Archive for June 4th, 2007
Amherst seniors step into the future
CLEVELAND — The Amherst High School graduating students started a new tradition at their commencement ceremony Sunday evening. To add a personal touch to the ceremony, seniors voted two teachers, MaryJo Moluse and Janet Grissinger, to have the honor of announcing the 336 students’ names as the graduates received their diplomas. As the seniors celebrated [...]
New London class commences its journey – New London Graduation
NEW LONDON — The famous physicist Albert Einstein once said, “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Speaking before his 86 classmates, New London valedictorian Lucas Smith challenged them to live as if everything is a [...]
No rain on their parades – Avon Lake
AVON LAKE — Cameras rhythmically flashed from both sides of the gymnasium like an electronic light show. Exactly 46 of them sparkled in just the first minute alone as a sea of maroon and gold gowns poured onto the hardwood floor. Names like Matthew, Christopher and Megan were shouted by fathers from the bleachers as [...]
Avon Graduation
AVON — Despite the gloomy and rainy atmosphere outside, it was all smiles inside the Avon High School gymnasium as the class of 2007 filed onto the floor for one last assembly. Decorated in white and purple, 156 seniors received their diplomas and shook hands with board of education directors. The band, decked out in [...]
Time to look ahead
Cavs begin thinking about Spurs CLEVELAND — It took the Cavaliers 37 long years to get to their first NBA Finals. Now that they’re finally in them, there’s a chance an NBA championship might only be about two weeks away. So while Saturday was undeniably a long-awaited night of celebration for the Cavaliers — not [...]
Sowers’ struggles continue
TIGERS 9, INDIANS 2 CLEVELAND — Another struggling Indians starter took the mound Sunday and received the same result as the first one. Jeremy Sowers actually trumped the subpar performance of rotation mate Cliff Lee a night earlier, offering up another stinker of his own in a 9-2 loss to the Tigers, which gave Detroit [...]
Victor to the rescue – Tribe Notes
CLEVELAND — Where would the Indians be without Victor Martinez? Probably not first place. With their designated run producer Travis Hafner struggling to find his stroke through Cleveland’s first 55 games, Martinez has more than picked up the slack for the guy he hits behind in the order, leading the team with 12 home runs [...]
LCCC frosh earns berth
Standing on the 17th tee, Eric Polansky knew what he had to do. It didn’t seem all that tough. Just play one stroke better than his playing partner on the last two holes and win the National Junior College Athletic Association Region XII Division III golf title and snag the lone spot in the national [...]
Choi wins with rally
DUBLIN — K.J. Choi doesn’t feel entirely comfortable speaking English, so he relies on a translator for some of the more difficult questions and answers in his news conferences. But Choi had no trouble turning a phrase Sunday as he described the birdie on No. 9 that closed his front-nine 30 and gave him the [...]
OSU prez leaves with no regrets
COLUMBUS — When Ohio State president Karen Holbrook steps down at the end of the month, she’ll leave behind a university with more stringent admissions requirements and an improved national academic ranking. She says she has few regrets, despite criticism of crackdowns on football tailgaters and other measures aimed at putting a stop to post-game [...]
Murder-for-hire trials start in Akron
Woman accused of having doc/hubby killed on turnpike Joe Milicia The Associated Press AKRON — The prosecution’s case sounds like the plot from a made-for-TV movie: a woman persuades her young lover to gun down her wealthy husband and promises to share millions of dollars from his estate. The defense for Donna Moonda contends that [...]
Westlake selects new school superintendent
WESTLAKE — Daniel J. Keenan Jr., of Chagrin Falls, was selected to be the new Westlake school district’s superintendent from a pool of 46 applicants. In addition to serving the Kenston Local Schools as assistant superintendent for the past five years, Keenan also was a high school administrator and director of personnel for the Maple [...]
14 Americans dead in last three days in Iraq
Hamid Ahmed The Associated Press BAGHDAD — Fourteen American soldiers were killed in three deadly days in Iraq, the U.S. military said Sunday, including four in a single roadside bombing and one who was struck by a suicide bomber while on a foot patrol southwest of the capital. The blast that killed the four soldiers [...]
Lebron – Superstar
Shot at the championship may begin the Cavs star’s greatness Tom Withers The Associated Press CLEVELAND — As confetti danced in the electrified air around him and a feverish hometown crowd rocked and rolled the night away, LeBron James was handed a new baseball cap and T-shirt. Perhaps a tasseled cap and gown would have [...]
Critics: Cable bill cuts local shows
Bill before state House eliminates fee funding public-access channels COLUMBUS — A bill that would rewrite the rules governing cable television franchises in Ohio and help telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. enter the video market threatens to wipe out local public access channels, critics say. The bill would allow AT&T to obtain a single franchise agreement [...]
Police Blotter – 06/04/07
Lorain police Friday, June 1 8 p.m. — 300 block Broadway, smoke bombs dropped into a UPS box. 10:15 p.m. — 1900 block N. 21st St., Patricia Ann Seymore, 46, of Lorain, was arrested and charged with felonious assault following an altercation in which she allegedly struck a woman with a bag that contained a [...]
Darl H. Blake
Darl H. Blake, 86, of Sheffield Lake, formerly of Grafton, WV, passed away, suddenly at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center, Lorain, Saturday, June 2, 2007. Mr. Blake was born July 5, 1920 in Grafton, WV and had lived in Sheffield Lake the past 32 years. Mr. Blake worked in the Central Spares, Parts [...]
Theresa “Omi” Gundert
Theresa "Omi" Gundert (nee Timar), 83, of Avon, passed away peacefully at her home, with family by her side, Sunday, June 03, 2007. She was born in Zsambek, Hungary on December 12, 1923 to John and Anna (nee Gigler) Timar. She was married to Joseph Gundert on October 30, 1948 in German. She came to [...]
Eva May Halliwill
Eva May Halliwill, 94, of Wellington, died Friday, June, 1, 2007 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. Mrs. Halliwill was born, October 18, 1912, in Pittsfield, daughter of the late, Joseph and Lula (Cameron) Wait. She had lived all of her life in the Pittsfield and Wellington areas. She was a [...]
Andrew Hertzog
Andrew "AL" Hertzog, 87, of N. Ridgeville, died Friday at EMH Regional Medical Center following a short illness. He was born in Grafton, WV, and had resided in N. Ridgeville the past 32 years. He worked over 30 years with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. retiring in 1985 as a Sales Manager. Mr. Hertzog enjoyed [...]
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 [...]
Richard J. Wagner
Richard J. Wagner, 82, of Elyria died Sunday at the Wesleyan Village in Elyria following a short illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Chestnut Ridge Road at state Route 57, Elyria.