County officials back upgrading county computer system
County Auditor Julian Pijor and Clerk of Courts Donald Rothgery urge upgrading the current system rather than starting anew. They plan to recommend Sabre Systems and Atek Information Services bids to modernize the central computer and court systems, aiming for a county wide network.
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Elyria
Julian Pijor
Donald Rothgery
Piyor
Sabre Systems and Service Inc
Dayton
Sabre
Rothgery
Atek Information Services Inc
AmeriTrust
Cleveland
Common Pleas
Pijor
Digital Equipment Corp
TBM
Keys bids to solve United Way fuss
Mayor Michael Keys seeks a meeting between the Lorain County Labor Agency and United Way of Greater Lorain County to resolve a funding dispute. The Labor Agency asks United Way to restore funds, while both sides consider a mediation and possible study of consolidating services if redundancies exist.
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Keys
United Way
Elyria
Lorain County
Herbert Kaatz
Robert Zelina
Mr. Kaatz
Kaatz
Labor Agency
Giant and tiny pumpkins draw local interest in two states
A 195-pound pumpkin owned by Jason Haugh, 13, of Elyria, purchased at Peaton’s in Amherst, contrasts with an 11-gram pumpkin grown by Kenneth E. Bower Jr., a Future Farmers of America student from Montoersville, Pa. The odd sizes spark talk of a Guinness record as the Browns consider the bigger specimen for a lineman.
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Jason Haugh
Wilson Haugh
Hawthorne St
Elyria
Peaton’s
Amherst
Kenneth E. Bower, Jr
Farmers of America
Montoersville
Oberlin to consider bells on cats to curb birds
Oberlin officials discuss a proposed animal control amendment requiring cat owners to cap their pets with bells to deter wildlife harm. The plan, supported by residents and the Human Relations Commission, was tabled for precise wording and is slated for the November 3 meeting. A $10 to $15 fine was suggested for violations.
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City Council
Nd Council
Oberlin
Eric Severs
Council
Women removed from minority business program in Elyria
Elyria City Council amended the minority firms law to exclude women from the program and to seek a separate law for women owned businesses. Officials cited manipulation of minority rules by contractors to meet participation requirements. Some women owned firms already receive city work, and council approved spending about 12500 dollars for delinquent court fines collection hardware. Councilman Leo Bullocks remains hospitalized with a leg blood clot but is reported to be recovering.
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Elyria
Council
Richard Seward
Keys
Leo Bullocks
Elyna Memorial Hospital
Bullocks
Prosector seeks consecutive terms for Barnes murders
Lorain County Prosecutor Gregory White asks for consecutive sentences for Norman Barnes after a jury found him guilty of murder of G W Grigsby and attempted murder of Ola Faye Grigsby. Barnes faces 15 to life for murder, 7 to 25 years for attempted murder, plus six years for firearm charges.
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Elyria — County
Gregory White
Norman K. Barnes
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
White
Barnes
Amherst Township
G.W. Grigsby
Ola Faye Grigsby
Joseph Cirigliano
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