Archive for September 8th, 2007
Prep golf: Elyria’s Treuel wins tourney in playoff
ASHLAND — Elyria shot 334 to finish third at the Doug McClean Memorial Tournament at the Country Club of Ashland on Friday. Alex Treuel was medalist with a birdie on the first playoff hole after firing a 4-over 76. Tyler Ward (84), Cameron Bate (86) and Tory Stewart (88). Amherst 155, Elyria Catholic 187 ELYRIA [...]
Prep soccer notes: Kleinholz whipping Eagles into shape
Erika Kleinholz has a year under her belt as girls head coach at North Olmsted and her presence is starting to show in the Eagles’ improved play. A major part of her coaching philosophy is fitness and this year’s Eagles are nothing if not fit. Don’t take her word for it. “We’re more fit than [...]
Indians rally to force extra innings, only to fall in 10th
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Now that the Los Angeles Angels apparently have straightened out setup man Scot Shields, it’s time to get closer Francisco Rodriguez back on track. Rodriguez blew another save for John Lackey in the ninth inning, giving up a tying home run to Ryan Garko. But Kendry Morales lined a single past a [...]
Browns’ new guys know what it takes to beat Steelers
BEREA — If you can’t beat ’em, find someone who has and pay them millions to join you. In the offseason, the Browns signed guard Eric Steinbach to a seven-year, $49.5 million deal and running back Jamal Lewis for one year and $3.5 million. Their talent was the No. 1 attraction, but their successful experience [...]
Doug Clarke: Man’s best friend worth fighting for
The photograph is curled around the edges, folding back onto itself against the black page of the album. The photo is in black and white, as all of them were back then, but touched with a tinge of sepia. The boy in the photo is about 7 or 8. He’s wearing short pants, a matching [...]
Baldwin-Wallace counting on competition to breed success
As usual, sixth-year Baldwin-Wallace coach John Snell is looking at several battles for key positions as the Yellow Jackets get ready to open the season today at home against Augustana. The headliner is quarterback, where the Yellow Jackets return two players who alternated a lot in 2006. Olmsted Falls graduate Mickey Mental and Anthony Gardner, [...]
Ohio State wary of fellow Ohio teams
COLUMBUS — Whether they grow up on a dairy farm near Van Wert in the west, near the banks of the meandering Ohio River down south or on the streets of Cleveland a stone’s throw from Lake Erie, there’s something about Ohio State that beckons the state’s best high school football players. It’s a fact [...]
Judge to hear Lorain tax abatement
ELYRIA — County officials are asking a county judge to decide if the city of Lorain is within its rights to offer a 100 percent tax abatement to more than 300 west-side homeowners for the next 15 years. County Prosecutor Dennis Will’s office, acting on behalf of the county commissioners, wants Common Pleas Judge Mark [...]
United Way kicks off campaign with day of caring
ELYRIA — Hundreds of volunteers Friday helped United Way of Greater Lorain County kick off its annual fundraising campaign to raise $2.75 million with a Day of Caring on various community projects.After helping others, volunteers descended on the French Creek Nature Center in Sheffield for the Party in the Park cookout. The party featured a [...]
New firm takes up quarry plan
L.A. company to buy property, says it will scale back S. Amherst project SOUTH AMHERST — The company that owns the old quarry a British developer wanted to turn into a $1.25 billion development is being sold for $22 million to the firm redeveloping Ford’s shuttered Lorain Assembly Plant. Los Angeles-based Industrial Realty Group, the [...]
New tenants lined up at former Ford plant
LORAIN — Industrial Realty Group is following through on plans to revamp the former Ford Lorain Assembly Plant. With two companies secured, and a third possibly on the way, the 4 million square feet of open space is slowly filling up. Trademark Global Inc., a wholesale online supplier for companies with Web sites with 60 [...]
Off the beats: Mammoth tomatoes fit man’s purposes to a ‘T’
Chuck Hall likes BLT sandwiches.Crisp bacon, lettuce and juicy tomatoes all stacked between two pieces of toast make for good eating. Well, this 61-year-old Elyria man is getting ready to put one heck of a “T” in his BLT. Thursday afternoon, his wife went tomato picking in her sister’s backyard garden on Indian Hollow Road [...]
City worker reports angry phone call
Report: Letter sparks harsh words from firefighter, fears of retaliation ELYRIA — A Parks and Recreation Department employee told police he feared for his safety after a firefighter berated him over a letter to the editor critical of the Fire Department. Timothy J. Gallagher filed a police report Thursday in which he told police he [...]
Gator gone wild in Elyria
Pet alligator escapes cage ELYRIA — A missing baby alligator has residents on one Elyria street sticking close to home while the creature wanders inside drainage ditches. An empty cage behind a Lucille Drive home once contained an 18-inch baby alligator, but now the animal is on the loose. It peeks its head out from [...]
Firefighters to be at Apple Festival
ELYRIA — Elyria firefighters say they’ll offer free blood-pressure screenings at the Elyria Apple Festival later this month, where they’ll also staff a booth and distribute political and informational paraphernalia. And they probably won’t have to test their own blood pressure, or the mayor’s, to find out it’s running a little high these days. Elyria [...]
Police blotter: Sept. 8, 2007
Elyria police Tuesday, Sept. 4 5:43 p.m. – 400 block Ninth St., woman said she was bitten during altercation with another woman. 7:30 p.m. – 305 Broad St., Boomer’s Bar, James Mowery, 36, of Elyria, charged with assault. 8:40 p.m. – 10 block West Ave., Wesley Hance-Hill, 22, of Louisville, Ky., warrant arrest. 8:55 p.m. [...]
Police briefs: Sept. 8
Several Eaton Twp. homes burglarized EATON TWP. — Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a burglary at an Eaton Township home where someone broke into the family’s house while they were sleeping, a deputy’s report said. The East Arrowhead Drive homeowner called police about 7:30 a.m. Aug. 30 after noticing someone broke into his home and stole [...]
Gillmor died from fall injuries
COLUMBUS — U.S. Rep. Paul Gillmor, who was found dead in his apartment in suburban Washington earlier this week, died of blunt head and neck trauma consistent with a fall down stairs, according to a medical examiner’s report released Friday. The fall appears to have been accident, said Lucy Caldwell, a spokeswoman for the Virginia [...]
Made in the shade: Lorain native’s invention protects boat gauges
LORAIN — It’s been smoother sailing for boaters everywhere since Lorain native Jeff Murray invented the Gauge Shade.During a fall fishing trip with a friend, Doug Cowart, in the Florida Keys, Murray noticed that the expensive LCD gauges on his friend’s boat were faded and yellowed by the sun. The expensive instruments also became so [...]
Sheffield police blotter: Sept. 8
Monday, Aug. 27 1:41 a.m. — Abbe Road and Colorado Avenue, Cris Onofry, 29, Lorain, charged with DUI. 4:31 p.m. — BP gas station, Sidney Suggs, 27, Cleveland, charged with driving under suspension. Thursday, Aug. 30 4 p.m. — I-90 westbound, Adria Thompson, 21, Avon, charged with driving under suspension. 8:03 p.m. — Lake Breeze [...]
New London / Wakeman: N.L. celebrates 99th Labor Day Festival
Editor’s note: A technical error prevented this column from appearing Thursday. Next week, it will run its regular day. Roger Harner was the man of the hour at the 99th annual Firelands Labor Day Festival in New London last weekend, which drew record crowds of more than 10,000 people. Not only was he was he [...]
Lorain officer in hospital for psychiatric treatment
OBERLIN — Lorain police officer Corey Earl has been committed to a Willoughby hospital for psychiatric treatment. Earl, 45, has been in the county jail since his arrest last weekend after being charged with violating a civil protection that his wife sought and a judge granted last month. Lorain police Chief Cel Rivera placed the [...]