Voinovich awards 875000 in grants across Lorain County
Gov. George V. Voinovich distributed 875,290 in state funds among Lorain Avon Lake and Elyria including 620,000 for York International and 69,000 to Ford for retraining. He urged economic growth while warning of tax and job pressures and planned further budget cuts. April 13 production celebration planned for Ford Village van.
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George V. Voinovich
Lorain
Avon Lake
Elyria
Voinovich
Ford Motor Co
Ohio
York International
I Ford
Nissan
United Auto Workers Union
Jlorain County Community College
Ohio Technology Transfer
Lorain County
Cuyahoga County
TV Rock and Country Move to Prime Time and Network
Inside story notes both rock and country music moving to prime time next week. ABC airs an hour long 10th anniversary MTV celebration while NBC launches a Dick Clark produced country series Hot Country Nights. Fievel from American Tail visits the Health Education Museum in Cleveland. LaToya Jackson concert in Lorain is postponed to late February due to slow ticket sales.
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ABC
MTV
NBC
Health Education Museum
Cleveland
Loraini
LaToya Jackson
Lorain Palace Civic Center
William Raspberry to headline Lorain awards banquet
Nationally syndicated columnist William Raspberry will speak at the Lorain County Community Action Agency annual awards banquet Monday night at Deluca's Place in the Park. Police struggle to solve Helen Weaver's murder as her funeral is held in West Virginia. Mostly cloudy tonight with showers possible Saturday. highs in the low 50s.
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Lorain
William Raspberry
Lorain County Community Action Agency
Deluca’s Place In the Park
Elyria
Helen Weaver
West Virginia
Century to buy Centel Ohio unit for 135 million
Century Telephone Enterprises of Louisiana agreed to acquire Centel Corp. Ohio subsidiary Central Telephone Co. of Ohio in Lorain for 135 million dollars. The deal, pending regulatory approvals, aims to close next spring and keeps Centel’s Ohio cellular operations separate. Center serves 63 000 customers across Lorain Avon Lake Avon Amherst Vermilion Sheffield Lake and Birmingham Township.
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Century
Centel Corp
Centel
Ohio
Lorain
Central
Ohio Cellular
Milton J. Tomasek
Center
Avon Lake
Avon
Amherst
Vermilion
Sheffield Lake
Sheffield Village
Birmingham Township
Fudickar
Lorain County
Former Green Acres director testifies in theft in office trial
Elyria Lorain Gordon, former director of Green Acres Children's Home, denies stealing food or paper products. She states 40 hour weeks, on call status, and safeguarding donations. prosecution cites bags of her garbage and witnesses alleging personal use. Trial paused for cross examination with verdict possible tonight.
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Elyria
Marion Gordon
Green Acres
Gordon
Home
Avery Friedman
Lorain County
Sheriff's Department
Lorain County Children Services
Michael Guarano
State Auditor’s Office
Guarano
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Lynett McGough
Wrecking ball to hit Sears Lee buildings
Lorain National Bank plans to demolish the former Sears and Lee Furniture buildings by year end to build a $600000 parking lot in the Broadway Avenue historic district. The city Design Review Board approved the project despite neighborhood objections. Bank president Stanley Piyor cited infeasibility of fitting operations into the buildings and said the bank may invest up to $3 million more downtown if the economy permits.
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Lorain
Lorain National Bank
Sears and Lee Furniture
Broadway Avenue
City Design Review Board
Bank
Stanley Piyor
Piyor
Vermilion elects council seat by coin flip and recount
Betty Uebbing won the Ward 2 Vermilion council seat after a 161 161 tie with incumbent Joseph Thayer Jr. at the Erie County Elections Board in Sandusky. A recount was set for today at 3 p.m. If the recount ties, the coin flip decides the outcome, otherwise the vote change overrides the coin result.
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Vermilion
Erie County Board of Elections
Sandusky
Betty Uebbing
Ward 2
Webbing
Joseph Thayer Jr
Lorain lawyers withdraw opposition to public defender plan
Lorain County defense lawyers voted 18 to 1 to drop their opposition to a county operated public defender's office. They say they do not support the plan but are tired of being the target of county officials' complaints. Proponents contend the defender could reduce costs and improve indigent defense.
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Lorain
Lorain County
William Balena
Balena
Ken Rothgery
Association
Rothgery
Ohio Public Defenders Office
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Lorain County Joint Vocational School
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West Bank
Washington
Abby
Louisiana
Rob Sternfeld
Century Telephone Enterprises Inc
Michigan
Bob Fudickar
Monroe
Tomasek
The
Communication Workers of America
Alltel
Fadikar
Ford-Nissan
Frank DeTillio
Lorain County Chamber of Commerce
Krebs
Sears, Lee Buildings
Vermilion Council
Dorothy Leveck
Elections Board
Ohio Attorney General’s Office
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Greg White
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