Gilligan Welfare Push Shapes Ohio Campaign Issue
Ohio Republicans leverage Gilligan welfare increases as a campaign issue. Rep. Rodney Hughes chairs a committee targeting fraud and cheaters, pushing bills to fund enforcement, require residency and photo ID, and hold welfare officials liable for irregularities. The clash with the Public Welfare Department continues as Hughes expands his probe to the Senate.
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Ohio
Lee Leonard
UPI
Statehouse
Columbus
General Assembly
Gilligan
Department of Public Welfare
Public Welfare Department
Hughes
Sno-bob SPV sleds set for Feb 12 youth race at Reagan Park
Medina notes a Super Slide-Off hosted by the City Parks and Recreation Dept at Reagan Park on Feb 12 at 10 a.m. for ages 8 to 15 featuring Sno-bob and SPV sleds. Free equipment and arm bands for participants. weather could shift to Feb 19 or require alternate plans if no snow.
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Medina
Reagan Park
City Parks and Recreation Department
Dunn
Kotch gives Jack Lemmon a steady guiding hand
After a two month break I review Kotch directed by Jack Lemmon at Medina Theater. Walter Matthau dominates with Deborah Winters as the young mother figure. The film follows Matthau as an aging grandfather who befriends a pregnant teenager and delivers her baby in a gas station restroom.
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Jack Lemmon
Lemmon
Walter Matthau
Matthau
Deborah Winters
Kotch
Clays
Prennntier
Birthday Party for Rabies Survivor Matt Winkler
In Lima Ohio Matthew Winkler eighth birthday celebration marked by a hospital party at St Rita s Hospital after surviving rabies from a bat bite. Doctors praise his recovery while relatives send prayers and well wishes. Matt received gifts including a transistor radio camera and a phonograph and hopes to return to school and play football.
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Terry Flynn
Lima, Ohio
UPI
Matthew Winkler
St. Rita’s Hospital
Matt
St. Rita’s
C. John Stechschulpe
Tov
John J. Gilligan
Gilligans
Ohio
Stechschulpe
Birthday cake reveals hidden savings in Madrid incident
Baltasar Lujan's wife, who had never used the oven before, baked a birthday cake that unknowingly hid his savings inside. The mishap occurred in Madrid and led to a financial loss.
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Madrid
UPI
Baltasar Lujan
Where Should New School Street Go
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended a public street joining Weymouth and Union along the new high school site after weighing several options. City and school officials favored a public through street for safety and access, with Union preferred over Homestead and other connecters rejected due to cost and property impact. The group left the plan open for future consideration while approving a federal grant request for Pythian Sister Parks development.
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Medina
Weymouth
Union
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Forest Meadows
Homestead Street
Richard Marco
Marco
Cal Wible
Leonard Morse
Robert Smith
Homestead
Jere Hinton
Commission
Morse
Union Street
Jack Jaskel
Jaskol
Dr. Smith
Planning Commission
Wible
Don Canfield
Steve Petrigala
Pythian
Zoning Hearing Debates Updates to Community Standards
Residents clash with officials over proposed zoning code updates aimed at aligning with other communities. Critics fear higher taxes and penalties for landowners while supporters defend legality and need for clearer rules. discussion pauses at unresolved definitions.
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GOP
Rodney H. Hughes
Bellefontaine
John E. Hanson
Governor’s Office
Hanson
Hughes Committee
John Hanson
Senate
Bill Dunn
Ted Graham
Rubbermaid, Inc
the Recreation Department
Recreation Departmen
Thomas
Doris Kilbane
Liverpool
Cy Schaefer
Caspar Schmidt
James Tighe
Ingraham
Schaefer
Robert Miller
Wegman
MTD
Richard Mack
Willicam
Mack
Volkswagen
Pearl RD
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