Poppy Campaign Aids Veterans Across Nation
The article outlines the Buddy poppy program started in 1922 by the Veterans of Foreign Wars to raise funds for veterans and their families. Poppy sales support counseling, hospital entertainment, and rehabilitation. Volunteers nationwide sell poppies with proceeds funding local veterans aid while engaging in Memorial Day ceremonies and parades.
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Renee Bradley
VFW Post
Sarah Bleck
American Legion Post
Miss Poppy
Flanders Fields
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John McCrae
Flanders Field
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
United States
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VFW National Home
Buddy” Poppy
Lorain Free Clinic Conducts $180000 Fund Drive
Lorain Free Clinic launches a three year drive to raise 180000 from individuals via the Friends of the Free Clinic Team while seeking broader support from corporations churches banks and foundations. The effort aims to boost the 199year budget to 97000 and strengthen community backing for the 15 month old clinic.
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Lorain Free Clinic
Lorain
Norton
David Flatt
Oven Overheats at Harshaw Plant in Elyria
Firefighters responded to Harshaw Filtrol on Pine Street after a drying oven overheated, causing $1,000 in water-damage from sprinklers. No injuries were reported.
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Elyria
Pine Street
Avon Lake Royal Arch Masons honor 25-year service noted
Avon Lake chapter 244 held its annual awards night May 14 at the Avon Lake Temple. William Beeman Leonard Clawson John Munroe and Edmund Stelmach were honored with 25-year service awards.
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Avon Lake
Royal Arch Masons Chapter 244
Avon Lake Temple
William Beeman
Leonard Clawson
John Munroe
Edmund Stelmach
Lorain Boy Wounded by Pellet Gun in Alley Shooting
A 7-year-old Lorain boy was wounded in the left middle finger and suffered a cut to the left index finger after a pellet rifle shot in an alley between East 34th and East 35th streets. A 12-year-old friend was with him when the shots were heard. Police reported no further details on the shooter or motive.
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