Tolls Rise on Ohio Turnpike Jan 1
Ohio Turnpike tolls will increase January 1 with cars and vans paying 2.85 dollars, trucks 13.25, as the commission funds a 1.2 billion modernization including widening 160 miles, replacing 16 service plazas, and interchanges. Public hearing set for November 16 in Middleburg Heights as workers weigh extending current contract.
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Toledo
Ohio Turnpike
Youngstown
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Ruth Ann Leever
Commission
Alan Plain
Wayne Harrington
Longview
Texas
Middleburg Heights
Tom King
Ohio Trucking Association
North Olmsted Art Teacher Joins Fulbright Japan Trip
Frances Mulkins of North Olmsted Middle School is selected to spend three weeks in Japan starting November 15 to study art and foster intercultural understanding. The Fulbright Memorial Fund program honors 50th anniversary of the U.S. Fulbright and is funded by Japan. Five Ohio teachers, including Mulkins, were chosen from over 2,700 applicants. She will tour Tokyo for orientation and meetings with officials and educators.
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North Olmsted
Frances Mulkins
North Olmsted Middle School
Japan
Matkins
United States
Ohio
Mulkins
U.S
Tom Clary
Clary
Ohio Art Education Association
Northeast Region
Panel: School plan to cost $3.3B
COLUMBUS AP A school funding plan from the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding would cost at least 3.3 billion dollars, the Legislative Budget Office said. The estimate covers four of ten plan parts, with a total cost under study including a 1 billion annual spend on buildings and technology. The coalition represents more than 500 of Ohio’s 611 districts and awaits Judge Linton D. Lewis Jr’s ruling on the constitutionality of the current system.
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Columbus
Legislative Budget Office
Ohio Coalition For Equity
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Linton D. Lewis Jr
Perry County Common Pleas Court
School Coalition
Lewis
William Phillis
Lorain hero Henderson to join Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame
Lorain native Maj. Lofton Rus sell Henderson, Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 241 leader, will be posthumously inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame. Henderson died June 4 1942 after steering his stricken plane into a Japanese carrier’s smokestack to save others. The induction is set for 11 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Auditorium Columbus.
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Lorain
Henderson
Lofton Russell Henderson
Marine
Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame
Taft and rivals campaign at Cleveland area markets
Republican Bob Taft appeared at Jamie's Flea Market in South Amherst and later joined opponent Lee Fisher and other candidates at the West Side Market in Cleveland. Fisher mingled with voters for about 15 minutes, then Taft and George Voinovich staged a joint appearance before Mary Boyle toured the indoor market with stalls offering Asian spices, whole pigs, exotic sausages, beef tongue, and breads.
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Bob Taft
Jamie's
South Amherst
Taft
West Side Market
Cleveland
Lee Fisher
John Glenn
U.S
West Side
Senate
Mary Boyle
George Voinovich
Fisher
Voinovich
Boyle
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The
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
United Turnpike Workers
Tokyo
Steve Manheim
Chronicle
Kahla Mancuso
North Ridgeville
Route 113
Grobe Fruit Market
Sze
East 21St Street
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
W. Brovast
Loram High School
United States Naval Academy
Marine Corps
George Vomovicn
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Governor’s Office of Veterans Affairs
LF Mack
Ohio Veterans Home
Sandusky
Tom Mahl
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