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Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019
Lorain County Community Guide
Yost urges FCC to toughen up with anti-robocall efforts
OBITUARIES Richard Budd Werner
Wilma J. Krieg
Richard Budd Werner, 87, passed away Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. Over a 40 year career in corporate finance at the Arthur Andersen & Co., Glidden Company, Harshaw Chemical Company, Weatherhead Company, EF Hauserman Company, and the SPX Corporation. Budd was a community and civic leader who contributed his time, talents and resources to the Greater Cleveland, West Michigan/Muskegon, Athens, Ohio and Lorain County communities. In Cleveland, Budd served on the boards of the Cleveland YMCA, the Cleveland Music School Settlement, the Musical Arts Association (The Cleveland Orchestra), West Shore Concerts and the City of Lakewood Planning Commission. In Muskegon, Michigan, Budd served on the boards of the Grand Rapids Symphony, the Sisters of Mercy Health Corporation and the North Muskegon Board of Education. In Athens, Ohio, Budd served on the boards of the Appalachian Visiting Nurse Association, AceNet Ventures and the Interfaith Alliance of Athens. Budd was a devoted alumnus of Ohio University who, after retirement from his business career, served as pro bono Executive in Residence at the OU College of Business, working with College leadership, faculty, alumni and students. He also served as Acting Dean of the Accountancy Department. Budd was a 1995 recipient of the College's Award for Achievement in Business, a 1997 recipient of the University's Alumni Association Medal of Merit and the 2008 Distinguished Service Award. Budd was an avid sailor, tennis player, life-long jogger, power-napper and a Phi Kappa Tau fraternity brother. He was the beloved husband for 65 years of Janet Kelsey Werner; father of Richard Budd Werner, Jr. (Barbara Langhenry), David Kelsey Werner and M. Paula Werner (David Peacock); proud grandfather of Kevin Werner Peacock, Eleanor Kelsey Werner, Ryan Werner Peacock and Caroline Langhenry Werner and brother of June Werner Stone. A memorial service will be held at Kendal of Oberlin, 600 Kendal Dr., Oberlin on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 10:30 a.m. Gifts may be made to the Lakewood Ohio Community Fund of the Cleveland Foundation or a foundation or charitable organization of your choice. Services have been entrusted to Busch Funeral Home, 440-937-6175. www.buschcares.com
Wilma Jane Krieg (nee Angersbach), 87, of Vermilion, passed away Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, at Mill Manor Nursing Home, following a full and meaningful life. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29 at St. John United Church of Christ, 204 Leonard St., South Amherst. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, South Amherst. Arrangements have been entrusted to Hempel Funeral Home, Amherst.
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Labor Day gas prices
Ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend, the average price for gasoline across Northeast Ohio is seven cents cheaper this week at $2.502 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The average price for the week of Aug. 19 was $2.578 per gallon and the average a year ago was $2.825 per gallon. At $2.59, the national gas price average is on track to be potentially the cheapest Labor Day weekend average in three years, according to AAA.
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Linda Zurcher Linda Zurcher (nee Green), 75, of Henrietta Township, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, at home. Services were held privately by her family. Arrangements were entrusted to Hempel Funeral Home, Amherst.
Ann Kolenda
Ann Kolenda (nee Jasinski), 90, of Amherst, passed away Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, surrounded by her loving family at Amherst Manor Nursing Home. A Mass of Christian burial was held Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Amherst. Burial was at Calvary Cemetery, Lorain. Arrangements were entrusted to Hempel Funeral Home, Amherst.
STAFF REPORT
Sick of robocalls? So is Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. He joined other states Monday in calling on the Federal Communications Commission to muscle telecom companies for protection against illegal robocalls and caller ID spoofing. Chances are you’ve gotten tired of fielding those annoying calls. Well, in the past week, 12 phone service providers told the FCC they would starting cracking down on scammers. Yost wants them to offer free, automatic call-blocking services to all customers.
Phone companies should also monitor their network traffic to find robocalls and shut them down or notify law enforcement, he said. They also need to develop caller ID authentication to prevent robocalls to landline telephones. This is particularly urgent because many victims of robocall scams are elderly or live in rural areas and primarily use landline technology, said Yost's office. “A popular concept in business is that the customer is always right,” Yost said. “Well the customers have spoken: It’s time to make this call-blocking technology free and accessible to everyone.”
FAIR WEEK
FROM A1 and company had to abandon the stage as lightning and high winds bore down on the fairgrounds. This time, Pickworth said he had a team of a dozen people hanging on to a tarp at the back of the stage as a thunderstorm closed in again. He also was in contact with Lorain County Emergency Management Agency director Tom Kelley — and after a 25-minute delay the severe storm warning expired and Foreigner cranked up the volume. The sold-out show was a real crowd-pleaser, Pickworth said. Another highlight, he said, was a huge turnout Friday night for the NTPA Grand National Pull. If you were anywhere close to the fairgrounds, you could hear those engines scream. A beer tent made a real splash with visitors this year. For the first time, workers served up suds. There was a sheriff's deputy on beer tent duty at all times and servers checked ID's, said Pickworth. As a result, the Lorain County Sheriff's Office and Wellington police reported no incidents directly related to drinking at the fairgrounds. Pickworth said his staff was aware of a few incidents, though, including people sleeping on the ground in the fairgrounds parking lot. "Those kinds of things always happen," he said. The beer tent will almost certainly return next year for the 175th Lorain County Fair, he said. That anniversary is a big one and Pickworth expects a special celebration to be part of the fair in 2020. "At this point, it's in the early talking stages. We intend to make it special but we haven't formulated a plan yet," he said.
ABOVE: Fair president Ron Pickworth says work is already underway for the 175th Annual Lorain County Fair next year. BELOW: Elijah Torres, a student at Amherst Junior High School, is proud of his bunny, Big Chungus.
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