Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for August 27th, 2007
Greek mother and children perish in flames
ARTEMIDA, Greece (AP) — As the wall of flames swept through the heavily forested mountain toward her home, the mother of four was forced to make a life and death decision — should she flee?
Athanasia Paraskevopoulou gathered her three daughters, aged 15, 12 and 10, and her 5-year-old son and headed to the village square. [...]
Wily German kangaroo returned to petting zoo
BERLIN (AP) — Skippi, a wily kangaroo on the run since early August was returned to his home at a petting zoo Monday in southern Germany, but not after a chase through the German Alps that left the animal with a strained leg.
The injured marsupial was captured in a cornfield near Leutkirch im Allgaeu, [...]
Dick Cheney: A retrospective
Artists have retrospective exhibits in which the public gets a chance to see what the artist created in the past. So why not have a retrospective exhibit for a politician, say Vice President Dick Cheney. When Dick Cheney was Secretary of Defense during the Gulf War, he was asked why the [...]
The Judge and the belt
Here’s the story: An 8-year-old boy has red marks across his back made by a belt. (The photo above, taken by the police sometime after the beating, shows the marks on the boy’s back.) A teacher sees these marks and reports it to [...]
Big camera, Big bucks
Well photography fans, here is the latest offering from Canon, and, judging from the specs, this new camera is a beauty. The EOS-1 Ds Mark III features a 21-megapixel sensor, a live view on the rear display and a really cool dust removal feature that knocks the dirt off the sensor and onto [...]
Elyria firefighter staffing cuts occur today
ELYRIA — Fire Station No. 2 on Broad Street will be closed today to help the Elyria Fire Department deal with a budget shortfall.
Elyria Firefighters Local 474 planned a press conference this morning to discuss the closing, the second time the station has closed in three years, Assistant Fire Chief Ron Brlas said.
Brlas said he [...]
Reinstated corrections officer will get back pay
ELYRIA — A corrections officer fired from the Lorain County Jail last year after jail officials discovered he’d been fostering a years-long “inappropriate relationship” with a mentally ill inmate — including securing an early release for the man — was granted his job back last month, jail officials said. Robert Cruzado, 59, of Lorain, also [...]
Lorain County Fair comes to close
WELLINGTON — The 162nd annual Lorain County Fair ended with a bang — and a large crowd — on Sunday.
Two big crowd pleasers — the combine derby and demo derby — brought out folks on Saturday and Sunday to watch farm machines and cars crash into each other.
But the crowd-pleasing demo derby wasn’t without its [...]
Worker found dead in trailer at fairgrounds
WELLINGTON — A 39-year-old carnival worker was found dead in her trailer Sunday at the Lorain County Fairgrounds after she failed to show up for work, according to the Lorain County Sheriff’s Department.
Jill Stafford was fully clothed and was sitting on a couch with her legs stretched out, according to sheriff’s Sgt. Tim Gallagher.
There were [...]
Aspiring Vermilion vintners have no time for sour grapes
VERMILION TWP. — On a 50-acre plot of land just off state Route 60, a lot of work is taking place.
The area, once densely wooded, has been cleared of hundreds of trees. A work barn has been erected and crews are getting the land ready for Vermilion Township’s next big thing.
CARL SULLENBERGER / CHRONICLE
Richard and [...]