Archive for July 7th, 2007
Alma Buckley
Alma Osmer Buckley, 92, of Oberlin since 1935, died Monday, July 2, 2007 at Allen Memorial Hospital. Born in Lemoyne, October 5, 1914. She attended Woodville High School where she was an avid basketball player. She also enjoyed baseball, bowling and fishing. Alma worked for the Oberlin College Library until retiring in 1974. She spent [...]
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 [...]
Anne L. Litteau
Anne L. Litteau, 90, of Indiana, died Monday, July 2, 2007 at St. Andrew’s Village. A daughter of Samuel Lowry and Martha Gilpatrick Minser. She was born, June 21, 1917 in Indiana. Mrs. Litteau was a graduate of IUP with a degree in Elementary Education. She went on to earn a degree in Learning Disabilities [...]
Mary Myor
Mary Myor, 85, of Monongahela (Riverhill), died July 5, 2007 in the Mon Valley Care Center, Monongahela. She was born on November 18, 1921, in Mather, a daughter of the late Theodore and Anna Hornyak Skirpan. Mrs. Myor was employed at the former Abel’s Clothing Store and the Friendlee Bakery, a member of Transfiguration Church, [...]
Eleanor E. Ruffner
Eleanor E. Ruffner (nee Trachsel), 91, of North Ridgeville, passed away Thursday, July 5, 2007 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain following a long illness. She was born March 23, 1916 in Salem Township, in the Upper Sandusky area, where she was raised and graduated from high school. She moved to Elyria [...]
Amil P. Sposato
Amil P. Sposato, 94, of Lorain, died Thursday, July 5, 2007, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain after a brief illness. He was born December 8, 1912, in Horning, PA and had resided in Lorain for the past 86 years. Amil retired from Master Manufacturing in Cleveland, where he worked as [...]
Mary L. DeFazio Szallay
Mary L. "NaNee" DeFazio Szallay (nee Tolomeo), 93, of Elyria, died at the Bridge at Abbewood in Elyria on Friday July 6, 2007, following a short illness. Mrs. Szallay was born on March 20, 1914 in Ferrell, PA, and made her home in Elyria for most of her life. She was a member of St. [...]
Close doesn’t cut it
Roddick blows lead, meeting with Federer Howard Fendrich The Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Two points. That’s how close Andy Roddick was to getting another crack at Roger Federer at Wimbledon. Two points. Up two sets and a break against a kid making his Grand Slam quarterfinal debut, and later just-that-far from winning, the No. [...]
So far, the 7s don’t strike me as lucky
The 70707 column … Is this supposed to be a lucky day or something? Sorry. Just not feeling it. Feeling grumpy. Feeling that you can get on my wrong side if you … l make me listen to “Mike & Mike in the Morning” on ESPN. Way too early to be talking that intensely about [...]
Nascar: No. 20 seeks No. 1
Despite no wins this year, Stewart a favorite tonight Jenna Fryer The Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It took Tony Stewart 25 starts to earn his first NASCAR victory and end the longest drought of his professional career. The two-time NASCAR champion isn’t close to breaking that 1999 mark just yet, but he heads [...]
Woman convicted in murder-for-hire
Donna Moonda faces death penalty for hiring lover to kill her husband on turnpike Joe Milicia The Associated Press AKRON — After the guilty verdicts were read, a pile of crumpled tissue lay on the defense table, not enough to dry the tears of the Pennsylvania woman who plotted her husband’s murder, then coldly watched [...]
Firefighter charged in triple slaying
CLEVELAND — Aggravated murder charges were filed Friday against a city firefighter in the shooting deaths of three people in what police said was an apparent dispute over fireworks at a Fourth of July party at his neighbor’s house. Terrance Hough Jr., 35, a 12-year veteran of the force, was jailed to await an initial [...]
Arrests made in package scare
COLUMBUS — After watching news reports of a rash of suspicious package scares around Columbus on Thursday, two people decided to leave their own, gift-wrapped box outside an Ohio Department of Education building downtown, creating one more case for bomb squad officers, police said. Andrew Luhring, 19, of Columbus, and Domonick Dunn, 16, of Tiffin, [...]
Patrol, police set up DUI checkpoints
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The Fourth of July may have been a one-day celebration of independence for some, but the Elyria post of the Ohio Highway Patrol approached this weekend as if the gala were still going on. On Friday, the patrol set up a sobriety checkpoint designed to deter drinking and driving, said post commander [...]
Off the Beat 07/07/07
The right place, the right time Jerry Hughes of Lorain had a stellar day Friday. While playing a casual skins game with his bowling buddies at Cherry Ridge Golf Club in Elyria, Hughes hit the first hole-in-one of his life. Hughes was nearly speechless when his friends signaled the ball was in the hole of [...]
Monteleone spared jail
Ex-Elyria councilman gets probation for fondling underage workers ELYRIA — Former Elyria Councilman Joseph Monteleone was placed on three years probation Friday — spared the possibility of prison by a county judge who said his crimes didn’t warrant it. But Monteleone, who was found guilty in May of asking underage girls to have sex and [...]
Dog-Gone? Owner selling Ohio’s last Dog ‘n Suds
Ilene Hampton has run drive-in for 46 years SHEFFIELD TWP. — After nearly half a century, Ilene Hampton is hanging up her carhop uniform. Hampton is looking to sell her beloved Dog ’n Suds, the drive-in on North Ridge Road that she’s run for 46 years. The drive-in — which specializes in Coney hot dogs [...]
Church members get extra $540K
Settlement now more than $1M in suit over misspent funds at St. Clement ELYRIA — Just three weeks after a group of dissident congregates from an Avon church won a lawsuit against another group of former church leaders, a county judge on Friday awarded the group an additional $540,379 for attorney fees and litigation expenses. [...]
Man charged with assault on pregnant woman
ELYRIA — A 28-year-old registered sex offender from Florida was charged with felonious assault on June 28 after kicking his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach and assaulting her repeatedly, a sheriff’s report said. Angel Tamayo was arrested near the Elyria Motel on Oberlin-Elyria Road, where he and his 18-year-old girlfriend had been renting a room [...]
Police: Former officer attacked husband
HUNTINGTON TWP. — A retired Cleveland police sergeant was arrested Thursday after attacking her husband, a Cleveland police captain, at their Huntington Township home during an argument over money, a Lorain County sheriff deputy’s report said. Patricia McAndrew, 59, was charged with domestic violence. McAndrew’s husband, Timothy McAndrew, 58, called deputies to their Stewart Road [...]
Woman suffers burns after liquid thrown on bus
CLEVELAND — A passenger on a city bus suffered burns to her face, torso and thigh Friday after a fellow passenger doused her with a caustic liquid substance, an official said. The 21-year-old woman, whose name was not available, was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center after the bus driver called 911, said Greater Cleveland Regional [...]