From crack to cracking books in Elyria graduation night
Crystal Smith, profiled by Jeremy Negrey, will speak at Elyria Schools adult GED graduation. Once a 10th grader drop out, homeless, addicted, and ill, she has become drug free, diagnosed with breast cancer, and near earning her GED. Her tale underscores recovery and next steps in education.
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Crystal Smith
Smith
Chronicle-Telegram
Jeremy Negrey
Elyria
Negrey
Cleveland
Lorain
Compass House
YWCA
Gail Jacobs
Ain
Letters Praise Hard Work and Critique Local Politics
A reader recounts Edwards Tree Trimming crews cleaning a Wilder Street tree and extols tough manual labor and city workers while criticizing Gall Minnick for alleged political attacks on North Ridgeville officials. The writer, a former council member, proclaims love for the city and calls for positive progress.
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Edwards
Wilder
Thev
Labways
Gall Minnick
North Ridgeville
Planning Commission
Mills Creek
Letters to the Editor Rules for submissions
The Chronicle-Telegram invites letters to the editor and notes edits for brevity accuracy and clarity. Include signature full home address and telephone number and mail to Editorial Page Editor Chronicle Telegram Box 4010 Elyria 44086. Fax 329-7282 or email ect ohio net.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Chronicle- Telegram
Elyria
Ohio
Radio nostalgia and modern shock jocks clash in memory
The author recalls Jean Shepherd as a radio genius in New York on WOR and compares him to Bob and Ray. He criticizes Imus and Howard Stern for vulgar humor, notes Imus's political guests and influence, and laments the decline from Shepherd’s era to today. The piece references Imus, Stern, Bob and Ray, and public figures like McCain, Gore, and Rather.
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Jean Shepherd
Shepherd
Garrison Keillor
Keillor
WOR
New York
New York City
Bob and
Ray
Boston
Bob Elliot
Ray Goulding
Internet Journal of Opinion
TomPaine.com
New York Times
Tion
Imus
Howard Stern
Stern
America
Bernard McGurk
John Rocker
Mr. Ropers
Gwen Ifill
Gloria Estefan
New York Knicks
Keith Richards
Federal Reserve
Washington
Jeff Greenfield
Tom Brokaw
Tim Russert
Dan Rather
Cokie Roberts
Andrea Mitchell
Howard Fineman
John McCain
al Gore
Bill Bradley
John Ashcroft
Joseph Lieberman
Time Magazine
Contact Details for Donald Kaul Columnist
The Des Moines Register columnist Donald Kaul can be reached by email at otcaffee adram or by mailing a letter to Tribune Media Services Inc at 435 N Michigan Ave Suite 1400 Chicago IL 60614.
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Donald Kaul
The
Des Moines Register
Otcaffee
Tribune Media Services, Inc
Michigan Ave
Suite 1400
Chicago
Hillary's Senate Race Tied to Bill Clinton's Shadow
Washington columnist Sandy Grady argues Hillary Rodham Clinton cannot escape Bill Clinton's legacy as she campaigns for the U.S. Senate. He notes the two for one premise, the Paula Jones disbarment cloud, and the public's enduring focus on the Clintons as a political package.
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Bill Clinton
Hillary
White House
Oval Office
U.S. Senate
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Paula Jones
Ricky Pinch
Rudy
New York
Alfred F. Neuman
Albert Schweitzer
Bill
Arkansas
Clinton
Richard Nixon
Prez
Paula
Ricky
Gingrich
the Prez
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Cer
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Lazio
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Sandy Grady
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Knight Ridder
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