Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for June 9th, 2007
Any taming this wild animal?
No sooner had the Cavaliers dispensed with, er … make that totally whipped … the Pistons in Game 6 when the topic at the TNT analysts desk turned to the San Antonio Spurs and the upcoming championship series. The analysts were each asked to make a prediction. The question had barely escaped the host’s [...]
Another day at the zoo
LeBron, Cavs hoping to cage Spurs
Rick Noland The Chronicle-Telegram SAN ANTONIO — The NBA Finals are a zoo. Just ask Cavaliers star LeBron James and San Antonio veteran Robert Horry. “This is a different beast we’re going against,” James said Friday at the AT&T Center, one day after Cleveland lost [...]
Were Lorain teachers ‘bamboozled?’
Teachers union says district could have prevented overstaffing, wasn’t hampered by contract; superintendent says otherwise
Adam Wright and Joe Medici The Chronicle-Telegram LORAIN — The school district, not the teachers, are to blame for the overstaffing that led Lorain schools to fire more than a third of its teaching staff this [...]
It’s a berry, berry fine time.
Strawberry patches ready to be picked all around the area
Strawberry pie. Strawberry jam. Strawberry shortcake. It’s definitely strawberry pickin’ time in Lorain County. And that could not be truer for Melissa Grignon and her two children, Caleb and Julia, of North Ridgeville, who could not wait to fill [...]
Crash kills Elyria woman
Husband steps outside club, sees accident scene
CARLISLE TWP. — What was supposed to be a night of live music and fun at a veterans club ended tragically when an Elyria man walked outside to see his wife’s crumpled motorcycle lying next to the road. Troopers told Gerald Uehlein that his wife of [...]
She’s jailed again
Paris Hilton checks back into the gray-bar hotel
Linda Deutsch The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — She was taken handcuffed and crying from her home. She was escorted into court disheveled, without makeup, hair askew and face red with tears. Crying out for her mother when she was ordered back [...]
Elyria Schools not immune to cuts, mostly through attrition
ELYRIA — Declining enrollment rates and overstaffing are not just a Lorain issue. Other districts, including Elyria, have been dealing with the same issues for years. “Elyria has been gradually eliminating, because of declining enrollment, positions mostly through attrition,” said Nancy Warzecha, president of the Elyria Education Association. “As [...]
LCCC plans culinary program
Site hasn’t been determined, but college intends to offer classes in fall 2008
ELYRIA — Lorain County Community College plans to begin offering a culinary arts program in fall 2008. Plans for a program have been in the works for more than a year. While the university hasn’t yet started recruiting [...]
Big Sister of the Year
Lorain volunteer earns national honor
LORAIN — It’s hard for Crystal Rivera to believe that she probably saved Ariana Melendez’s life. When they first met, Ariana was barely maintaining a C average in elementary school and was getting into fights once a week. Just three years later, the 12-year-old girl [...]
Oberlin manager finalists meet and greet public
City Council continues background investigation
OBERLIN — City residents got a chance Friday night to meet the two finalists for the job of city manager and will get a second opportunity this morning. City Council wants to get input before it decides whom to hire for the position, which pays more [...]