Archive for June 6th, 2007
Oris Jackson Adkins, Jr.
Oris Jackson "Jack" Adkins, Jr., 82, of Sheffield Township, died on Sunday, June 3, 2007 at Specialty Hospital of Lorain, following a brief illness. He was born on June 21, 1924 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, moving to Lorain many years ago. He was employed as a welder at Timken Manufacturing Company, in Columbus for [...]
Calvin L. Beaver
Calvin L. Beaver, 78 formerly of North Ridgeville, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2007 in Sewickley, PA after a long illness. Born July 18, 1928 in Hurricane, WV, the son of the late Norris and Elva Beaver Stanolis, he was a foreman in the machine shop at the Eaton Corp. in Cleveland, and drove a [...]
Vincent G. Clark
Vincent G. Clark, 38, died suddenly Sunday, June 3, 2007. Beloved father of Jonathan J. and Katherine Ann; loved son of John Sr. (Linda) and the late Fannie (nee Lopez); brother of Anthony (Vanessa), John Jr. (Michelle), Colin (Angie), Keith (Patricia), Jody (Jacqueline), Nick Pinardo and Mike Pinardo (Sharon); uncle of 20; great-uncle of four. [...]
John S. Day
John S. Day (Scotty), 68, of North Ridgeville, passed away Monday, June 4, 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria following a lengthy illness. He was born in Winding Gulf, WV and was a North Ridgeville resident for 32 years. He had previously lived in Cleveland. He was a 1956 graduate of Stoco High [...]
Leona C. Groner Eppley
Leona C. Groner Eppley (nee Gallagher), 93, of Elyria Township, passed away Tuesday morning, June 5, 2007 at New Life Hospice Center of St Joseph in Lorain, following a lengthy illness. She was born August 1, 1913 in Etna, PA and moved to Lorain County with her family at age three. She graduated from Brookside [...]
Ralph D. Hofelzer
Ralph D. Hofelzer, 49, passed away suddenly, Monday, June 4, 2007 at Lakewood Hospital. He was a life long resident of Avon Lake. Ralph graduated from Avon Lake High School in 1977 and then attended Lorain County Community College. He worked as a machine operator at Welded Ring Products in Cleveland for 20 years. He [...]
Elizabeth Anne Meridith
Theodore C. Schultz
Theodore C. Schultz, 72 of North Ridgeville, died June 4, 2007 at Northridge Health Center, North Ridgeville. He was born September 21, 1934 in Cameron, WI and has lived most of his life in the Lorain County area. He worked at General Motors Assembly Plant in both Elyria and Mansfield as a tow motor operator [...]
Glen Edward Starbuck
Glen Edward Starbuck, 66, of Amherst, passed away June 4, 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria following a sudden illness. Born August 19, 1940 in Kenton, he was raised in Amherst and has been his home since 1963. Glen was employed with Star Builders in Amherst for 42 years, retiring in 2000 as [...]
Loving the Boobie prize
NBA FINALS: CAVALIERS vs. SPURS Rookie guard has become LeBron’s top go-to option Tom Withersa The Associated Press CLEVELAND — When the older kids in his Houston neighborhood would pick on him or beat him up, little Daniel Gibson would run home crying to his mother. She gave him a nickname for not fighting back. [...]
LeBron hasn’t impressed Bowen
Elizabeth White The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — In his more than 10 years in the league, San Antonio’s Bruce Bowen has seen plenty of impressive players and breakout performances — most of them just a few inches from his face. So when his matchup with LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers is billed as [...]
Sabathia blanks Royals
INDIANS 1, ROYALS 0 CLEVELAND — C.C. Sabathia was as close to untouchable as he has been all season. He needed to be. With little assistance from his offense, the Indians’ ace was forced to pretty much go it alone in the series opener with Kansas City on Tuesday night. As he has done for [...]
So what gives with lefties? – Tribe Notes
CLEVELAND — They make up almost half of the Indians’ starting rotation and have accounted for nearly the same amount of the team’s losses. Cliff Lee and Jeremy Sowers, the left-handed pitchers, have been the odd men out in an otherwise sparkling rotation, combining to post a 3-9 record and 6.52 ERA over 18 starts, [...]
Bentley holds off on surgery
BEREA — Center LeCharles Bentley has decided against having additional surgery on his knee — for now. Browns general manager Phil Savage met with the media Tuesday after an offseason practice and said Bentley will continue rehabilitation in Arizona for the next three-to-four weeks, then re-evaluate the situation. Bentley missed the 2006 season after tearing [...]
Scientists in training
Students’ ingenuity tested ELRYIA — What happens when you put one NASA scientist, two artists, three musicians, a filmmaker, an eighth-grade science teacher and about 100 of her students together? Before you answer that question throw in some PVC piping, irrigation hoses, plumbing fixtures, spool upon spool of heavy gauge wire, plastic twist ties, and [...]
Activist arrested for posting pamphlets
OBERLIN — A community activist who fought development of a Wal-Mart north of town and continues to fight a housing and commercial project downtown has been charged with criminal mischief in connection with pamphlets posted on newspaper boxes. Mark Chessler, 49, of Amherst Township, vowed to fight the charge and pleaded not guilty at his [...]
Library seeks bond aid
VERMILION — On Nov. 6, the Ritter Public Library will ask residents to do something has requested only once before in the library’s 88-year history. The library’s leaders want to expand the building, and they hope taxpayers will pass a bond issue to get it done. The library’s board voted Tuesday night to put a [...]
Schism nearing resolution for Macedonian church
ELYRIA – A feud that has divided an Avon church and plunged the congregation into nearly a decade of legal fights could come to an end next week. Visiting Judge Lynett McGough told both sides Tuesday that she will make a decision in the lawsuit June 13. The two sides have been fighting over how [...]
Lorain teachers OK contract
LORAIN — Lorain school officials are reeling over a budget shortfall expected to reach a staggering $4.75 million in just weeks, though a tentative agreement passed by the teachers union late Tuesday could help. School officials said Thursday the deficit — discovered after a recent review of the district’s finances — could result in across-the-board [...]
Vermilion man flew B-17 bomber
VERMILION — The grateful great-grandchildren — or even great-great grandchildren — of the French who were liberated by the Allied forces were among those who thanked veteran John Grasse on the sands of Omaha Beach last month. “Each of us held the hand of a little child as we walked to the beach,” said Grasse, [...]
Memories of D-Day
63 years ago today, Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, in the largest amphibious operation in history. It would be the beginning of the end for Adolf Hitler. Amherst man was on USS Harding AMHERST — Don Krebs, 83, who can still recall in great detail the moment he describes as the [...]
Kisser of feet won’t go to jail
LORAIN — A principal who kissed the feet of three of his 14-year-old students avoided jail time at his sentencing Tuesday, but he must register as a sexually oriented offender for the next 10 years, effectively ending his career in education. Robert Holloway, 51, also was given two years of probation and must pay a [...]
Ohio Senate budget plan gives more to higher ed
John McCarthy The Associated Press COLUMBUS — The Ohio Senate on Tuesday outlined its state budget proposal for the next two years, including plans to freeze college tuition in both years and add $300 million to the House proposal for a total spending plan of $53.4 billion. The Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously to accept [...]
EHS grads dodge raindrops
Graduating class of 438 includes 115 National Honor Society members It may have taken two days to pull it off, but it’s official: All 438 seniors from Elyria High finally had a chance to accept their diplomas Tuesday evening. But the rain that the district tried to escape by delaying commencement by a day didn’t [...]
Southview grads have the hearts of saints
LORAIN — OK, so it wasn’t exactly graduation as planned Tuesday night for Southview High School students. Instead of filling George Daniel Stadium, the 205 graduates and their supporting cast of family and friends found themselves crammed into the high school gymnasium and overflowing into the school’s auditorium, where they watched the commencement on a [...]