Afro-American Festival Adds Breakfast at Must Community
The 11th annual Afro-American Festival will feature a breakfast at the Holiday Inn on Saturday July 14 at 8 am. Guest speaker Daniel Haney director of student life at Lorain County Community College will highlight the Up With Hope theme. Reservations are 366-5656 or 329-2489. Cost is $6.00.
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Elyria
Must Community Interfaith Institute
Holiday Inn
Daniel Haney
Lorain County Community College
Elyria Considers Recycling Agenda Items Tonight
Elyria City Council Public Safety and Environment Committee meets at 7 PM to review recycling proposals. Mayor Keys seeks an agreement with a firm to curate used oil and a composting site may be opened to sell decomposed leaves. A Browning-Ferris Industries dumpster proposal at Rini Rego on Broad Street aims to collect recyclables with city payment of 200 per load to BFI in Cleveland.
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Elyria
Public Safety and Environment Committee
City Hall
Michael Keys
YWCA
Browning-Ferris Industries
Rini- Rego
Broad Street
Cheri Gersak
BFI
Cleveland
Vermilion Crash Injures Couple and Girl
A Medina couple in fair condition and a Wellington girl in good condition were treated after a two car crash on Vermilion Road near Maple Grove Campground. Kenneth Meeks and Mildred Meeks were transported to Lorain Community Hospital along with Laurie Frazier. A 17 year old youth driving the other car remained unnamed as police investigated the front tire blowout and head on collision. No charges have been filed.
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Vermilion
Medina
Wellington
Vermilion Road
Kenneth Meeks
Mildred
Lorain Community Hospital
Laurie Frazier
Vermilion Police
Maple Grove Campground
Mother's talk at Parents Watch on Amy Mihalevic case
In North Ridgeville, Amy Mihalevic's mother Margaret Mihalevic will address Parents Watch at 7 p.m. in Old Towne Hall Center Ridge Road about community safety. Sue Adams and Howard Kimball of the Amy Center will also speak. a nearby police car theft report follows from Lorain.
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North Ridgeville
Amy Mihalevic
Parents Watch
Old Towne Hall
Center Ridge Road
Margaret Mihalevic
Sue Adams
Howard Kimball
Amy Center
Help at Home seniors talk at area centers in June
Southwest General Hospital offers free presented for seniors and their families at North Olmsted Berea Olmsted Falls Tri-City and Brook Park centers in June. Speakers include hospital program leaders and care coordinators. Reservations required by calling each center.
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Middleburg Heights
Southwest General Hospital
The
Senior Connection
Paul Bate
Linda Horvath
Cathy Pabisco
Barb Kline
North Olmsted Senior Center
Berea Senior Center
Olmsted
Falls Jenkins Center
Tri-City Senior Center
Brook Park Senior Center
Gas line puncture causes Sheffield Lake evacuation
A gasoline powered post digger punctured a natural gas line at 5025 Richelieu Ave in Sheffield Lake prompting evacuation of residents. Firefighters washed down the area and Columbia Gas shut off the line with no injuries reported.
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Sheffield Lake
Richelieu Avenue
James Lamlein
Richelieu
Columbia Gas
Detroit man charged with aggravated drug trafficking in Elyria
Detroit man Steven Jones, 23, was arrested Saturday night on an aggravated drug trafficking charge after an Elyria Police narcotics unit and Metropolitan Enforcement Group investigation with agents from the ATF. Jones is also wanted by Detroit police on an escape charge.
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Elyria
Detroit
Steven Jones
Lake Avenue
Jones
Metropolitan Enforcement Group
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Elyria Man Shot Twice at Home in Warden Street Incident
A 51 year old Elyria man J C Holly of 305 Warden St was in serious condition in Elyria Memorial Hospital after being shot twice at his home on Monday. Police declined to comment until the investigation is completed.
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Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Warden Avenue
J.C. Holly
Warden St
Oberlin awards civic leader Dorothy Luciano for service
Dorothy Luciano receives Oberlin College's annual Award for Distinguished Service to the Community at commencement. A doctor of physiology and author, she serves as president of the Oberlin Hot Meals Program and volunteers with Sacred Heart Church, the Oberlin Public Library, and local groups while balancing a career and family.
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Oberlin
Dorothy Luciano
Oberlin College
Luciano
Reamer Place
Joseph
Oberlin Clinic
Tufts University
Oberlin Retirement Community Board
Sacred Heart Church
Elyria
St. Joseph Christian Life Center
Cleveland
Oberlin Public Library
North Olmsted birthday plans span Aug 19 to 26
North Olmsted gears up for its 175th birthday with wind socks a giant card and 175 dollars in free gasoline. Funds raised will restore part of the 1914 Town Hall. a July 20 bowling tourney offers 175 in prizes. Events include ecumenical service historical tours and a Business to Business show featuring a birthday cake and commemorative items.
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North Olmsted
Buckeye Lanes
Chamber of Commerce
Nancy Wlodarski
Ed Boyie
Butternut Ridge Road
Wlodarski
Rainy ride aids levy drive despite weather
Del Voss rode 302 miles in Lorain County and Cleveland metro parks to support the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation levy. Rain limited his 400 mile goal but donors pledged full amounts, with final totals not yet in. Voss hopes for broader media coverage and more riders if he repeats the effort for a five year levy.
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Elyria
del Voss
Cuyahoga County
Voss
Lorain County
Lula Holt Robertson
Demjanjuk lied to U.S. over World War II records say lawyer
Israel Supreme Court heard that John Demjanjuk lied to U.S. officials about his wartime whereabouts to avoid repatriation to the Soviet Union. His Israeli lawyer argued the motive was fear of being tried in the USSR, not hiding a Nazi past. Demjanjuk faces appeals of his 1988 Treblinka conviction as Ivan the Terrible.
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Jerusalem
John Demjanjuk
U.S
Soviet Union
Israel
Supreme Court
Demjanjuk
Yoram Sheftel
Sheftel
Germany
Stalin
Gorbachev
Ivan the Terrible
Treblinka
Red Army
Lakewood shooting ends in girlfriend's death and suicide
Berea man Thomas M. Lohn, 25, shot his girlfriend Jacqueline Hoffman, 22, at a Dairy Mart in Lakewood then killed himself. Police say he had threatened to kill himself and Hoffman before and had pulled a gun on her previously amid a history of mental health issues and an estranged relationship. Hoffmann and Lohn were pronounced dead at Lakewood.
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Lakewood
Berea
Thomas M. Lohn
Jacqueline Hoffman
Cleveland
Dairy Mart
Hoffman
Local Birth Announcements in Elyria and Nearby Areas
A series of birth notices from Elyria and surrounding towns lists new births by family names and addresses. Entries include multiple May dates with daughters and sons born to families such as Vitor Assily Cooper Pence Daugherty Mate Oldfield Kenney Lingen felter Treadwell Vonya Spraggins Wolfe Dorrance Jeffers Burns and others with corresponding street addresses and cities like Elyria Vermilion Grafton and Northwood.
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Angela Vonya
Robson Rd
Grafton
Aretha Spraggins
Middle Ave
Elyria
Paul
Deborah Wolfe
Park Ave
Robert
Cyntha Dorrance
13Th
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Lawrence Buddit
N. Ridgeville
Amy
Lorain
Harbor
Lincoln Mercury
Colorado Avenue
Maryland Avenue
Oberlin Award
University of Michigan
N.O
Debbie Klinec
Dover Center Road
Dover Center Rd
Kennedy Ridge
Robertson
Poland
Ohio
Hoffmann
Lohn
Vera
John Jr
United States
Pital
Alan Clark
Lehn
Clark
Elyria Memorial
Aphil
Len
Juella Vitor
Tulane Court
Ibrahim Assily
Augdon Drive
Gregg
Lor Cooper
Guilford Rd
Michael
Rebecca Pence
Olive St
Elyra
Marcia Daugherty
Blaine St
Kathy Mate
River St
Pamela Oldfield
Gates Ave
Renee
Bill Kenney
Kater
Joseph Lingenfelter
Melody Lane
Sloane
Rodney Treadwell
Liberty Ave
Catherine Jeffers
Northwood St
Janet
Ronald Burns
Mullane St
Mashion
Stad
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