Archive for August 19th, 2007
Midview bus routes
#1 – KATHY HALES High/Middle 6:50 A.M. W. Capel (from 57 to Durkee Rd.), Rt. 82 from Durkee Rd. to 57., Brentwood, Grafton Rd. (between Rt. 82 and Capel Rd) to include Bear Creek Dr. Elementary 7:55 am Dewhurst, Horizon Activity Center, East River to Fuller Road including side streets, Fuller between East River and [...]
Brady Quinn shines in Browns debut
CLEVELAND — Derek Anderson got the start and left to boos. Charlie Frye entered to a loud ovation, but walked off to boos. Ken Dorsey was greeted with boos. Brady Quinn took his first snap as a Brown on Saturday night to a standing ovation. That was before he led two fourth-quarter touchdown drives and [...]
Keystone bus routes
BUS 1 Start 6:52 MS – AM – 301 South (no stops) – right Peck Wadsworth – left Whitehead T/A –left Peck Wadsworth – Right on West Road –Right on Webster — left Diagonal – T/A @ Pheasant Run Dr. – Left on Diagonal—T/A at Peck Wadsworth – left on Diagonal—Right on Webster – left [...]
Dulik: Browns better prepare for a QB battle
Despite the Browns’ best efforts to keep it closed since the start of training camp, Pandora’s Box sprung open Saturday night. Rookie Brady Quinn made his NFL debut and promptly led Cleveland on back-to-back touchdown drives — its first two passing scores of the preseason — in the Browns’ 23-20 loss to the Detroit Lions. [...]
The purpose of schools’ code: Dress for success
LORAIN — Victoria Raymos’ face scrunches up in disgust when the idea of wearing red polo shirts and dress pants to school comes up. It’s not that she minds donning the school uniform as a sophomore at Lorain Admiral King High School in the fall, it’s just that her own clothes are so much cuter. [...]
Browns notes: Lewis looks good in limited time
CLEVELAND — At least the Browns don’t have a controversy at running back. Jamal Lewis, signed to a one-year contract in the offseason, was effective in his quarter of work Saturday night, rushing seven times for 28 yards. His long was only 6 yards, but he showed quick feet and good power. He lowered his [...]
Westbrook finds a groove in Tribe victory
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jake Westbrook has found his pitching groove in time for a playoff stretch run. Westbrook gave up one run over seven innings, Asdrubal Cabrera hit his first major league homer and the Cleveland Indians beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-1 Saturday night. Grady Sizemore also went deep for the AL [...]
Tourists flee from Hurricane Dean
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Alarmed tourists jammed Caribbean airports for flights out of Hurricane Dean’s path Saturday as the monster storm began sweeping past the Dominican Republic and Haiti and threatened to engulf Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. In Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, a boy was pulled into the ocean [...]
Coughlin: Dogs aren’t the only animals that kill
Dog fighting disgusts me as much as it disgusts you. I am also repulsed by bullfighting, but it enjoys grudging acceptance in many parts of the world. I wouldn’t be comfortable watching a cockfight, either, but the FBI rarely raids one. The Michael Vick story won’t go away. It’s the story of a gambling cult [...]
Seasoned observer passes his barometer
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Weather observing flows as naturally through the blood of Ray Diederich as mercury in a thermometer.The 78-year-old National Weather Service observer has been keeping tabs on the weather since he was 20, but after 58 years of watching storm clouds roll in and temperatures dip and soar throughout the seasons, he’s passing [...]
Fantasy football: The top 15 running backs in 2007
The running back position is the heart of any fantasy football team. You need a back that is going to give you lots of yardage and touchdowns. It’s an added bonus when you grab one who also catches the ball. That double threat is invaluable in fantasy leagues. I don’t think there is any doubt [...]
Former West students remember the senior class that wasn’t
ELYRIA — As far as class reunions go, the group of 20-somethings that call themselves the “Elyria West Class of 1997” are a positively elusive lot. Like phantoms in the opera house or albino alligators in the Florida Everglades, they’re virtually impossible to track down. Consider this: The group — perhaps 120 or so students [...]
Callipare, Sharp win at Sandusky Speedway
SANDUSKY — The second annual Buckeye Bandit Super Sprint Classic concluded at Sandusky Speedway on Saturday night as less than ideal weather prompted track drying twice before feature racing began. Between the rain drops, Robert Callipare won his seventh feature of the season, the 4-Cylinder Spectator Stocks. In the Sportsman feature, Greg Sharp held off Tom Clingan [...]
Shawn Johnson easily wins U.S. gymnastics title
Now that Shawn Johnson has routed everyone in her own country, she’s got her eyes on the rest of the world. Johnson won the U.S. gymnastics championships so handily Saturday night in San Jose, Calif., that the rest of the field might as well have gotten its own division. Her score of 123.650 was 3.450 [...]
Army sent in to aid Peruvian quake victims
PISCO, Peru — The government sent the army Saturday to stop looting fueled by rising desperation in earthquake-shattered Peru, where tens of thousands were without fresh water and shivering families huddled in makeshift shelters at the center of the devastation. In a soccer stadium in the port city of Pisco, more than 500 people rushed [...]
Fourth hole drilled at Utah mine, no signs of life
HUNTINGTON, Utah — With underground rescue operations halted and the fate of six miners still a mystery, officials on Saturday hoped a fourth borehole drilled deep into a collapsed mine would finally provide clues to whether the men were alive. Rescuers stopped tunneling through a collapsed mine passageway after three among their ranks were killed [...]
NE Ohio counties lower property values
CLEVELAND — Several Northeast Ohio counties are lowering property values after thousands of homeowners complained that their appraisals, assigned in 2006 just before the beginning of a housing slump, do not reflect their homes’ true value. Ohio law dictates that counties must adjust property rates every three years, and do a parcel-by-parcel appraisal once every [...]
Akron debates bridge suicide barriers
AKRON — The man pulled over and got out of his vehicle, then climbed over the chest-high brown railing with a lighted cigarette in his hand and jumped. Jeffrey Coleman watched from his yard as the man fell 120 feet to his death. It wasn’t the first time that someone committed suicide in Coleman’s inner-city [...]
Police briefs: Aug. 19
Gun incidents keep Lorain police busy LORAIN — Lorain police responded to at least four calls involving gunfire or handguns in the past few days, though nobody was shot in any of the incidents, police reports said. About 5:30 a.m. Thursday, officers were called to an East 29th Street address where a woman said her [...]
Cleveland officials: City red light cameras not in jeopardy
CLEVELAND — Tickets issued to thousands of speeders and motorists caught driving through red lights by mobile traffic cameras were not affected by the court victory of a man who argued the city violated its own ordinance governing use of the cameras, city officials said. Mike Besser, an attorney who lives in suburban South Euclid, [...]
Tougher standards send more OSU students to counselors
COLUMBUS — Tougher academic standards are creating a side effect at The Ohio State University — more students seeking psychiatric counseling. In the year that ended June 30, a record 2,722 students sought help from the university’s Counseling and Consultation Service — a 17 percent increase over the previous year. The numbers started going up [...]
Youth program gives youths a chance to take advantage of talents
ELYRIA — When they came to the Urban Youth Adventure Challenge, each of the 45 young participants had one big problem — their mouths, said Michael Ferrer of the Lorain County Urban League. “They had to have the last word,” Ferrer said. COURTESY LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE Some of the participants in the Urban Youth [...]
Tricia Lynn Finley
Tricia Lynn Finley, 35, passed away Thursday, August 16, 2007 at her home, following a long illness. Tricia loved crafts, decorating, gardening and photography. She was a member of Bethesda United Methodist Church, Maryland. She was the beloved wife of Jimmy Finley; dearest mother of Courtney Hilaszek (Ross), Logan Finley and Garrett Finley; daughter of [...]
Michael Allen Ball
Michael Allen "Mike" Ball, 53, of Southfield, MI, and formerly of Elyria, OH, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2007 following a sudden illness. He was born in Elyria, on February 22, 1954, becoming a graduate of Elyria High School, class of 1972, and a graduate of Control Data, of Cleveland, and also attended Lorain County [...]
Mary G. McCune
Mary G. “Gerry” McCune (nee Emerson), 86, of Elyria, formerly of Summerville, SC., passed away, Wednesday, August 15 at Life Care Center of Elyria, following a lengthy illness. She was born March 30, 1921 in Buchannon, WV and resided in Elyria the past seven months after living in South Carolina for 22 years. Mary retired [...]