Overcoming Handicap to Authorship Inspires Speech
Bartlette, a social worker and author of Macaroni at Midnight, shared his painful boyhood in a Lorain County seminar. He described abuse and mockery for his cleft palate, his journey to learning speech, rehabilitation, and eventual achievement as valedictorian, urging officials to help the disabled and end discrimination.
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Bartlette
Lorain County
Donald Duck
North Can
America
Grandparents mentor young students at Midview program
Six Elyria Home volunteers join East Carlisle elementary students Fridays to share life experience and knowledge. The "Grandpersons" program pairs seniors with K through 5 pupils to teach topics from farming history to storytelling and reading. Coordinator Delores Carter aims to expand district wide next year with bus support from the school board. Contact Midview Superintendent Terrance Farin at 748-2121 ext. 221.
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Rita William
Beth Lichtenberg
Ed Lichtenberg
Grafton Road
Rita
Midview
Elyria
Dave Zapatosky
East Carlisle
Carter
Grafton
Terrance Farin
Changes in Oberlin mark first year for city manager
Oberlin city manager Sherry Suttles reflecting on her first year notes mixed progress and new plans. She cites a $250,000 housing grant, completed parking lot, newly hired senior bus driver, sale of Westervelt Hall, street resurfacing, and pending sewer upgrades with federal aid prospects. She also mentions challenges with an industrial park tenant and the impact of being a black woman in a leadership role.
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Oberlin
Sherry Suttles
Ms. Suttles
Artino Street
Utilities
Raymond Cristell
Tom Matthews
Council
Elyria Charter Review debates abolishing law and finance directors
The Elyria Charter Review Commission weighs eliminating law and finance director posts and shifting solicitor and auditor to appointed roles. Proponents cite reduced confusion and party loyalty concerns, while opponents warn of public power loss and the need for experienced financial leadership. Council and mayoral figures weigh in. the commission meets monthly amid low public turnout. Elyria also announces Alex Barnett elected president of Ohio Municipal Court Clerks, with May 1981 start. Independent candidate Joseph Vasi launches primary bid, holding a June spaghetti fundraiser and pledging to remove party politics from Lorain County politics.
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Elyria Charter Review Commission
Law and Finance
Law
Michael B. Keys
Ernest Brewer
R-3
Charles Fair
D-2
Charter Review Commission
George
Brewer
Commission
Ferguson
Beverly
Renner
Charter Commission
Elyria
Alex Barnett
Ohio Association of Municipal Court Clerks
Columbus
Barnett
Joseph C. Vasi
East River St
Vasi
Gorges Hall
Richard Lunger
Linda Mapcuso
Ray Goldsmith
Lisa Smith
William Grime
Andrew Morse
James Patton
Vasisso
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Don Bartlette
North Dakota
Chronicle-Telegram
Kathy Byland
C-T
East Carlisle Elementary School
Delores Carter
Mrs. Walker
Pittsfield
Rita Williams
Francis Schmidt
Alice Merritt
Dorothy Boorn
Gordon Richards
Dian
Midview Schools
Mrs. Boorn
Ann Arbor
Mich
Suttles
Rama
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