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Volume 10, Issue 24
Young Republicans facing turmoil at the top OWEN MACMILLAN THE COMMUNITY GUIDE
The Lorain County Young Republicans organization is facing chaos at the top, as its executive director resigns and says the group is dissolving — a claim others dispute. Kathleen Beyer took over as chairwoman of the group three months ago, but on Tuesday she turned in her resignation and told a Chronicle-Telegram reporter the chapter would close. “It’s not really a de-chartering, we are choosing to close down,” Beyer said. Former group chairman and current candidate for Elyria Clerk of Courts Greg Fanning, however,
said the group would reorganize and continue operations. “The group is not dissolved,” Fanning said. Fanning said he could not speak to specifics of the group as he was no longer directly involved, but that as a former chair and cofounder, current members had come to him for guidance after Beyer decided to resign. “I’ve just tried to keep my distance from the whole thing because it’s a very volatile situation,” he said. “I would very much like to get this stuff handed over to the next group here.” Beyer, however, said that Fanning was still actively involved in the group and had been “acting as chair-
man, but not chairman.” She alleged that Fanning refused to give up access to the group’s Facebook and Instagram pages and to transfer ownership of the Young Republicans’ WinRed account. “(Fanning) pressed me at an Elyria Republicans meeting (and) got in my face, as a woman, put his finger in my face,” Beyer said. “I told him to get off the (group) Facebook and the WinRed.” WinRed is an app endorsed by the National Republican Party for use in fundraising for Republican and conservative campaigns and organizations. Fanning said that while he was still the owner of the Young Republicans WinRed account and still
had business access to the Facebook page, he was actually actively trying to remove himself from both. The Young Republicans WinRed page is still under Fanning’s account along with his personal campaign page, but he said this was simply because he had made the account. “Since I stepped down, I would like nothing more than to get rid of the Young Republicans off my account,” Fanning said. His contention was that he could not transfer ownership of the account to Beyer until she entered information into WinRed that she had not done. “(Beyer) would have to give WinRed her driver’s license and her Social Security number,” Fanning
said. “She never did that. So she’s still an admin, but she never went through the steps to become an owner. Therefore, I cannot revoke my ownership.” Beyer maintained that Fanning was actively refusing to transfer the account. “I told him ‘I am reporting you for campaign finance fraud,’” she said. “How do I know he’s not taking LCYR money and moving it over to his (account)? I don’t know if he is, he might not be, but why are they tied together?” Fanning said he had not and would not use any money donated to the Young Republicans for his personal campaign, and said he had spoken with officials from Secretary
of State Frank LaRose’s office. “I’d never do anything like that,” he said. “And I have consulted the actual authority in the matter and they said, ‘Everything’s fine,’ which is just the secretary of state’s office.” Beyer said that Fanning’s actions since she joined the Young Republicans made her concerned about his fitness for office. “We are going to put him in charge of the Elyria Municipal Court, and he’s going to be in charge of a staff? Like, that’s horrific,” she said. “And that’s me as a Republican saying that.” Faced with this, Fanning pointed to his clear victory in the Republican primary in May. REPUBLICANS PAGE A2
Two departments mourn the loss of Vermilion Twp. firefighter OWEN MACMILLAN THE COMMUNITY GUIDE
Trucks and tractors and trains, oh my! JEFF BARNES | The Community Guide
ABOVE: Judah Runkle, 5, tries on the helmet in the fire truck at the Carlisle Reservation during its Truck, Tractor, and Trains event on June 3. RIGHT: Matthew Warner, 2, plays with the trucks in the dirt pile at the Carlisle Reservation.
Vermilion Township firefighter Bill McCale, 51, died of apparent natural causes June 10 at his home in Vermilion. McCale had been a member of the Vermilion Fire Department for over 12 years before recently moving to the Vermilion Township Fire Department. Former Vermilion Fire Chief Chris Stempowski knew McCale well and said the former chief engineer had a huge influence on making the department what it is, and had continued to be a vital member of the community after going to work for Vermilion Township. “I’m almost at a loss for words,” Stempowski said. “Bill was a phenomenal man. There wasn’t anything he wouldn’t do for the Vermilion Fire Department or its members. He was instrumental in maintaining our apparatus, in getting our heavy rescue truck replaced after an accident and in building the new facility on Douglas Street.” Current Vermilion Fire Chief Bill Brown did not work with McCale for as
long as Stempowski, but also shared high praise of what he had BILL done McCALE for the community. “(McCale) was a great guy and an incredible firefighter,” Brown said. “He was the type of guy you want to have in your community.” McCale is survived by his wife Stephanie and his two children. “Bill was a good person, a good father and an ideal member of the community,” Brown said. Responding to the death of a former colleague and long-time friend is difficult for emergency responders, but Brown said it is always a possibility in a small community. “You hate to say it’s part of the job, but it is,” he said. “It doesn’t happen often, but when it does obviously it’s hard on our guys.” Brown said McCale would be missed not only by his family and colleagues but anyone in the wider community who met him.
INSIDE THIS WEEK Amherst
DORA passes Council ● A3
Oberlin
Chalk Walk is June 24 ● A5
Wellington
Wellington grad gets scholarship ● A4
OBITUARIES A2 • CLASSIFIEDS A6 • CROSSWORD A7 • SUDOKU A7 • KID SCOOP A8