Archive for May 30th, 2007
Officer Jason West online memoriam
Cleveland Heights police Officer Jason West was shot and killed Saturday while on duty breaking up a fight involving a man police knew to be unpredictable. West, 31, grew up in Avon and graduated from Avon High School in 1994. He had worked for the Avon Police Department as a dispatcher before joining the Cleveland [...]
Lenora Alice Crites
Lenora Alice Crites, 92, of Kendallville, Indiana, died Sunday, May 27, 2007 at Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne, Indiana after a short illness. Mrs. Crites was born May 9, 1915 in Brunswick, the daughter of the late, William C. and Ruby R. (Dake) Bonner. She had lived in Elyria, Sullivan and the New London areas for [...]
Vera Mae Hart
Vera Mae Hart (nee Schubert), 82, a resident of Amherst Township, passed away Monday, May 28, 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria. She was born September 8, 1924 at the family property where she has lived her entire life. She attended the Oberlin School of Business. Vera was a member of St. Peter [...]
William Leon McKim
William Leon McKim, 82, of Valley City, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 29, 2007. He was born on August 20, 1924 in Piney Fork, to Chester and Cora McKim. Bill has resided in Medina County for 58 years. He was a member of York United Methodist Church, where he has [...]
Shari Lynne Pais
Shari Lynne Pais, 46, of Huron, passed away Monday May 28, 2007 at the Firelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky after being diagnosed with cancer three weeks ago. She was born on November 1, 1960 in Elyria, and has lived in Berlin Township since 2001, having moved here from Grafton. She was a 1979 graduate [...]
Janet Rice
Janet Rice, 86, of Greenwich, died Monday, May 28, 2007. She is survived by her husband, Bob Rice; two daughters, JoAnn McCleery and Susan (Jeff) Nagel both of Whithouse; and two grandchildren. Friends may call from 2 to 4 P.M. and 7 to 9 P.M. Thursday, May 31, 2007 at the Eastman Funeral Home, 49 [...]
Carol A. Ritter
Carol A. Ritter (nee Brown), 70, of Elyria, died Monday at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a seven year battle with ovarian cancer. She was born April 3, 1937 in Elyria and was a lifelong Elyria resident. Mrs. Ritter worked as a registered Nurse for 30 years at Lorain Community [...]
Lawrence Showalter Jr.
Lawrence "Larry" Showalter Jr., 72, of Elyria, left this earthly world to be with the Lord on May 26, 2007 at the Wesleyan Village after a long illness. Born in Louisville, Kentucky he came to reside in Elyria at the age of 12. Larry was a graduate of Elyria High School class of 1953. He [...]
Ida M. Talbot
Ida M. Talbot (nee Kendra), 92, of Elyria, died Monday, May 21, 2007 at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph Residential Center in Lorain following a brief illness. She was born December 18, 1914 in Chester, PA and was a Elyria resident since 1955. She was employed as a secretary at the Elyria United Methodist [...]
David C. Winson
David C. Winson, 50, of N. Ridgeville, died Thursday, May 24, 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center, following a long illness. He was born February 5, 1957 in Elyria and was a lifelong resident of N. Ridgeville. Mr. Wisnon was a member of St. Peter Church and enjoyed cooking and gardening. He worked for Milford [...]
Helen Kozlowski
Helen Kozlowski (nee Komadina), 71, of Lorain, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 in the emergency room at Community Health Partners Regional Medical Center in Lorain. She is survived by her daughters; Sharon Bailey of Lorain and Linda Hance of North Fairfield; sons, Myron Kozlowski of Elyria and Jimmy Kozlowski of Lorain; five grandchildren; [...]
It’s all tied up
Game 4:Cavaliers: 91Pistons: 87 LeBron, Cavs top Detroit; series knotted at 2-2 The Cavaliers are only two wins away from making their first trip to the NBA Finals. Rookie guard Daniel Gibson played the best game of his young career on Tuesday night, scoring 21 points in helping lift Cleveland to a 91-87 victory over [...]
Listen up: This is a series
LeBron huge in 4th again; Gibson and Gooden also shine cavaliers 91, pistons 87 CLEVELAND — First, LeBron James shoved Richard Hamilton aside. Then he did the same to the Detroit Pistons. With Hamilton trying to talk trash as James was about to shoot two free throws with four seconds to go and the Cavaliers [...]
Gibson not playing like he’s a rookie
The future is now for rookie guard Daniel Gibson. The same can be said for the Cavaliers, who have gotten an unexpected bounce from the kid who prefers to be called “Boobie.’’ Gibson turned in his second big-time performance in two games on Tuesday night, scoring a career-high 21 points in Cleveland’s 91-87 win over [...]
Healthy Lewis expects return to his old form
BEREA — Jamal Lewis rushed for 1,132 yards last season with the Baltimore Ravens, but said he was never fully healthy. Considering how productive Lewis was with a gimpy ankle, the Browns are confident he will put up much bigger numbers this fall. “I was around 80 percent last year, but if I got medication, [...]
Beckett a bonus for rolling Bosox
Jimmy Golen The Associated Press BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox didn’t need Josh Beckett in the rotation to open up a double-digit lead in the AL East. It sure is nice to have him back, though. “It’s not about one player. It’s not about one pitcher,” first baseman Kevin Youkilis said after his homer [...]
State has holes in security checks
Ohio’s private guards can get lost in maze of paperwork, uneven regulation Andrew Welsh-Huggins The Associated Press COLUMBUS — When security guard Stephanie Reeves took her latest job, her many years in the field were a bonus to her new employer but didn’t mean much to the state. Under Ohio’s system for regulating the private [...]
Candidate pulls out win after tied vote
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Making his first stab at elected office, Sam Spicer didn’t expect his political future to come down to drawing names from a patriotic basket. But that’s exactly what happened for the Republican at-large Elyria City Council candidate. He and fellow Republican Diane Lesesky each collected 1,151 votes in the primary earlier this [...]
Students sort garbage for composting project
ATHENS — For several students at Ohio University, it was a dirty assignment: going through the trash from a university food court to make sure items with composting potential are being properly sorted out. With help from a $250,000 state matching grant, the university plans to buy a device the size of a tractor-trailer that [...]
$10 million bail set for man found with drugs, fake money
LORAIN — A $10 million bond was set Tuesday for a Lorain man found with drugs and counterfeit money when police raided his Hamilton Avenue home. The hefty bond was recommended by the city prosecutor during 29-year-old Charles Hartman’s court appearance because prosecutors say he’s a flight risk. Municipal Court Judge Mark J. Mihok went [...]
Carney’s funds in question
Elections board: Engineer may have mixed private, campaign money SHEFFIELD TWP. — County Engineer Ken Carney’s campaign finances are being audited by the county Board of Elections, which is trying to determine whether personal or campaign money was used to fund an investment account in Carney’s name. On Tuesday, the elections board voted unanimously to [...]
Lights honor fallen officer
Colleagues unite in memory of Jason West AVON — Small candles erected in brown paper bags were dispersed throughout Avon last night to illuminate the loss of one of the community’s own. The luminaries were a simple gesture to honor Cleveland Heights police Officer Jason West, who died early Saturday after being shot while on [...]
Attorney gets Hashman house
Rest of jailed man’s assets will go to neighbor he shot ELYRIA — If Paul Hashman gets out of prison, he won’t be heading back to his former home on Woodland Avenue. The house now belongs to attorney Mike Duff, who defended Hashman in his criminal trial last year on attempted murder and felonious assault [...]