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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1979
Page
9
Medina's revived public square, rebuilt after a 1874 fire, draws national attention from Buick ads and prior NBC coverage. Mayor Gus Eble and Chamber executive Bull Henschel note surprise at the Buick cover, praising the town's restoration and renewed business activity.
Romp's Water Port Inc won a US Army Corps permit to expand a 250 boat marina in Vermilion but the project is not expected to be finished for about three years. Co owner Tom Romp said repairs to current bulkhead walls are needed and expansion ideas were added to the permit as a potential future project. The plan includes widening the inlet along Liberty Avenue toward Vermilion River and adding 125 boat slips, with 28 000 cubic yards of excavation and 1250 feet of sheet pile bulkhead. A final decision depends on financing and is about a year away.
Common Pleas Judge Adrian Bedeski denied the Concerned Citizens of Avon Inc a party position in the Ohio EPA case seeking Avon’s inclusion in the French Creek Sewer System serving North Ridgeville and Sheffield Village. The group, led by Matt Schulman, argues joining would expose Avon to heavy costs and development pressure. The EPA also aims to block a voter referendum nullifying Avon council’s contract with the Ohio Water Development Authority.
Elmore J Baker of Berlin Heights, a retired truck driver, boasts a 113 pound pumpkin with 65 percent circumference and 23 percent diameter, plus a 152 pound Hungarian squash. From sandy soil near Wellington, his 14 1/2 acre property yields bumper crops of potatoes, cabbage, carrots, and more as he eyes a future pumpkin rival at Circleville.
Carlisle Township trustees plan a special session Monday October 29 at the LaGrange Road fire station to hear Continental Cable Television representatives. A second public hearing is set for Monday November 4 at 8 pm at the same station to consider two terminology changes. Trick or Treat Night is scheduled for Wednesday October 31 from 6 30 to 8 pm with residents asked to light porch lights.
South Amherst voters in the school district will ballot on a proposed seven mill additional tax levy expected to raise about $93,000 annually for operating expenses on a continuing basis. Superintendent Lawrence Fallon said the last operating levy was in 1969 while a 3 mill, five year permanent improvements levy was approved in September last year. The new levy would offset rising inflationary demands on the school budget.
Caryl August, 23, of Bath Ohio, held in Erie County Jail on charges of assault resisting arrest and speeding. Police say he resisted after Milan Sgt James Ward clocked him speeding in a school zone. Bond set at $4,000 plus $36 on the speeding charge. he is to appear in Erie County Court at Milan.
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