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15 Minutes: Steve Griffea cooks, carves ice
Steve Griffea
Age: 54
Lives: Elyria
What is your profession?
I’m an executive chef at DeLuca’s Place in the Park.
What is your style of cooking?
Basically I try to “cook around the world.” I incorporate in my profession just about every dish you could think of.
List some basic cuisines you touch upon.
American; Italian — we do a lot of [...]
Midview Schools to try for 7.5-mill levy
GRAFTON — The Midview Schools Board of Education agreed on a millage amount Sunday for a proposed levy members said is needed to keep the district in the black, Superintendent John Kuhn said.
The board is expected to vote Wednesday evening on whether to put the emergency 10-year, 7.5-mill levy on the May 4 ballot.
“There’s no [...]
New restaurant ready to celebrate Chinese new year
AVON LAKE — Happy new year!
Chinese new year, that is. The Year of the Ox is going out with a bang Saturday at Mark Pi’s China Gate in Avon Lake as the restaurant plans some treats for patrons.
Owner Tanya Kung said the event will begin at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. There will be a traditional lion [...]
Many unaware of Lorain snow ban
LORAIN — An emergency snow ban on street parking was issued over the weekend, but not before some residents got into trouble for ignoring it, Police Chief Cel Rivera said Sunday night.
The emergency snow ban was in effect from noon Saturday through 3 p.m. Sunday so city street crews could clear the 9 inches of [...]
Road closed after truck hits pole
LORAIN — Police expect to charge a Lorain man with failure to control and leaving the scene of an accident after he took down a utility pole and shut down East Erie Avenue on Sunday in Lorain.
Police said Scott Wicker was westbound on East Erie in a white Chevrolet pickup truck when he struck the [...]
County’s ‘difference makers’ honored
At 90 years old, surgeon Denis A. Radefeld hasn’t lost his drive to serve the world.
The doctor will be traveling to the Dominican Republic on Saturday in his 54th medical mission with his wife, Carol.
The Radefelds anticipate working on some victims of the earthquake in nearby Haiti, and look forward to the hard work.
“The Lord [...]
Police log for Feb. 8, 2010
Elyria police
Saturday, Feb. 6
2:59 p.m. – 6600 block Midway Mall, an employee with Best Buy reported the theft of three Sony laptop computers from the store.
3:45 p.m. – 300 block Courtland St., a man reported receiving a bogus $2,500 check from a man claiming to be from Michigan who was trying to rent an apartment [...]
Sew creative: Oberlin students model their creations
Oberlin College students model garments sewn and constructed entirely by themselves in a fashion show Sunday at the Firelands Association for Visual Arts in Oberlin.
The winter term workshop “From Yarn to Garment” is taught by Betsy Bruce, director of recreation and club sports at Oberlin College.
Within a month, students learned how to weave [...]
Vermilion gaming business suspected of illegal payouts
VERMILION — Judy’s on the Lake, a gaming establishment, was one of eight businesses served with a search warrant for suspected violations of payout regulations, Vermilion Police Chief Bob Kish said Sunday.
Judy’s on the Lake, located in Crystal Plaza at 4652 Liberty Ave., had a “temporarily closed” sign in its window Sunday.
The Ohio Bureau of [...]
Who will ride Ohio’s high-speed rail, and where will it go?
COLUMBUS — The state is to get $400 million in federal stimulus money to restore passenger train service among its major cities, part of a plan to build a national high-speed rail network.
Ohio’s project calls for a startup, 79-mph service connecting Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati beginning in 2012. Is that fast enough? Who will [...]