Archive for August 6th, 2007
Frye No. 1 on Browns depth chart, which means little right now
BEREA — Charlie Frye is officially the Browns’ first-string quarterback, but that doesn’t mean he will start the team’s preseason opener against Kansas City. Coach Romeo Crennel said he listed Frye at the top of his initial depth chart of the season Monday because he was the club’s starter in 2006, not because he has [...]
Gas USA pleads case to Liquor Control Board
ELYRIA — An Elyria councilman told a hearing officer for the Ohio Division of Liquor Control on Monday that he’s seen improvements near Gas USA after new owners took over in March, and he thinks they deserve a license to sell beer and wine. “I don’t see any reason to reject their request,” said Councilman [...]
Police blotter, Aug. 7, 2007
Lorain police Sunday, Aug. 5 7:51 a.m. – 900 block West 14th St., assault reported. 2:49 p.m. – 800 block Broadway, Chad Callahan, 19, of Lorain, assault, disorderly conduct. Monday, Aug. 6 2:04 a.m. – Raymond Hairston, 29, of Lorain, fictitious plates, DUI. 2:46 a.m. – 800 block Highland Park, police find a car in [...]
Man accused of growing marijuana in mobile home
ELYRIA — An Elyria man told police he wasn’t growing marijuana in his mobile home. The problem, police say, is that the officers he invited inside could see a plant plain as day through the opening left by a partially closed bedroom door. Ronald Karp, 48, of Elyria, was arrested Sunday on charges of marijuana [...]
Elyria softball at regionals: Big Leaguers bow out; Juniors split
WYOMING, Mich. — The ride came to an end for Elyria’s all-stars on Monday after manager Chris Sito’s team dropped a 4-2 decision to the Wisconsin District 13 team at the Big League regional tournament. Elyria finished the six-team round-robin tournament with a 2-3 record. Wisconsin went 5-0 and will face the Michigan District 9 [...]
Wal-Mart eyes Vermilion Twp. for Supercenter
VERMILION TWP. — Wal-Mart must still dot a lot of i’s and cross a lot of t’s before a new store opens on state Route 60, but that doesn’t mean the company isn’t looking to that for the future. The Bentonville, Ark.-based company is in negotiations to purchase a 37-acre plot east of state Route [...]
Elyria city tennis: Kerschbaum wins sixth straight men’s title
ELYRIA — Greg Kerschbaum and Jordan Melendez won championships in the Elyria Parks & Recreation Department’s annual tennis tournament at the South Park courts Monday. Kerschbaum defeated Franco Gallo 6-0, 6-2 to claim his sixth straight men’s singles championship. Melendez won the boys singles title with a pair of 6-3 scores against Steve Loesch. MEN’S [...]
Survey seeks future of local business
VERMILION — Plans for a nearby big box store in Vermilion Township will not stop city officials from letting local businesses know they are important to the city’s economic success. Earlier this month, the mayor’s office — in conjunction with the city’s Economic Development Committee’s Business Retention and Expansion Program — sent nearly 300 surveys [...]
The heat’s on the Buckeyes, and Tressel couldn’t be happier
COLUMBUS — Fighting high humidity and temperatures in the 90s, steam was almost rising off the field when the Ohio State football team went through its first official practice Monday. The Buckeyes, coming off a 12-1 season, sweated through their workout near the remodeled Woody Hayes Athletic Center. If you can’t stand the heat, get [...]
Tough courses are par for the course this year on PGA Tour
TULSA, Okla. — Tiger Woods usually goes on vacation after winning at Firestone, but that changed this year when it was moved to the week before the PGA Championship. He was at Southern Hills on Monday morning getting ready for the final major of 2007. Considering how this year on the PGA Tour has gone, [...]
Bittersweet success
LORAIN — Gates and lights that were supposed to be installed Monday at a railroad crossing where more than dozen people have died since 1962 has been postponed until after Labor Day. “The gang that was supposed to do that work is occupied with another project,” said Rudy Husband, spokesman for Norfolk Southern Railway Co. [...]
Surveillance info ordered released for 2004 GOP convention
NEW YORK (AP) — The city must release hundreds of pages of documents related to police surveillance of protesters prior to the 2004 Republican National Convention, but they will be allowed to black out some information, a judge ruled Monday. The city had sought to keep secret field intelligence reports prepared by undercover police [...]
Rescuers trying to reach six miners buried in cave-in
HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) — Hundreds of rescuers struggled with falling rock and debris Monday in a desperate race to reach six coal miners trapped 1,500 feet below ground by a cave-in so powerful authorities questioned whether it was caused by an earthquake. As the rescue stretched into the night, workers were unable to make significant [...]
Leah J. Duckworth
Leah J. Duckworth, (nee Rosso), 67, of Lorain, died Saturday August 4th, 2007, at the New Life Hospice Center of Saint Joseph following an extended illness. Leah was born in Lorain on June 1st, 1940 and had remained a life-long resident of the city. She graduated with honors from Lorain High School as a member [...]
Kipton loses second top cop to suspension
KIPTON — Police Lt. Robert Wolfkill has been suspended from his law enforcement job in the wake of his indictment by a Huron County grand jury for theft from an elderly person, Kipton Mayor Dennis Watson said. Wolfkill’s suspension marks the second time this year the highest-ranking officer in the Kipton department has been suspended. [...]
Man accused of killing infant faces an unrelated charge
ELYRIA — A Lorain man accused of killing an 8-month-old baby boy in June has been indicted again by a county grand jury on an unrelated escape charge for failing to report to his probation officer. Kevin Kimbrough, 24, could face the death penalty if convicted of aggravated murder in the death of Jayden Davidson, [...]
Zyairre DaShaun Pasenow
Zyairre DaShaun Pasenow, 23 1/2 months, of Lorain, died Wednesday, August 1, 2007 in Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland. Zyairre was born August 4, 2005 in Lorain. He will be sadly missed by his mother, Brittaney S. Pasenow of Lorain; father, Diablo Tate, Sr. of Cleveland; three sisters, Diasha, Tiasha and Ma’Diere Tate; [...]
Thelma Spitzer Gibbs
Thelma Spitzer Gibbs, 82, of Elyria, died Sunday, August 5, 2007 at Life Care Center of Elyria. She was born November 19, 1924 in Elyria and had been a life long Lorain County resident. She was honored in 2001 by being inducted into the EMH Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Volunteer Hall of Fame in recognition [...]
Sister Jean Vianney Schnurr
Sister Jean Vianney Schnurr, H.M. (Catherine Schnurr) 87. Daughter of the late William and Laura (nee Driehorst) Schnurr. She is survived by sister-in-law, Betty Jeanne Schnurr; several nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by brothers, William A. Schnurr and Walter B. Schnurr, Sr. She was a member of the Sisters of the Humility of Mary, [...]
Second wife sells ashes of first for 50 cents in rummage sale
ELMIRA, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who was quick with the bargains at her rummage sale mistakenly accepted 50 cents for a ceramic turtle with the ashes of her husband’s previous wife inside. Now, Anita Lewis is desperately searching for the buyer who said she planned to use the urn as a cookie jar. Lewis [...]
Prosecutors refile charges in shooting case
LORAIN — Prosecutors dropped murder charges against Lamont Tarpley in the shooting death of Gary Young Jr. last month, but refiled aggravated murder and felonious charges against him. Tarpley’s defense attorney, Michael Camera, said he had been prepared to go forward with a preliminary hearing in Lorain Municipal Court on Monday, but the prosecution’s decision [...]
Ruthann S. Weigl
Ruthann S. Weigl, 63, of Penfield Township, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, August 4, 2007 at Elyria Memorial Hospital. She was born in Lodi, on December 10, 1943, to Avery and Helen Neidhardt Sooy and was a lifelong resident of the Penfield area. She graduated from Keystone High School in 1961, Ashland University in 1965, and [...]
Ruby Elizabeth Reinecke
Ruby Elizabeth Reinecke (nee Nibert), 87, of Lorain, died Sunday, August 5, 2007, at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph Residential Center, Lorain, after a 4 month battle with lung cancer. She was born on January 7, 1920 in Delaware. Mrs. Reinecke moved as a baby to Bucyrus. She had resided in Lorain since 1952. [...]
Monkey on the lam for days
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — A curious monkey who somehow managed to free himself from his pen in the Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo and was on the lam for days was finally recaptured Monday. Oliver was apprehended at Tupelo Stone & Masonry, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported, six days after leading park staff on [...]
Mary Margaret Maxwell Dunham
Mary Margaret Maxwell Dunham (nee Knowles), 84, of Elyria, passed away Sunday morning, August 5, 2007 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born January 13, 1923 in LaGrange, and graduated from LaGrange High School, Class of 1941. Mary worked for Bendix-Westinghouse in Elyria and the later was employed by the Elyria School [...]