Archive for September 17th, 2007
Simon Says game doesn’t set record
ATHENS — A giant game of Simon Says in southeast Ohio didn’t break the world record over the weekend, and there was no winner, except some Athens High School athletes and a local food pantry. The event that drew 950 people to Ohio University’s football stadium was a fundraiser for the high school basketball team. [...]
Deputy watching for speeders is real dummy
STONY RIDGE — Sure, the deputy sitting in a cruiser waiting for speeders is a dummy, but he’s smarter than the drivers who slow down when they see him. To combat speeding, Wood County Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn put a mannequin in a patrol car along a busy road just outside Toledo. From a distance, the [...]
Experts: Early vote will relieve pressure
COLUMBUS — Elections experts say if you don’t want to get stuck in line in next year’s presidential election, don’t wait until Election Day to vote. Memories of 2004 linger, when thousands of voters endured waits of hours — as many as 12 in some cases — to vote at understaffed, under-equipped polling places. Changes [...]
Anthony J. Grzenda
Anthony J. Grzenda, 95, of Elyria, died Sunday, September 16, 2007 at Northridge Health Center in North Ridgeville following a brief illness. He was born August 8, 1912 in Dickson City, PA and was an Elyria resident since 1938. Mr. Grzenda worked as a machinist at Ohio Screw Products in Elyria for many years, retiring [...]
Barbara A. Hill
Barbara A. Hill (nee Watts), 61, of North Ridgeville, passed away Monday, September 17, 2007 at her home. She was born in Cleveland and had been a resident of North Ridgeville since 1978 moving from Sheffield Lake. Mrs. Hill worked as a dental assistant for 20 years. She was a member of Chestnut Ridge Baptist [...]
Charles A. “Charlie” Conrad III
Charles A. "Charlie" Conrad, III, 48, of Lorain, died Monday morning, September 17, 2007 at Golden Acres Nursing Home unexpectedly. Mr. Conrad was born in Lorain on February 3, 1959 and was a lifelong resident. He graduated from Lorain High School in 1979. Charlie was a member of St. Mary Church, Lorain. He was employed [...]
Elaine Torres
Elaine Torres, 47, of Lorain, passed away on Tuesday, September 11, 2007. She was the beloved mother of Eve Torres; daughter of Carmelo Irizarry Sr. and the late Eva Victoria; sister of Carmelo Jr. “Kery”, Marre Jean “Jeannie”, Annette and Anthony “Alvin”. A Memorial Service will be held at Sacred Heart Chapel 4301 Pearl Ave., [...]
Esther C. Doan
Esther C. (Marquis) Doan, 95, of Greenville, formerly of Arcanum and Elyria, passed away Saturday, September 15, 2007 in the Emergency Room at Wayne Hospital, Greenville. She was born December 29, 1911, in Cleveland, to the late Charles S. and Lillian (Sherman) Marquis. Esther retired from Real Cleaners, Elyria, after 17 years of service. She [...]
Floyd Olsen
Floyd Olsen, 88, of Wellington, died Monday, September 17, 2007 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a short illness. He was born October 7, 1918 in Wellington and had lived there all his life. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942 to 1945. Mr. Olsen was [...]
Gene Ralph Gehring
Gene Ralph Gehring, 77, formerly of Elyria, passed away Friday, September 14, 2007 following a long illness. He was born April 15, 1930 in Columbus. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a truck driver for Lehman Cartridge and enjoyed fishing, tennis and repairing CB radios. He married Ethel Grace [...]
Helen E. Hof
Helen E. Hof (nee Wilson), 79, of Parma, passed away Monday, September 17, 2007. She was the beloved wife of the late Donald; devoted mother of Dale (Mary) and Bruce (Lenore); loving grandmother of Matthew, Brett, Tracey and Rebecca; sister of Gene Wilson (deceased); and dearest aunt to many. Friends may call at the Busch [...]
John L. Reising
John L. Reising, 78, of Vermilion, died Sunday, September 16, 2007 in Community Health Partners, Lorain, after a short illness. He was born July 17, 1929 in Vermilion where he had been a life long resident. He worked 30 years as a truck driver for Chapin Truck Lines, Elyria and retired in 1987. He was [...]
Phillip Allan Baird
The Honorable Phillip Allan Baird, retired Common Pleas Judge, Medina County, died on Sunday, September 16, 2007 at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland. Born in Elyria, March 1, 1923 to Madge and Dow Baird, Phillip attended Hiram College until his enlistment in the United States Navy in 1943. He served as an officer during World War [...]
Robert W. “Bear” Brown Sr.
Robert W. "Bear" Brown Sr., 70, an Amherst resident, died Monday, September 17, 2007 at Golden Acres Lorain County Nursing Home, following a long illness. He was born in Borgman, WV, and lived there until moving to Amherst in 1963. From 1959 to 1963 he served in the U. S. Navy. In 2001 he retired [...]
Bush to present attorney general nominee
WASHINGTON — President Bush has settled on Michael B. Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general and will announce his selection today, a person familiar with the president’s decision said Sunday evening. Mukasey Mukasey, who has handled terrorist cases in the U.S. legal system for more than [...]
O.J. arrested, held without bail
LAS VEGAS — Police arrested O.J. Simpson on Sunday, saying he was part of an armed group who burst into a Las Vegas hotel room and snatched memorabilia that documented his own sports career, long ago eclipsed by scandal. The arrest starts a new legal odyssey for the fallen football star who more than a [...]
Cyclists in crash identified, stabilized at hospital
EATON TWP. — The four motorcycle riders who were flown to a Cleveland hospital following a multiple injury crash Saturday will require surgery to repair their broken limbs, said Ohio Highway Patrol Trooper Christopher Ausse. Raymond Anderson, 52, of Olmsted Township, Ronald Ogrosky, 33, of Georgia, Lori Robinson, 37, of Brook Park, and Alma Solice, [...]
Oberlin grocery closing its doors
OBERLIN — Shelle Shumate Shepherd walked into Missler’s Super Valu on Friday for a breakfast snack and was on her way within five minutes. She couldn’t be in-and-out so quickly at the new Wal-Mart down the street, where dozens of cars clogged the mammoth parking lot. But her quick stops at Missler’s at 291 S. [...]
Police blotter: Sept. 17
Lorain police Friday, Sept. 7 7:54 a.m. – 4300 block Willow Ave., juvenile male charged with domestic violence and being unruly. Sunday, Sept. 9 1:38 a.m. – 1400 block W. 33rd St., Recario Edwards, 34, of Lorain, charged with domestic violence. 2 a.m. – 2000 block Skyline Drive, resident suspected someone shot window out with [...]
Browns use offensive explosion to shock Bengals, NFL
CLEVELAND — Raise your hand if you saw this coming. Now head to Vegas and bet the ranch. A week after a humiliating opening loss and five days after Charlie Frye was traded, the Browns shocked Northeast Ohio and the NFL on Sunday with a 51-45 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. “We live close to [...]
Dulik: A sweet victory to knock that sour taste out of Browns fans’ mouths
Just when you thought you knew all the answers, the Browns went out and changed the questions Sunday afternoon. Cleveland’s 51-45 win over the Cincinnati Bengals was equally stunning, remarkable and unexpected — and delivered a seismic jolt that was felt throughout the NFL. After a full week of being used as a nationwide punchline, [...]
Derek Anderson shines for Browns after week of QB chaos
CLEVELAND— Derek Anderson spent his week inside a vortex, dealing with pressure from the latest controversy of a dysfunctional franchise. It was an unenviable position and, arguably, a no-win proposition — to pick up the reins of the Cleveland Browns, whose instability appeared to reach critical mass on Tuesday when Week 1 starting quarterback Charlie [...]
‘Sopranos,’ ‘Daily Show’ among Emmy winners
LOS ANGELES — "The Sopranos” turned its startling cut-to-black final season into Emmy gold Sunday, winning the best drama series award, and newcomer “30 Rock” was named best comedy series. The mob saga’s victory was nearly unprecedented, with only one other drama series, 1977′s “Upstairs, Downstairs,” having claimed the top trophy after leaving the air. [...]
Browns notes: Jamal Lewis returns to “old” form
CLEVELAND — Jamal Lewis already owned the Browns Stadium record for rushing yards in a game, but not while playing for the home team. That changed on Sunday afternoon, when Lewis shattered his own mark by gaining 216 yards on 27 carries in the Browns’ 51-45 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Lewis had set the [...]
Clinton unveiling health care plan
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is unveiling a sweeping health care reform proposal today that would require every American to carry health insurance and offer federal subsidies to help reduce the cost of coverage. With a price tag of about $110 billion per year, Clinton’s “American Health Choices Plan” [...]