Amherst Trustees Race Sees Four Candidates Compete
Four contenders vie for two Amherst Township Board seats with incumbents Ernest Nagy and Michael Naymik challenged by Gail Dellefield and Gerhardt Klassen. Nagy, 56, appointed last June to finish his wife’s term, aims to maximize benefits from revenue. Naymik, 56, a U S Steel retiree, seeks to uphold services and curb reclamation depots. Dellefield, 67, former trustee, retires from Elyria Methodist Home and lives on Stang Road with two grown children. Klassen, 54, Ford QC retiree, worries about senior citizens facing tap-in fees as Lorain sewer lines and airport projects loom.
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Amherst Twp
Amherst Township Board of Trustees
Ernest Nagy
Michael Naymik
Gaillard Dellefield
Gerhardt Klassen
Nagy
Lucille
Bendix Millwright
Northrop Aeronautical Institute
Englewood
Calif
University
Naymik
U. S. Steel
Schneider Engineering
Fenn College
Cleveland State University
Wittenberg College
Lorain
Kay Dr
Judy
Tye
Dellefield
Klassen
University of Maryland
Ford Motor Company
Oaknoll Dr
Shirley
Oberlin Road
Lorain County
Flynn and Mathna vie for Lorain Ward 9 seat
Edward S. Mathna nephew of former mayor Woodrow Mathna runs against Democrat William Flynn for Lorain Ward 9. Mathna 25 lives on Willow Avenue works for Lorain Products and aims to clean streets, hire more police, oppose tax increases, and attract new businesses. Flynn, of Meadow Lane, defeated incumbent McDonald in the May primary and provided no campaign details.
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Lorain
Edward S. Mathna
Woodrow Mathna
Ward 9
William Flynn
Flynn
Meadow Lane
Robert McDonald Jr
Huntington Township trustees race features three candidates
Three candidates seek two seats on the Huntington Township Board of Trustees in Tuesday's election. Alvin B. Finkel, 53, a self employed excavator, challenges incumbents Daniel Nesbett, 74, and Ronald Twining, 65. Finkel and his wife Mildred have seven children and he serves on local boards. The article also notes a 2 mill recreation levy and 1 mill EHOVE levy under discussion, with estimated costs to homeowners, and profiles Griggs Road dairy farmer and longtime trustee, plus Nesbett's background in farming and local service.
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Huntington Twp
Huntington Township
Griggs Road
Muriel
Farm Bureau Council
The
Grange
Lorain County Fair Board
Lorain County Association of Township Trustees
Wellington Community Fire District
Daniel Nesbett
Bursley Road
Veronica
Eaton Two election votes on 0.8 mill levy renewal
Eaton Township residents will vote next Tuesday to renew a five year 0.8 mill levy for the general fund expected to raise about $20,000 annually. Revenue from the levy supports the town hall parks sanitary dump administration and zoning personnel.
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Eaton Twp
General Fund
Elyria area births list includes many Elyria families
Birth notices from Oct 22 to Oct 28 list numerous additions in Elyria and nearby towns. Entries name new daughters and sons with parent names and street addresses in Elyria Grafton Wellington Amherst Lorain and surrounding areas. Notable names appear as Kam Slone Deirdre Kewer Eric Stephan Timothy Bair Jose Leos James Szczepanski Daniel Preset and many others.
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Kam Slone
Kanser Ct
Elyria
Deirdre Kewer
Williams
Eric Stephan
Xavier St
Timothy Bair
Carol Lane
Jose Leos
Oak St
Johnnie Bailey
Bath St
Lorain man armed with swords arrested after standoff
Police entered a woman's apartment by affidavit to arrest Michael Wayne Taylor 24 of 322 West 22nd Street on aggravated menacing. Taylor allegedly held a sword like knife to Thomas Campbell's throat and a smaller knife to his stomach after threatening him. Campbell had called police earlier. Cindy Owens said to obstruct entering, and faces obstruction of justice charges. Owens and Taylor released on bond with assault and aggravated menacing charges for him.
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Lorain
Michael Wayne Taylor
Thomas Campbel
9Th St
Apt
Taylor
Campbel
Apt. 6
Cindy Owens
Ms. Owens
Owens
Robert Gargasz
Lorain selects Anthony Atkinson as Ward 5 councilman
Anthony Atkinson, 34, will replace Ken Shawver as Ward 5 councilman next year after winning a May Democratic primary unopposed. A former challenger to Shawver in 1983, Atkinson vows to secure block grant funds to reverse ward deterioration and address property owner issues. He lives at 2411 Reid Ave and has seven years with Columbia Gas. He is Lorain High a graduate who studied at Ohio University and Cleveland State University.
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Lorain
Anthony Atkinson
Ken Shawver
Atkinson
Shawver
Reid Ave
Columbia Gas
Ohio University
Cleveland State University
Berlin Mian board candidates total six
Three members of the Berlin Milan Board of Education will be elected from a field of six candidates Tuesday. The candidates are Joseph M Bibb Milan. Joseph T Burnham Berlin Heights. Glen Hennings Milan. Mark A Miller Milan. Faye G Waldron Berlin Heights. Ruby J Wiley Berlin Heights.
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Sandusky
Berlin-Milan
Carlisle Township seeks 1 mill renewal on ballot
A five year 1 mill levy for Carlisle Township is up for renewal. It is expected to raise about $38 732 annually for the general fund. Revenue would support the fire department zoning dumpsters street lighting and administrative costs.
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Carlisle
Carlisle Township
Wakeman election to choose two school board members
Two seats on the Western Reserve Local School District Board of Education will be filled from a three candidate field on Tuesday. The candidates are Julie A. Burke of Wake man, Robert F. P. Earick of Wakeman, and Robert A. Johannsen of Collins.
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Wakeman
Western Reserve Local School District
Burgett Seeks Third Term as Lorain County Treasurer
Lorain Democrat Dolores M. Burgett, 47, is unopposed in her bid for reelection as county treasurer. Appointed in February 1977, she won four year terms in the 1977 fall election and the 1981 race.
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Lorain
Dolores M. Burgett
Burgett
Middleburg Heights Leaders Named Vice Presidents
Donald Podnar and Paul Kline were named vice presidents for Southwest Community Health System, parent of Southwest General Hospital. Kline, former director of marketing at Lima Memorial and community relations at Lutheran Medical Center, will serve as a system director of marketing and outreach. Podnar, Southwest General's director of fiscal services for a decade, becomes chief financial officer for the system and related entities and retains oversight of hospital activities.
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Middleburg
Ridgeville School Board to file election complaint
North Ridgeville Board of Education plans to sue with the Ohio Elections Commission over a Republican campaign newsletter that mimicked school materials. The mock report card criticized Mayor Floyd Peace, and a drawing resembling the district logo fed the perception it came from the school system.
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North Ridgevile
Floyd Peace
Ohio Elections Commission
North Ridgeville Board of Education
Carl Noll
The
Elections Commission
North Ridgeville
Republican Campaign Campaign Committee
Apple
Noll
Peace
Ohio
Jeff Manning
Manning
Richard Noll
Elyria names Riley Officer of the Month for September
Elyria Police selects Officer Ray Riley 34 as Officer of the Month for September for undercover work in drug and child abuse cases. He helped arrest three suspects and seized marijuana at a Cleveland Street house on Sept. 20 and also pursued sexual abuse case prosecutions with Youth Bureau duties. Chief Rodger Griffith praises inter agency cooperation with Children’s Services. Riley, a 13 year veteran, lives in Elyria with his wife and children and participates in civic groups.
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Elyria
Ray Riley
Riley
Department
Jim) Sampson
Children’s Services
Rodger Griffith
Ridgeville GOP tests cable TV campaign ads
The North Ridgeville Republican committee plans three days of paid cable air time November 2 to 4 from 3 to 11 PM on Channel 7. The package includes filmed candidate statements and party literature, plus one hour live Q&A. The cost was $262.50 with no Democratic air time reported.
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N. Ridgeville
GOP
North Ridgeville
Republican Campaign Committee
Clifton Perryman
Perryman
Group W
Ken Robinson
Channel 7
Democratic Party
Robinson
Tansey bills aim to remove politics from registrar system
Ohio state Rep. Marie Tansey proposes a January bill to bar political contributions from deputy registrars and state liquor agents and bans appointments or liquor contracts to donors over 1000 in the prior two years. The measure, tied to ethics concerns about the Celeste administration, awaits committee action.
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Columbus
Marie Tansey
Tansey
Celeste
Ohio
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Huntington District
United Church of Huntington
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Elyria Memorial
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Debby Lane
James. Johnson
N. Abbe
Robert Smith
Sheila Vanbengen
Morgan Ave
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Jaycox Rd
Daniel Preset
Pinoak Circle
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Henry Linden Jr
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Bob Johnson
W. Royalton
Grafton
Hene Johnson
Rosewood Dr
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Hilliard Rd
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Cascade St
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Axewood, Elyria
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Melvyn Lane
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S. Abbe Rd
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Steven Poprocki
Peter van- Pennyden TI
William Thorn
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Loram
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Der
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Marck Kurtz
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