Archive for June 15th, 2007
Gemela A. Archer
Gemela A. Archer (nee Kaleel), 75, of Elyria, died Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at her home following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are in complete and will will be announced by the Bauer- Laubenthal Funeral Home, Elyria.
James T. Butcher
James T. Butcher, 59, of North Ridgeville, died June 13, 2007 at his home. Dicken Funeral Home, Elyria is in charge of arrangements.
Charles Jack Fern
Charles Jack Fern, 72, of LaGrange, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at his home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wyers Funeral Chapel of Sheffield Township.
Lois J. Knight
Lois J. Knight, 78, of North Eaton, died June 14, 2007 at her residence. She was born, March 22, 1929 in Cleveland. Lois was a charter member of the North Eaton Baptist Church, and enjoyed various church activities, and spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and cross stitch. She is survived by two [...]
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 [...]
Joseph A. Perritt
Joseph A. Perritt, Jr., 93, of Amherst died Monday, June 11, 2007, at the Lutheran Hospital in Cleveland following a brief illness. Mr. Perritt was born in Rush Run, OH on May 9, 1914, and lived the majority of his life in Lorain. He was a U.S. Army Veteran serving during WW II. attaining the [...]
Russell Forsythe Cahill
Russell Forsythe Cahill, of Elyria, 80, died at the Hospice of St. Joseph in Lorain on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 following a short battle with kidney cancer. He was born February 27, 1927 in Peabody, Massachusetts to the late William and Frances Cahill. He graduated Ridgewood High School (New Jersey) in 1944, served as a [...]
William H. Wolfe
William H. Wolfe, passed away Saturday, October 7, 2006 in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Wolfe was the father of Sam Fox, Glenville, WV, Mike and Anthony; grandfather of Jordan Beall, Glenville, WV; dear brother of his twin sister, Jean Goforth, Millie Anderson, Ron Wolfe; he is also survived by many nieces and nephews. He was preceded [...]
Gore ends in 4
Cavaliers rally not enough to avoid sweep nba finals: SPURS 83, CAVALIERS 82 CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers rebounded to get ahead, but then couldn’t get enough rebounds to stay ahead. Getting numerous second chances down the stretch, the San Antonio Spurs completed a four-game NBA Finals sweep of the Cavaliers with an 83-82 victory Thursday [...]
Beautiful Cavs run halted too soon
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers waited 37 long years for their first taste of the NBA Finals, but they only got to savor the experience for eight days. Cleveland’s brief stay in the championship series ended Thursday night, when San Antonio completed a four-game sweep with an 83-82 win at Quicken Loans Arena. The Spurs got [...]
Rose up, Smacked down
Game 4: San Antonio: 83 Cleveland: 82 Cavs took lead in fourth quarter; Spurs finish sweep Game … set … mismatch. What else can anyone say after watching the Cavaliers bomb on the biggest stage they’ve ever been on, swept away in their first NBA Finals by a team so clearly their superior in every [...]
Fans had hope, but sadly, same old story
ELYRIA — As some folks — folks who don’t originate from here — see it, there’d be a lot of fat-pocketed Clevelanders around if they were given a nickel for every time they said, “There’s always next year.” “You know how all the states have slogans?” asked James Egan, a Detroit native who recently moved [...]
Armbruster could face charges
Ethics committee: Former state senator used influence to lower company rates Former state Sen. Jeffry Armbruster could face criminal charges after the Ohio Joint Legislative Ethics Committee decided Thursday that he used his position to get lower insurance rates from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation for a company he owned. The committee forwarded its [...]
Lorain district cuts 30 more jobs
Axing support, administrators part of schools’ deficit reduction plan LORAIN — Another 30 workers with the Lorain Schools have lost their jobs. Support and administrative staff at the Charleston Administration Center were let go Thursday, one week to the day after Superintendent Dee Morgan announced the elimination of 246 teaching positions because of the district’s [...]
Chase suspect took two beers for run
CARLISLE TWP. — A harrowing, high-speed police chase and foot pursuit tore through a city, two townships and almost a mile of a bean field Thursday evening before an Elyria man was caught and charged with his sixth DUI. Michael Spreng, 44, of Elyria, also was charged with felony fleeing and eluding, failure to yield [...]
At age 10, Grafton girl already up to speed
GRAFTON — Most kids start pretending to drive when they are still strapped into their booster seats, but not Stephanie Beane. The 10-year-old Grafton girl actually got behind the wheel for the first time when she was just 2 and this Saturday she will attempt to break into the “Guinness Book of World Records” as [...]
Jail officials finishing early-release plan
If approved, program would ease overcrowding by letting go of nonviolent offenders ELYRIA — County jail officials are nearing completion of a plan that would allow the release of low-level offenders as a solution to ease overcrowding. But even if the plan is carried out, it probably won’t be necessary right now, said Capt. James [...]
Firefighters rescue man who fell to river bank
Incident marks third tumble from wooded cliff in recent weeks ELYRIA — A 31-year-old Elyria man is in a Cleveland hospital after he took a 30-foot tumble down a ravine and landed face down on the bank of the Black River. Gene Lafferty III of Harrison Street was under observation at MetroHealth Medical Center in [...]
Two more contenders express interest in finishing Foltin’s term
Lorain Republican Party chairman, safety service director weigh in LORAIN — The Lorain Area Republican Party chairman and city’s safety service director both said Thursday they’d be interested in filling the city’s top job, which will be left empty in August when Mayor Craig Foltin departs for a job at Cuyahoga Community College. That brings [...]
Victim robbed at gunpoint helps Lorain police nab suspects
LORAIN — A 30-year-old man robbed at gunpoint inside his Seneca Avenue home helped police find and arrest the alleged thieves moments later. Both suspects were found with the victim’s property, police said. The victim told police he went to bed about 1:40 a.m. Wednesday, but left the front door unlocked so his live-in girlfriend [...]
Tribe goes fishin’
Stanford beats Marlins in return indians 3, marlins 2 Tim Reynolds The Associated Press MIAMI — Jason Stanford got to the ballpark Thursday about 45 minutes behind schedule, a victim of South Florida traffic. Once he arrived, things went perfectly according to plan. Back in the majors for the first time since April 2004, Stanford [...]