Roses and raspberries editorial on Elyria parks and local figures
Roses praise the Elyria Rotary Club for funding a new stairway and observation deck at West Falls in Cascade Park and for marking the West Falls Loop Trail. Raspberry targets include Lorain Commissioner Michael Ross for late water bill payments and other fiscal issues. Also lauds Ridgelawn Cemetery tour guides, Indians coin tosses, and George R. Bent’s 2000 Trustee of the Year award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Lorain
Ross
Bob Frederick
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Frederick
George R. Bent
American Association of Homes and Services For
Kendal At
Oberlin
Kendal
Kendal Corp
Lexington
Gore backs bid for president in letters to editor
Readers debate character and integrity in the 2000 campaign. A letter writer endorses Al Gore, criticizes George W. Bush and recalls Bush family politics. The page also notes a Sept. 28 Elyria town hall with Mayor Bill Grace at West Recreation Center in the 6th Ward at 7 p.m. for residents to voice concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gore
George W. Bush
Oval Office
Colin Powell
Bush
Dick Cheney
Cheney
Elyria
Bill Grace
West Recreation Center
6Th Ward
Gates plan trims high schools with small personalized models
Gates Foundation launches 56 million in grants to start 15 EdVisions style schools and integrate small focused campuses inside large high schools. The effort targets 300-400 student centers in Minnesota Wisconsin St Paul Cincinnati Detroit Cleveland Boston Providence Kansas City Seattle and San Francisco with University of Minnesota leadership and a 8 million grant for inner city sites.
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Bill Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
America
Alaska
Rhode Island
Gates Foundation
Colorado
Columbine
Minnesota
EdVisions Cooperative
Wisconsin
U.S
University of Minnesota
Joe Nathan
St. Paul
Cincinnati
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
Providence
Kansas City
Seattle
San Francisco
Patricia Harvey
Gates
Outrage over Sudan regime noted by rights critics
Congressman Frank Wolf warns that Sudan could seize a Security Council seat as Amnesty International details oil-backed ethnic cleansing. He condemns genocide in southern Sudan and calls out Bush and Gore for silence, while Jesse Jackson pushes Berenson case in Peru. Nat Hentoff notes press and religious leaders' reactions.
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Frank Wolf
Virginia
Samuel Berger
Richard Holbrooke
United Nations
Tam
Sudan
Security Council
Doctors Without Borders
International Red Cross
World Food Programme
Amnesty International
Our House of Representa
Tives
Senate
Gore
Bush
Africa
State Department
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
Peru
New York Times
Ms. Berenson
Fujimori
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A.C. Hudnutt
A. Cooper
Rudy Dicks
Andrew Young
TJ. Moraco
Editorial
Raspberries
Cleveland Indians
Indians
Toronto
Oakland
Anaheim
al Gore
George Bush
George
Texas
Vander Ark
Country School
Henderson
Minn
EdVisions
Neal Peirce
Omar Hassan al-Bashir
New York
Cuba
Kosovo
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Nat Hentoff
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