Archive for July 25th, 2007
New Wal-Mart delayed
Company still plans to build superstore near Midway Mall ELYRIA — The larger Wal-Mart planned for north of Midway Mall has been delayed for at least a year, but the company is pledging to keep the smaller store on Midway Boulevard open until its replacement is built. “We’re committed to our customers in Elyria,” said [...]
A mother remembered
Elyria woman was stabbed to death after children’s party ELYRIA — The doorway of one Portia Court apartment has been covered with a makeshift memorial after neighbors learned resident Bridgette M. Williams was stabbed to death Monday evening in Cleveland following a children’s birthday party. The news has shocked residents, including Michelle Chaney, who lived [...]
Police Blotter – 06/26/07
Elyria police Tuesday, July 24 6 a.m. – 200 block Washington Ave., bologna and ketchup thrown on car, word “Snitch” scratched on car’s hood. 10 a.m. – 500 block Georgetown Ave., parked car left on jacks, all four tires stolen. 10:16 a.m. – 10 block West Ave., Richard Clifford III, 38, of Columbia Station, warrant [...]
‘I don’t know what I’m going to do now’
Laid-off Lorain teacher one of 11 blindsided by job loss LORAIN — Patricia VanValey was at a store buying supplies for her teaching job when her cell phone started ringing. It was her friend, a fellow teacher, shouting that VanValey’s name was on a list of laid-off teachers the school board would be approving in [...]
$900K pot bust made in Oberlin
Patrol: Twenty pounds of marijuana found in Pennsylvania man’s car OBERLIN — A Pennsylvania man pulled over for speeding on the Ohio Turnpike in Oberlin on Tuesday was caught with 20 pounds of marijuana worth nearly $1 million in his car, Ohio Highway Patrol troopers said in a press release. Hani Alkanani, 36, of [...]
Parents awarded more than $6 million in case of car seat death
Maurice Possley Chicago Tribune LIVINGSTON, Mont. — Jessi Malcolm is the kind of mother who does things by the book, so when a friend gave her a used car seat she did all the right things. She read the manual that came with the seat, an On My Way model 207, one of [...]
Expert accused of cheating high-rollers in poker game
Helen Kennedy New York Daily News An internationally known expert in exposing casino cheats has been arrested in Atlantic City, N.J. — on charges of fleecing high-rollers in a high-tech crooked poker game. Players in town for last month’s $1.7 million poker tournament at the Borgata hotel were lured to a private game [...]
Bloomberg calls for overhaul of public education
Jo Mannies St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg brought leaders of the National Urban League to their feet Wednesday when he called for overhauling public education in America. He said nothing about running for president. But at a news conference afterward, Bloomberg fielded question after question about [...]
NTSB to determine cause of Comair crash that killed 49
JEFFREY McMURRAY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin Fahey has read every document he can find about the Comair plane crash that killed his son and 48 others, but he says nothing can prepare him for Thursday, when a team of government investigators deliberates on what caused the accident at Blue Grass Airport [...]
Orvis M. Addleman
Orvis M. Addleman, 87, of Columbus and Elyria, passed away peacefully Saturday, July 21, 2007. He was born in Beaverdale, PA on June 21, 1920, son of the late Orvis S. and Myrtle (Wagner) Addleman. A former coal miner in Beaverdale, Orvis was retired from Duffin Manufacturing in Elyria. Orvis was a WWII veteran of [...]
H. Louise Van Arsdale
H. Louise Van Arsdale (nee Keyse), 90, of Elyria, formerly of Columbia Station, died Thursday, April 5, 2007 at The Wesleyan Village in Elyria. Mrs. Van Arsdale was born July 13, 1916, in Brooklyn Heights and has been a resident of Wesleyan Village for the past eight years. Mrs. Van Arsdale was a graduate of [...]
Nancy Bower
Nancy Bower, (nee Brown), 69, of Vermilion, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2007 at Kingston of Vermilion following a brief illness. Nancy was a member of the Avon Lake United Church of Christ. She was a licensed L.I.S. worker and a member of National Social Workers. She enjoyed being around people, traveling and reading. Survivors [...]
Walter D. Lundberg
Walter D. Lundberg, 88, of N. Ridgeville and formerly of Elyria, died Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at his home. He was born March 19, 1919 in Monessen, PA and attended the University of Pittsburgh. He was employed at Bendix Corporation in Wilmerding, PA and was transferred to Bendix in Elyria in 1939, where he was [...]
Bernice Stiles
Bernice Stiles, 84, of Grafton, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at Five Stars Adult Care Home, Avon Lake, following a short illness. She was born in Cleveland, and had been a resident of Lorain County since 1946 moving from Cleveland. Mrs. Stiles operated the Maple Manor gift shop on Main St. in Grafton during [...]
James D. White
James D. White, 66, of Spencer, passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at the Good Shepherd Home in Ashland. He was born May 21, 1941 in Lodi to Dale and Helen Hoffmeyer White. He attended Spencer High School and later served in the Ohio National Guard. He was a lifelong Spencer resident and enjoyed playing [...]
Zip versus Dice-K – red sox 1, indians 0
Tribe bats give Sabathia no support in 1-0 loss CLEVELAND — C.C. Sabathia did nearly everything in his power to get the Indians a victory Tuesday night. Unfortunately for Cleveland’s ace, the Indians were powerless against Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Boston Red Sox. With Dice-K rolling to his 12th victory of the season, the Red [...]
Miller time put on hold … again – Tribe Notes
CLEVELAND — It appears as though another season for pitcher Adam Miller, the Indians’ top prospect, will be marred by injuries. Miller, a 22-year-old right-hander with Triple-A Buffalo, has been shut down after an examination in Cleveland on Monday revealed inflammation in his right elbow joint. It is the second time this year that Miller [...]
Lee, Westbrook seeking answers
CLEVELAND — Cliff Lee and Jake Westbrook have had it with the numbers. They need no illustrations, no quantitative facts to back up the obvious: Their recent performances have stunk. “It’s hard to really explain why,” said Lee, reflecting on his pitching woes of late. “I’ve felt good, but things haven’t been going my way.” [...]
Stern: This is isolated incident
Brian Mahoney The Associated Press NEW YORK — David Stern blamed a “rogue, isolated criminal” Tuesday for a betting scandal that has devastated the league and threatened the credibility of every referee. A subdued Stern said he felt betrayed by former referee Tim Donaghy, the target of an FBI investigation for allegedly betting on games, [...]
Elyria can’t stop Fremont
FREMONT — Who were those guys and what did they do with the Fremont team Elyria played in the regular season? Fremont Post 121 capped an awesome four-game display of hitting with a 14-3 victory over Elyria Post 12 Tuesday to earn the team’s first trip to the state finals in Athens. “Fremont sure came [...]
Michael Vick gives humans a bad name
This is the kind of sap I am. Instead of going to the Irish festival at the Berea Fairgrounds on Saturday night, I stayed home to comfort our dog. I enjoy the festival a great deal — the Irish singing, the beer drinking and the reunion with old friends — but on this particular Saturday [...]
Fire foils shoe caper
Police arrest one man, still searching for another ELYRIA — As one Elyria man learned early Tuesday morning, the time to rob a store is not when the place next door is smoking from fire. That usually brings a police officer or firefighter rushing to investigate. And that’s exactly what happened about 1 a.m. Tuesday [...]
State reps try to stop Family Court
ELYRIA — It would take the state Legislature to stop the planned merging of the county’s Domestic Relations and Probate courts into a single Family Court. And that’s exactly what state Rep. Joe Koziura, D-Lorain, tried to do earlier this year when he pushed to include an amendment ending the Family Court plan as part [...]
Twirling to the top
AMHERST — With the flick of a wrist, Michael Harris sends a baton whirling through the air and back down to his awaiting hand — one of the many moves the 21-year-old Amherst native has perfected in his quest to be the best of the best. The journey to this year’s World Baton Twirling Championship [...]
Judge going ahead with hearing
ELYRIA — Despite protests from prosecutors, county Common Pleas Judge James Burge plans to move forward with a hearing on whether the lethal injection process used by the state to execute condemned inmates is unconstitutional. In a ruling Tuesday, Burge said he would have to remove the death penalty as a potential sentence in the [...]