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Computer classes Microsoft Word and Internet classes are continued at the Norwalk Public Library in March.
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High water forced several area roads to remain closed Friday night, and local authorities warned motorists to use caution. "Quite a bit of the county" witnessed about 1 1/4 inches of rain in 24 hours and between 1 and 1 1/2 inches of snow melting recently, Huron County Emergency Management Agency Director Bill Ommert said.
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The Ohio Legislature began considering a bill Wednesday that would toughen drunken driving laws, a day after a Barberton man with 20 convictions for driving drunk was sentenced to 16 1/2 years in prison without parole. Sen. Tim Grendell, (R-Chesterland), said his bill is in response to the 2006 deaths of two Hiram College students in a crash caused by a drunk driver who had 12 driving under the influence convictions.
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Week of March 5 to March 9 (All meals served with milk)
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I visit a lot of classrooms each year. Sometimes I just stop by to catch a glimpse of what is happening and other times I do it in a more formal evaluative manner. Last week I happened to stop in senior theology class. Senior classes are interesting to visit because you get to see a snapshot of the end benefits of a Catholic education. What would I take away from my visit to this classroom today? I walked in and sat down at one of the rows of tables. I was not sure what I would see because of all the adjustments in lesson plans and schedules due to all the snow days. I was in for a philosophical discussion on reparations and redemption. These are heavy subjects to cover in any class, but particularly with high school seniors. Mrs. Krystowski, the senior theology teacher, planted lots of different questions and scenarios to produce debate and discussion.
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MARCH 2, 1928 The top stories in the Norwalk Reflector-Herald on this date 79 years ago:
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Sometimes the weight of government bureaucracy leads to excessive planning and studying with little actual action. But other times, government lays out a plan for review and it leads to open discussion, debate and progress. Norwalk's new capital improvement plan falls under the latter category.
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Speaking of the California Gold Rush last week, I'm reminded of some other young men connected with it in what appears to have been a false report. We have to begin by remembering that there was no instant news reporting in the 19th century and that much of what passed for news was either rumor or convoluted facts. The Norwalk Experiment newspaper of Aug. 10, 1952, reported that William, George and Charles Raymond had been murdered in May 1852 while en route to Oregon. They were sons of Alanson Raymond of Sherman Township. I took this report as true until I found in the Norwalk Reflector of March 20, 1855, a news item reprinted from the Sacramento Union newspaper concerning two brothers named Raymond who arrived in Placerville from Carson Valley. They had told the man who told the newspaper reporter that their father lived about two miles from Monroeville in Huron County. The man who reported this story was one Thomas Knott of Ripley Township in Huron County.
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Two Norwalk Middle School male students were found guilty of threatening a 14-year-old female classmate during gang-related activities, Huron County Juvenile Court Judge Timothy Cardwell ruled Thursday. Read the rest of this story in Today's Reflector...
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A Willard man was sentenced Thursday to 10 months in prison for two break-ins at Willard beauty shops. One of the victims told the court she wanted Robert E. Belt, 18, of 516 S. Myrtle Ave., to get help, Huron County Prosecutor Russell Leffler said. The woman had cut Belt's hair when he was younger.
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The Norwalk Police Department has executed a search warrant in connection with the mysterious circumstances of the death of a 10-month-old Norwalk boy. However, the court document is not part of public records, because a judge has ordered it to be sealed until later this month. Donavan Lykins died Sunday at Akron Children's Hospital. The infant first went to Fisher-Titus Medical Center after an incident about 1 a.m. Saturday at his home, a Bouscay Avenue apartment. He then was flown by helicopter to the Akron hospital, where he died about 10:55 a.m. Sunday. Read the rest of this story in Today's Reflector...
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HIGHWAY PATROL Teddy L. Darr, 55, of Lexington, was charged with failure to control Thursday after he went off the north side of U.S. 20 and hit a utility pole. He was not transported for possible injuries.
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NEW LONDON The New London Rotary Club will be serving a pancake and sausage breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the basement of the United Methodist Church at 58 E. Main St. The cost will be a donation, with all proceeds to be used for community service activities.
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Don't put your life in jeopardy. That's the plea Huron County Emergency Management Agency Director Bill Ommert is issuing to residents, with the Huron River poised to reach a flood stage of 20-feet mid to late afternoon or this evening. At some point today, flooding could result in Clarksfield and low lying areas of Huron County, so residents should be on alert, Ommert said.
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Kevin Doyle, president of Fair Publishing in Norwalk, celebrated 50 years on the job Thursday at an informal lunch. Doyle started at the 127-year-old family company in 1957 as a traveling salesman. Four months later, he was in the air force. But he was back in 1960.
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PLYMOUTH A reported 25 citizens demanded answers and named names at a special Plymouth-Shiloh School Board meeting Wednesday over the on-going sex scandal. A "teacher-to-teacher" incident is supposed to have occurred on Dec. 3, 2004 at Shiloh Elementary School, said superintendent Jim Metcalf. The story was widely reported in December 2006.
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For many seniors in Huron County, it is a race between health care and destiny. "Every time I get the (Social Security) cost of living increase," retired postal carrier Ray Kramer said, "I lose about 50 bucks." Most seniors are finding that for every dollar their income increases, their health-care costs increase more.
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It was back to the House of Blues in Cleveland last Saturday for a doubleheader tribute band night. The headliner was Zoso a Led Zeppelin tribute while opening was Signals, which is a Rush cover band.
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Today marks the beginning of a new era in Huron County government, an era without John Elmlinger. The well-liked, 51-year-old county official retired Wednesday after 33 years in public service. He was a Sherman Township trustee from 1973 to 1976, then county recorder until 1986 when he took over as county auditor, a position he held until today.
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Do you have a nickname or some shortened version of your real name? Maybe it's something obvious, like Bob or Rob for Robert. Or maybe your name is Elizabeth and people call you Lisa, Liz or Beth. Sometimes the people closest to us give us cute little pet names like Princess or Tiger. We often give nicknames to our friends and colleges. Many times these nicknames happen spontaneously, but if you need a little help, I have a few hints.
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I wasn't sure whether to call again, because I'd already left a message. But I needed to talk to this person, and so instead of waiting for her to return my call, I called her. "You were on my 'to-do' list," she said, as soon as she recognized my voice. Wonderful. I was on her "to-do" list. I was someone's chore. Read the rest of this story in Today's Reflector...