Unopposed LaGrange official retires after 30 years
Sherman Smith, LaGrange clerk-treasurer for 30 years with no opponents, retires after a party with 60 officials and friends. He will train successor Frederic Grimm, transfer village records dating to 1875, and expects to move records from his home basement to a municipal space. Smith, 60, worked 40 years at Harshaw Chemical and aims to tour states west of the Mississippi with his wife Helene.
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Lagrange
Sherman Smith
Smith
Sherm
Millers Country Place
Frederic Grimm
Grimm
Center St
Clarence
Max
Helene
Keystone Schools
LaGrange Lions Club
LaGrange Lodge
Scottish Rite Organization
Harshaw Chemical
Catalyst
Harshaw
Mississippi River
Spring Picnic Pros Bring Frisbee Fun at LCCC
Peter Bloom of Lakewood, a Pro Disc Jammers member, leaps to catch a frisbee during Lorain County Community College's annual spring picnic. Bloom and partner Jane Koavac performed demonstrations as temperatures rose into the high 70s, making for ideal conditions.
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Peter Bloom
Lakewood
Lorain County Community College
Bloom
Jane Koavac
C-T
Gene Krebs
Stringer's bid to unseat prosecutor costs $15,000
North Ridgeville lawyer Daniel P. Stringer seeks to unseat County Prosecutor Joseph R. Grunda in the June 3 Democratic primary. Campaigns report Stringer spent 12,312.78 with 2,540.00 from Labor for Stringer to the county Board of Elections. Grunda's pre primary outlays were 3,391.20. Other notable expenditures include Sheriff James A. Mertz 2,973.61 and James A. Smith 2,109.68. Additional sums: McGlinchy 959.56, Mackin 754.55, White 572.91, Zaleski 1,988.00, Bowman 111.25, Saunders 657.65, Elyria on the Move 200.00, Elyria Democratic Central 297.35, Tansey 37.70.
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Daniel P. Stringer
North Ridgeville
Joseph R. Grunda
Labor For Stringer Committee
County Board of Elections
Granda
Frank Horvath
James A. Mertz
Lawrence V. McGlinchy
John F. Mackin
Common Pleas
Gregory White
Alan Zaleski
Marguerite Bowman
Patrick R. Saunders
Elyria
Democratic Committee
Democratic Central Committee
Marie Tansey
Judges file no objections to court cameras in Ohio
Area judges and lawyers in Lorain County report little impact from the Ohio Supreme Court tied trial media experiment. Justices may decide later this summer on permanent electronic and photo coverage, with opinions ranging from support to cautious concerns about disruption and sensationalism.
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Ohio Supreme Court
Mayus
Frank D Celebrezze
Common Pleas
Granda
Timothy Papp
Ohio
Lorain County Bar Association
Nine Barbato charges dismissed as time barred
AKRON UPI Visiting Common Pleas Judge George McMonagle dismissed nine of the 26 criminal counts against Summit County Probate Court Judge James V. Barbuto after ruling the time for prose cuting some alleged crimes had expired. Dismissed were four counts of soliciting prostitution one count of assault with intent to rape and four counts of keeping a place for prostitution Barbuto’s chambers. The trial remains set for June 9 with 11 counts of bribery two counts of gross sexual imposition one count of assault with intent to rape one count of intimidation and one count each of complicity to obstruct justice and complicity to commit intimidation still pending. Barbuto was indicted April 2 and has pleaded innocent to all charges.
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McMonagie
Barbuto
Akron
Summit County Sherif
Anthony Cardarelli
Clyde Longacre
James Crane
Summit County
Barbato
Candidates align on economy at Lorain forum
Lorain County Community College hosted a congressional candidate forum on the economy drawing about 50 attendees. Republican David Armstrong and Amherst Mayor Anthony DePaola stressed balanced budgets and import limits while Democrats Don Pease Norbert Deaneris William Vander Wyden and John Michael Ryan pushed jobs, tariffs, tax cuts, and reduced spending. All four Democrats opposed the draft as proposed. Armstrong and DePaola supported conscribed registration. Vander Wyden faulted passive Washington policies while Ryan urged ending government overspending and DePaola’s wife spoke for her husband.
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Lorain County Community College
David Armstrong
Amherst
Anthony J. DePaola
Patricia
Don J. Pease
Norbert G. Deaneris
William Vander Wyden
John Michael Ryan
Vander Wyden
Washington
Armstrong
DePaola
Demeril
Pease
Not Interested in Charges After Shooting Apology Incident
In Lorain a 36 year old man was shot by a 19 year old woman during a quarrel at his home. He said he would not press charges after she apologized. Nine shots were fired with a bullet grazing his left shoulder. a companion helped subdue the gunman and the suspect was questioned and released.
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Lorain
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
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