Archive for August 1st, 2007
William K. Porter
William K. Porter, 79, of Elyria, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2007, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Oberlin. He was born July 21, 1928 in Elyria and remained a life long resident of Lorain County. He was a graduate of Elyria High School. In his early years Mr. Porter worked as a milk delivery man [...]
William F. Spencer
William F. Spencer, 73, of Wellington, died Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at his residence, following a short illness. He was born in Lewis County, KY, November 14, 1933 and moved to the Lorain County area in 1951. For 18 years he was a journeyman core maker at Kasper Foundry, Elyria, and then retired from the [...]
Robert T. Wellman
Robert T. Wellman, 66, of Elyria, died Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at Elyria Memorial Hospital. He was born May 5, 1941 in Chattaroy, WV. Mr. Wellman was an electrician with Manior Electroalloys. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, was a former Mason, and loved to cook for family and friends. He is survived [...]
Joel Uebbing
Joel Uebbing, of Grafton, died Tuesday, July 31, 2007. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the David Bogner Family Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
James Martin
James Martin, of North Ridgeville, died Wednesday, August 1, 2007. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the David Bogner Family Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Jacquelyn R. Hensler
Jacquelyn R. Hensler (nee Hill), 70, of Avon, died Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at her home of a brief illness. She was born May 18, 1937 in Lorain, and has lived in Avon 43 years. She was a volunteer at Lorain Chapter of the Red Cross, a member of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception [...]
Jacqueline Ann Weber
Jacqueline Ann Weber, 60, of Grafton passed away Monday, July 30, 2007 in Community Health Partners in Lorain after a long illness. She was born Saturday, September 28, 1946 in Elyria and lived in the Grafton/Elyria area all her life. She was a graduate of Midview High School, and the Elyria Practical School of Nursing [...]
Florence E. May
Florence E. May, 89, resident of Elyria, died on Sunday, July 29 at the Brookside Estates in Middleburg Heights. She was born in Brunswick, and lived in Olmsted Falls and Columbia Station for many years. She is a graduate of Strongsville High School and the M.B. Johnson School of Nursing in Elyria. She received a [...]
Erik David Greene
Erik David Greene, 36, of Crested Butte, CO, formerly of Vermilion, died Thursday, July 26, 2007. Arrangements will be announced by Riddle Funeral Home, Vermilion.
Darlene Maria Quinn
Darlene Maria Quinn, 50, of Lorain, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, July 28, 2007 at Lorain Community Health Partners. Miss Quinn was born in Lorain and had been a lifelong resident. She graduated from Lorain High School in 1975. She received a bachelors degree in business administration from Dyke College in Cleveland, and received an associate [...]
Betty Lou Stiltner
Betty Lous Stiltner (nee Boggs), 73, of Grafton, died Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at Medina General Hospital following a brief illness. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday at 2 P.M. at the Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church, 38550 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Elyria. Further information will be announced by the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Elyria.
City manager pick declines offer
OBERLIN — The City Council must make another stab at finding a city manager because top candidate Marcia Conner has decided to stay on as city manager in Atlantic Beach, S.C. Oberlin offered Conner $100,000 a year, the use of a home and a $200-a-month gas allowance, but her town apparently offered a sweeter deal [...]
Feeling like a kid again
Fair-bound animals visit Ridgeville seniors NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Kissing Merlin brought back fond memories for 81-year-old Virginia Overton. The fuzzy snout of the 4-year-old alpine goat she nuzzled was just as soft as the goats she grew up with, and it took her right back to her younger days on a West Virginia farm. Some [...]
Mayoral hopeful gets early word out
ELYRIA — The summer heat hasn’t even begun to subside yet, but mayoral candidates already have their eyes on November and independent candidate Tim Quinn is leading the early charge with a series of fliers and a door-to-door run through the city. “I want the people to know me and I knew I had to [...]
Police briefs
Elyria man arrested on drug charges ELYRIA — An Elyria man was arrested early Wednesday on drug charges. Joey Wiseman, 26, of Elyria, was arrested at 1:22 a.m. on charges of crack possession, carrying a concealed weapon and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, a police report said. Police made a drug arrest [...]
Oberlin readies for later school hours
OBERLIN — To ease the transition to later starting times, the Oberlin Schools will be hiring additional aides to be in the buildings early. The news that the school day would start about an hour later was a shocker for some parents, said Ian Yarber, school board member. So at Monday’s meeting, Yarber urged the [...]
Sliding into a tailspin – Rangers 3, Indians 1
Second-half woes continue in loss to shorthanded Texas CLEVELAND — Fausto Carmona was the same pitcher he has been Tuesday night at Jacobs Field. Unfortunately for the Indians, so were their hitters. With its offense still stuck in low gear, Cleveland wasted another quality pitching performance, this time from Carmona, dropping the first game of [...]
Price not right for relief help – Tribe Notes
CLEVELAND — The Indians used a trade to boost their offense with the addition of outfielder Kenny Lofton. They weren’t able to do the same where their bullpen was concerned. A relatively quiet trading deadline came to an end Tuesday with the Indians failing to land any relief assistance, despite making a push for right-hander [...]
Red Sox stock up at trade deadline
Ronal Blum The Associated Press Eric Gagne gave up a closing job in Texas for a setup role in Boston in the biggest trade Tuesday before baseball’s deadline to make deals without waivers. Atlanta finalized its seven-player trade to acquire power-hitting first baseman Mark Teixeira from the payroll-paring Rangers. Those were by far the biggest [...]
Fans flock to training camp, but for what?
The number of people who flock to Browns camp in Berea every year astounds me. To quote Allen Iverson, “Practice! Not a game! Practice!” I have seen high school coaches, before their own two-a-days begin, watching quietly because their interest really is practice. For them it’s a seminar. It’s work. They study the way practice [...]
Lined up for success
BEREA — Browns fans may have to find something new to complain about this year. The offensive line, the perennial punching bag for angry talk show callers since the team’s return in 1999, is projected as a strength this year. Coach Romeo Crennel points to the line as a reason for optimism, and its elder [...]
Holdout costing Quinn his shot? – Browns Notes
BEREA — Coach Romeo Crennel said he would’ve given rookie Brady Quinn a fair shot to win the starting quarterback job if he had made it to training camp on time. Quinn has likely blown that chance, as his holdout drags on. “He’s pretty far behind,” Crennel said Tuesday. “We have a lot of offense [...]
Burge to decide contempt charge
Case against assistant prosecutor bounced back to original judge ELYRIA — The fate of an assistant county prosecutor held in contempt last week is back in the hands of county Common Pleas Judge James Burge. A day after Burge agreed with prosecutors that he’s already made up his mind that Tony Cillo was in contempt [...]
Car dealer pleads guilty
ELYRIA — Had he been convicted of the 110 charges leveled against him by a county grand jury, William Griesser was facing the possibility of as much as 425 years in prison. Wisely, his attorney said, the Avon used car dealer chose to take a plea bargain that will send him to prison for 10 [...]
School board puts income tax to Oberlin voters
OBERLIN — Voters will get the opportunity to eliminate two property tax levies for the Oberlin Schools if they approve an income tax earmarked for the schools in November. School board members approved a plan to go after the income tax Tuesday night. Board President Marci Alegant said the argument to shift the burden from [...]