Alligator Found in North Ridgeville Flower Bed
A foot long alligator crawled among flowers at a Mills Creek Lane residence and was captured by North Ridgeville animal control. Officer Thomas Schultz says the animal likely came from the South and now resides in his swimming pool feeding on frogs and hamburger balls. He must relocate the reptile before it grows large.
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Mills Creek Lane
North Ridgeville
Thomas Schultz
Schultz
Sharon Jefferson
Morris tries to break home run record and fair attendance note
Car dealer Bob Morris displays scores of modern home run kings on his Center Ridge Road lot, including Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, with a provocative Who Cares? beside Belle. Lorain County Fair saw country star moments with 4 year old Jordan Gurdish and Martina McBride while attendance is reconsidered as official tallies under review.
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Bob Morris
North Ridgeville
Roger Maris
Maris
New York Yankees
Babe Ruth
Morris
Ruth
Center Ridge Road
Mark McGwire
St. Louis Cardinals
Sammy Sosa
Chicago Cubs
Ken Griffey Jr
Seattle Mariners
Albert Belle
Who
Belle
Martina McBride
Jordan Gurdish
LaGrange
Lorain County
McBride
Jordan
Patsy Cline
Bryan White
White
Jeff Moherman
USW Drives Aggressive Organizing At Invacare Reltec Units
USW targeted Invacare and Lorain Products Division of Reltec in a summer union drive. Jim King says organizing strength grew as workers cited job security and wages, with Reltec pay scales from about seven to eight dollars an hour at the lower end. Lorain Products, founded 1936 to make frequency converters, now a Reltec division, serves telecom and wireless devices. King notes authorship cards may exist for Reltec, but no vote is planned yet.
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Lorain
United Steelworkers of America
Invacare
Lorain Products
Reltec
Jim King
Lorain County
King
Mexico
North Ridgeville
Minois
Texas
Grafton Midview Library to Add Sunday Hours
The Grafton Midview Public Library will open Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. starting Sept. 18 through the fall, winter, and spring. Thirteen staff will rotate. three work each Sunday with one on call. The program runs after Labor Day to before Memorial Day. About 100 compact discs, including Titanic soundtrack, are now available.
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Grafton
Midview
Grafton Midview
Mary Crehore
Crehore
Labor Day closures in Elyria area
Government offices at city, county, state and federal levels will be closed Monday for Labor Day. Schools and Lorain County Community College campus will close. Post offices and banks closed. Transit buses not operating, taxi services available. Sanitation crews suspend collections. a day behind rest of week. Retail stores mostly on holiday hours. convenience stores may follow regular hours.
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Elyria
Lorain County Community College
Lorain County Transit
City Sanitation
Browning Ferris Industries
Neighbor burglaries follow car confiscation in Amherst
James E. Moore, 20, of Virginia Drive, faces aggravated burglary and four breaking and entering counts after a string of neighbor hood burglaries that began after police impounded his car. He allegedly stole cash, jewelry, two guns, a gold coin and a VCR from homes and local businesses in late June to August, with shoeprint evidence tying him to the crimes. The case proceeds to a preliminary hearing in Oberlin Municipal Court later this month.
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Amherst
James E. Moore
Moore
Virginia Drive
Alex Molnar
Oberlin
Dairy Mart
Cleveland Avenue
Molnar
Lee
Cooper
Foster Park Road
Herron
Christmas World
Milk’s
Cooper-Foster Park Road
Man indicted in window kick at Lorain County Courthouse
A 25-year-old New York man, Larry J. LaCross of Cicero, was indicted by a grand jury on criminal damaging and four counts of assault. He is charged in the Aug. 17 incident at the Lorain County Courthouse in which deputies say he cursed, struggled, and kicked out a window of a prison van while being moved to the county jail, injuring none of the deputies.
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Elyria
New York
Larry J. LaCross
Cicero
N.Y
LaCross
Lorain County
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Woody Mathna
Alex Olejko
Bill Flynn
Jeff Sedivy
Nancy Greer
Greer
Mathna
Joe Mosbrook Jr
Olejko
Chuck Rume
Caronicle
Belle’s
Lorain County Fair
Richard Hyde
USW
Rebec
Lynda Ryan
Chronicle
Bur Oak Park
Black River Reservation
Gretchen Thomas
Cleveland St
Cleveland Street
Gulf Road
Walgreens
Cindy Leise
The
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