Archive for July 4th, 2007
Fourth of July: Cascade Park Photos
Were you in Cascade Park last night to watch the fireworks? If so, The Chronicle might have snapped your picture. The Chronicle also is looking to post pictures of readers celebrating the Fourth. Send them to ctphotos@chroniclet.com, and they may end up online or on our YourTown pages. Please include the names of the people [...]
Rev. Richard J. Bober
Rev. Richard J. Bober, Pastor of St. Felicitas Church in Euclid, 75, died July 1, 2007 at Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights. Born September 17, 1931, in Lorain. Fr. Bober was a 1949 graduate of Lorain St. Mary High School. He entered St. Charles Seminary in Baltimore from his home parish, St. Stanislaus in Lorain. [...]
London Brown Jr.
London Brown Jr., 66, went home to be with the Lord, July 2, 2007, surrounded by family and friends. Born in Cohoma, MS, he had lived in Lorain, since 1956. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He had been employed at General Motors for 30 years and at Chevrolet Parma for five years. He was [...]
Cartha Marguerite Crow
Cartha Marguerite Crow (nee Hysell), 92 of Elyria, died peacefully Monday, July 2, 2007, at Life Care Center of Elyria. She was born January 26, 1915, in Middleport. She had resided in Elyria and wintered in St. Petersburg, FL for the past 15 years. She previously lived in Parma for many years. Mrs. Crow retired [...]
Melissa D. Peters-Freistuhler
Melissa D. Peters-Freistuhler, 31, of Eaton Township, died unexpectedly on Tuesday July 3, 2007, in Elyria. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by the Liston Funeral Home, 36403 Center Ridge Road, North Ridgeville.
Wesley H Gunderson
Wesley H. Gunderson, 53, of Cleveland passed away unexpectedly on June 29, 2007. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wyers Funeral Chapel of Sheffield Township.
Paul A. Jurco
Paul A. Jurco, 48, of North Ridgeville, passed away, Tuesday, July 3, 2007, at his home. Born in Elyria, he had lived most of his life in North Ridgeville. He also lived in San Diego, California from 1985-1995. Paul attended Palomar Community College and Mira Costa Community College in California. He was a member of [...]
James Edward Markle
James Edward Markle, 80, and a resident of Lorain, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2007, at South West General Hospital ER. He was born November 1, 1926 in Hanover, PA. He graduated from Lehigh University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering and from Baldwin Wallace College with Masters Degree in Engineering. Jim [...]
Grace Martello
Grace Martello (nee Leonello), 86, a lifetime resident of Willoughby, died Monday, July 2, 2007 at her residence. Born February 3, 1921 in Willoughby, Grace was a member of the Court of Mary and the 50 + Club at the Immaculate Conception Church, Parents of Priests, Browning Senior Center in Willoughby, and Willoughby Womens [...]
George J. Miller
George J. Miller, 74, of Elyria, died Monday, July 2, 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center following a long illness. Mr. Miller was born on January 3, 1933 in Wilkensburg, PA and made his home in Elyria for most of his life. He was a graduate of Elyria High School class of 1950 where he [...]
Margaret M. Pesta
Margaret M. Pesta (nee Hale), 58, of Elyria, died Sunday, July 1, 2007, at E.M.H. Regional Medical Center in Elyria following a long illness. She was born March 23, 1949 in Cleveland and was an Elyria resident for the past 29 years. Mrs. Pesta worked as a Teacher’s Aide at St. Mary School in Elyria. [...]
Eleventh-hour power : Indians 5, Tigers 4
Blake’s extra-inning blast wins game DETROIT — If this is any indication of what’s to come between Central Division rivals Cleveland and Detroit, strap yourself in for a thrill ride that may just last the rest of the season. The first-place Indians and second-place Tigers began a somewhat significant three-game series at Comerica Park on [...]
Peralta back to former self: Tribe Notes
DETROIT — Jhonny Peralta feels like he’s back, and the numbers support his case. Peralta, a question mark to begin the season after a subpar performance in his second full year in 2006, has provided the answers through a first half that saw him enter Tuesday with a .284 batting average, 14 home runs and [...]
Defibrillators should be par for the course
Bob Sweeney took some practice swings with his driver in the front yard of his Rocky River townhouse earlier this week, which doesn’t sound like a big deal, but the last time he swung it in 2006 he wound up in a coma for three days and in Fairview Hospital for a month. It was [...]
Big change coming: College Basketball
Matta proud of last season’s run, knows repeat will be tough Rusty Miller The Associated Press COLUMBUS — Seconds after Greg Oden was picked No. 1 by Portland in the NBA Draft last week, Ohio State coach Thad Matta turned to Oden’s mother and said, “Zoe, can you imagine if he had come back how [...]
Mary R. Rhea
Mary Ruth Rhea, 99, of Elyria, formerly of Cleveland, TN, died July 3, 2007 at Wesleyan Village. Funeral Services and burial will be in Cleveland, TN. Dicken Funeral Home, Elyria, handled local arrangements.
Rockets’ red glare: 4th Figures
2.5 million In July 1776, the estimated number of people living in the newly independent nation. 302 million The nation’s population in July 2007. 1 in 4 The chance that the hot dogs and pork sausages consumed on the Fourth originated in Iowa. The Hawkeye State had a total of 15.5 million market hogs and [...]
Grace: Settlement positive for city
City sought $2.5M in City Hall dispute but got a million ELYRIA — Mayor Bill Grace says the resolution of a lawsuit against the architects of the new City Hall is a positive even though the settlement is less than half of the amount the city had sought. Last week, Clark & Post Architects of [...]
Lorain firefighters: Fireworks may have sparked blaze in vacant West 17th Street home
LORAIN – Lorain firefighters worked to contain a blaze that completely engulfed a vacant home on West 17th Street late Tuesday. Water had to be trucked in from all corners of Lorain County because fire hydrants on West 17th Street lost pressure, said Lorain fire Chief Tom Brown. Around 11:30 p.m. – about an hour [...]
Who’s a good boy? These pooches are
The verdict is in on which high-flying pooch has been named top dog by the Buckeye Dock Dogs Association. Last weekend, the group held a long-jump competition in Sheffield, where owners from across the state and beyond watched their dogs leap from a dock into a giant pool. Here are the winners: Les Lamparski, of [...]
Officials want Lorain out of fiscal watch
LORAIN — Lorain’s mayor and auditor want the city to be taken off fiscal watch. In a letter sent to state Auditor Mary Taylor on Monday, Mayor Craig Foltin and Auditor Ron Mantini asked Taylor to lift the fiscal watch designation that was placed on the city in 2002. The letter states that the issues [...]
After glitch, county’s tax bills go out late
ELYRIA — If you live in Elyria and your last name begins with B, C or D, double-check your mail, because you may not have gotten your property tax bill. The same goes if you live in Vermilion, no matter what your last name is, because a glitch in the computer program that generates the [...]
Family, friends mourn 8-month-old
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Julie St. Clair dabbed her eyes with a handful of tissues as the pastor spoke. Just a few feet away, the pearl-white casket containing the body of her 8-month-old son was open, with three pictures of Jayden Davidson hanging from the metal edge of the lid. “I am happy because Jayden is [...]
Kids ordered back to Mexico
Lorain County is ground zero for international custody battle between globetrotting couple CLEVELAND — Claire Simcox fled Mexico and her husband of 14 years under cover of night 1½ years ago with four of her children in tow. Now a federal judge has ordered two of the children to be returned to Joe Simcox and [...]
Fire leaves family of 6 homeless
Home destroyed after blaze forced firefighters out twice LORAIN — An intense fire Tuesday at a two-story home on West 22nd Street forced firefighters out of the house twice and left a single mother of five homeless. The home’s tenant, Nicole King, who wasn’t home when the fire broke out, arrived shortly thereafter and quickly [...]