Debate rages over utility lifeline rates in Ohio
Issue 4 on the November ballot prompts a sharp clash between supporters of lifeline rates designed to aid residential users and opponents who warn the plan penalizes large and poor families. Proponents cite equitable cost distribution while critics cite potential penalties and unanswered questions about conservation and impacts on commercial and industrial consumers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Citizens For
Utility-Citizens
Ohioans For Utility Reform
OUR
Ohio League of Women’s Voters
Joan Lawrence
League
Rates noted as failing to meet standards
IT ALSO points out that the rates fail to meet the outlined benchmarks and suggests adjustments. The remark highlights deficiencies in pricing structure and potential impacts on affordability and compliance.
North Olmsted board weighs replacing absent member
North Olmsted school board debates replacing Briat Grace after three meetings missed. Grace, 32, may resign for a transfer to New Jersey with Allied Chemical. wife confirms move, family to leave in January. Board also considers transporting twelve trainable mentally retarded students to a Rockport workshop, seeking reimbursement from the mental health board, with a report due next meeting.
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North Olmsted — Board of Education
Briat Grace
North Olmsted School Board
Grace
Larrell Lane
Helen McCollough
Joseph Reynolds
Donald Walters
Ness
New Jersey
Allied Chemical
North Olmsted
Robert Storch
Mental Health Board
Storch
North Olmsted Education Association
NOEA
Dover Winery Westlake hosts annual wine festival
The Dover Winery in Westlake starts a multi day festival offering free tastings from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Today, tomorrow and Thursday. Hungarian dancers and gypsy music greet visitors as they learn about grape pressing and winemaking. Reservations suggested for dining at the Dover Chalet featuring Hungarian foods.
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Westlake
Dover
Detroit Rd
Karen Kaminski
Lake Winery
Dover Chalet
Berea to buy mobile classrooms for non public schools
Berea board approves advertising for bids on four mobile classrooms to be used as small off campus teaching units for St Adalbert St. Mary St. Bartholomew and Assumption schools. Cost estimated at about 120000 funded by auxiliary service funds with salaries paid from state aid.
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BEREA
Berea Board of Education
St Adalbert and
St. Mary
St. Bartholomew
Middleburg Heights
Assumption
Brook Park
Supt
J.R. Andrisek
Andrisek
Rocky River judge Clerk clash over victim fee rule
In Rocky River, Judge William McCrone orders the clerk not to forward a $3 crime victim fee, arguing the law is unconstitutional and should be placed in a trust. Clerk Ben Wright says the judge asks him to break the law, while the attorney general’s office may decide the dispute in coming weeks.
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Rocky River
William McCrone
Ben K. Wright
McCrone
Wright
Ohio Attorney General’s
Rocky River Court
North Olmsted schools may reinstate students under new law
North Olmsted School Board weighs reinstating about 20 students in the learning disabilities program after state guidelines take effect August 28. The law could require eight more on a waiting list to join, boosting enrollment to 60 and costs from 25,000 to 47,000. The district questions whether learning disabilities equal handicapped status and paused guideline adoption pending definition. Students are tutored part time and attend regular classes otherwise.
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North Olmsted
North Olmsted School Board
J. Robert Kraps
Robert van Auken
Kraps
Donald Walters
van Auren
Psychic Dixon show sold out at Cuyahoga CC western campus
In Parma Heights tickets for psychic Jeanne Dixon at Cuyahoga County Community College western campus on Oct 19 sold out. In North Olmsted, awards dinner honors coach Dick Leprevost and his Hot Slave team at Trailside Center Rocky River Reservation. Middleburg Heights holds a Parents Without Partners meeting with orientation and teen panel. Olmsted Falls Jaycees sell roses for Sweetest Day at $6 a dozen. In Cleveland Mort Sahl performs at CSU University Center on Oct 19 at 1:30 PM, free seating first come.
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Parma Heights
Jeanne Dixon
Cuyahoga County Community College
North Olmsted
North Olmsted Exchange Club
Dick Leprevost
Trailside Interpretive Center
Rocky River Metropolitan Park Reservation
Exchange
Chris Maher
Dave Streeter
Westlake boards approves funds for bus repairs and upgrades
Westlake school board approved transferring 315000 within the general fund to cover bus repairs and expected costs for the year. An additional 55000 was moved for maintenance materials for Westlake mechanics as part of a preventive program led by bus supervisor Gerald Rocka. Superintendent Roger Holmes cited inflation and a fleet’s failed safety inspections as drivers of the increased appropriations. The district also endorsed state and federal handicapped programs and a 440000 grant for vocational services serving Westlake and neighboring communities. The board authorized bids for four new buses for 1977 78 pending state authorization.
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Westlake
General Fund
Roger Holmes
Holmes
Cleveland-Lorain
Lakewood
Fairview Park
Bay Village
Dover Center Rd
PTA
Eiva Simon
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Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives
R. Powersouse
Ohio Municipal Electric Association
Chronicle- Telegram
Boston
Walters
Margaret Lynch
Rockport Methodist Church
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Brian Grace
By Jeff Rundell
Blacktop Paving Co
Berea High
Red
Dick Dahiman
Milwaukee
Dahiman
Mendon
Mass
N. Olmsted Schools
Cuyahoga
Parents Without Partners, Inc
Midpark
City Hall
Olmsted Falls
Olmsted Community
Jaycees
Ycres
Mort Sahi
Cleveland State University
University Center
Euclid Ave
By Cynthia Roberts
Gerald Rocka
Stud
GUARD
Project
Parmadale
Paul Smith
Area Vocational Development Comer
Midpark High Queen
Diane Geiger
Midpark High School
Charles
Lega Middleburg Heights
Jett
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