Avon considers city gun ban to curb hunting with firearms
Avon City Council weighs a proposed ordinance to ban discharging firearms in the city amid growth concerns. Mayor James Smith notes talks will move to safety committee, with aim to possibly enact rules next year while allowing bow hunting. Avon Lake and Sheffield have prior laws. council session at City Hall starts 7:30 p.m. Monday.
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Avon
Lorain County
James Smith
Smith
Avon Lake
Sheffield
Lage
Jeffrey Britton
Donald Sayers
Sayers
City Hall
Chester Road
Oberlin group plans private prison forums in region
An Oberlin College group named Oberlin Students for Prison Awareness aims to educate Grafton area residents on private prisons as Ohio plans to open a 500-bed private facility for drunken drivers. The forum in Oberlin is set for November 14 with local officials opposing the plan and a court hearing today at 10 a.m. before Judge Edward Zaleski.
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Grafton
Oberlin College
Grafton Area
Oberlin Students For Prison Awareness
Vanessa Filley
Common Pleas
Edward Zaleski
Filley
Tom Smith
General Assembly
FFA Demonstration Delights Lorain County Students
Bruce Thayer shows a sheep shearing demo at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington as 8 year old Jamie Hunt watches. Hundreds of third graders from Elyria and Lorain learn about agriculture during the FFA program. Students from five county schools helped organize the event with livestock, farm machinery and agriculture demonstrations.
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Bruce Thayer
Jamie Hunt
Lorain County Fairgrounds
Wellington
Elyria
Lorain
FFA
Four Elyria cops sue over promotion test
Four Elyria police officers accuse the city and Civil Service Commission of illegally using a verbal exam for sergeant promotions in addition to the written test. They passed written but failed the verbal portion while another officer passed both and was promoted. The suit seeks to void the verbal part and limit promotions to written results.
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Elyria
Civil Service Commission
Richard Bosley
Michael Dussel
Matthew Eichenlaub
Phillip Hammons
Christopher Costantino
JVS seeks help in search for interim supervisor
The Lorain County Joint Vocational School Board asks the Ohio School Boards Association to find an interim superintendent after William Ruth, 62, resigned amid 12 charges. Ruth pleaded not guilty to bribery theft in office and related counts connected to using public funds for personal remodeling. A permanent search will follow, aiming for a start before the next school year.
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Pittsfield Twp
The
County Vocational School
Ohio School Boards Association
William Ruth
Ruth
David Updegraff
Lorain County
Updegraff
Ray Rounds
Common Pleas Court
Augdon Drive
Elyria
Robert Bregar
Moreland Hills
Oberlin photographer's Guatemala exhibit opens in Berea
Oberlin resident Jonathan Moller presents Faces of the Land Photographs of Guatemala 1993 to 1998 at the Alan Gallery in Berea from today through October 31. The 35 year old photographer and human rights activist, who first visited Guatemala in 1993, documents Mayan villagers displaced by a long civil war with images from jungle and mountain regions.
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Berea
Guatemala
Oberlin
Jonathan Moller
Land
Alan
Moller
Mexico
American Stone to expand Amherst facility with $690000 upgrade
American Stone Industries plans a $690,000 expansion at its Amherst Cleveland Quarry site including building improvements and three new stone-cutting saws. The release notes strong demand in high-end residential work and estimates the investment will add about $1 million in annual capacity with delivery by late November and operation by early 1999.
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Amherst
American Stone Industries Inc
Cleveland
David Tyrrell
American Stone Industries
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National Coordinating Office
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