Firelands district bus planner steers students to safety
Margaret Bursley coordinates 16 routes and 1,220 miles daily for 1,505 Firelands School District students across an 85 square mile area. She manages route maps, discipline, and safety with a staff of drivers and a mechanic, emphasizing teamwork and ongoing training like School Bus Roadeos to keep buses on time and children protected.
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Oberlin
Margaret Bursley
Bursley
Firelands
Richard Bauder
Bauder
Camden Elementary
latchkey bus scene shows drivers caring for kids after school
Firelands district drivers often end up supervising children after early dismissals due to weather or building issues. Latchkey kids may be sent to relatives or centers, and drivers note this as community service while seeking better handling. Veteran driver Mrs. Bursley recalls caring for many children, some now grown or in similar situations.
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Bursley
Grafton man keeps eye on the federal mint
Michael Brown of Grafton rose from local politics to become special assistant to U S Mint Director Donna Pope in Washington. A 1976 Midview High School graduate, he worked on Ohio House Republican staff, helped campaigns, and earned a business degree. He recalls transporting three billion dollars in gold and notes frequent calls from game show researchers seeking mint facts. He charts a long career though not aiming to stay in D C, pursuing a master’s at George Washington University.
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Washington, D.C
U.S. Treasury
Grafton
Michael Brown
Donna Pope
U.S. Mint
Midview High School
Lorain County Community College
Brown
Scribner Fauver
Fauver
Ohio Senate
Ohio State University
Ohio House of Representatives
Elyrian Marguerite Bowman
William Batchelder
Medina
Parma
Pope
George Washinton University
Wendy's developers eye suit over Detroit Crocker access
Westlake owners of a Wendy's site plan to sue City Council for access to the northeast corner of Detroit and Crocker roads. Part‑owner Dennis Troyan said they will decide Monday with attorney Michael Gavin whether to pursue court action. The council restricted access to a right turn in and out, saying a two way driveway would be unsafe near the intersection. Troyan contends the city lacks traffic data and argues a full access driveway could be safer than the proposed limits.
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Westlake
Wendy’s
City Council
Detroit
Crocker Roads
Dennis Troyan
Michael Gavin
Troyan
Bonnie
Frank
Vivian Vinck
Detroit Road
Trojan
Detroit and Crocker
U S to repay communities for sewer plant project
Four western Cuyahoga County communities will receive 2,337,000 in federal reimbursement for the Rocky River Wastewater Treatment Plant built in 1972. The plant, designed with EPA backing as an 80 percent federally funded experiment, never functioned, leaving 80,000 residents to pay about 10 million dollars yet see no benefits. The new payment, plus prior grants, brings the federal share near the promised 80 percent.
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Rocky River
Cuyahoga County
Congress
Fairview Park
Bay Village
Westlake
Cathy Harper
Edward Feighan
D-Lakewood
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Harper
EPA
Lake Erie
Earl Martin
United States
Water Pollution Control Administration
Lima opens veterans center amid long controversy
Lima, Ohio plans the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center at a cost of 8.5 million funded mainly by private gifts. The project spans an 1800-seat theater, a 10000-square-foot exhibit hall, five meeting rooms and offices. Local officials hope it reverses downtown decay and spurs economic renewal after 15 years of discussion. James Meredith chairs the board of trustees as plans for a revitalizing civic venue move forward.
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Lima
Ohio
Veterans Memorial Civic & Convention Center
Allen County
James Meredith
Civic Centers’ Board of Trustees
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Firelands Planner
Elyria
Vermilion
Amherst
Lorain County Joint Vocational School
Gore Orphanage Road
Wakeman
Dennis
Roadeo
Jlitual
Yakky
Mrs. Bursley
Federal Mint
San Francisco
Denver
Oval Office
Mrs. Pope
Andy Rooney
Jack Anderson
Mint
Philadelphia
New York
Fort Knox
The
U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Peppe
Developers Eye Suit
U.S
Vets’ Center
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