Kroger Expands Hours as Strike Continues in Ohio
Kroger to open six Lorain County stores 8 a.m. to midnight weekdays and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays with similar plans for 17 other stores in northeastern Ohio amid a strike by meat cutters. Fifteen stores picketed in Toledo area. clerks across the union cross lines. Union accuses Kroger of unfair labor practices, while Kroger calls it an economic dispute. wage cuts of 2 per hour for higher earners are in the contract.
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Cleveland
Kroger Co
Lorain County
James McIntire
Northeastern
Ohio
McIntire
Associated Press
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Kroger
National Labor Relations Board
Local 880
Joseph Madzelenka
Tour of Homes and Arts Fest Highlight Wellington Area
The Southern Lorain County Historical Society hosts its second Tour of Homes Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. featuring five Wellington area homes and four civic buildings, with proceeds aiding a burglar and fire alarm project for the museum. The Harvest of the Arts festival at Herrick Memorial Library and town hall park runs the same day, with artist demonstrations and works for sale. Tickets are $5 in advance, $6 at Spirit of ’76 Museum.
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Wellington
Southern
Lorain County Historical Society
Wellington Area
Friends of Herrick Memorial Library
The
Historical Society
Stocker Foundation
Spirit of '76 Museum
the Historical Society
Marion Pfeiffer
Treasure Trove Antiques
Wellington Town Hall
Pfeiffers
Philadelphia
Holiday Inn manager resigns from Lorain County Visitors Bureau board
Elyria hotel manager Robert Stuart quits the 10 member county Visitors Bureau board after County Commissioner Ron Nabakowski cites a potential conflict with two hotel representatives. Stuart notes that Pat LeMasters, a current board member, changes jobs from Knights Inn to Holiday Inn. Level of contention remains unsettled as Nabakowski blames the complaint from another hotel and hints at broader board dynamics.
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Elyria
Robert Stuart
Elyria Holiday Inn
Lorain County Visitors Bureau
Stuart
Ron Nabakowski
Holiday Ten
Pat LeMasters
LeMasters
Knights Inn
Holiday Inn
Nabakowski
Polygraph Issue Hearing Postponed Indefinitely
Elyria witnesses the state planned to use in the upcoming murder trial of Ronald Post faced a postponed hearing at the prosecutor’s request. Post, 24, is charged with aggravated murder and aggravated robbery for the Slumber Inn Killing of Helen Wantz. His lawyers seek moving the Oct. 1 trial due to pretrial publicity and media coverage concerns.
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Elyria
Ronald Post
Post
Helen Wantz
Slumber Inn
Michael J. Duff
Ernest Hume Jr
White Today
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Norma Jones
C-T
Fred
Donna Gott
Route 18
Gore Orphanage Road
Peter Brubaker
Groveland St
Huntington
Jody Brubaker
Neiman-Marcus
Steiff
al Kimmich
Forest St
Donna
John Leedom
E. Herrick Ave
George Aldrich
Jay Smith
East St
N. Main St
Archibald M. Willard
Herrick Memorial Library
Myron T. Herrick
U.S
France
Wellington First
Fred Gott
Brighton Township
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