Archive for August 16th, 2007
Erin drags torrential rain to Texas
HOUSTON (AP) — The tropical weather season revved up Thursday as the Atlantic’s first hurricane formed and quickly strengthened, and as Tropical Storm Erin’s remnants soaked rain-weary Texas, snarling rush-hour traffic and killing at least two people. Even as they fetched dozens of stranded drivers, authorities in Houston and San Antonio looked over their shoulders [...]
Owners on trial for nursing homes deaths in New Orleans
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — Jurors hearing the homicide case against a couple who own a nursing home where 35 people died after Hurricane Katrina saw photos Thursday of bodies lying in muck and storm-tossed debris. The pictures were shown over the objection of lawyers for Salvador and Mabel Mangano, owners of St. Rita’s nursing [...]
Police blotter: Grafton/LaGrange
LaGrange police Thursday, Aug. 9 11:20 a.m. – 100 block Harmon Court, Abigail White, 19, 200 block Forest St., LaGrange, possession of drugs and drug abuse instruments and two counts of endangering children after she allegedly was found passed out in the bathroom of a house where she was baby-sitting two young boys. A neighbor [...]
Russell George Spiegelberg
Russell George Spiegelberg of Oberlin, 90, passed away suddenly on Thursday, August 16, 2007. Mr. Spiegelberg was born in Elyria, the son of Louis W. and Odelia (nee Smith) Spiegelberg. Mr. Spiegelberg was a lifetime farmer in Lorain County. He was a Ham Radio operator who enjoyed hunting and loved his dogs. For many years, [...]
Florian V. Kovacs
Florian V. Kovacs, 90, of Elyria died Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at the Center Ridge Health Campus in North Ridgeville, following a brief illness. Friends may call Sunday, August 19, 2007 from 2 to 5 P.M. at the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Chestnut Ridge Rd. and State Rt. 57, Elyria. Further arrangements will be announced by [...]
Daniel L. Thomas
Daniel L. (Danny) Thomas, 31, of Elyria, passed away Monday, August 13, 2007. He was born in Cleveland on June 28, 1976 to Larry and Deanna Thomas. He had resided in Elyria most of his life and graduated from Elyria High School in 1994. He was a security guard in the industrial field. Danny loved [...]
Anna King Harris
Anna King Harris, 84, of Elyria, died August 10, 2007 at Northridge Health Center, North Ridgeville. She was born January 28, 1923 in Elyria and had been a lifelong resident of the Elyria-North Ridgeville area. She graduated from Elyria High School in 1941 and also from Bowling Green State University with B.S. degrees in Elementary [...]
Elyria family engages in ‘war’ with the roaches
A landlord’s ‘bug bomb’ at a condemned house sends insects scurrying for a new place to hide … neighbors’ reisdences.
REP, union continue negotiations
LORAIN — Representatives from Steelworkers Local 1104 worked past a strike deadline late Wednesday to try to negotiate a new contract with Republic Engineered Products. As of press time, negotiations were still under way in Pittsburgh, union officials said. But during a brief break from the negotiating table late Wednesday, union President Don Golden seemed [...]
List of new EHS overseers narrows to two
ELYRIA — Officials at a Lakewood construction firm, Regency Construction Services, said Wednesday it made the short list of companies that could serve as construction manager for the new Elyria High School project. Regency President Tari Rivera told Elyria school board members Wednesday that her company is among two being considered to oversee the $68 [...]
Lorain Schools get their bearings
School staff, parents get acquainted with new facilities; new school start times announced
Two area charter schools get poor ratings
ELYRIA — An Elyria charter school received its third consecutive poor rating from the Ohio Department of Education, but the school falls outside the realm of a law that would require it to close due to the poor performance. Life Skills Center of Elyria received the designation of academic emergency — the lowest rating a [...]
State audit criticizes charter board compensation
COLUMBUS — A group of Northeast Ohio taxpayer-funded charter schools paid some board members multiple times for attendance at a single meeting, a business practice that was legal at the time but was classified as abusive in a review by state Auditor Mary Taylor. Taylor also found improper credit card purchases, faulty documentation and misallocation [...]
First things first: Indians down Tigers, pull even in Central
CLEVELAND — Indians manager Eric Wedge wondered whether his team was tough enough to pull itself out of a funk that had engulfed the club for the better part of the second half. He got his answer Wednesday night. On the verge of losing their season-high fifth straight game and falling further behind the Tigers [...]
Tribe notes: Barfield takes seat on bench as changes continue
CLEVELAND — After listening to Indians manager Eric Wedge blast his hitters following his team’s fourth straight loss on Tuesday, it was probable that heads were going to roll. Josh Barfield’s was the first on the swivel. For the second game of a significant series against Detroit on Wednesday, Wedge benched the struggling second baseman, [...]
Browns’ Thomas proving to be a quick study
BEREA — Kamerion Wimbley dropped his shoulder and sped to the outside. Joe Thomas went with him. Wimbley started outside and spun toward the middle. Thomas wasn’t fooled. Wimbley put his head down and went straight ahead. Thomas didn’t budge. The education and evolution of Thomas has been one of the best stories to come [...]
Browns notes: Carter trying to leave injuries behind
BEREA — Despite missing all but one day of the last two weeks, receiver Tim Carter said he didn’t feel lost on his first day back in team drills. “I feel real comfortable in the system, with the concepts,” he said Wednesday after practice. “I didn’t feel off, like I had been out for a [...]
Browns camp: Wednesday lowdown
TODAY’S SCHEDULE PRACTICE: 2:30 p.m. — 4:30 p.m., is the last practice before the Lions game Saturday. WEDNESDAY WHAT HAPPENED: The Browns worked in shorts and focused on going against Detroit’s schemes. For the second straight day the defense played with an edge, hitting a little harder and knocking more offensive guys down. BRADY UPDATE: [...]
Dan Coughlin: You have to have drive to be on TV
Technology is a two-edged sword. It makes newspapering easier. It makes television more difficult. I’m writing this on a computer in my little home office. I could write in a press box. I could write in a plane or on a park bench. No wires. No electricity. When I started in this racket we went [...]
‘Beanie’ wants to be Ohio State’s main man, vows to not drop the ball
COLUMBUS — There were moments during his freshman season at Ohio State when Chris “Beanie” Wells showed the breathtaking potential that marked him as one of the top high school recruits in the country. Seconds later, he’d fumble the ball away. But even when things went wrong, Wells turned it into a ray of sunshine. [...]
High school roundup: Midview wins Admiral King golf tourney
LORAIN — Midview senior Jay Overy shot 74 to lead the Middies to the team championship in the Admiral King Invitational at Fox Creek on Wednesday. The Middies totaled 306 strokes, 13 better than runner-up Elyria. Alex Treuel paced the Pioneers with his 74 in the 15-team competition. Andrew Northeim of Firelands shot 72 to [...]
Cat-twirling gets Palestinian show in trouble
JERUSALEM — An animal rights group on Wednesday criticized a program on a Hamas-run television station in which a man swings cats by their tails and throws stones at lions in a zoo to teach children not to abuse animals. The segment on the children’s program “Tomorrow’s Pioneers” features one of the show’s characters, a [...]
Blotter: Aug. 16
Elyria police Monday, Aug. 13 10:05 a.m. – 1000 block Melvyn Lane, maintenance crew found small clay pot containing marijuana. 10:40 a.m. – 1000 block Dewhurst Road, man discovered about $900 in fraudulent charges on his credit card. 11:25 a.m. – 300 block Washington Ave., Alona McGill, 22, of Elyria, charged with menacing by stalking. [...]