Eaton Township honors Chapman family at Memorial Day service
Lt. Col. Harlan P Chapman and four generations of veterans are celebrated as Eaton Township honors the Chapman clan at Butternut Ridge Cemetery. The Veterans Memorial Committee now highlights two veterans per year with their life stories, moving beyond names on stones and adding a flower petal ceremony with Girl Scout Troop 50490.
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Eaton Twp
Harlan P Chapman
Chapman
Eaton Township
Butternut Ridge
Hanoi
Haiphong
Renee Durkee Atkinson
Cochair
FE Chapman
Harlan Chapman
Harlan P. Chapman
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Harlan Thayer
Atkinson
Bruce Walton
Chronicle
Emily Healer
Anna Sawyer
Lia Douglas
Carrissa Wood
Sarah Williams
Butternut Ridge Cemetery
Memorial Day Closings Across Government and Banks
In observance of Memorial Day government offices are closed and no mail is delivered. Many banks close as well. Trash collection for Elyria city Rumpire and Republic areas shifts to a one day delay with Tuesday pickup for today’s routes.
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Elyria City
Rumpire
Republic
Memorial Day Parades in Several Communities
Amherst Avon Heavon Avon Lake Columbia Township WMELVRIA Ely Square open morning services and parades. Amherst starts 10 a.m. from Marion Steele High School to downtown and City Hall. Avon 9 a.m. from Senior Center to Route 83. Avon Lake 10 a.m. from High School to Veterans Memorial Park with 10 45 a.m. ceremony. Columbia Station 11 a.m. parade from Columbia Middle School to cemetery then Veteran Memorial service. Ely Square 9 a.m. service with VFW Post 1079 color guard and rifle squad. parade at 10 a.m. route via Court Broad Washington Harrison Glenwood. street closures in effect.
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Amherst
Marion L. Steele High
Washington St
Amherst City Hall
S. Main St
Heavon
Detroit Road
Il Avon Lake
Avon Lake High School
Avon Belden Road
Veterans Memorial Park
Lake Road
Columbia Township
Columbia Station
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Columbia Middle School
West River Road
Columbia Station Veterans Memorial
Royalton Road
Wmelvria
Ely Square
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
J. Thomas Smith
Court
Broad Streets
Broad
Washington Avenue
Washington
Harrison Street
Harrison
Glenwood Street
Court Street
Third Streets
Middle Avenue
Second Street
Ohio House stalls as vacancy blocks speaker election
Ohio House leadership remains in limbo after Cliff Rosenberger’s April departure created a formal vacancy. Speaker pro tempore Kirk Schuring presides, but no bills pass until a full speakership election yields a 50 vote majority. GOP chair Ryan Smith asserts backing, but outcome unclear.
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Columbus
Ohio Statehouse
Cliff Rosenberger
Ohio
Kirk Schuring
Canton
Rosenberger
Schuring
Ohio House
House
Brad Miller
Ryan Smith
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Veterans Honor Run
SK IN
Avon Lake
Anna Norris
George Gomez
North Ridgeville
Adam Gerack
Gomez
Valor
Lorain County
Nine Line Foundation
Eaton
Rosenberge
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