Archive for July 28th, 2007
Lofton earns a pie to the face after his winning return
INDIANS 10, TWINS 4 CLEVELAND — Nobody knows what it’s like to be a Cleveland Indian more than Kenny Lofton. But Lofton learned what it means to be a member of the 2007 squad when he was given his first victory pie in the face during a television interview Friday night following the Indians’ 10-4 [...]
Lofton, Tribe both want ring
CLEVELAND — Kenny Lofton was a member of five of the Indians’ last six teams to make it to the postseason. He’s back to try to make it six of seven. In a move to bolster their offense while adding playoff experience in the clubhouse, the Indians acquired Lofton via a trade with the Texas [...]
Cliff takes a dive down to minors – Tribe Notes
Indians send veteran lefty Lee to Buffalo CLEVELAND — Indians pitcher Cliff Lee said he would do anything to reverse his failing fortunes. Odds are pretty good he didn’t mean this. Lee, a one-time 18-game winner and a staple of Cleveland’s rotation since 2004, was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo on Friday, returning to the minor [...]
Crennel knows his job is at stake
Browns coach Romeo Crennel was back in his element Friday because his team was back on the field. The start of training camp tends to make everyone around the NFL feel young again, but there was an unmistakable spring in the 60-year-old’s step. “He’s out there stretching with us, working out alongside the guys,’’ wide [...]
No Quinn? No tears shed
BEREA — Brady Quinn was not present for the opening day of Browns camp Friday, but his presence was felt everywhere at the team’s training facility. Many fans were wearing the rookie quarterback’s No. 10 jersey, while many players were bombarded with questions about the former Notre Dame heartthrob. Quinn, however, remains unsigned — out [...]
Brady, Bentley not ready to go
BEREA — Kellen Winslow sprinted onto the field to a rousing ovation, his surgically repaired knee healthy enough for him to practice with the team. Joe Thomas, the No. 3 overall pick and Northeast Ohio’s newest multimillionaire, lined up as the second-team left tackle, because coach Romeo Crennel doesn’t just hand out starting jobs. But [...]
Bonds blasts No. 754
Janie McCauley The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Hammerin’ Hank, he’s right behind you now. Barry Bonds hit his 754th career home run Friday night, and needs just one more to tie Hank Aaron’s record. The Giants star sent a 2-1 pitch from rookie Rick Vanden Hurk over the wall in left-center in the first [...]
Relax, life will go on despite sports punks
Of all things … As near as I can figure it, we have — according to the sporting prints this past week — reached the apocalypse and the end of all sports as we know it because of (1) Barry Bonds, (2) Michael Vick and (3) an NBA ref who probably altered the point spread [...]
County’s peach crops dodge bullet
Proximity to lake tempered effects of late frost for some ELYRIA — Being a few weeks behind the rest of the state crop-wise can have its advantages, particularly when a late-spring cold snap rides in. Farmers throughout Lorain County and many of the counties bordering Lake Erie are counting their blessings as their fruit crops [...]
Cleveland downsizes plans for school construction
District is responding to loss of enrollment CLEVELAND — The fast-shrinking Cleveland school system, which could decline 43 percent in less than a generation, is downsizing an ambitious construction and renovation program from 111 buildings to about 80. The plan is fluid, according to Dan Burns, the district construction czar and chief operating officer. “We [...]
Rural broadband in demand
Governor’s order will extend high-speed Internet access statewide Julie Carr Smyth The Associated Press COLUMBUS — Ohio’s Appalachian governor has ordered that broadband Internet access be made available to every county in the state. In an executive order signed Friday, Strickland directed the Ohio Broadband Council to coordinate an effort that will extend broadband access [...]
Off the Beat 07/28/07
Kalo struts his stuff for a cure Former New York City mayor and Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani has dressed in drag a few times in his career, including once on “Saturday Night Live.” Last night, county Commissioner Ted Kalo got his Rudy Giuliani moment dressing in drag for the Lorain International Relay for Life [...]
Police Blotter – 07/28/07
Elyria police Monday, July 23 10:47 p.m. – 1000 Chestnut Commons, Wal-Mart, employee Nikki Palella, 18, of North Ridgeville, theft of $600 from cash register. Wednesday, July 25 1:05 p.m. – 100 block Edgecliff Drive, two people threatening each other. 2 p.m. – 2600 block Midway Mall Blvd., catalytic converter stolen from parked car. 2:22 [...]
Shooting victim just out of prison
Gary Young Jr., 27, died as a result of a roadside fight on Thursday LORAIN — Eight days after getting out of a maximum security prison, Gary Young Jr.’s life ended following an apparent case of road rage. Young, 27, was shot and killed Thursday at the corner of Elyria Avenue and East 32nd Street. [...]
Electric problem blamed for fire
Broad Street blaze caused at least $160K in damage ELYRIA — An electrical malfunction is being blamed for a blaze in a downtown Elyria building that forced the occupants of seven apartments to find other places to stay. As of Friday, only one of the 10 apartments in the building remained occupied. The others were [...]
Kenny’s Back
Tribe catalyst in the ’90s returns for pennant race Shaun Bennett The Chronicle-Telegram CLEVELAND — It was a Lorain County lovefest at Jacobs Field on Friday night and Cleveland’s “new” player — outfielder Kenny Lofton — was the beneficiary of all the warmth. Lofton, whom the Indians acquired in a trade with the Texas Rangers [...]
No more naps in study hall …
Oberlin seeks to push back the start of the school day OBERLIN — When school starts Aug. 28, just about every student in the Oberlin Schools will be able to get an extra hour of sleep. That’s because the Oberlin school board is expected to approve at its meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday new school [...]
Britney Spears leaves Las Vegas after dust-up with photographers
Eloise Parker New York Daily News NEW YORK — Britney Spears’ bruised image suffered a new blow when her bodyguard reportedly punched out one photographer and manhandled another, forcing the singer to cut short a family vacation in Sin City. Security man Julio (J.C.) Camera was given a summons for battery by the [...]
Men claim Lohan carjacked their SUV
Tracy Connor New York Daily News NEW YORK — Lindsay Lohan hijacked an SUV from a near-stranger, took it on a 100-mph chase with three men inside, and then had the nerve to tell cops, “The black kid was driving.” That’s the shocking account given by the SUV’s passengers, who are surprised [...]
Actress’ Stalker-Murderer Stabbed in Prison
^bc-stalker Tim Reiterman Los Angeles Times SAN FRANCISCO — An inmate serving a life sentence for the stalking murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer in 1989 was stabbed repeatedly by another inmate on Friday, state prison officials said. The slaying of Schaeffer, who was stalked for years prior to being shot at her [...]
Daredevil, 17, charged after police see videos of him jumping off Md.-area bridges
DAVID DISHNEAU Associated Press Writer HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A 17-year-old self-professed stuntman has been charged with trespassing after authorities found online video of him jumping off bridges and dams and into the water. Josh Broadwater has a page at the social networking site Myspace.com that lists his occupation as “stuntman” and his [...]
Jacqueline M. Kasper
Mrs. Jacqueline M. Kasper, 71, died Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at The Place in Vero Beach, FL. She was born in Newark, NJ and has lived in Vero Beach for 11 years coming from Elyria. She was a graduate of Coral Gables High School, Coral Gables, FL and the University of Miami, Miami, FL where [...]
Harold Lee Mitchell
Harold Lee Mitchell, 62, of Roaring River, NC passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at his home after a long illness. Harold worked 18 years for Amherst Schools as a custodian. Post retirement, Harold worked for Napa as a parts delivery man. Harold is survived by his wife of 40 years, Sally Mitchell; his mother, [...]
Walter Rea Ritter
Walter Rea Ritter, 72, of Elyria, died Friday, July 27, 2007 at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home of Elyria.
John Lewis Sherrod
John Lewis "Big John" Sherrod, 79, of Oberlin passed away Thursday, July 26, 2007 in the New Life Hospice Center of Lorain following a long illness. He was born in Okolona, MS, coming to Oberlin 55 years ago from St. Louis, MO. He was employed as a laborer for the Ohio Laborer’s District Council, where [...]