Youths honored for Doing the Right Thing in Lorain area
The Lorain County Urban League and Lorain County Community College recognized local youths on Saturday for contributions in schools and communities as part of a nationwide Doing the Right Thing campaign. Recipients include numerous named students across Lorain County for making a difference.
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Corey Alices
Alexander Alicea
Alice Allgood
Yalanda Marie Anderson
Shere Aponte
Damian Armstrong
Kristi Arriaga
Andrea Arroyo
Jocelyn Attie
Christina Az
Senate panel defies hearings on Weld ambassador post
As head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. .?. vows to keep refusing hearings on William Weld's nomination as ambassador to Mexico. A separate item notes a midair collision over southwest Africa reportedly killing 33 people. Experts assess famine impact in rural North Korea with a multiple choice percent. The wage gap between working men and women reportedly either closed or widened per Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Area Merit semifinalists named
A list of area high school seniors named as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists totals about 20 students from Avon Lake Avon Lake Bay Village Berea Elyria Lorain North Olmsted North Ridgeville Oberlin Olmsted Falls Westlake and others. Semifinalists compete for roughly 7 400 Merit Scholarship awards totaling over 28 million dollars in spring funding opportunities.
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Marion L. Steele High School
Amherst
Antonia M. Konkoly
Jason
Lon D. Coleman
Lake Ridge Academy
Wesley M. Eddy
North Ridgeville
Carl D. Koch
Oberlin
Jenni E. Mueller
Olmsted Falls
Ministry seeks dismissal in Lorain abuse suit
A Hispanic ministry in Lorain asks Common Pleas Judge Thomas Jonas to dismiss a suit by a man alleging sexual abuse by former traveling minister Hector de la Cruz and his wife. The filing argues the claim is time barred. the couple and associates faced earlier criminal convictions.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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Carmen
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Amherst seeks substitutes as district lags in applicants
Amherst schools struggle to fill substitute teacher slots after 39 applications yielded only four interviews. District officials plan to recycle old applications as counties face a substitute crunch. District pay ranges from 60 to 93 dollars daily and state certification is required.
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Bob Wiersum
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Timothy Logar
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New London Teacher Wins 1997 Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year
Julie Brown, a third grade teacher, receives the national Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year Award after district nomination. The award brings a $500 grant for teaching materials. Board members discuss train crossing delays and contract negotiations with non teaching staff in a Monday meeting.
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Julie Brown
Wal-Mart
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Board of Education
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Prisoners seek tastier meals as inmate discontent grows
In Ohio's Orient facility Dana Dressler, prison dietitian administrator, defends bland menus to fit 47,000 inmates while Reginald Wilkinson weighs larger portions to ease unrest. Critics note meals still lack variety, with inmates pushing for more meat and desserts amid crowding and wait lists.
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