Lorain area mourns longtime Hispanic community helper
Angel Agosto 53 of Lorain died after a long illness at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph He helped translate for newly settled Hispanics and mentored youth at El Centro de Servicios Sociales Inc He was a Ford Lorain Assembly Plant retiree and a union committeeman Active in politics and the Puerto Rican community Survivors include his wife Carmen and several children.
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Angel “Chino
Agosto
Lorain
Mr. Agosto
el Centro de Servicios Sociales Inc
New Life Hospice Center
St. Joseph
San Lorenzo
Puerto Rico
Bronx
N.Y
Ford Motor Co
Sacred Heart Chapel
United Auto Workers
Lorain Parks and Recreation
Buckeye
Carmen
Asencio
Angel Jr
Rose E. Buzas 100 Dies in Wellington After Short Illness
Rose E. Buzas (nee Istock) aged 100 of Grafton died after a short illness at the Elms Nursing Home Wellington. Born in Hungary she lived in Grafton since 1949 and was a homemaker. Survivors include son Robert and granddaughter Carol with four great grandchildren. husband Thomas D. died in 1994. brother Julius Istock and sister Matilda Stickney. Private family service Friday at Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home Elyria with burial at Alger Cemetery, Cleveland.
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Phyllis Helen
Phyl” Sirl
Charles Frank
Laurie Guffey
Judy Ebeling
Groton, Conn
Heidi Garnek
Lorain
Robin Sirl
Vermilion
Charles Sirl
Chula Vista
Calif
Jim Smith
Hudson
Harry Ebeling
Alva Smith
Riddie Funeral Home
South St
VFW
Funeral
Eve Marie Korzyma
St. Mary Catholic Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Elyria
Zelma B. Hendricks
Mary Butcher
Chapmansville
W.va
Zelma Jean Hobill
Debra Frabotta
Joanne Goodfellow
Oberlin
Robert
New London
Richard
Norwalk
Ronnie
Larry
Brook Park
Danny
Lakewood
Billy Boyce
Charles Dingess
Early
Tzalea (Nee Prince) Boyce
Kubach-Smith Funeral Home
E. Main St
Mount Harvest Church of God
State Route 113
Milan
Carl Woodyard
Restlawn Memorial Park
Huron
Larry Knott
Birmingham
Paul Knott Jr
Wakeman
Paul Sr
Burton
Clifford Stahl
Helen Collins
Riddle Funeral Home
Jan Sprague
Birmingham United Methodist Church
Maple Grove Cemetery
Lawrence Andrew Callison
Kingston
Springfield
Ohio
Tarlton
Callison
Air Force
International Harvester Co
Community Hospital
Mercy Hospital
David
Margaret Rice
Joseph Hoffman
Clarence
Ruth
Nee Locke
Exchange St
Yale Cemetery
Rose E. Buzas
Istock
Grafton
The
Elms
Wellington
Hungary
Buzas
Belden
Thomas D
Julius Istock
Matilda Stickney
Reichlin-Roberts
Cleveland St
Alger Cemetery
Cleveland
Leland Cooley died at 89. TV radio pioneer wrote Perry Como Show
Leland Frederick Cooley, author of 16 books and a longtime broadcast figure, died Oct 27 in Pope Valley California of prostate cancer at age 89. He helped create The Perry Como Show and produced charity events, with a career spanning merchant marine service, Trans-Radio Press correspondence, and prominent work in radio and television. Survived by wife Regina, two daughters Allison Scott-Cooley and Pamela Lee Cooley, stepchildren Michael Dunn and Elizabeth Dunn Calderwood, and three grandchildren.
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Leland Frederick Cooley
Perry Como
Cooley
Napa County
Pope Valley
Calif
Regina Francoise Cooley
Sacramento Valley
Times
Lee Morrison Cooley
South Pacific
Europe
Trans-Radio Press
Italy
Don Lee Broadcasting System
W6xac
Los Angeles
The
National Council To Prevent
March of Dimes
Allison Scott-Cooley
Pamela Lee Cooley
Michael Dunn
Elizabeth Dunn Calderwood
Community levy drive fuels school issue support
spokesman Jeff Warner credited a community based levy campaign with 1500 volunteers and 200 meetings for Tuesday's success. Paul Marshall praised results but noted defeats including a Perry Local Schools 1 cent mill levy in Stark County and two levies repealed by Newark voters.
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Jeff Warner
Paul Marshall
Education Department
Perry
Stark County
Newark
Vermilion School levy defeat report corrected
The Vermilion School levy failed by 2,966 to 1,146 after corrections to a Wednesday front page graphic and inside voter tabulations.
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Vermilion School
Oberlin treasurer hired as Westlake Schools’ new CFO
Oberlin Schools treasurer Mark Pepera, in office since 1995, will become Westlake City Schools’ treasurer starting December 14 on a short term contract. He will earn 61500 annually under a two-year deal beginning January. Oberlin board treasurer vacancy prompts search for replacement.
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Oberlin
Westlake City Schools
Oberlin School
Oberlin Board of Education
James Schaum
Pepera
Westlake
Mark
Jim Connore
Schaum
Obe
Coshocton County
Woman Accused of Smuggling Marijuana to Inmate
Denise B. McSwain, 39, of Cleveland, is charged with conveying drugs into a correctional facility after allegedly passing a balloon containing marijuana to an inmate at Mansfield Correctional Institution. About six grams of marijuana were seized. Bond set at $10,000. preliminary hearing scheduled.
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Mansfield (Ap
Mansfield Correctional Institution
Denise B. McSwain
Cleveland
Gary Lewis
Lewis
McSwain
Roger Renwick
Barry Brickley
Donald Hoover
Blair Wins Lorain Local Race Amid Strong Democratic Lean
Lorain County Republican chairman Robert Rousseau says Blair’s large victory reflects the city’s Democratic lean. Baird expected a close race, did well in Elyria, but Blair’s margin in Lorain overwhelmed, with a tie in Blair’s precinct highlighting local familiarity as a factor.
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Bult
Robert Rousseau
Lorain County
Republican Party
Blair
Lorain
Baird
Lorau
Elyria
Rousseau
Avon Commons rezoning initiative defeated by 63 votes
Avon officials removed two oversized political signs citing charter rules. The Avon Commons rezoning measure failed Tuesday by 63 votes, with unofficial results 2,088 to 2,025. Signs were posted near I-90 at Chester Road and on the proposed Avon Commons site, marking a second such violation in Avon.
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Chester Road
Avon Commons
Avon
Jackson
Armbruster Narrowly Wins Lorain County Seat in Local Race
In Lorain County Armbruster wins by under 4,000 votes while taking Huron County by about 2,500. Erie County yields a surprising Armbruster margin of 1,733 despite Democrats outnumbering Republicans. Rousseau credits name recognition from a failed bid for state Senate. Nabakowski, who carried Amherst by 329, and Armbruster won North Ridgeville by 50. Nabakowski vows more time campaigning locally. Armbruster cites opposition in North Ridgeville as factor in a modest showing.
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Armbruster
Huron County
Erie County
Robert Rousseau
Lorain County
Repub
Lcan Party
State Senate
Alan Zaleski
Rousseau
Thomas Smith
Democratic Party
Nabakowski
Smith
Amherst
North Ridgeville
Amterst
Caribbean hurricane drive aids Lorain Puerto Rican victims
Principe de Paz church mobilizes a November drive after Hurricanes Georges and Honduras, with help from El Centro de Servicios Sociales and the Red Cross. Parishioners distribute fliers and use phone trees to urge donations, as locals in Lorain and Sacred Heart Chapel respond to Puerto Rico’s relief needs. Collection runs 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at 1888 East 31st Street.
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Puerto Rico
Principe de Paz
Gonzalez
Lorain
el Centro de Servicios Sociales Inc
American Red Cross
New York
Theresa Stegman
Sacred Heart Chapel
Stegman
Principe de Paz Hispanic Lutheran Church
East 31St Street
Crossings at Butternut Ridge planned on blighted land near Lorain Road
Westlake based Panel bought 23 acres along Lorain Road in the early 1990s for 450000 then backed out of offices. Cypress Equities seeks to buy the property for a Crossings at Butternut Ridge development with an AutoNation USA dealership on I 480 exit. No final price agreed. city may purchase land at fair market value if Cypress fails to close.
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Panel
Westlake
Lorain Road
Cypress Equities
Staubach Retail Services
Dallas
Butternut Ridge
AutoNation USA
Interstate 480
Butternut Ridge Road
Q Panel
Lorain Road Council
Cypress
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Jose
Adrian
Michael
Maria Rivera
Chicago
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Lydia Flores
Teresa Flores
Thomas Agosto
Brooklyn
Raul Agosto
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Maria Agosto
Irma Agosto
Orlando
Fla
Felix Agosto
Modesta Flores
Feliciano Agosto
Devin Funeral Home
Elyria Ave
Pearl Ave
Calvary Cemetery
Lawrence W. Gibson
Cleveland Clinic
David Bogner
Center Ridge Road
James Kendrick
Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home
Broadway
Pauline Knott
Lawrence A. Callison
U.S. Air Force
Wie
Leland Cooley
Myrna Oliver
Los Angeles Times
Paramount Pictures
Andre Kostelanetz
Oberlin Schools
Westlake Schools
Richland County
Avon Law
Daniel Stringer
John Glenn
Honduras
Delgado
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