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Rite Aid to build on Rt. 58 — Page 2 Players to wrap up season — Pi TH I. i Amherst News-Time <~> — O o O i^> _! _. f CD M H c: _i o o ~: _; C B) H CO —• CO 3C .-3 *» O EO J» l—i <; o TO 3=> Wednesday, June 4, 1997 Amherst, Ohio Seniors graduate Sunday Ceremonies marking the 110th graduation of Amherst seniors will be held June 8 beginning at 2:30 p.m. at the Palace Civic Center, 617 Broadway, in Lorain. The Reverend David Gross, pastor of Sl. Peter's United Church of Christ in Amhersl, will deliver the baccalaureate address. Two hundred and sixty- nine Marion L. Steele High School seniors are scheduled to graduate as the Class of '97. Other graduation speakers include senior class president Karie Coffman and Crislie Lynn Snyder, an Amherst student who attended the Lorain County Joint Vocational School. The valedictorian, whose name is expected to be announced June 6, also will address the class. Following the student presentations, Steele principal Robert Boy ton said an Academic Hall of Fame will be announced. School superintendent Howard Dulmage will then speak to the students and Boynton will present the Class of '97. Board of education president Ron Ya- cobo/./.i will hand out diplomas. Each graduating senior is allowed to request up to four tickets for family members and friends to attend the ceremony. Seniors who have not already made arrangements for additional tickets through a Steele Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) ticket bank should do so by contacting PTO president Sue Cotton al 984-2018. The Palace Civic Center scats 1,400 people. "Everything is pretty much tradition like il has been in the past. We're jusi hoping the rain is gone," Boynton added. As in the past, no reception is planned after the commencement to avoid congestion. Instead, seniors can celebrate a sense of closure by tossing their graduation caps in a courtyard outside the civic center, he added. Having a ball on field day Students at Powers Elementary School let off steam during the school's annual Field Day last Friday. Organizers planned many events including a three-legged race, an obstacle course, and a water toss. Above, students use a parachute to create some special, and fun, effects. At right, a girl takes a swing at a T- ball. r/i ' ) ' ) I -i urj I O i. Old i tells | Renovcu.w,. unearths 50-year-old News-Times by KATHLEEN KOSHAR News-Times editor Call it coincidence, good timing, or an eerie happening, but when West Street resident Sue Cotton and her family began remodeling their home two months ago, they unearthed a 50-year-old News-Times. The paper is dated March 20, 1947. The Cottons discovered it April 12, just 50 years, three weeks and two days after it was published. Cotton admits the family had planned to begin their dining room remodeling project in March but were delayed. Had they started on lime, she said, they may have unearthed the paper on its 50th anniversary. The paper was found flat under the drawers of a window scat; part of the renovation included a new floor for the dining room, she explained. The Cottons have lived in the West Street home for 17 years. Others in the community have told her the home was built in the 1930s as a parsonage for St. Paul Lutheran Church, which was once located next door. She isn't sure who built the house, bul Cotton said it has a lot of character. She may someday do a little more research on its history. The News-Times she found is eight pages in length and was published on a Thursday. Il is printed in seven-column format, is yellowed and somewhat tattered but very readable and tells of some interesting events of ihe times. The big news story of the day, with a seven-column front page headline, was the possible organization of a merchants division of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce to address problems faced by local merchants, but not necessarily a concern for the enure chamber. A second front-page slory, which would probably be the lead story today, was aboul the Cleveland Quarries. The story read, "The largest single building order for sandstone in the history of the Cleveland Quarries company may result immediately in the erection of a 40-room building development on the west side of town...The record-breaking order, for the John Hancock Insurance company building in Boston, will necessitate additional employees at the company's cut stone division and some means of providing housing must be made to attract the labor... "Erection of the pre-fabricated houses will depend largely on obtaining sanitary facilities...Most of the houses will be constructed at the comer of Milan Avenue and Quarry CONTINUED on page 3 Neighbors feud over fumes; paint expansion by BILL ROSS News-Times reporter A Tenney Avenue man who said his family has been bothered by paint fumes from a neighborhood auto body shop, look his case before the planning and zoning boards last week after receiving notice that a variance to add a new paint spraying booth was being requested by property owner Milad Abraham. Steve Smith, 30, has lived at 293 Tenney Avenue with his wife and two young sons since 1994. Their backyard abuts Rich's Auto Body and Smith told the News-Times that while his family has smelled paint fumes emanating from Rich's in the past, it has nol been enough to warrant an official complaint. But when he received notice lhal No parking: CC may nQt buy lot now The possibility of the city acquiring a lot on the comer of Church Streel and Tenney Avenue to create a municipal parking lot that would hold up to 80 vehicles is coming into question because property owner Milad Abraham wants to use a significant portion of the land for the expansion of Rich's Auto Body. At a May 28 planning commission meeting, Abraham and his nephew, Dennis Abraham, requested variances on the property lhat would allow a new spray-painting building to be erected, which would use up a portion of the lol thai is coveted by cily officials for a downtown parking lot. In addition, Abraham would like to add additional parking for Rich's, who leases the property from him. Even if Abraham sells the remaining portion of the loi to ihe cily, there will only be enough land left over for aboul 25 spaces, according to mayor John Higgins. Complicating the issue is a request from the planning commission which wants Abraham to provide an easement on undeveloped property he owns on Cleveland Avenue to allow for an access road to Leavitt Road businesses in the vicinity. "I kind of got into it with Milad at the meeting," Higgins admitted "He said he would never allow an access road on his property and I told him if he was nol willing to cooperate, he would have a hard time getting city permission to develop that piece of land." The mayor said he is disappointed because he believed progress was being made toward acquiring the entire Church and Tenney parcel and concedes ihc cily is now unsure to whal, if any, amount of the property it will be able to acquire for parking. Repealed efforts to contact Abraham for- comment were unsuccessful. Abraham was requesting the var- would be closer to his property, before the board. iance for ihe new spray booih which Smith decided to present his case The variance requests were ap proved, but there must first be an EPA review of the proposal before construction can begin. The case will be heard again at the nexi meeting on June 24. Rich Wolf, owner of Rich's, disputes the allegation by Smith that a new building will pose any health hazards. "I have been in contact wilh ihe EFA and OSHA and we will be complying with their guidelines," said Wolf, while suggesting lhat Smith may have olher motives for trying lo prevent a new building. "The Smiths wanted to sell their house to Milad (Abraham), but he thought their asking price was too high and refused to buy it. That is when he (Smith) started complaining aboul us." Bul Smith said it was Abraham who came to him and said. "I need your property so thai I can put in a CONTINUED on peg* 2 J
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Title | The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1997-06-04 |
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Amherst (Ohio) Lorain County (Ohio) |
Date of Original | 04-JUN-1997 |
Searchable Date | 1997-06-04 |
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Title | The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1997-06-04 |
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Amherst (Ohio) Lorain County (Ohio) |
Date of Original | 4-Jun-97 |
Searchable Date | 1997-06-04 |
Submitting Institution | Amherst Public Library |
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Full Text | Rite Aid to build on Rt. 58 — Page 2 Players to wrap up season — Pi TH I. i Amherst News-Time <~> — O o O i^> _! _. f CD M H c: _i o o ~: _; C B) H CO —• CO 3C .-3 *» O EO J» l—i <; o TO 3=> Wednesday, June 4, 1997 Amherst, Ohio Seniors graduate Sunday Ceremonies marking the 110th graduation of Amherst seniors will be held June 8 beginning at 2:30 p.m. at the Palace Civic Center, 617 Broadway, in Lorain. The Reverend David Gross, pastor of Sl. Peter's United Church of Christ in Amhersl, will deliver the baccalaureate address. Two hundred and sixty- nine Marion L. Steele High School seniors are scheduled to graduate as the Class of '97. Other graduation speakers include senior class president Karie Coffman and Crislie Lynn Snyder, an Amherst student who attended the Lorain County Joint Vocational School. The valedictorian, whose name is expected to be announced June 6, also will address the class. Following the student presentations, Steele principal Robert Boy ton said an Academic Hall of Fame will be announced. School superintendent Howard Dulmage will then speak to the students and Boynton will present the Class of '97. Board of education president Ron Ya- cobo/./.i will hand out diplomas. Each graduating senior is allowed to request up to four tickets for family members and friends to attend the ceremony. Seniors who have not already made arrangements for additional tickets through a Steele Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) ticket bank should do so by contacting PTO president Sue Cotton al 984-2018. The Palace Civic Center scats 1,400 people. "Everything is pretty much tradition like il has been in the past. We're jusi hoping the rain is gone," Boynton added. As in the past, no reception is planned after the commencement to avoid congestion. Instead, seniors can celebrate a sense of closure by tossing their graduation caps in a courtyard outside the civic center, he added. Having a ball on field day Students at Powers Elementary School let off steam during the school's annual Field Day last Friday. Organizers planned many events including a three-legged race, an obstacle course, and a water toss. Above, students use a parachute to create some special, and fun, effects. At right, a girl takes a swing at a T- ball. r/i ' ) ' ) I -i urj I O i. Old i tells | Renovcu.w,. unearths 50-year-old News-Times by KATHLEEN KOSHAR News-Times editor Call it coincidence, good timing, or an eerie happening, but when West Street resident Sue Cotton and her family began remodeling their home two months ago, they unearthed a 50-year-old News-Times. The paper is dated March 20, 1947. The Cottons discovered it April 12, just 50 years, three weeks and two days after it was published. Cotton admits the family had planned to begin their dining room remodeling project in March but were delayed. Had they started on lime, she said, they may have unearthed the paper on its 50th anniversary. The paper was found flat under the drawers of a window scat; part of the renovation included a new floor for the dining room, she explained. The Cottons have lived in the West Street home for 17 years. Others in the community have told her the home was built in the 1930s as a parsonage for St. Paul Lutheran Church, which was once located next door. She isn't sure who built the house, bul Cotton said it has a lot of character. She may someday do a little more research on its history. The News-Times she found is eight pages in length and was published on a Thursday. Il is printed in seven-column format, is yellowed and somewhat tattered but very readable and tells of some interesting events of ihe times. The big news story of the day, with a seven-column front page headline, was the possible organization of a merchants division of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce to address problems faced by local merchants, but not necessarily a concern for the enure chamber. A second front-page slory, which would probably be the lead story today, was aboul the Cleveland Quarries. The story read, "The largest single building order for sandstone in the history of the Cleveland Quarries company may result immediately in the erection of a 40-room building development on the west side of town...The record-breaking order, for the John Hancock Insurance company building in Boston, will necessitate additional employees at the company's cut stone division and some means of providing housing must be made to attract the labor... "Erection of the pre-fabricated houses will depend largely on obtaining sanitary facilities...Most of the houses will be constructed at the comer of Milan Avenue and Quarry CONTINUED on page 3 Neighbors feud over fumes; paint expansion by BILL ROSS News-Times reporter A Tenney Avenue man who said his family has been bothered by paint fumes from a neighborhood auto body shop, look his case before the planning and zoning boards last week after receiving notice that a variance to add a new paint spraying booth was being requested by property owner Milad Abraham. Steve Smith, 30, has lived at 293 Tenney Avenue with his wife and two young sons since 1994. Their backyard abuts Rich's Auto Body and Smith told the News-Times that while his family has smelled paint fumes emanating from Rich's in the past, it has nol been enough to warrant an official complaint. But when he received notice lhal No parking: CC may nQt buy lot now The possibility of the city acquiring a lot on the comer of Church Streel and Tenney Avenue to create a municipal parking lot that would hold up to 80 vehicles is coming into question because property owner Milad Abraham wants to use a significant portion of the land for the expansion of Rich's Auto Body. At a May 28 planning commission meeting, Abraham and his nephew, Dennis Abraham, requested variances on the property lhat would allow a new spray-painting building to be erected, which would use up a portion of the lol thai is coveted by cily officials for a downtown parking lot. In addition, Abraham would like to add additional parking for Rich's, who leases the property from him. Even if Abraham sells the remaining portion of the loi to ihe cily, there will only be enough land left over for aboul 25 spaces, according to mayor John Higgins. Complicating the issue is a request from the planning commission which wants Abraham to provide an easement on undeveloped property he owns on Cleveland Avenue to allow for an access road to Leavitt Road businesses in the vicinity. "I kind of got into it with Milad at the meeting," Higgins admitted "He said he would never allow an access road on his property and I told him if he was nol willing to cooperate, he would have a hard time getting city permission to develop that piece of land." The mayor said he is disappointed because he believed progress was being made toward acquiring the entire Church and Tenney parcel and concedes ihc cily is now unsure to whal, if any, amount of the property it will be able to acquire for parking. Repealed efforts to contact Abraham for- comment were unsuccessful. Abraham was requesting the var- would be closer to his property, before the board. iance for ihe new spray booih which Smith decided to present his case The variance requests were ap proved, but there must first be an EPA review of the proposal before construction can begin. The case will be heard again at the nexi meeting on June 24. Rich Wolf, owner of Rich's, disputes the allegation by Smith that a new building will pose any health hazards. "I have been in contact wilh ihe EFA and OSHA and we will be complying with their guidelines," said Wolf, while suggesting lhat Smith may have olher motives for trying lo prevent a new building. "The Smiths wanted to sell their house to Milad (Abraham), but he thought their asking price was too high and refused to buy it. That is when he (Smith) started complaining aboul us." Bul Smith said it was Abraham who came to him and said. "I need your property so thai I can put in a CONTINUED on peg* 2 J |
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