Flight checks to Florida advised as Floyd nears
Elyria locals plan trips to Florida with many Cleveland Hopkins flights canceled or adjusted. Airlines urge passengers to confirm status day of departure after weather assessments. Travel agents report high demand for refunds and changes while cruises may reroute to avoid storms. Bahamas trips discouraged amid hurricane season.
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Florida
Cleveland Hopkins International
Sunshine State
Charles E. Tuning
U.S. Airways
Tuning
Lorain County
Dana Ingram
Harbourtown
Vermilion
Bahamas
Ingram
Jeff A. Brown
North Coast Travel
North Ridgeville
Brown
Caribbean
Abe Assily
A.B.E. Travel
Five Day Forecast Reproduces Coastal Weather Snapshot
Forecast notes sunny and clear days with highs near 70 and lows around 40 to 50. Records include a 1939 high and a 1975 low. Humidity around 93 percent with sunrise and sunset times listed. Coastal breeze shifts from west to northwest today and north east tonight, with seas 1 to 3 feet.
Clock Tower project kicks off at Dixon's Party Center
At the Apple Festival kick off party in Ely Square, Crosby announced a $20,000 four sided clock tower to be mounted on a 20 foot pole beside the Ohio flag pole. The clock will be lit 24 hours a day with a street light moved to fit the site and city officials have given tentative approval pending council consent.
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Party Center
Crosby
Ohio
Ely Square
Pauline Leboda
Bill Grace
Craig Sampson
Elyria Apple Festival Schedule Highlights
Friday events run noon to 8:30 p.m. at Ely Stages with Kenny Clark plus Elyria High School Marching Band and Fiddler group. Courthouse Stage features Northcoast Sax Quartet and Rodger Grean d. Saturday includes Elyria Apple Queen Pageant and bands from Elyria Catholic High School. Sunday offers a closing lineup with Southbound.
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Elyria High School
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Courthouse
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Rodger Greand
Elyria Catholic High School
Cascade
Two men die in pond fishing accident in Medina County
Chester Bowell and his neighbor Banks went fishing at a Medina County pond at about 7 a.m. Banks, who was seen struggling, sank underwater after officials arrived. Deputies and rescue crews battled fishing line entanglements and fatigue for about 30 minutes before Banks was pulled from the water and flown to Medina General. Bowell was transported for treatment.
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Medina County
Robert Locher
Banks
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Locher
Sheppard
Davis
Chippewa Lake
Lafayette Township
Akron City Hospital
Medina General
Floyd Ai Hurricane Floyd Forces Florida Lockdown
Weather disruptions spread as Walt Disney World and other Orlando resorts shut early. Kennedy Space Center volunteers stay to defend launch pads. President Clinton declares pre emptive disaster aid for Florida and Georgia. FEMA mobilizes supplies as up to 1.3 million evacuate coastal regions across multiple states. Officials urge immediate evacuation and traffic redirection on major interstates.
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Florida Emergency Operators Center
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Floyd
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Atlanta
Air show funding debate stalls plans for next year
Lorain County Port Authority and Airport Authority officials weigh options after costly disruptions. Abfall cites 40000 in extra costs for private acts, room and board, and vehicle fees. A private organizer or Cleveland National Air Show could run the event to avoid losses while ensuring quality.
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Abfall
Blair
Lorain County Port Authority
Airport Authority
Alan Zaleski
Port Authority
Zaleski
Cleveland
Burke Lakefront
Cleveland National Air Show
Dayton
Michael Ross
Hispanics drive Lorain politics with new visibility
Lorain plans Hispanic Heritage Month mark and a new activist group to push voter registration and political inclusion. Dem councilman Reveron notes Latinos now number about 15,000 in a 74,000 city, while GOP candidate Foltin runs outreach to boost Spanish programs and English tutoring. Local leaders urge leveraging demographic power for rights and representation.
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Rego Reveron
NAACP
Reveron
Coalition For Hispanic Issues and Progress
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el Centro de Servicios Sociales
U.S
Sind
Lado
Lorain County
Craig Fortin
Foltin
South Lorain
Nado
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