Students advocate for required fine arts in Ohio high schools
Admiral King High School seniors Rachel Myers Haas and Amanda Ross testified before the Ohio Senate Education Committee about adding at least one fine arts credit to the state required curriculum. They argued arts foster memorization, expression, and motivation while noting a closed visual arts lab and shifts toward testing.
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Lorain
Rosemarie Haas
Admiral King High School
Haas
Ohio Senate
Ohio
Columbus
Pam
Radke
Ross
Admiral King
Earth Day lesson at St. Jude Elementary uses power outage
Teachers at St. Jude Elementary dimmed lights and ran a day with natural light to illustrate electricity's role. Students ate cold lunches and avoided computers and coffee makers while telephones and sensor lights remained for safety. Principal Rozann Swanson led the project amid a sunny day, expected to save about $50 in energy.
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Elyria
Rozann Swanson
St. Jude
Swanson
Julie McFarland
McFarland
Jack Hart
Hart
Marie Vasitas
Marie
Bruce Bishop
Chronicle
St. Jude School
Frank Kosem
Grand jury indicts man in girlfriend death in Cleveland
A Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted Julio Gonzalez, 49, on aggravated murder and kidnapping charges for the death of Beth Marie Miglets, 36, at his Cleveland home. Police say Miglets died after Gonzalez called 911 claiming she drowned. investigators found extensive signs of abuse.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Julio Gonzalez
Amherst
Beth Marie Miglets
Gonzalez
Dan Galmarini
Amish and Mennonite crews aid Riverbend home project in Elyria
In Elyria’s Riverbend Homes project Amish carpenters from nearby areas work on 60 houses led by NRP Group. They arrive by van and are paid by square foot while union critics worry about tax and local economic impact. Some workers praise the Amish for speed and reliability.
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Riverbend
Enos Hershberger
Andover
Elyria
Hershberger
NRP Group
David Heller
Ohio
Richard Bank
Carpenter’s Union
NRP
Bank
Ken Kudla
Lorain County
Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers
Peo
Mark Thompson
Chuck Homes
Chronicle
Riverbend Homes
West River Road
Blake Street
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