Archive for July 10th, 2007
Paula M. Beckman
Paula M. Beckman (nee Fayette), 63, of Elyria, died at her home on Saturday, July 7, 2007, following a 16 year battle with cancer. Paula had been working as a registered nurse for the past 7½ years with Community Health Partners. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Elyria. Paula and her [...]
Edward Charles Andy
Edward Charles Andy, 80, of Lorain, died Saturday, July 7, 2007 in Autumn Aegis Nursing Home in Lorain following a lengthy illness. He was born September 5, 1926 in Florence and had lived in Lorain for the past 12 years, moving from San Jose, CA. He was a United States Army Veteran, having served during [...]
Edward Warren Ault Sr.
Edward Warren Ault Sr., 89, of Wellington, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2007, at the Elms Retirement Village in Wellington. He was born October 19, 1917 in Perry County and had lived in Elyria for over 40 years before moving to Wellington 12 years ago. Mr. Ault was a WW II veteran having served with [...]
Margaret Jo Ann Bisgrove
Margaret Jo Ann Bisgrove (nee Walsh), 77, of Lorain, died Sunday, July 8, 2007, in Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Cleveland, following brief illness. She was born September 26, 1929, in Highland Park MI. She was 12 when she and her family moved to Cincinnati. She then moved to Detroit, Michigan. Mrs. Bisgrove relocated to Elyria in [...]
Olga G. Diederich
Olga G. Diederich (nee Smith), 71, of North Ridgeville died Sunday, July 8, 2007. She was born September 29, 1935 in Elyria. She lived in North Ridgeville until moving to Elyria in the third grade and graduated from Elyria Catholic High School in 1953. She returned to North Ridgeville in 1955. Olga was a member [...]
Charles W. Hill Jr.
Charles W. Hill Jr., 56, of North Ridgeville, died Monday July 9, 2007, at his home after a battle with lung cancer. Mr. Hill served in Vietnam with the United States Marine Corps. and was a member of VFW Post# 9871. Survivors include sons, Shaun Splain of Tampa, FL, Richard A., Scott M., Joshua J., [...]
Brenda G. Podlich
Brenda G. "Ziggy" Podlich (nee Slusher), 50, of Elyria, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2007, at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born January 24, 1957 in Elyria and remained a lifelong resident. She was a homemaker. Brenda enjoyed being outdoors, motorcycling, and collecting Harley-Davidson memorabilia. She is survived by her sons, [...]
Unique Alizaa Pool-Lankey
Unique Alizaa Pool-Lankey, 4 months, of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2007 in the Metro Health Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in on February 12, 2007. She is survived by parents, Juli Ann Lankey of Elyria and Lawrence Lee Pool III of Cleveland; maternal grandmother, Rosetta Lankey of Elyria; paternal grandparents, [...]
William Bagnall Timms, Jr.
William Bagnall Timms, Jr., 84, formerly of Elyria, died Saturday, July 7, 2007 at his Dataw, SC residence. Mr. Timms was born on June 20, 1923 in Cleveland. He attended Western Reserve Academy in Hudson. He graduated from Cheshire Academy in Cheshire, CT and attended Columbia University. He enlisted in the Army Air Force in [...]
Irene Helen Wohleber
Irene Helen Wohleber, 79, of Oberlin, died suddenly July 8, 2007 at the Allen Medical Center of Oberlin. She was born in Lakewood, July 7, 1928. She lived in Oberlin most of her life and was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Oberlin, the Altar & Rosary Society, and V.F.W. Womens Auxilary #1079, [...]
Police Blotter – 07/10/07
Elyria police Sunday, July 8 1:15 a.m. – West Avenue. Amy C. Reed, 34, Elyria, failure to appear on charge of wrongful entrustment. 10:16 a.m. – West Avenue. Darrell D. Johnson, 32, Elyria, disorderly conduct persisting and possession of marijuana. 10:23 a.m. – 400 block Oberlin Road. CD player taken from 2005 Dodge Neon. 1:52 [...]
Shoremen lose their caboose
Fire guts Avon Lake landmark; school officials vow to repair it AVON LAKE — A community landmark that went from a family’s backyard to the entrance of Avon Lake Memorial Stadium was nearly destroyed by fire, but school officials vow it will return. Police believe the maroon-and-gold caboose, which has been used as a box [...]
Prosecutor threatens judge with legal action
Lethal injection at issue in shooting trial ELYRIA — If county Common Pleas Judge James Burge goes ahead with a hearing on whether the state’s lethal injection method passes constitutional muster, he could find himself with a different legal fight on his hands. Assistant County Prosecutor Tony Cillo told Burge Monday that if the judge [...]
Victim of dog attack suing owner
ELYRIA — A Brunswick Hills man is suing the owner of a dog that attacked him and, a few days later, a deputy county dog warden in July 2006. The dog, a large Rottweiler-bull mastiff mix, came through the screen door of Lester France’s Columbia Township home in both instances and attacked the two men, [...]
Medical fund needs $800K
LORAIN — The city needs to come up with about $800,000 this year in order to keep the deficit under control. That’s because the city’s hospitalization fund, which is used to pay medical costs for 478 city employees, saw some unusually large claims this year that depleted about $435,000 from the fund, leaving a balance [...]
Fire department cuts overtime but station still at risk
ELYRIA — The city’s fire department is on pace to reduce its overtime expenditures from the high of almost $900,000 in 2006, but the savings might not be enough to spare a fire station. Through the midway point of 2007, the department has spent $304,276 on overtime, according to Auditor Ted Pileski. While the overtime [...]
St. Joe’s future shaky
LORAIN — The St. Joseph Community Center in Lorain was dealt a financial blow by its former owner that puts in jeopardy its future. On June 30, Community Health Partners informed the center’s development arm — South Shore Community Development Corp. — that it intends on pulling its annual subsidy of more than $630,000 in [...]
Sick of scorching heat? Look on the bright side
ELYRIA — Lawn lovers have been lamenting the weather — the hot, dry conditions have left their normally lush patches of grass sporting more brown than green and the exposed earth beneath it riddled with cracks. But guess what? It may be hot and dry, but we aren’t even close to a drought here. At [...]
Burned house wasn’t certified for renters
LORAIN — The owner of a West 22nd Street rental house that was ravaged by fire July 3 never applied for a rental inspection and did not hold the certificate required by law to house tenants, said William Desvari, chief building official. Albert Elias, of North Olmsted, owns four rental properties in Lorain, none of [...]
Miss New Jersey vows to fight for her crown
Mike Jaccarino New York Daily News NEW YORK — Miss New Jersey vowed Monday to fight for her crown as it was revealed her blackmailers call themselves “The Committee to Save Miss America.” Perfectly coiffed and impervious to the wilting heat smothering the city, Amy Polumbo spoke out for the first time since [...]
Astronaut accused in love triangle attack told police she wanted to talk with rival
MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Former astronaut Lisa Nowak told a detective she came to Orlando to meet her rival for the affections of a fellow astronaut because she wanted to know where she stood in the bizarre love triangle, according to a police interview made public Monday. [...]
Hearst Mansion on the Market for $165 Million
Annette Haddad Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — The rich are getting richer, and their properties are getting pricier. The 1920s-era Beverly Hills mansion of William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies was put on the market Monday for $165 million, making it the nation’s most expensive residential listing. The pink [...]
Madison, Wis., police find body during search for student who vanished after night out
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press Writer FITCHBURG, Wis. (AP) — Investigators believe a body found in a field Monday is that of a college student who vanished last month in Madison, where the woman was last seen after a night out at the bars. Police searching an area about 10 miles [...]
Argentine capital gets first snowfall in Buenos Aires since 1918
By BILL CORMIER Associated Press Writer BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Thousands of Argentines cheered and threw snowballs in the streets of Buenos Aires on Monday as the capital’s first major snowfall since 1918 spread a thin white mantle across the region. Wet snow fell for hours in the Argentine capital, [...]
Guerrero wins HR Derby
Greg Beacham The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — With Barry Bonds sitting out, this derby was dry — and Vladimir Guerrero was San Francisco’s home run king for a day. The Los Angeles Angels slugger won the Home Run Derby on Monday night, hitting 17 homers and beating Toronto’s Alex Rios 3-2 in the final [...]