sheriff Affairs banquet with only a half dozen women deputies and one female reporter present. Council leaders say no policy bars women, but no women have joined its 350 member pool, and the banquet is capped at 350. A reporter faced remarks suggesting she was a date, highlighting a stag atmosphere. Meanwhile, Westway Gardens progress includes court summons over repairs, with a pre-trial set for June 18. Safety forces week at Midway Mall showcases equipment as district crews address road buckling on Route 57 after high heat.
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Lorain County Advisory Council On
Lorain Journal
Council
DeLuca’s
Elyria
George Baumgartner
Baumgartner
Vernon Smith
Gloria Steinem
George
Terry Woods
Garden St
Stephen R. Nagy
Woods
Trustee's son to head hospital in New London
Larry Plants 27 son of hospital board president named administrator of New London Hospital. He holds a bachelor in business from University of Dayton and plans an MBA in hospital administration at Bowling Green State University. He previously worked in Dayton area marketing and management. The board has seen multiple resignations and upcoming appointments by township trustees and the medical services group. The hospital lost Medicare Medicaid certification in 1980 and seeks recertification in 3 to 4 months with a Chicago firm. Faymore, landlord and former staff, owned 4 percent until February and is not involved in hospital operations.
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New London
Larry Plants
New London Hospital
Hospital Board of
Robert Blackman
Thom Mezick
The
New London Record
Thomas Freeman
Richard Rowland
New London Vilage
Charles Spitzer
Elyria
Mark Sukey
Grafton
Richard Clark
New London Township
New London Medical Services Group
Chicago
Leonard Faymore
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Eaton Township
Faymore
James Bender
Bus Crash On Washington Avenue Leaves Children and Driver Injured
A yellow Head Start bus carrying 23 preschoolers collided with a car at Ninth Street, splintering the windshield and pushing the dashboard toward the front. Most pupils escaped unharmed, but four year old Arikka Calloway suffered critical injuries from an object impaling her body. driver Cornelia Rice was found unconscious on a lawn, later confirmed injured. Witnesses and responders aided evacuation as sirens wailed and bystanders battled an oil fire. Local officials and Candy Atkinson described a tense scene and expressed relief at the overall limited injuries.
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Loram Civil Service
Ted LeSuer
Arikka Calloway
Cleveland
Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Arikka
Fifth in two weeks injury hits local motorcycle crash
A 17 year old Elyria rider, Brian Tibbitts, was severely cut when his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Catherine Valentine on Abbe Road at Antioch Drive. Tibbitts, from 32721 Carriage Lane, is in fair condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital. This marks the county's fifth serious motorcycle accident in two weeks.
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Tom Ford
Elyria
Brian Tibbitts
Carriage
Catherine Valentine
Jaeger Ave
Lorain
Abbe Road
Antioch Drive
Tibbitts
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Stuart Kraps
Grafton
Eaton Township
Virginia Bates
Kraps
Alex Wojtka
Mary Mantie
North Ridgeville
Cleveland Street
Wojtka
Miss Mantle
Keith Carr
Brunswick Drive
John P. Holcomb
Ambherst
Dewey Road
Holcomb
Lorain Community Hospital
Kenney wins top color photo in journalism awards
Chief Photographer John Kenney wins the 1982 Northeastern Ohio Excellence in Journalism color photo prize for a Bay Village artist Lawrence Blazey and one of his surreal paintings published last March. He shares the award with Jim Fielder of The Cleveland Press as THE PRESS earns top honors in six categories while The Plain Dealer takes nine first place awards.
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Chronicle-Telegram
John Kenney
Ohio
Cleveland Press Club
Society of Professional Journalist
Sigma Delta Chi
Statler
Cleveland
Kenney
Bay Village
Lawrence Blazey
Jim Fielder
The
Cleveland Press
the Press
the Plain Dealer
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Nan Bowen
M.B. Johnson School of Nursing
Gates
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David Knox
Westway Gardens
Infirmary Road
Jerry Klein
Community Development Department
Midway Mall
Taylor
Broad Streets
Safety Service
Charles Hoagland
Elyria Fire Dept
Ron Brias
Jack Powell
John Fazio
Debbie
Courtright
Andrew Zajac
Ms. Valentine
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