Schools surrender to commercialization in Midview deal
A Midview school system partners with Xerox to run a public print shop costing 150000 to 200000 dollars yearly with an anticipated saving of about 100000. Critics warn it seeds a trend of corporate branding in schools while supporters argue financial relief for cash strapped districts.
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Ray Bradbury
Midview
Xerox Corp
Xerox
Tech
Joe Niese
Midview Middies
Elyria
Coca-Cola
Ely Stadium
Omaha World-Herald
Tom Sawyer
Becky Thatcher
M&ms
Three strikes bill targets megafarm operators in Ohio
Environmental and anti megafarm groups in Ohio propose a state law to label megafarmers as habitual offenders after three criminal or three civil environmental actions within three years. Offenders would face heavy fines and a five year halt on business expansion. The Times Recorder.
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Ohio
Buckeye
Take a closer look at downtown Elyria tour
A reader invites revisiting downtown Elyria, praising historic sandstone post office, old train station, and carved bank facades while urging parking ease, park visits, and respect for monuments, City Hall origins, and preserved architecture amid summer heat.
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Elyria
Broad Street
East Avenue
New York Central
Amtrak
Buckeye Street
Driscol Music
National City Bank
Turing
Middle Avenue
Court Street
Residents urge preservation of historic downtown Elyria
A letter to the editor laments the poor condition of a courthouse and calls for renovation over demolition. The writer asks officials and downtown property owners to maintain city properties to a standard worth pride and promotes recycling old buildings under Elyria Recycles.
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Elyria
Not easy to cut government says reader letter
In a Chronicle letter dated July 9, the writer challenges calls to downsize federal government, questions spending comparisons to Clinton, and notes Congress controls spending via the Ways and Means Committee led by Dick Armey. The piece on Hillary Clinton’s New York Senate bid is touched, urging New Yorkers to vote.
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Tudge Lee Dunfee
the Chronicle
Clinton
Congress
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
Dick Armey
Hillary
New York
Community Letters Cite 4-H Coverage at Lorain County Fair
A reader lauds Mitch Witherell for urging more front page attention to 4-H youths at the Lorain County Fair. He scolds the paper for prioritizing crime and sensational photos over young exhibitors and notes attempts to secure broader coverage with Lorain Plain Dealer and Lorain Journal without results.
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Mitch Witherell
Lora
Witherell
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lorain County
Lorain Journal
LaGrange tribute to Sheriff Mahony sets example
Vic Long praises Lorain County Sheriff Martin Mahony for honesty integrity and fairness saying he has led well for years and should consider higher office. Long urges Mahony to pursue public service in Washington, D. C. highlighting the need for reputable leaders.
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Vic Long LaGrange “Mahony
County
Martin Mahony
Lorain County
Sheriff Mahony
Washington, D.C
An American Love Story explores an interracial family tale
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page reviews Jennifer Foxs ten hour PBS documentary An American Love Story about Bill Sims an African American musician and his white wife Karen Wilson their daughters Cicily and their NY life in the 1990s The film contrasts their day to day struggle with lingering racial tensions and draws a line to the 1973 Loud family classic as it asks what it means to be black in America and whether society will ever stop seeing race as a constant flashpoint.
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Washington
Sidney Poitier
Supreme Court
USA Today
America
Jennnifer Fox
PBS
WVII
WEAO
Fox
Bill Sims
Karen Wilson
Smalltown
Ohio
Bill
Karen
Cicily
New York City
Simses
Sehoet
Sam
Mom
Lam
Santa Barbara
Lance
Sims
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Pyes
McDonald's
Sears Gymnasium
Sears
Proctor & Gamble Science Laboratory
Walt Disney
Wendy's
Dave Thomas
the Times Recorder
Zanesville, Ohio
Clarence Page
Craig Gilbert
Chicago Tribune
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