Fat and obesity opinions stir strong letters to Abby
Readers discuss weight bias and health risks in Abby’s column. A physical therapist argues obesity raises health burdens for patients and staff, while others urge acceptance of healthy weight and caution on overstatement. Sleep disorder concerns prompt referral to accredited centers.
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National Association
Fat Americans, Inc
Nevada
Windy City
Abby
Pists
Chicago
Multiple Elyria area weddings reported with varied honorees
Emmanuel Baptist Church hosted Rebecca Emble and Thomas Gilsdorf on October 7 with Rev Ernest Pickering officiating. The bride’s parents live on Grafton Road Elyria and the groom is son of Vernon Gilsdorf Toledo. Others include Rebecca Ford Nelson and Thomas Ford in Elyria with Rev Welsh officiating at a Sept 23 ceremony. Andrea Elek attended as patron of honor. The weddings feature several graduates and local addresses, two receptions, and post ceremony homes in Toledo, Avon Lake, Elyria and Columbus areas.
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Emmanuel Baptist Church
Slede
Rebecca Emble
Thomas Gilsdorf
Ernest Pickering
Herbert Kemle
Grafton Road
Elyria
Vernon Gilsdorf
Toledo
Susan M. Ford
Thomas B. Nelson
St. John’s Utheran Church
Ronald Welsh
William A. Ford
Avon Belden Road
North Ridgeville
Charles Jelson
Homesite Court
Ilyria
Andrea Elek
Connie Grotke
Karen Buescher
Kristy Snyder
John Stevenson
Dane Johnson
David Ford
James Alexander
Fountain Bleau Party Center
Avon
Amy Kathleen DeChant
Jeff Attridge
Joseph Lehane
St. Joseph's Church
Avon Lake
Woodrow DeChant
Beck Road
Arlyne Attridge
Drummond
Engagement of Julie Schmalz to James Sawyer announced
Julie Marie Schmalz of Elyria and James Den man Sawyer of Tampa Fla announce their engagement. Schmalz is the daughter of Sylvia Sue McKain and Harold Schmalz. She is a 1975 Elyria West graduate who studied studio art at LCCC and Ohio University. Sawyer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Sawyer of Tampa. He is a 1976 Jesuit High School graduate, studied at Georgia Tech, earned a BA in photojournalism from OU in 1981, and currently serves in the U S Navy.
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James Frackelton
Westlake
Elyria High School
LCCC
CMC Corporation
Bride
North High School
Springfield
Ohio
Ohio State University
Sylvia Sue McKain
North Ridgeville
Harold Schmalz
Elyria
Elyria West
James E. Sawyer
Tampa
Fla
Jesuit High School
Georgia Tech
Sawyer
U.S. Navy
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P.O
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Calif
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Abigail
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ilsdorf-Kemble
Marsha Everett
Honor
Becky Worthen
Erry Baker
William Everett
John
Patrick Gilsdorf
Midview High School
Cedarville College
Immanuel Baptist Christian Chool
Nelson-ford
North Ridgeville High School
Lorain County Community College
Holy Spirit Seminary
Pontifical College Josephinum
Worthington
Mexico
Geoorgia, Toledo
New England States
Estelle T. Knapp
Gregory A. Spear
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
William Olsen
David J. Knapp
Vassar Ave
William R. Spear
Chardon
Patricia Keck
Katherine Terrill
Susan Bocock
Cathi Workman
David Thomas
Jeffrey Knapp
Charles Spear
William Spear Jr
London House
Donna Gandee
Christopher Baker
Lyle Hinkle
Jerome Turins
Community United Methodist Church
Eugene Gandee
Salem Ave
Richard Baker
Trinity Court
Kim Ely
Mike Gandee
Carl Baker
Avon High School
Lorain County Joint Vocational School
Casual Corner
Columbus
Chardon High School
OSU
Polaris Vocational School
Westlake Tool and Die
Skyline Drive
College Park Drive
Ann DeChant
Barb Holman
Brenda Bennett
Sarah DeChant
Jack Levits
Jeff Kiss
Robert DeChant
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Aquamarine
the Bride
Avon Lake High School
St. Joseph’s Hospital School of
Practical Nursing
ALHS
Convenient Food Mart
Sanibel Island
Rebecca Gilsdorf
Dan Waite Pases
Thomas Nelson
de la Vars Studio
Christopher, Donna Baker
Imes Ely Phe
Jeff
Amy Kathleen Echant
Larry
Mills Creek Lane
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U.A.W. Hall
Lowell St
Elyria Family Ymca
Washington Ave
YMCA
National Ymca
Terete
Hollywood
Larry Frisch
Oriol
Isa LY Dane
Ig Aero
Veroin
Larry &Mary’s TV
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Callaway
Armstrong-Congoleum-Tarkett
H. E. Broad
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Norberto R. Marfori, M.D
F.A.C.S
Lorain Community Hospital
Kolbe
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