Ridgeville schools hold breath over state funded finances
North Ridgeville acting Superintendent Dr. Ken DeLuca said with 57 percent of funding from the state, any state action affects the district. The school board rejected an August 13 mill levy election, delaying a decision on funding and relying on possible state loan and Bill 530 changes, with further cuts anticipated if funding remains tight.
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North Ridgeville
Ken DeLuca
DeLuca
Lorain Breathalyzer Fails Police Probes Troubles
Lorain police report the breathalyzer is broken causing reliance on coordination tests and questioning to judge intoxication. Capt. Holomuzki says tests like walking straight, finger to nose, and balance coins supplement judgement though without the device there is risk of losing borderline cases and delays in detection. The instrument also helps spot nonalcohol illnesses such as diabetics in shock with odor on the breath.
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Lorain
James Holomitzki
Holomuzki
Students hold car wash to aid priest in Elyria
Seventh graders from St. Vincent De Paul School in Elyria plan a Saturday car wash from nine to five at the Mobil station on Abbe Road corner Route 254 to raise funds to replace wheels and tires stolen from Rev. James Fortman. Fortman, a retired priest, suffered a heart attack after the theft and hospitalization. Organizer Chris Nakpa says the group hopes to raise about 500 dollars with a one dollar fifty cent car wash and three dollar vans.
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St. Vincent de Paul School
Elyria
Mobil
Abbe Road
Route 254
James Fortman
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Chris Nakpa
Elyria board seeks public input on new school chief
The Elyria School Board plans to replace retiring superintendent Dr. Thomas Showaller next fall. The Superintendent Search Committee asks residents to share the qualities they want in the new leader, tying criteria to the school system and community goals.
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Elyria
Thomas Showaller
Showalter
Earl Wammes
Ridge Tool Cuts 90 More Jobs Amid Slump in Construction
Ridge Tool announces a second wave of layoffs adding about 90 furloughs as non residential construction weakens. The total March furloughs exceed 180, with about 10 salaried positions among the new cuts. The firm, a unit of Emerson Electric, had considered supplying Exxon’s Colony Shale Oil Project before that plan was scrapped due to cost overruns.
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Ridge Tool Today
Ridge
Exxon
Colony
Colorado
No charges in fatal Lorain High School student death
A 17 year old Lorain High student will not face charges over the death of Freddie Dean during a skip day in Black River Reservation. The coroner cites a fatal cerebral hemorrhage from the fall after an argument. prosecutors call the death accidental and not criminally negligent. The case may still trigger a juvenile informal hearing at the court's option.
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Lorain High School
Freddie Dean
Gregory White
Dean
Black River Reservation
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