Archive for August 26th, 2007
Browns, QBs look better in win over Broncos
DENVER — The Browns got more accomplished in their two-day trip to the Rockies than they did in two home games and a month of training camp. Charlie Frye got the start and maintained his slight edge in the quarterback competition with an 80-yard touchdown drive on the game’s first possession. It was the starting [...]
McFarland Era at Oberlin has winning beginning
Hans Schneider The Chronicle-Telegram OBERLIN — It’s over. Finished. Caput. Put to rest. It wasn’t the prettiest game, in fact, at times it was downright ugly. But the Oberlin Phoenix ended their 37-game on-field losing streak Saturday afternoon with a 14-8 triple-overtime win over the Ashtabula Sts. John & Paul Fighting Herald. “We persevered,” said [...]
High school football: Avon Lake wears down Avon
CLEVELAND — If you like your football with a lot of offense, you loved the Avon Lake-Avon battle in the annual charity game at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Saturday night. The two teams put on a first-half slugfest before the Shoremen pulled away for a 50-25 win in a renewal of a rivalry that was [...]
Browns notes: Zastudil proves you can go home again
DENVER — You’re not allowed to throw out the records in football. If you were, Dave Zastudil’s first year as a Cleveland Brown would’ve been perfect. Not only did the Bay High School graduate return home, he had his best punting year in five seasons as a professional. “It was great, besides being 4-12,” he [...]
Indians’ hitters wake up, bang out 17 hits in win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Aaron Laffey kept the Kansas City Royals beating the ball into the ground and the Cleveland Indians came through for him with some run support. Making his third big league start, Laffey got 14 groundball outs in six innings and Grady Sizemore and Victor Martinez homered to help Cleveland beat the [...]
Chris Assenheimer: Reasons why the Indians, er, Tigers will win the Central
If you believe the players and pretty much everyone else who is following the Central Division race, it’s going to come down to the Indians and Tigers. The Twins are still in the hunt, but they have to make up ground on two teams, and barring a monumental collapse from Cleveland and Detroit over the [...]
Dan Coughlin: Baseball’s a cruel game, just ask the Indians
This Indians season has taught us a terrible truth. Baseball is the cruelest sport of all. It has contempt for fairness. No good deed goes unpunished. Baseball rewards the bad hop and penalizes the line drive. The anguish is particularly painful because baseball is such an individual and personal game. The box score, for instance, [...]
Big Ten, cable companies clash over new network
Nothing captures the essence of a classic sports conflict in the Big Ten quite like Ohio State and Michigan. But the most intriguing fight at the moment has nothing to do with the Big House in Ann Arbor or with the Buckeyes or Wolverines. Rather, it involves the conference and an ongoing battle with cable [...]
With Browns away, Shoremen and Eagles get to play
When they said there would be fireworks at the annual charity game at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Saturday, they weren’t kidding. LINDA MURPHY/CHRONICLE Avon Lake fans cheer as the Shoremen take on the Avon High Eagles at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland on Saturday. Avon and Avon Lake treated nearly 6,000 fans to early explosions [...]
New challenges emerge for schools as new year starts
If you’re an Elyria High student, the crescendo of crumbling homes outside your classroom window is simply the sound of progress. And if you’re a student in Lorain schools, the absence of sound altogether is … the sound of some 200 teachers not being around. Area school officials say they’re geared up to accept any [...]
Democratic party to Fla.: Adjust primary or votes won’t count
WASHINGTON — Florida Democrats would forfeit their votes in selecting a presidential nominee unless they delay their state election by at least a week, the national party said in a stern action Saturday meant to discourage others from leapfrogging ahead to earlier dates. The Florida party has 30 days to submit an alternative to its [...]
Police blotter: Aug. 26
Elyria police Wednesday, Aug. 22 5:23 p.m. – West Avenue, Anthony H. Ross Jr., 22, of Lorain, warrant for contempt of court. 9:02 p.m. – State Routes 254 and 57, Frederick W. Yakel, 38,of Lorain, served warrants for four counts of passing bad checks. Thursday, Aug. 23 10:29 a.m. – 100 block Queen Anne Court, [...]
Storms again soak parts of Ohio
COLUMBUS — Storms slammed rain-soaked Ohio again on Saturday as Gov. Ted Strickland toured flooded areas of north-central Ohio and said he would seek help from the federal government after damage is assessed. Tornado and thunderstorm warnings were issued during the late afternoon for areas of central and southeast Ohio, which had been spared from [...]
Fires continue to burn in Greece
ZAHARO, Greece — Fires pushed by gale-force winds tore through more parched forests, swallowed villages and scorched the edges of Athens on Saturday, with ashes raining onto the Acropolis. At least 49 people died, and the government declared a nationwide state of emergency. The worst infernos were concentrated in the mountains of southern Greece and [...]
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Her true calling is found: Former journalist moves to ministry
ELYRIA — The new pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ in downtown Elyria has a unique background.After all, how many other pastors can say they served in the trenches of a Pulitzer prize-winning newspaper before heading to the pulpit? But that’s exactly what the Rev. Christina Kukuk, 28, did. The transition from journalist [...]
Court ruling may boost crash insurance payouts
COLUMBUS — A couple whose vehicle was wrecked are entitled to more than just the money it will cost to repair it, according to a state appeals court ruling that found the couple also should be compensated because the accident reduced the value of their vehicle. Consumer advocates say the ruling could help other drivers [...]
Police cruisers are back in black (and white)
HUDSON — Dave Robbins knew one big change he wanted to make when he became the police chief in Hudson a few years ago: Bring back the black-and-white police cruiser. At the time, the city fleet was composed of silver cars. Robbins called them downright ugly, and some folks in town referred to them as [...]
Police briefs: Aug. 26
Traffic stop nets sawed-off shotgun LORAIN — A Lorain police officer, who pulled over a driver after recognizing him as someone whose license was suspended, seized a sawed-off shotgun early Friday, a Lorain police report stated. The driver of the car, Michael Gonzalez, 22, of Lorain, was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, improper handling [...]
Man accused of putting brake cleaner in co-worker’s drink
COLUMBUS — A grand jury indicted a car dealership mechanic accused of spraying an automotive cleaner into a teenage co-worker’s drink. Phillip Todd, 22, of Marysville, sprayed a brake-cleaning solvent into the sports drink bottle of Matthew Hollenbaugh, 17, an apprentice at the Germain Lexus dealership in Dublin, according to a June 27 police report. [...]
Fair’s combine derby: Smash ‘em and bash ‘em
WELLINGTON — Childhood friends Joe Brasee and Mitch Cloudt, both 22 and of Wellington, knew this year’s Lorain County Fair combine derby would be a bit different than years past.For several years, their close friend Amanda White was there to cheer them on, but this year, she was absent from the fair festivities. White, 18, [...]
‘Mother Goose’ encourages kids to read
Fairgoers expect carnival rides and games, and there are always the animals, but at the Lorain County Fair, visitors can also spend time with Mother Goose. Debbie Pillivant, public relations officer with the Elyria Public Library, has spent the last five years introducing children to a literary character, and she gets a lot of help [...]
Walter “Joe” McManus
Walter "Joe" McManus, 93, of Lorain, died Saturday, August 25, 2007 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born December 29, 1913 in Cambridge, OH and had live in Lorain County most of his life. He had worked at Cambridge Glass Co., Cambridge, Patterson Field, Dayton, and most recently he had worked as [...]
Myrtle L. Jarvis
Myrtle L. Jarvis, 81, of Fairview Park, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 22, 2007, at Fairview Hospital in Cleveland. She was born in Waterloo, NY and had resided in the Cleveland area since 1950. Miss Jarvis was a 1944 graduate of Waterloo High School and a 1948 graduate of Practical [...]
Michael G. Spencer
Michael G. Spencer, 33, of Lorain, died Friday, August 24, 2007. Arrangements will be announced by the Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel, Lorain.