Ridgeville plans 1320 homes and school concerns emerge
A special meeting to review North Ridge Investment’s plan for 1 320 single family homes in Ridgeville faces questions on police fire and education capacity. School officials warn 2 250 added students could strain a $13 million bond funded high school project while city leaders press for logical growth and local school construction.
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Zunich
North Ridge Investment
Roger Beitler
Louis Kordish
Task Force On Growth
Betler
Dettore
Immunization compliance clears hundreds from Lorain schools
Lorain area districts report varying responses to state immunization laws with hundreds of students sent home or excluded at start of term. Lorain City Schools coordinators cite a lengthy noncompliance list while Vermilion allows a 14 day grace period. Columbia reports hundreds excluded on day one, with numbers falling after initial letters. Firelands and several districts set Sept. 25 deadlines for records, while some districts report no exclusions.
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Vermilion
Leroy Brownell
Amherst
Barbara Baxter
Lorain City
Lorain
Firelands
Harris Youngbrood
Wellington
New London
Berlin-Milan
Norwalk
Erie-Huron-Ottawa Vocational Education School
Western Reserve
Rhodes' PUCO appointee shocks Ohio senators
Columbus sources report Gov James A. Rhodes named Howard Cummins a 66 year old Democrat and retired Ohio Rural Electric Cooperative executive to fill an unexpired term on the Public Utilities Commission. Senators from both parties expressed surprise and questioned the choice while Celeste vowed to replace Rhodes appointees if elected. Cummins began serving immediately on the three member panel as Rhodes also kept the other two incumbents.
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Columbus
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Public Utilities Commission of
Ohio
Howard Cummins
Rhodes
Richard F. Celeste
Cummins
David C. Sweet
Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc
Commission
Celeste
PACO
Elyria weighs own ambulance service study
Safety Director Richard Bergman will ask city council to study funding for a possible city owned ambulance service. The finance committee pressed the issue after a Tuesday discussion with Fire Chief Lloyd Kinney about costs and feasibility. Majoras Ambulance now bills about $4,000 monthly, and officials say a city run service could require around $500,000 yearly, plus vehicle purchases and training.
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Safety Service
Richard J. Bergman
Council
Bergman
Finance Committee
Lloyd Kinney
Majoras Ambulance Service
Kinney
Donald Rothgery
Coleman
Lightning strike saves Rossi youths. teachers hailed
Benny Rossi survived a lightning strike that left him with second-degree leg burns and odd numbness. Teachers Dan Hronek and Mom Wiemels performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation after finding two youths unconscious, with Hronek praising quick action and remaining modest about the rescue.
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Adele Kopec
Benny
Mid Park
C-T
Judy Johnson
Rossie
Miss Wiemels
Hronek
Rossi
Kent State University
North Olmsted
Controversy Over Forcing Girl to Wear a Bra at School
In Portage Michigan a ninth grade girl who declined to wear a bra faced suspension for dress code violations sparking a dispute over student free choice. Principal Richard Tyler defended the policy while the local ACLU plans to seek School Board review and public debate.
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Portage, Mich
Portage Central Junior High
Richard Tyler
Tyler
The
ACLU
Bruce Stein
Portage School Board
Akron church shooting claims church secretary in West Akron
In West Akron a gunman shot and killed Norma Schoenheit, a church secretary, and wounded Rev. Clyde A. Cox at Christ United Church. Cox, struck in both arms, reported hearing shots and discovering the secretary in a blood pool in her office as he confronted the gunman.
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Akron
Christ United Church
West Akron
Clyde A. Cox
Cox
Norma Schoenheit
Spiderman Visits Midway Mall for 12th Anniversary
Midway Mall marks its 12th anniversary this week with free cake baked by Hough Bakery served at 2 p.m. Thursday in the center court. Spiderman will meet shoppers during hours on Friday and Sunday with photos for a small fee, as 61 stores hold anniversary sales.
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Ottawa
UPI
Putnam County Common Pleas Court
Richard Leopold
Libby-McNeill & Libby
Leipsic
Midway Mall
Spiderman
Hough Bakery
Mall Center Court
IBM Executive Named NBC Board Chairman
Jane Cahill Pfeiffer, a 20 year IBM veteran, will become chairman of NBC. NBC president Fred Silverman will present her for election at the October 4 board meeting. Pfeiffer, 45, will focus on government, legal and employee relations and will work with Silverman on policy and operations.
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New York
UPI
Jane Cahill Pfeiffer
IBM
National Broadcasting Co
Fred Silverman
NBC
Pfeiffer
Julian Goodman
Silverman
Jane
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