Archive for June 20th, 2007
Deplete victory
AMERICAN LEGION: Elyria 13, MANSFIELD 4 Post 12 pounds on short-handed Mansfield GRAFTON — With only 10 players in uniform, the Richland Veterans, the Mansfield American Legion team, didn’t have much of a margin for error. The margin was wide, and errors — both the official and the unofficial kinds — were the major reason [...]
Manuel wins again at Jake – Phillies 9, Indians 6
Former Tribe manager picks up victory from visiting dugout CLEVELAND — Charlie Manuel is well-known for his humorous baseball anecdotes and side-splitting stories. Now he can tell the one about how he won games at Jacobs Field as a manager in both dugouts. Manuel’s Phillies evened their interleague series with the Indians at a game [...]
Indians wrestle with where to put Stanford – Tribe Notes
CLEVELAND — Jake Westbrook will return to the Indians’ rotation Sunday, pitching in the series finale at Washington. Jason Stanford, the pitcher Westbrook will replace, who knows? “We haven’t come to any resolution,” said Cleveland manager Eric Wedge. “It’s going to take more conversations that’s ultimately going to lead to a difficult decision.” The decision [...]
TV has put the ‘Brrrr’ in baseball
It’s the summer game, a cliche, and not necessarily an accurate one, but that’s what we call baseball. If only it were true. Here in the north, baseball begins in the winter and ends in the winter. Nobody knows this better than Indians’ fans. Back in April, the Indians’ season began in a snowstorm. Who [...]
Anderson in the race?
BEREA — Don’t count out Derek Anderson. While national pundits are focused on incumbent Charlie Frye and first-round draft pick Brady Quinn in the battle to be the Browns’ starting quarterback for the opener Sept. 9 vs. Pittsburgh, Anderson looked the best during the organized team activities and minicamp practices open to the media. With [...]
Cavs’ future looks bright
It’s now been almost a week since the Cavaliers lost to the San Antonio Spurs in four games in the NBA Finals, so I think it’s safe to air a few closing comments without making any emotional “sweeping” statements. The Cavs deserved to be in the NBA Finals: Granted, Cleveland had a fairly easy path [...]
Renters want cut of Elyria Schools buyouts
ELYRIA — Elyria Schools officials fielded heated complaints from a handful of apartment residents Tuesday who said the district’s plans to demolish properties near the high school to make room for a new building leaves them out in the cold. Six tenants showed up at Tuesday’s meeting that school officials held at Wesleyan Village, where [...]
For Oberlin family, it’s home, green home
OBERLIN — Step into the home of Andy and Cindy Frantz and you usually won’t hear the roar of the air conditioner. Yet it’s cool and pleasant, even on a hot day. That’s because the couple has insulated their sprawling Victorian on King Street so well that cool night air remains trapped in the house [...]
No charges for tractor driver in fatal wreck
ELYRIA — A Wellington man who was involved in a fatal accident with his tractor will not face criminal charges. A Lorain County grand jury has chosen not to indict Dean Rollins Jr., 22, who was driving the tractor when the 4,000-pound dirt plow he was hauling clipped the car being driven by 39-year-old Amy [...]
Former union chief throws hat in Sheffield mayoral race
SHEFFIELD — Mayor Darlene Ondercin has her first official competition for the November election. John Hunter, a former union president at Ford’s Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake and the Lorain Assembly Plant, announced Tuesday he’ll be in the mayoral race. Citing the need for change and fiscal accountability in office, Hunter chastised Ondercin for [...]
Candidate trying to start large block watch
ELYRIA — A group of residents in the city’s northeast corner is starting a block watch in hopes of curbing what it says is an increase in vandalism and other crimes. Led by Clyde O’Neal, a Republican running for the 7th Ward seat on City Council, and his wife, Peggy O’Neal, the group plans to [...]
Remembrances – Airman Eric Barnes
Family, friends pay respects to fallen soldier LORAIN — Outside Admiral King High School, flag bearers from the American Legion’s Patriot Guard Riders motorcycle group stood in formation — waving large American flags as a steady procession of friends, family and strangers arrived Tuesday to pay respects to Airman 1st Class Eric Barnes. Barnes, 20, [...]
Lorain cleared for new schools
District settles longstanding dispute with state facilities commission LORAIN — Lorain Schools and the Ohio School Facilities Commission have settled a two-year dispute that will allow the district to build four new schools. The facilities commission will provide 81 percent of the cost, with the remainder coming from a bond issue approved in 2001 by [...]
James L. Austin
James L. Austin, 74, of Lorain, died Thursday, June 14, 2007 at his residence in Lorain following a lengthy illness. He was born on September 28, 1932 in Lorain and was a life-long resident. Mr. Austin graduated from St. Mary’s School in Lorain in 1951 and was the class president that year. He was a [...]
Annie J. Carey
Annie J. "Ann" Carey (nee Holcomb), 67, of Elyria, died Friday, June 16, 2007 of natural causes. Born in Camden, AR, Mrs. Carey attended the Arkansas school system, graduating, and coming to Elyria in 1966. A member of Mt. Nebo Primitive Baptist Church, Mrs. Carey was a church mother, a member of the kitchen committee [...]
Delbert W. Chapman
Delbert W. Chapman, 74, of North Ridgeville, died Monday, June 18, 2007 at Specialty Hospital of Lorain. He was born in Braxton County, WV and had been a North Ridgeville resident for 50 years. He was a veteran and served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954. Mr. Chapman was employed by North Ridgeville [...]
Mrs. Marcella S. Cornell
Mrs. Marcella S. "Marcy" Cornell (nee Verhoff), 89, of Elyria, died Thursday, June 14, 2007 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a long illness. She was born February 17, 1918 in Owasso, MI and lived in Elyria for most of her life until moving to Lake Fox Village in Winter [...]
Perry Frank Johnson
Perry Frank Johnson, 93, of Elyria, passed away Monday, June 18, 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Arrangements will be announced by Busch Funeral Home in Elyria.
Clarence W. Scarbrough
Clarence W. Scarbrough, 88 of LaGrange passed away Sunday evening, June 17, 2007 in Rolla, Missouri after a sudden illness. Further arrangements will be announced by Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home, Grafton.
Baby found on doorstep
Investigators skeptical newborn linked to missing pregnant woman Joe Milicia The Associated Press CANTON, Ohio — A couple who found a newborn baby in a basket on their porch, 45 miles from where a pregnant woman vanished, believes it is more likely the baby came from someone familiar with the wife’s work as a nurse [...]
Theodore E. Ramsey
Theodore E. Ramsey, 81, of Elyria, died unexpectedly on Monday, June 18, 2007. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home of Elyria.
Joseph F. Rutkowski
Joseph F. Rutkowski, 85, of Lorain, died Monday, June 18, 2007 at the Main Street Care Center in Avon Lake, after a lengthy illness. Arrangements will be announced by Gluvna Shimo Hromada Funeral Chapel, Lorain.
Ex-councilman selling pizza parlor
ELYRIA — Former City Councilman Joe Monteleone is getting out of the pizza business. Monteleone resigned his 1st Ward Council seat in May after being found guilty of asking underage employees at Master Pizza to have sex and of fondling them. He could get more than two years in prison when he is sentenced, a [...]
New shipwreck found in Erie
But officials aren’t talking about it yet VERMILION — Somewhere beneath the more than 9,000 square miles of water in Lake Erie, divers from the Great Lakes Historical Society have located a shipwreck. But information on where the discovery rests, and what ship it is, is being kept under lock and key until officials gather [...]
Thomas William Wolfe
Thomas William Wolfe, 57, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at his residence, following a lengthy illness. Thomas was born April 7, 1950 in Elyria and was a life-long resident. He graduated from Elyria High School and later served in the U.S. Navy, serving in Vietnam. He received the National Defense Medal, Vietnam [...]