Archive for July 17th, 2007
Just sick about sixth – white sox 11, indians 10
Indians can’t overcome 9-run debacle CLEVELAND — If there had been a life preserver somewhere near the Cleveland Indians’ dugout, Cliff Lee certainly could have used it. Instead, the Indians threw out Fernando Cabrera. The Chicago White Sox feasted on the weak underbelly of the Indians’ bullpen, turning Cabrera’s one-third on an inning into a [...]
Wedge receives contract extension
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians keep winning and competing as if October, late October, will be part of its schedule. Manager Eric Wedge, who has overseen the Indians’ progress on the field, was rewarded for its success on Monday, as the club signed him to a three-year contact extension. Wedge was signed through the end [...]
Fielding of dreams – Tribe Notes
Garko helps Indians win with his bat and his glove As much as Ryan Garko is known for his handiwork with the bat, it’s his improvement with a glove that has ensured an everyday job in the big leagues. Garko has emerged in his second season with the Indians as one of the team’s top [...]
NBA’s problem children don’t deserve a break
Nancy Armour Associated Press Contrary to what union chief Billy Hunter might think, there’s little for the NBA players association to consider about Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson’s latest suspensions. These are, after all, two of the NBA’s biggest problem children, the main culprits in that ugly brawl at The Palace. Lengthy suspensions then weren’t [...]
Crazy Carnoustie
Weather vagaries one more concern for field to ponder Doug Ferguson The Associated Press CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — It was wicked one minute, wonderful the next. The rain and wind were so strong Monday morning at Carnoustie that Tiger Woods and Rod Pampling didn’t even bother with umbrellas, and Woods took off his glove when he [...]
Lorain couple face drug charges
Two arrested in May when nephew died of suspected overdose at their home LORAIN — A Lorain man and woman who were arrested in May for failing to report the drug-related death of a 19-year-old nephew were arrested again this past weekend — this time for drug trafficking, police said. Police raided the New Hampshire [...]
Officials say crowds big at Jamboree, Port Fest
AMHERST — Despite a change of location and a first-time cover charge of $1, last weekend’s Old Time Jamboree in Amherst proved a success, said John Dietrich, president of the Amherst Historical Society. “We had a lot of good comments and a good turnout,” Dietrich said. “We had other festivals to compete with. The Port [...]
Lorain’s baby health program looking ill
LORAIN — The Lorain City Health Department’s Help Me Grow program lost $134,500 in funding for the 2008 fiscal year. Terry Tomaszewski, Lorain City Health Department’s health commissioner, said the department will be looking at its staffing level, staffing budget and caseload level to make up for the deficit. Help Me Grow is a home-visiting [...]
Local auction firm handles international Hitler watch sale
WELLINGTON — Imagine holding in your hand two watches that once belonged to Hitler. It might give some people the creeps, but two European collectors were willing to shell out $70,000 and $621,691 for watches that once belonged to the man responsible for millions of deaths in World War II. The watches, which were discovered [...]
Man dies trying to remove copper from power line
NEW MIAMI — A man attempting to take down a power line to remove and sell the copper inside was electrocuted early Monday, Butler County sheriff’s office said. Deputies found Brandon Reed, 22, of Hamilton, tangled in lines after receiving a telephone tip about 3 a.m., Lt. Marian Olivas said. Crews from Duke Energy recovered [...]
Hundreds protest firings
More than 500 show up outside school board meeting LORAIN — More than 500 people filled the lawn outside a Lorain elementary school Monday — all wanting to ask questions they say haven’t been answered by school officials in the wake of massive cuts to the district. Their questions seemed simple enough: Will my children [...]
How can they remove school board members?
LORAIN — If angry teachers and residents can get enough signatures, they might be able to force a county judge or a jury to review whether Lorain school board members who voted in favor of massive layoffs in the district should be removed from office. But to do so, they’d have to prove the board [...]
Many fired teachers still in limbo
LORAIN — Lorain school officials have not decided which teachers won’t be back in the classroom next year. The district already notified 246 teachers that they would be let go, but the precise positions that will be axed and those that might be spared are under review, Board President Jeanine Donaldson told the nearly 500 [...]
Giving children a shot at the ‘good old days’
ELYRIA — Maybe it takes a little kid in an ol’ grandpa’s body to show folks how just how much fun the old days could be. “That’s how I stay young,” said Ted Dowdell, of Elyria Township. “I’m just an old great-grandpa who never really grew up.” Dowdell, 85, is hoping to transport Lorain County [...]
Quintet of Elyria natives willing to bet on poker-Scrabble hybrid
ELYRIA — In the coming years, we all could be playing SPPoker. It combines the fast action of poker with the word fascination of Scrabble. The specially designed cards have the regular playing cards symbols in one corner and letters of the alphabet in another. You can win points three ways: by having the best [...]
Leta L. Bower
Leta L. Bower, 62, passed away in her Grafton home on Sunday, July 15, 2007. Born at Evans, WV to the late George and Pearl (Prochnow) Lieving, she is survived by her husband, Forrest C. "Bud" Bower, Jr.; children, Rosemary Hebb, Angie Ruffner and her husband Tim, Jeff Bower, Renee Voiers and her husband Jesse; [...]
Michael A. Braig
Michael A. Braig, Sr., "forever 21", of Sullivan, died Saturday, July 14, 2007 following a motorcycle accident. He was born April 11, 1969 in Bay Village. Michael grew up in Elyria and had resided in Sullivan for the past ten years. Michael attended Elyria High School. He worked for Ridge Tool in Elyria for 13 [...]
Dolores J. Kulas
Dolores J. "Dee" Kulas (nee Stauffer), 66, of Lorain, died Monday, July 16, 2007. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel, 3224 Broadway Ave., Lorain.
Glenda Coker
Glenda Coker, 44, of Elyria, passed away Sunday evening, July 15, 2007 in her home, after a long illness. She was born Tuesday, October 30, 1962 in Newport, TN, living in Lorain County for the last 25 years. She was employed at Fossco in Cleveland as an oven attendent for 10 years. Mrs. Coker was [...]
John P. Skolnicki
John P. "Yash" Skolnicki, 83, of Lorain, died on Saturday, July 14, 2007, at Community Health Partners HSC – West, Lorain, after an extended illness. He was born on September 25, 1923, in Lorain. He had moved to Michigan before returning to Lorain in 1958. John was a 1941 graduate of Lorain High School. He [...]
Amanda Marie White
Amanda Marie White, 18, of New London, died Saturday, July 14, 2007 from injuries sustained in an automobile-train accident. She was born in Oberlin, and had been a life long area resident. Amanda worked as a secretary for Denes Concrete Co. in Wellington, and two years at Dairy Queen in Wellington. She graduated in 2006 [...]
Cruiser T-boned at intersection
LORAIN — A Lorain police cruiser was T-boned by a car at Reid Avenue and West 23rd Street on Monday, and witnesses say a stop sign that’s partially obscured by an untended tree near the intersection is to blame. Police and LifeCare paramedics were called to the intersection about 5:30 p.m. after receiving reports of [...]
Experimental plane crashes at airport
NEW RUSSIA TWP. — A pilot practicing landing and take-off maneuvers at Lorain County Regional Airport on Monday evening crashed his plane after the engine failed, Ohio Highway Patrol troopers said. The pilot, Daniel T. Chrapczyski, 55, of Sheffield, was not injured, Trooper Scott Roark said. Chrapczyski was flying an M1 Midget Mustang –— a [...]