Archive for July 6th, 2007
Florence R. Daly
Florence R. Daly, 75, of Elyria, died Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at the home of her son, Thomas following a two year illness with cancer. Mrs. Daly was born March 24, 1932 in Chicago, IL and made her in the Elyria area for most of her life. She was a waitress for many years and [...]
Charles Jack Fern
Charles Jack Fern, 72, of LaGrange, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at his home following a lengthy illness. Mr. Fern was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp. After the service, he worked 17 years in the paint department at Sears, and then retired from U.S. Steel in Lorain, where he worked as a [...]
Sophia A. Karbowniczek
Sophia A. Karbowniczek (nee Kruczynski), 80, of Elyria, died Wednesday at the Elyria Wesleyan Village following a brief illness. She was born July 24, 1926 in Elyria, and was a lifelong Elyria resident. Mrs. Karbowniczek worked in the bakery at the former Harvest House Restaurant. She also worked at several area Convenient Food Mart Stores [...]
Richard Logue
Richard "Dick" Fredrick Logue, 86, of Amherst Township, passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2007, at Community Health Partners in Lorain, following a brief illness. He was born December 16, 1920 in Elyria. He was a lifetime resident of Elyria and Amherst Township and graduated from Amherst High School in the class of 1938. Dick served [...]
Raymond Machovina
Raymond Albert Machovina, 68, a resident of Vermilion, passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2007, at Kingston of Vermilion Nursing Home following a ten month illness. He was born August 24, 1938 in North Ridgeville. He was raised in North Ridgeville and graduated from North Ridgeville High School in the class of 1956. Raymond had made [...]
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 Club. [...]
Dianna L. Murray
Dianna L. Murray, (nee Yuronich), 59, of LaGrange, died Thursday at the Renaissance Center in Olmsted Falls, while under the care of Hospice of the Cleveland Clinic. She was born January 19, 1948 in Oberlin and was a resident of LaGrange for most of her life. Mrs. Murray was an Administrative Assistant for the Moen [...]
Eleanor E. Ruffner
Eleanor E. Ruffner, 91, of North Ridgeville, and formerly of Columbus, passed away Thursday, July 5, 2007, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. Arrangements will be announced by the Busch Funeral Home, 32000 Detroit Rd. Avon.
Charles A. Yonkings
Charles A. "Captain Chuck" Yonkings, 70, of Elyria, died Monday, July 2, 2007, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born March 17, 1937 in Lorain. He was a resident of Elyria for most of his life and spent his winters in Big Pine Key FL, for the past 27 years. He graduated [...]
Detroit demolition: Tigers 12, Indians 3
C.C. torched; Tigers take series DETROIT — C.C. Sabathia’s All-Star audition didn’t go as planned. Neither did the Indians’ three-game trip to Comerica Park. Hoping to offer up a final bid to start the All-Star Game in front of American League manager Jim Leyland on Thursday, Sabathia instead produced his worst effort of the season [...]
Trade market looking bleak: Tribe Notes
DETROIT — The Indians will be looking in the days leading up to the July 31 trading deadline. Finding is the problem, as Indians manager Eric Wedge sees it. “What’s tricky is you look at what’s out there and it’s not a long list,” Wedge said. “(General manager) Mark (Shapiro) and I have talked about [...]
The NBA’s BYC: Not as easy as ABC or 1, 2, 3
OK, listen up, class, today’s lesson is based around an NBA salary cap issue called “Base Year Compensation.” You may be hearing that term a lot over the next few weeks, because it applies to the Cavaliers’ Anderson Varejao and Sasha Pavlovic. I know this now, but I did not know it Wednesday afternoon when [...]
Venus back to her old self
Howard Fendrich The Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Through all of those injuries and inconsistency, all of those early defeats at majors and dips in the rankings, Venus Williams clung to this thought: At her best, she’s as good as there is, particularly on a certain patch of grass. With a second consecutive close-to-perfect performance [...]
Men plead not guilty to Lorain shooting
Police investigating link to other robberies ELYRIA — Three men arrested in connection with a June 21 robbery and shooting at a Lorain bar pleaded not guilty at their arraignments in county Common Pleas Court on Thursday Neil Simpson, 24, of Elyria, pleaded not guilty to aggravated robbery, felonious assault and having weapons under disability, [...]
Doctor of hard knocks
Midview graduate patches up pro soccer players Midview High School graduate Dr. Michael Schaefer is tending the strained muscles, pulled hamstrings and bumps and bruises of soccer players on the Cleveland City Stars, the area’s newest pro sports franchise. Schaefer, 34, serves as one of the team doctors while enjoying the fast-moving games at Krenzler [...]
Don’t let this deal pass you by
Charity needs help to keep its doors open LORAIN — Juan Pagan rubbed his hand against the freshly painted dresser. His daughter could sure use it, he said with a smile. “She’s 13, and she’ll love it. My 11-year-old will love that one,” he said, nodding toward another white dresser inside the nondescript warehouse off [...]
‘Terrorist James Bond’ gets 10 years
London man ran Web sites to recruit al-Qaida bombers Craig Whitlock and Spencer Hsu The Washington Post LONDON — A 23-year-old Moroccan-born computer whiz who helped recruit suicide bombers for the al-Qaida in Iraq insurgent group was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday in the latest case to illustrate Britain’s struggles to contain the [...]
Three dead in fireworks dispute
Police: Firefighter shoots neighbors during late-night Fourth of July party CLEVELAND — A man apparently angry that neighbors were shooting off fireworks after midnight shot three people to death early Thursday and wounded two others, police said. Terrance Hough Jr., an off-duty firefighter, opened fire on his neighbor’s home, killing two men and a woman [...]
Family needs a new home
Nicole King’s rental house was destroyed by fire LORAIN — Single mother Nicole King and her five young children may find themselves homeless today unless they can come up with some money to stay in the hotel room where they’ve been living since a fire ravaged their West 22nd Street home Tuesday. “The Red Cross [...]
Mallards missing
For 12 years, Glen Rehoreg cared for Daisy, a duck living behind a Griswold Road car wash. But now, the homeless Elyria man says the mallard and her 4-week-old ducklings have been kidnapped, and he and patrons of the nearby Joyful Mug Lounge want them back. For years, Daisy the duck had lived behind a [...]
‘Small-town’ triplets pose in Playboy
Elyria women say appearance a ‘dream come true’ ELYRIA — Three new Playboy bunnies call Elyria home. Triplets Vicki, Sarah and Rachel Satterfield, all 23, grace the pages of the men’s entertainment magazine’s August edition. Although they’re touted as “Small-Town Triplets,” appearing nude in a six-page pictorial before 10 million Playboy readers, all three of [...]
Lorain cracks down on illegal fireworks
LORAIN — Lorain police made good on a promise to crack down on illegal fireworks when they handed out 30 citations for the sale or discharge of fireworks between July 3 and July 5. Thirteen of the citations came on July 4, with the most being issued between 10 p.m. and 12 a.m. Police handed [...]