Archive for August 15th, 2007
Still waiting for a mayor
LORAIN — There’s a black leather chair in City Hall that’s collecting dust. It’s the mayor’s chair, and it’s been empty for exactly two weeks today. The Lorain Republican Central Committee has yet to call a meeting to appoint an interim mayor to fill the remaining four months of former Mayor Craig Foltin’s term. Lorain [...]
Jump rope team hops to top
Oberlin College student determined to be best in world Mike Fry jumps rope with Lisa Brown (front) and Elizabeth Michalos, both of Bath Township. MEDINA — You may not see the Heartbeats competitive jump rope team on the cover of a Wheaties box, and don’t expect to see highlights on ESPN. In fact, it takes [...]
Not all charges against stepdad dropped
Prosecutors say girl didn’t fully recant ELYRIA — Prosecutors on Wednesday decided not to force a man who was convicted of molesting his stepchildren to go through another trial based on the accusations of one of the children. But they refused to drop the charges based on the second child’s allegations — even though the [...]
Police briefs, Aug. 16, 2007
Drugs found in field, apartment Sheriff’s deputies and Elyria police received a handful of phone calls from Lorain County residents this past month who stumbled upon illegal drugs, including a Rochester Township farmer who found 20 marijuana plants growing in his cornfield. At 9:30 a.m. June 23, deputies were called to a Quarry Road property [...]
Reggie the alligator runs free — again
LOS ANGELES — You can’t keep a good gator down. An alligator that became a celebrity after eluding trappers for nearly two years at an urban lake managed to escape from his new home at the Los Angeles Zoo on Wednesday. It was nearly opening time before Reggie was caught. Keepers discovered the 7½-foot gator [...]
Salvation Army’s need for food still critical
ELYRIA — Despite a surge in donations after a publicized food shortage, the Salvation Army is still short on food and is only about a week from a supply crisis, spokeswoman Hollie Rice said. “People have been so generous,” Rice said. “But we don’t have nearly enough to last until November.” Rice said the Salvation [...]
Chief: Cause of Wellington fire may stay unknown
WELLINGTON — The fire that swept through the former Wagner/POV Products building Monday night went through with speed, force and intensity, and when it was extinguished, it may have taken the cause right along with it. Wellington fire Chief Robert J. Walker said investigators will do as much examination as possible but are not optimistic [...]
Man suing Lorain for injuries after he led police in chase
ELYRIA — A Lorain man wants the city of Lorain to pay up for injuries he sustained when he crashed his car after a police chase in 2005. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in county Common Pleas Court by Brian A. See, 40, of Lorain, says police were at fault for the Aug. 16, 2005, crash [...]
Vermilion library friends share their favorite recipes
VERMILION — When Sandi Skeels pulls on an apron and walks into her kitchen with cooking on the brain, there are a few tried-and-true dishes that come to her mind. There is her famous cheese ball appetizer that she learned to make back in the 1960s when she worked at a TV station in Dayton. [...]
Hewlett-Packard sued for phone records search
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A group of reporters and their family members whose private telephone records were secretly obtained as part of Hewlett-Packard Co.’s boardroom surveillance scheme sued the technology giant and two former executives Wednesday. Five separate lawsuits claiming “illegal and reprehensible conduct” were filed in San Francisco Superior Court against Palo Alto-based [...]
Couple ate glass to collect cash from restaurants, prosecutors say
BOSTON (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in a multistate scheme in which prosecutors say he and his wife intentionally ate glass at restaurants and collected more than $200,000 in compensation. Ronald Evano, 49, pleaded guilty to 20 federal counts, including conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and identity theft. Prosecutors [...]
Kucinich talks about living in car as a child
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich remembers well those who helped his struggling family while he was growing up, including a nun who rescued him from a particularly hideous pair of pants. As a boy, the Ohio congressman was in charge of scanning the classifieds, looking for affordable apartments for his parents [...]
Searchers get glimmer of hope
HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) — Some noise was detected by two devices monitoring vibrations near where six miners were trapped by a cave-in nearly 10 days ago, raising “a very small amount” of hope that the men might be found alive, officials said. The sound picked up by two geophones could be a rock [...]
Zulene Smink
Zulene Smink (nee Ayers), 81, of LaGrange, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at her residence. She was born February 6, 1926 in Webster Springs, WV and had resided in Lorain County for the past 55 years. Mrs. Smink was retired from Accurate Electronics in Elyria, where she worked for 26 years. She enjoyed shopping, [...]
Julia Adams
Julia Adams (nee Costanzo), 81, a resident of Lorain, passed away Monday, August 13, 2007 at New Life Hospice Residential Center in Lorain. She was born October 8, 1925 in South Amherst, where she was raised and lived until her marriage at age 25. Lorain has been her home since 1950. Julia was employed with [...]
Dr. Jack Kernohan
Dr. Jack Kernohan, O. D., 73, of Lorain, died Tuesday, August 14, 2007 in Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Cleveland following a brief illness. He was born May 16, 1934 in Cleveland. He graduated from Rhodes High School in 1952. He moved to Lorain after graduated. He also graduated from Ohio State University College of Optometry in [...]
Dennis L. Neptune
Dennis L. Neptune, 65, of Naples, FL, went home to be with the Lord on August 13, 2007. Born in Lodi, he graduated from Akron Barber College in Akron. Dennis lived and worked in Medina County and enjoyed many professions, barber, realtor, farmer, and business owner. Dennis and his wife, Darlene, moved to Naples, FL [...]
Daniel L. Thomas
Daniel L. (Danny) Thomas, 31, of Elyria, passed away Monday, August 13, 2007 in Avon. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Bauer Funeral Home, Valley City.
Clifford D. Brown, Jr.
Clifford David “Cliff” Brown, Jr., 57, of Elyria, died Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at St. John West Shore after a sudden illness. Born June 10, 1952 in Elyria, Clifford was a lifelong resident of Elyria. He graduated in 1970 from Elyria High School. He was employed at Cleveland Finance Center in Cleveland, as a computer [...]
Bernice Marie Stephens
Bernice Marie Stephens (nee Pinkerton), 82, of Elyria, died at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, on Wednesday, August 15, 2007, following a brief illness. Mrs. Stephens was born in Cleveland, on October 20, 1924, and lived in Elyria most of her life. Mrs. Stephens was employed by the Worthington Golf Ball Company [...]
Indians falter in 10th, fall out of first place
CLEVELAND — Travis Hafner returned to the lineup following a four-game absence, manager Eric Wedge juggled his batting order and C.C. Sabathia was on the mound. None of it mattered for the woebegone Wahoos. With Detroit getting a strong outing from starting pitcher Jeremy Bonderman and the Tigers producing some late opportunistic offense Tuesday night, [...]
Tribe notes: Wedge shuffles batting order
CLEVELAND — Indians manager Eric Wedge made a move Tuesday night that many around the organization had predicted would come at some point in Grady Sizemore’s career. With his offense in low gear since the All-Star break, Wedge dropped Sizemore to third in the batting order, replacing him with Kenny Lofton in the leadoff spot. [...]
Brian Dulik column: C.C. refuses to go negative after latest loss
C.C. Sabathia has been very good this season for the Indians. The big left-hander, however, wasn’t quite good enough to get a win on Tuesday night. Sabathia allowed two runs in seven strong innings against Detroit, but wound up with a no-decision as the Tribe’s moribund offense let him down again. The Tigers went on [...]
Treuel shoots 74, leads Elyria to third straight Keystone title
LAGRANGE — There was no surprise this year. The team that usually wins won again, and this time it went home knowing it was the winner. Elyria High won its third straight Keystone Invitational at Grey Hawk Golf Club on Tuesday in the fourth year of the event. The Pioneers shot a 319, led by [...]
Firelands thinks Tice is nice addition to basketball program
HENRIETTA TWP. — John Tice has been hired as the new head boys basketball coach at Firelands High School. Tice replaces Steve Lias, who led the Falcons for eight seasons. Lias isn’t leaving the Firelands community, however. He is the school’s athletic director. “I want to continue to build upon Steve’s success,” said Tice. “It’ll [...]