Archive for August 24th, 2007
Luther Tony Miller
Luther Tony Miller, 70, of Lorain, died Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at Lake Pointe Health Center in Lorain following a lengthy illness. Mr. Miller was born August 25, 1936 in Dumas, AR and had resided in the Lorain County area for 40 years. He was a member of Worship Cathedral, Inc. in Lorain. He worked [...]
Frank L. Pasadyn
Frank L. Pasadyn, 82, of Grafton, passed away Friday, August 24, 2007, at his residence after a brief illness. He was born September 8, 1924 in Grafton and had lived in the Grafton area his entire life. He was a member of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church all his life. Mr. Pasadyn was [...]
Elizabeth A. Fitch-DeMiere
Elizabeth A. Fitch-DeMiere (nee Woskobunik), 64, of Lorain, died Wednesday, August 22, 2007, at her home after a 2½ year fight with cancer. She was born November 16, 1942, in Brownton, WV and had resided in the Lorain/Elyria area most of her life. Betty worked as a nurses aide at the Lutheran Home of Concord [...]
Bertram A. Kaiser
Bertram A. Kaiser (Bert), 91, went home to be with the Lord on August 14, 2007. He was born November 11, 1915 in Fremont, to Emmanuel and Alice Kaiser. Bert graduated from Central High School in Bellevue, in 1935. In 1962 he moved his family to Phoenix, AZ from Elyria. He was a Tool and [...]
Indians, Westbrook zero in on first place
DETROIT — There was good news and bad news for the Indians coming out of Comerica Park on Thursday. The bad news was that a day after it showed signs of life for the first time in an extended spell, Cleveland’s offense went back into hibernation. The good news was that it didn’t matter — [...]
Tribe notes: Gutierrez earns more playing time
DETROIT — Expect to see Franklin Gutierrez in the Indians’ lineup on a more regular basis the rest of the season. Cleveland manager Eric Wedge said the surging outfielder, who has been platooning with veteran Trot Nixon in right field, has earned more playing time against right-handed pitching. “He’s definitely worked to that,” Wedge said [...]
Elyria golfers win another tournament
ELYRIA — Led by Alex Treuel and Kyle Lottman, host Elyria High won the Pioneer Invitational Tournament on Thursday at Spring Valley Country Club, the second tourney triumph for the Pioneers in the last 10 days. Elyria shot a 314 Thursday on a hot and muggy afternoon, five strokes better than it shot in winning [...]
Browns analysis: Still more questions than answers
BEREA — Two preseason games remain before the regular season begins Sept. 9, but training camp officially ended Thursday after 28 days and 27 practices. It seems like a good time to take a look back at the most pressing issues facing the Browns as they began camp July 27 — and see if those [...]
Browns notes: Crennel pleased as camp wraps up
BEREA — Coach Romeo Crennel walked away from his third training camp with a smile on his face. “Overall, I thought the guys’ attitudes have been really good and they worked really hard,” Crennel said Thursday after the last practice of camp. “It’s encouraging when you see a day like today and they’re focused on [...]
Prep football: Players to watch, area capsules
Northeast Ohio / Lake Erie / North Coast Up in arms • Strongsville quarterback Tim Kamczyk (1,339 yards, 14 TDs). • Solon quarterback Zack Brillhart (718 yards, 6 TDs) • Elyria quarterback John Yeoples (874 yards, 11 TDs) • Elyria Catholic quarterback Cody Schuster (861 yards passing, 980 yards rushing, 5 TD passes) He’s got [...]
GOP leaders set meeting to name Foltin replacement
LORAIN — After weeks of confusion, a meeting to select an interim Lorain mayor has been scheduled for Thursday. Helen Hurst, chairwoman for the county’s Republican Party Central Committee, said the city’s Republican Party Precinct Committee will gather 7 p.m. in Gargus Hall on North Ridge Road to nominate and vote on a new mayor [...]
Howard departure leaves GOP without ballot spot
ELYRIA — Republicans won’t have a candidate for Elyria mayor on the November ballot. John Howard Jr., who won the Republican primary in May, dropped out of the race Wednesday, the final day his fellow Republicans could have named a replacement for him. Howard Jr. Republicans had planned to meet Thursday to discuss the possibility [...]
Vegas police investigate poker dealer slaying
Brian Pullen went to Las Vegas two years ago to live out his dream of being a professional poker dealer. Five weeks later, he was tortured before being shot to death in his low-rent hotel just off the Vegas Strip. Pullen “It was personal,” said Las Vegas police Detective Tod Williams, who was in Cleveland [...]
Trashed property nets jail time for ‘awful’ neighbor
LORAIN — A Lorain man was sentenced to 30 days in jail Wednesday for not cleaning up the exterior of his home and his yard. Layne Roger Layne, 51, will serve his sentence, handed down by Lorain Municipal Court Judge Mark Mihok, in the county jail for violating the judge’s order to clean the East [...]
Prep football league previews: Northeast Ohio, North Coast and Lake Erie
Northeast Ohio Conference / Valley Division There might not be much of a question which team is the favorite in the Valley Division of the newly formed Northeast Ohio Conference. It’s considered the premier football division in the 18 school, three-division conference made up of teams from the old Pioneer and Western Reserve conferences, [...]
Two Lorain school board members won’t run again
LORAIN — The top two Lorain school board members aren’t running for re-election. School board President Jeanine Donaldson and Vice President Keith Lilly did not submit petitions to get on the ballot in November, according to a list of candidates from the county Board of Elections. Petitions to run in the school board and other [...]
Researchers induce ‘out-of-body’ experience
WASHINGTON — The stories seem strange but riveting. A heart attack victim recalls floating in the air, watching paramedics revive him. A surgical patient remembers hovering, watching the doctors operate. Such widely reported out-of-body experiences have long been the territory of theology, philosophy and scary movies. Now scientists have turned their attention to the topic. [...]
Giant hole of nothing found in universe
WASHINGTON — Astronomers have stumbled upon a tremendous hole in the universe. That’s got them scratching their heads about what’s just not there. The cosmic blank spot has no stray stars, no galaxies, no sucking black holes, not even mysterious dark matter. It is 1 billion light years across of nothing. That’s an expanse of [...]
Report: Security in Iraq still shaky
WASHINGTON — The Iraqi government is strained by rampant violence, deep sectarian differences among its political parties and stymied leadership, the nation’s top spy analysts concluded in a sobering assessment released Thursday. With the country teetering between success and failure in the next year, Iraq’s neighbors will continue to try to expand their leverage in [...]
Cutts indicted, faces death penalty
CANTON — The state will seek to execute a police officer in the death of his pregnant girlfriend, and prosecutors want statements made by the couple’s 2½-year-old son to be used against him at trial. Canton Patrolman Bobby Cutts Jr. was indicted Thursday on three counts of aggravated murder in the June death of Jessie [...]
High school football: Four downs with Dave Dlugosz
Today’s guest: Avon Lake coach Dave Dlugosz For the first time in nearly a decade, Avon Lake will not be entering a season as defending conference champions. The Shoremen lost some of that imposing mystique during an up-and-down 2006 in which they went 7-3 overall and 5-2 in the Southwestern Conference. But as Avon Lake [...]
Cleanup begins in flooded areas
FINDLAY — Peeking into her waterlogged basement, Gail Leatherman didn’t break down until she saw a soggy photo of her and her husband, taken for their 17th wedding anniversary. She salvaged the picture, but not her treasured Christmas decorations. Next door, her son lost all of his 1-year-old boy’s winter clothes. And that wasn’t the [...]
Language for strip club ballot issue approved
COLUMBUS — A state board approved language Thursday for a proposed ballot issue asking voters to overturn a law that prohibits strip club patrons from touching strippers and halts nude dancing after midnight. The Ohio Ballot Board signed off on a five-paragraph summation of the referendum that describes the new rules and the penalty for [...]
Grafton and LaGrange blotter: Aug. 24
LaGrange police Friday, Aug. 17 1:45 a.m. — North Center Street and Loperwood Lane, Clinton Buttolph, 21, 100 block Loperwood Lane, LaGrange, charged with no turn signal, driving under suspension and possession of marijuana. The passenger, Matthew Disbennett, 21, Litchfield, charged with carrying concealed weapon and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle. [...]
Lorain dress policy enforcement pushed back
LORAIN — Students will not be required to wear uniforms until January at the five Lorain schools that recently adopted the uniform policy, Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson said Thursday.Questions surrounding whether the district provided appropriate notification to parents regarding the new dress code — state law says that parents must be notified six months before a [...]