Archive for July 21st, 2007
Clarence D. Brown
Clarence D. Brown, 54, of Lorain, passed away on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 in the Community Health Partners Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Carter Funeral Homes, Inc. of Lorain.
Clinton Brown Sr.
Clinton Brown Sr., 59, of Elyria, passed away on Thursday, July 19, 2007 in the EMH Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Carter Funeral Homes, Inc. of Elyria.
Garnet “Jean” Butcher
Garnet "Jean" Butcher (nee Coulter), 91, of Elyria, passed away Friday, July 20, 2007 at the Wesleyan Village in Elyria of natural causes. She was born June 1, 1916 in Sutton, WV and has resided in Elyria since 1955. Jean enjoyed flowers, vegetable gardening and spending time with her grandchildren. She is survived by her [...]
Edward William Herchler
Edward William Herchler, 96, and a resident of Amherst, passed away Thursday, July 19, 2007 at Amherst Manor Nursing Home. He was born July 28, 1910 in Brownhelm Township where he was raised and graduated from high school. He then moved to Lorain and has been a resident of Amherst since 1945. Edward had been [...]
June M. McDonald
June M. McDonald (nee Wright), 73, of Lorain, died Wednesday, July 18, 2007. Arrangements by Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel, Lorain.
Robert L. Ogan
Robert L. Ogan, 82, of Avon passed away Friday, July 20, 2007 at St. Mary of the Falls, Avon. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Busch Funeral Home, 32000 Detroit Rd. Avon.
Richard F. Runser M.D.
Richard F. Runser M.D., 72, of LaGrange, formerly of Elyria, died Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born December 28, 1934 in Elyria, to the late Clarence F. and Wilhemia (nee Maier) Runser. Dr. Runser had been a physician for 35 years, and was associated with the [...]
Beverly King Shields
Beverly King Shields (nee Bruce), 87, of Norwalk, died Friday, July 20, 2007 at Norwalk Memorial Home. She was born in Amherst, March 10, 1920 and resided most of her life in Amherst. Mrs. Shields had also resided in Garfield Heights in addition to Norwalk. She was a former member of Old Stone United Methodist [...]
Richard Glen Smith
Richard Glen Smith, 84, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2007, in the Cleveland Clinic after a short illness. He was born Friday, March 23, 1923, in LaGrange, living in the Lorain County area all his life. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during WW II in Europe in the infantry. [...]
Avon offense key in win over North
AVON — Avon’s 9-10-year-old Little League All-Stars accomplished most of their goals as they defeated Elyria North 15-6 Friday night at Veterans Memorial Park to win the North Division championship for District 3. With its win, Avon advances to play at South Division champion Tallmadge tonight at 6 p.m. Avon will have to beat Tallmadge [...]
Sergio still on top
Garcia shakes off shank, has two-shot lead after steady 71 Doug Ferguson The Associated Press CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — A shank for Sergio Garcia. A duck-hook for Tiger Woods. Both shots were shocking to see on the opening hole at Carnoustie. The bigger surprise Friday at the British Open was which player recovered — not the [...]
No escaping Barry Bonds’ gigantic head
ST. GEORGE ISLAND, Fla. — You don’t know where this place is. Lemme help. You get here by a double causeway that doglegs out from the town of Apalachicola. That’s in the Panhandle on the Gulf side of Florida. Down here they call it The Forgotten Coast. Lately, though, they’ve been remembering The Forgotten Coast. [...]
Off the Beat 07/21/07
Ladies crazy over Becks, even injured An injured ankle may keep drop-dead handsome soccer star and fashion icon David Beckham from making his U.S. debut today. But no matter. He seems to cause a ruckus on or off the field. Beckham was sitting in a suite at Thursday’s MLS All-Star Game a stone’s throw from [...]
County cancels purchase after ethics issue raised
ELYRIA — The county is backpedaling on its purchase of a heavy-duty icemaker after concerns were raised questioning the procedures used to buy the equipment. On Thursday, the commissioners rescinded the July 3 invoice for $500 to buy the icemaker from county maintenance worker Tim Bring, who originally had offered to simply give the county [...]
Murder suspect wants in on death penalty hearing
ELYRIA — A Lorain man who could face the death penalty if convicted on charges of raping and killing an Elyria woman in a church bathroom wants to join a motion a county judge is considering on whether to declare the state’s lethal injection process unconstitutional. In a motion filed Friday, attorneys for Ronald McCloud [...]
3 robberies of shoppers may be linked
Police in Amherst and Lorain are searching for the robber or robbers in pickup trucks who pointed guns at three elderly shoppers and stole money from two of them in store parking lots on Tuesday. In the meantime, Amherst police Lt. Joe Kucirek recommended that the elderly shop with a friend, walk with other shoppers [...]
Elyrian drowns,another missing
Body of one man recovered; search of lake scheduled to continue today AVON LAKE — Residents who kept a watchful eye on the shoreline near Miller Road Park led rescuers to the body of a 19-year-old man who went missing late Thursday while swimming with friends in the choppy waters of Lake Erie. The discovery [...]
Friend who missed fateful trip mourns
AVON LAKE — It was only a matter of minutes. But that’s all it took for Anthony Jordan to miss taking a tragic dip in Lake Erie with two friends. The body of one of his friends was found Friday; the second still is missing, and the search for him was to resume this morning. [...]
Suit alleges doctor groped employee
Woman is second in week to claim Elyria physician sexually harassed her ELYRIA — Two women have filed separate sexual harassment lawsuits against the same Elyria doctor, whom they’ve accused of touching their breasts. Elyria police also have talked to the women about their allegations against Dr. Somnath Roy, said Jim Walther, an attorney for [...]
Ax falls in Lorain
Lorain school district releases list of job cuts LORAIN — The Lorain Schools on Friday officially cut ties with 243 teachers and 22 preschool teacher aides — some of whom learned for the first time Friday that their tenure with the district was over. Christine Miller, head of the teachers union, said some of the [...]
Lighters to fly again
Breast milk restrictions will also be relaxed Aug. 4 Michael J. Sniffen The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Airline passengers will be allowed to bring most cigarette lighters on board again starting next month, freeing airport screeners to spend more time searching for explosives. Travelers without infants will be allowed to carry more breast milk on [...]
The seventh coming – Final ‘Harry Potter’ hits shelves
Rowling’s fans line up to see how it all ends ELYRIA — The world could have ended at midnight, but these folks wouldn’t have noticed. Or possibly, they wouldn’t have cared — so long as they got a copy of that book. “I’ve waited eight years for this ending,” said Heather Overstreet, 17, of Norwalk, [...]
Parties and Patience to Welcome Final `Potter’
Josh Getlin and Martha Groves Los Angeles Times If ever there was a global party, this was it. The lines began forming outside London and Paris bookstores early in the morning Friday — hours before Los Angeles readers woke up — and the scene was repeated across the United States, as Harry [...]
Final Harry Potter book celebrated with parties, celebrations
JOE MILICIA Associated Press Writer HUDSON, Ohio (AP) — Magic wands, lightning-bolt scars and wizard’s hats returned Friday to this upscale northeast Ohio downtown, which for the third and last time transformed itself into the world of Harry Potter. Casting away spoilers that have appeared on the Internet, Potter fans gathered at community [...]
Woman convicted of disabled son’s death in arson
PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A woman accused of killing her disabled son by setting their home on fire was convicted Friday of aggravated murder and other charges in his death. Prosecutors contend Lisa Henry had doused her son Michael, who had cerebral palsy, with gasoline and then tried to commit suicide by slitting [...]