Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for July 18th, 2007
In a pinch, Garko delivers - Indians 6, White Sox 5
CLEVELAND — Pitching to Ryan Garko these days can be a risky prospect. The Chicago White Sox learned as much emphatically on Tuesday night. Though Garko did not start the game, he wound up filling the hero role for the Indians once again in their latest comeback victory, a 6-5 decision [...]
Cabrera shaken, not stirred - Tribe Notes
CLEVELAND — Fernando Cabrera’s struggles have reached the monumental level, but Indians manager Eric Wedge still isn’t giving up on the reliever. “If you don’t feel like a guy can get the job done, there’s no reason for him to be here,” Wedge said. “He has as much upside as anybody (in [...]
Newest Tribe reliever feeling right at home
Rookie pitcher Jensen Lewis’ baseball dreams came to life in front of his family and friends Monday night. The one-time Medina resident made his Major League Baseball debut with the Indians, tossing 11/3 innings of scoreless relief in Cleveland’s 11-10 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Despite the Tribe coming up one run [...]
Pioneers tab Chizmar
Northwood assistant principal named Elyria High’s newest athletic director
ELYRIA — Elyria school officials on Tuesday appointed Elyria native and Elyria Schools employee Gerald Chizmar as the district’s new athletic director. “I’m just going to be myself and do what I can to improve athletics in Elyria,” Chizmar said. “It’s [...]
Vick facing dogfight charges
Hank Kurz Jr. The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — NFL star Michael Vick was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on charges of sponsoring a dogfighting operation so grisly the losers either died in the pit or sometimes were electrocuted, drowned, hanged or shot. [...]
An old friend finds new moments, new meaning
An old friend, Mike Gallagher, invited me to tour his estate in Lorain County because for one week each summer he turns it into a camp for high school cross country runners and this is the week. I had not seen Mike in years, at least since he quit drinking in the [...]
Judge seals records in Open Door abuse suit
ELYRIA — A county judge has taken the rare step of sealing the file of a lawsuit accusing the Church of the Open Door and the private school it operates of ignoring complaints of sexual abuse against a teacher who later was convicted and served six months in jail. Common Pleas Judge [...]
History society aims for new center
ELYRIA — The Lorain County Historical Society is making progress toward its $1.6 million goal to fund an ambitious project aimed at creating a countywide historical center, said Historical Society Executive Director Bill Bird. Bird said the society is about $400,000 short of the goal, which will fund the purchase and renovation of [...]
Deputies face the naked facts
PENFIELD TWP. — A sheriff’s deputy had to call Wellington firefighters Sunday morning to help fish a suspect — a naked, intoxicated man resisting arrest — out of a Penfield Township pond, deputies said. Sheriff’s deputies were called to a Nickel Plate Diagonal Road home around 2 a.m. Sunday when a [...]
Thousands apply for tax break
COLUMBUS — Thousands of senior citizens have applied for a property tax break that Gov. Ted Strickland says will be paid for using the sale of Ohio’s share of a landmark settlement with tobacco companies, officials said. The expanded Homestead Exemption Program took effect earlier this month as part of Ohio’s [...]