Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for June 5th, 2007
Elyria graduation on for tonight
The commencement ceremony for Elyria
High School ’s 438 graduates will begin tonight at 7 at Ely Stadium, 1915 Middle Ave. Parking spaces at the stadium will be limited but there will be shuttle buses from Value
City and from Elyria
High School beginning at 5:30.
Are Cavs experienced?
NBA FINALS: cavaliers VS. SPURS Snow’s been there, wants to make sure Cavs believe they belong
CLEVELAND — The San Antonio Spurs have won NBA championships in 1999, 2003 and 2005, with Tim Duncan earning series MVP honors each time. Other than Eric Snow, who reached the NBA Finals as a seldom-used [...]
Spurs’ focus not just LeBron
Elizabeth White The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — LeBron James may be the star of the Cleveland Cavaliers, but the San Antonio Spurs know better than to ignore the other four players on the court. “They wouldn’t be in the finals without LeBron, we wouldn’t be in the finals without [...]
Top pick big one this year
CLEVELAND — The Indians have used their top draft pick on college players the past five years. Expect that trend to change Thursday when another installment of the first-year player draft gets under way in Orlando, Fla. Cleveland, which owns the 13th overall pick in the draft, is expected to spend [...]
Truex breaks through
First win a boost for Dale Earnhardt Inc., stops Hendrick roll
Dan Gelston The Associated Press DOVER, Del. — DEI returned to Victory Lane with a junior — Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s unheralded and previously winless teammate, Martin Truex Jr. After another weekend of nonstop Earnhardt speculation, Truex gave the [...]
NASCAR’s boom
bill france jr.: 1933-2007
Jenna Fryer The Associated Press For Bill France Jr., it was never about fame or fortune. Everything he did — helping build Daytona International Speedway, moving the annual awards banquet to New York City and negotiating the first billion-dollar TV contract — he did with NASCAR’s best [...]
Midview Schools to pay withheld money
ELYRIA — Midview Schools has settled a long-running feud with the contractor that built three elementary schools. The district has agreed to pay Sandusky-based Telamon Construction Inc. about $1.4 million in payments it withheld because work on the schools was completed three months late. The work [...]
Steelworkers picket, cite stickers, drug tests
LORAIN — Members of Local 1104 United Steelworkers of America at Lorain Tubular plan to hold what they call an informational picket Thursday, saying the company is not abiding by some portions of the union’s contract. The workers will gather at the intersection of Grove Avenue and East 28th Street [...]
Thunderstorms delay Elyria grads’ big day
ELYRIA — Seniors at Elyria High School will have to wait one more day to graduate after rain and thunderstorms put Monday’s ceremony on hold. The ceremony is rescheduled for 7 p.m. today at Ely Stadium, Elyria schools spokeswoman Amy Kren said. If another rain delay [...]
Graduates reach end of rainbow - Lorain Admiral King
LORAIN — A rainbow looked down on the Admiral King graduates as they embraced their family and friends as they walked outside in the light rain after their commencement ceremony Monday. The last minute change in the ceremony’s location did not hold back the graduates, or their fans, from their loud applause and [...]