Archive for June 14th, 2007
Police Blotter – 06/14/07
County sheriff Friday, May 25 8:12 a.m. – 900 block Griswold Road, $4,500 steel container stolen from property. Tuesday, May 29 3 a.m. – 22000 block West Road, $1,400 worth of aluminum cable stolen from scrap bin. Wednesday, May 30 10:06 a.m. – 13000 block S. Durkee Road, Midview Elementary School, vandals spray paint brick [...]
Stars and Stripes Proudly waving
ELYRIA — Members of the Elyria Elks Lodge and American Legion are at work today turning Ely Square into a powerhouse of patriotism for tonight’s annual Flag Day celebration. Ron Carr, color guard commander for American Legion Post 12, will give a historical presentation of America’s flags from the classic 15-star version to the 50-star [...]
Lawyers call terror expert ‘unreliable’
Andrew Welsh-Huggins The Associated Press COLUMBUS — Lawyers for a man charged with plotting to attack a shopping mall want the government’s terrorism expert prohibited from testifying in an upcoming trial. They say the expert is not reliable and has his facts wrong. The expert, Singapore-based Rohan Gunaratna, is scheduled to testify at the August [...]
Police: Robber chose lender over bank
LORAIN — Police suspect a man who robbed Pay Day Loans at gunpoint also cased a Fifth Third Bank hours earlier and snatched a woman’s wallet as she walked to her car from the bank. The man, described as a 5-foot-10, 265-pound Hispanic man in his 30s, didn’t rob the bank, but police are not [...]
Foltin takes finance post at Tri-C
Lorain mayor to leave office in August Brad Dicken and Adam Wright The Chronicle-Telegram LORAIN — Mayor Craig Foltin won’t finish his term as mayor. Instead, the two-term Republican will leave his post to become executive vice president of finance and business services at Cuyahoga Community College starting Aug. 13. Foltin’s last day with the [...]
Mayor’s early departure throws wild card into GOP’s plans
LORAIN — Mayor Craig Foltin’s decision to leave office early appears to be setting up a struggle for the Republican nod to replace him. The current Republican candidate running to replace Foltin, who did not seek re-election, would seem like a shoo-in for the job when the Republican Central Committee meets later this summer to [...]
State report finds several flaws in fatal rescue try
WELLINGTON TWP. — The Wellington Fire Department should have used an inflatable boat to rescue two teens clinging to trees in the swollen Black River last June rather than allowing rescue diver Allan “Buz” Anderson Jr. to enter the raging water, a report by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources concluded. Anderson, 47, attached by [...]
Memorial for Anderson to be dedicated June 22
WELLINGTON TWP. — American flags mark the spot where rescue diver Allan “Buz” Anderson died last June trying to save two teenagers stranded on flooded Pitts Road. But at 10 a.m. June 22 — the first anniversary of the day he died — a more permanent marker will be dedicated. It’s only fitting to remember [...]
Plaintiffs winners in bingo battle
Ruling states leaders of Avon church must repay $623K ELYRIA — Dissident members of an Avon church who waged a nine-year legal fight because of concerns about how the church leadership was spending bingo money won their court fight Wednesday. Visiting Judge Lynett McGough ordered five of the six defendants in the case to repay [...]
Reflecting Lorain’s history
Underground Railroad tribute hoped to spark interest LORAIN — This Saturday, the city officially will have another historical landmark — this one paying homage to the abolitionists who risked their lives by helping slaves escape to Canada when they arrived at Underground Railroad station No. 100. The dedication ceremony for a reflective garden and historical [...]
New guard hopes fest maintains its lure
VERMILION — This weekend the city by the lake is gearing up to celebrate the bounty of the sea with a festival celebrating fish — and, not to be forgotten, fathers. It’s called the Festival of the Fish, and it is the must-do family event for residents. There will be parades, boat races, pageants, food, [...]
Duct!
Tape creations to land at festival AVON — It is the silver, or not, sticky, and smooth, sometimes fashionable, sometimes practical, fix-it-all wonder — duct tape. And hundreds of rolls of the sticky stuff will be unrolled this weekend at the fourth annual Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival at Veteran’s Memorial Park, 37001 Detroit Road. [...]
Don’t change a thing?
Despite 0-3 hole, LeBron doesn’t plan to alter game CLEVELAND — LeBron James doesn’t want to change his game, sees no need to change his game and doesn’t plan to change his game. That was the word from the Cavaliers small forward Wednesday afternoon with his team down 3-0 to the San Antonio Spurs in [...]
Bowen doing it all
Defensive stopper proving he’s not one-dimensional CLEVELAND — Somewhere, Ray Allen is smiling. Vince Carter undoubtedly shook his head. Allen Iverson probably muttered under his breath at the TV and Steve Nash cringed. They all watched Bruce Bowen lunge for dear life at LeBron James and clasp at his jersey as referee Bob Delaney watched [...]
Greens giving field the blues
107th u.s open Doug Ferguson The Associated Press OAKMONT, Pa. — This was no magic trick, just Oakmont. Steve Stricker was standing next to his bag marking his golf balls before his final practice round Wednesday at the U.S. Open when he dropped one on the green. He watched it trickle around the bag, appear [...]
Strange, but due
Tribe can thank weird sixth for snapping two droughts indians 7, marlins 3 Tim Reynolds The Associated Press MIAMI — Florida manager Fredi Gonzalez wasn’t happy when he left for the clubhouse three innings early. And the Cleveland Indians only made his night worse from there. David Dellucci broke a tie with a three-run homer [...]
Getting comfortable
Quarterbacks taking to Chudzinski’s new offense, but Crennel still sees work to do BEREA — Charlie Frye drops back and hits Braylon Edwards between the numbers on a deep out. Then he finds Edwards on a comeback. Derek Anderson spots tight end Buck Ortega over the middle and zips a completion. Not to be left [...]
Gaylord Charles Kruse, Sr.
Gaylord Charles Kruse, Sr., 83, a lifetime resident of Amherst, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at New Life Hospice Residential Center in Lorain following a brief illness. He was born February 29, 1924 in LaCarne. He was raised in Amherst and graduated from Amherst High School in the class of 1942. Gaylord served in [...]