Archive for June 2nd, 2007
Hudson defeats Elyria in state finals
Elyria High’s second consecutive appearance in the state softball title game on Saturday afternoon ended the same way the first one did, with the team going down to defeat, this time against Hudson by a 4-0 score. Check back to www.chroniclet.com and Sunday’s edition of The Chronicle for all the game details.
Edwin P. Bolden
Edwin P. Bolden, 73, of Elyria, died Thursday, May 31, 2007 at the Cleveland Clinic, after an illness of several months. He was born February 1, 1934 in Lorain, and lived most of his life in Lorain County. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He served the Elyria Fire Department for [...]
Andrew Bradish
Andrew Bradish, 88, formerly of Rocky River, died Thursday, May 31, 2007 at Bradley Bay Health Center in Bay Village. He was born on February 16, 1919 in Pittsburgh, PA. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1945 in Europe where he was a prisoner of war and served from 1952 to 1955 in [...]
Eugene R. Essex
Eugene R. Essex, 55, born in Elyria, died peacefully at his home in Florsheim, Germany following a long bout with cancer. Eugene was an inventor and world traveler having worked for leading technology companies such as Bose, Hyundai, and Sony Corporation. Eugene was born on March 9, 1952 in Elyria, to Carl and Dorothy Essex [...]
Anne E. Gilkeson
Anne E. Gilkeson (nee Comerford), 67, of Elyria, passed away Friday, June 1, 2007, at Community Heath Partners, Lorain, following a long illness. She was born in Avon and had been a resident of Elyria for most of her life. She was a computer programmer for Ridge Tool in Elyria for over 25 years, retiring [...]
JoAnn Guest
JoAnn Guest, 64, of Ore City, TX, died Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at her home after a lenghty illness. She was born January 1, 1943 in Memphis, TN. She had been a Vermilion resident for 33 years before moving to Ore City, TX in 1994. She was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church, Vermilion and [...]
Raymond L. Pierce
Raymond L. Pierce, 82, passed away June 1, 2007 in Medina. Mr. Pierce was the founder and owner of Pier-Lon Campground. Beloved father of Raymond Pierce and Lorie Cooper; dear grandfather of Jim Cooper; loving brother of Jean Allen, June Ames, Beverly Prashaw, Bill Harris and Tom Pierce. Services will be Monday, 10 A.M. at [...]
Alice May Stewart
Alice May Stewart, 88, of Elyria, formerly of Norwood, LA, died May 31, 2007 at Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights. She was born December 18, 1918 in Norwood, LA and has been a resident of Elyria since 1979. She worked out of her home as a beautician and a child daycare provider for [...]
Witness – Winners?
Cleveland area invigorated by Cavs’ success M.R. Kropko The Associated Press CLEVELAND — A stunning performance by Cavaliers superstar LeBron James and the team’s growing chances of making it to the NBA finals gave the city’s mood a boost on Friday. James’ 48 points — including the Cavs’ final 25 — in Thursday night’s 109-107 [...]
Cavs focused on Game 6
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers’ next task is to immediately forget all about one of the most memorable performances in NBA history. It won’t be easy after watching LeBron James score 48 points, including Cleveland’s last 25 and 29 of its last 30, in a 109-107 double-overtime victory Thursday night at The Palace of Auburn Hills. [...]
We’re the real Cavs fans, just mindin’ our Q
You had to be there. No, really … you HAD to be there. This was our night — Joe Fan’s night. And Gus’ and Brandon’s and Derek’s and Theresa’s and Jasmine’s. It was our party — not the Quicken Loans people, or Mister Dan Gilbert’s or the P.A. pimp who interrupts and orchestrates and admonishes [...]
Unearned runs get Elyria to final
ASHLAND — They scraped together two unearned runs before they had a hit — and hit safely just twice all day. They popped out 15 times, struck out three times and committed three errors. But Elyria’s top-ranked Pioneers made the whole mess work for their 30th victory Friday, a 2-1 state semifinal thriller over unheralded [...]
Grinding one out
STATE SOFTBALL: Elyria 2, Mason 1 Pioneers’ Bashak mystifies Comets ASHLAND — Ken Fenik no doubt is happy his pitcher proved him to be not so prophetic. “We need more runs,” the Elyria softball coach said during an hour-long — give or take a few minutes — rain-lightning delay Friday at the Division I state [...]
Detroit hating C-town
INDIANS 12, Tigers 11 CLEVELAND — As if Detroit’s sports fans weren’t already angry enough at Clevelanders. Their beloved Pistons are on the verge of being bounced from the NBA playoffs by the Cavaliers and their Michigan Wolverines have lost five of the last six games to archrival Ohio State. Now this. A near certain [...]
Players pulling for Cavs tonight – Tribe Notes
CLEVELAND — Normally, televisions in the home clubhouse are tuned to ESPN following a game at Jacobs Field. Thursday night, TNT and the Cleveland Cavaliers were on. Indians players and manager Eric Wedge have recognized the city’s hoops team, which is on the verge of making its first-ever appearance in the NBA finals, needing one [...]
Avon church’s bingo bonanza goes to court
Money dispute leads to threats, excommunications and lawsuits AVON — For the past nine years, St. Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Church has been a house of God divided. A bitter feud over how money raised in weekly bingo games was spent, the purchase of property for a new church and a dispute over who [...]
Fed grant denial may force clinic cuts
LORAIN — The financially beleaguered Lorain County Health & Dentistry was dealt a blow Friday that may force the center to reduce services and relocate from downtown to its smaller clinic on the southern edge of town. The center at 1600 Livingston Ave. had been banking on a $650,000 federal grant, which would have more [...]
Suspect in Jason West shooting indicted
CLEVELAND — The man held as the suspect in the shooting death of a police officer on a suburban neighborhood street was indicted Friday in that killing. Police said Timothy Halton Jr., 27, fired shots from a car, got out and shot the Cleveland Heights police officer again, then broke into a nearby house before [...]
Appeals court denies lethal injection suit
Terry Kinney The Associated Press CINCINNATI — A group of death row inmates on Friday lost another attempt to challenge Ohio’s use of lethal injection when a federal appeals court declined to hear a case that has effectively placed their executions on hold. The full 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals let stand, without comment, [...]
Ex-clerk demands resignation over record keeping
CARLISLE TWP. — The state auditor’s office’s concerns over how Carlisle Township managed its money in 2004 and 2005 has the former township clerk calling on the woman who replaced her to resign. Former Clerk Linda Lowery is urging township residents to join her at a June 18th trustee meeting to demand Clerk Barbara VanMeter [...]
Graduates: Go forth in overalls
MIDVIEW Ben Norris The Chronicle-Telegram GRAFTON — Seniors at Midview High School took their last walk down the hardwood floors of the school gymnasium Friday as part of the graduation ceremony. The 273 graduating seniors sat before a packed crowd of family and friends fanning themselves with their commencement programs to stay cool in a [...]
Off the Beat 06/02/07
Drummer slammed with summons for child support debt Breaking Benjamin drummer Chad Szeliga was greeted by an unexpected fan at his concert Thursday night in Cleveland. Art Charles, a process server out of Lorain County, issued Szeliga a summons for contempt of court charges related to nonpayment of child support, according to court records. Szeliga, [...]