Head Start funding in jeopardy in Lorain County
After months of debate the Head Start Policy Council refused to endorse a 4 million dollar federal grant application. The Lorain County Community Action Agency delays funding decisions while U S Health and Human Services in Chicago will decide if the grant goes forward. Rhonda Locklear says alternatives include directing funds to another agency or awaiting mediation outcomes.
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Elyria
Head Start
Parent Policy Council
Lorain County Community Action Agency
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Chicago
Bill Sullivan
Policy Council
Rhonda Locklear
LCCAA
Locklear
Human Services
Eral
Lorain County
William Locke
Assaulted dancer fears teaching hopes amid case in Lorain
Tammara Taylor-Baber a 29 year old dancer from Sheffield Township fears a sexual assault at her Lorain County home will hurt job prospects. Jeffrey Maguire 40 is jailed on gross sexual imposition burglary and stalking charges after following her from Cleveland to Lorain. Taylor-Baber and her husband Bob Baber spoke publicly to counteract stigma and urged reporting crimes, saying employers may view her as a dancer and affect her teaching ambitions and finances.
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Lorain
Tammara Taylor-Baker
Lorain County
Taylor-Baber
Sheffield Township
Jeffrey Maguire
Taylor-Baker
Crazy Horse
Brookpark Road
Cleveland
Maguire
Bob H. Baber
Lorain County Community Action Agency
Chronicle-Telegram
Taylor- Baber
Tammara Taylor-Baber
Jackie
Bob Baber
Cop hopeful arrested for altering records in Lorain
Lorain 29 year old ex Marine Joel S Folk was arrested on charges of tampering with records falsification and forgery related to a military discharge form used to boost Civil Service test points. He is to enter a plea September 13 in Common Pleas Court. Police and civil service officials began investigating in January after an administrative assistant noticed abnormal typeface and capitalization indicating possible alteration. Folk could not be reached for comment.
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Lorain
Joel S. Folk
Folk
Common Pleas Court
Richard Resender
Orchard Hill Blvd
Paula Cantu An
Cantu
Casino foes vow fierce fight on Ohio casino ballot
Elyria report notes Citizens for a Stronger Ohio led by Gov. Voinovich vows a tooth and nail campaign against casino gambling as Spitzer backed Grow Ohio plans to educate voters. Secretary Taft confirms enough signatures to place the riverboat casino measure on the November ballot.
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Elyria
Gene Pierce
Citizens For A Stronger
Ohio
George V Voinovich
Robert A. Taft
Lorain
Alan Spitzer
Pierce
Spitzer
Kate Hubben
County grants $403,000 for 12 projects countywide
Elyria reports communities and townships across the county will share a $403,000 state grant for 12 major projects next year. Projects include Oberlin street work, Rochester and Sheffield drainage, and handicapped-access restrooms at Eaton Township Town Hall.
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Elyria
Pat Knight
Oberlin
Rochester
Sheffield Township
Eaton Township
Chester Carpenter
Lorain man charged after rammed car flees scene
Police accuse 33 year old James B Simko of ramming his former girlfriend’s car on West 21st Street and Washington Avenue, then fleeing. Leatherwood described a black Mercury Cougar leaving, later identifying Simko, who admitted driving but claimed he lent the car to a stranger for crack cocaine.
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Lorain
James B. Simko
Livingston Avenue
Sarah H. Leatherwood
West 26Th Street
West 21St Street
Simko
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the Chronicle-Telegram
Mary Jo Vasi
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Gotcha
Keith Caranda
Angus
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Washington Avenue
Leatherwood
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