First female drum major leads Elyria High band
Kishan Patel handed the baton to Rosie Behmer at Elyria High School Pioneer Marching Band marking the school's first female drum major. Band director John Shepka notes the history and the athletic art of drum majoring. Rosie, 17, admits brief nerves about her historic role.
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Chuck Humel
Chronicle
Rosie Behme
Elyria High School
Kishan Patel
Pioneer
Ely Square
Elyria High
Elyria
Rosie Behmer
John Shepka
Rosie
Lorain residents seek ballot to overturn tax credit cut
Five Lorain residents aim to collect signatures to place a November measure on the ballot that would reverse a December Lorain City Council vote reducing the city income tax credit for workers who live in Lorain but work outside the city from 2 percent to 1 percent. Former law director Michael Scherach calls the cut unfair, saying double taxing locals who work elsewhere hurts residents.
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Lorain
Michael Scherach
Scherach
Lorain City
Ron Mantini
BP top kill may hinge on weekend results
Reported from Robert, La the top kill effort to seal the Gulf gusher unfolds as BP pumps heavy mud into the well. Officials warn outcomes may be known only after Sunday or later. some observers sense progress while cautions remain about certainty.
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Robert
Gulf of Mexico
U.S
Doug Suttles
Suttles
Turbine project pushes Ohio jobs and energy savings
Governor Strickland tours Oberlin maker Specialty Alternative Energy Services Inc as a $50,000 Rapid Outreach Grant funds 25 new jobs and preserves 100 manufacturing positions for 10 foot tall wind turbines. The 1,200 pound vertical turbines use patent pending tech to simplify connections and cut costs.
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Oberlin
Alternative Energy Services Inc
Ted Strickland
Artino Street
Department of Development
Specialty Services
Ohio
Strickland
Future of inmate program in doubt in Ohio
A decades old Ohio program allowing low risk inmates to work at the governor’s residence is jeopardized after inmates drank from the mansion’s private stock. The reveal follows the Senate’s denial of Gov. Strickland’s public safety chief nominee and a canceled January sting on contraband at the mansion.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Senate
Ted Stickland
Strickland
Ohio poll shows tight Senate and governor races
A Cincinnati poll shows Democrat Lee Fisher 47 percent to 46 percent for Rob Portman in the U S Senate race, and incumbent Ted Strickland leading John Kasich 49 to 44 in the governor contest. The survey of 668 voters was conducted May 11–20 with a 3.8 percent margin.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
U.S. Senate
Lee Fisher
Rob Portman
Senate
Fisher
Portman
Ted Strickland
John Kasich
Strickland
University of Cincinati
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