Archive for September 22nd, 2007
Indians move closer to first division title since 2001
CLEVELAND — The Indians took another step toward their first Central Division title since 2001 on Friday, and they did it with their usual flair for the dramatic. Recording their 43rd comeback victory of the season (tied for tops in the American League), the Indians rallied to turn back Oakland 4-3 in the series opener [...]
Tribe notes: Wedge wants team to stay focused
CLEVELAND — Detroit manager Jim Leyland has already conceded the Central Division title to Cleveland, but the Indians aren’t writing any acceptance speeches just yet. Though they own a comfortable 7½-game lead on the Tigers in the division standings, with their magic number to clinch at just two, the Indians are holding off before turning [...]
Pirates deny Tribe’s Huntington is their new GM
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates denied Friday they’ve chosen Cleveland Indians special assistant Neal Huntington as their next general manager, saying their search is ongoing. Pirates president Frank Coonelly, on the job slightly more than a week, issued a statement that the club has not made a hiring he called the most important the club [...]
Chudzinski wants to see consistency from Browns’ offense
BEREA — In two weeks as a full-time NFL offensive coordinator, Rob Chudzinski has seen both extremes. Five turnovers and one touchdown in the opener, one turnover and six touchdowns Sunday vs. the Bengals. He won’t let himself get carried away by the momentum swing. “Our approach from Day One has been for guys to [...]
Doug Clarke: Pretty Woman, walking down the street …
Of all things … So there we were at Abner’s, a watering hole in a speck of a town called Arroyo Seco outside of Taos, N.M. Is noon. High noon to be almost exact. Is when the tavern becomes more of a meeting place than a bar. People tend to cluster near the front, close [...]
Buckeyes excited to play in 500th game at Ohio Stadium
COLUMBUS — The old gray stadium on the banks of the Olentangy River has seen its share of legends and ghosts, memorable moments and unforgettable games. Today, Ohio Stadium — home of the Snow Bowl, where Woody and Archie and the rest weaved their magic — hosts its 500th game when Northwestern (1-2) ventures in [...]
Prep soccer notes: Family values key Lake Ridge’s quick start
Oh, brother, is Lake Ridge off to a good start. With three sets of brothers making up their core, the Lions have won eight of their first nine games. A big factor is a solid defense and the play of goalkeeper Diego Chahda, whose goals-against average is under 1.0 — and who doesn’t have a [...]
Bowler of the week: Graham notches fifth career 800
As a youngster, Rudy Graham was luckier than most junior bowlers. He had a dad who was a bowling coach and a mom who ran a bowling alley. It’s no wonder that today, 35 years after he rolled his first ball down the lanes at Center Ridge as a 5-year-old, Graham is one of the [...]
Convict gets away again
ELYRIA — Just hours after he surrendered to Elyria police following a three-hour standoff Thursday, Drew Manns escaped from EMH Regional Medical Center, where he was undergoing a mental health evaluation. Manns, 23, was found a short time later hiding in a garbage bin near the hospital, Elyria police Chief Mike Medders said. EMH spokeswoman [...]
No more coasters at Geauga Lake
Industry experts cite lagging attendance Geauga Lake is all wet. Or, at least, it will be when the Aurora park opens for the 2008 season. CHRONICLE FILE A rider hits the water slides at Geauga Lake. Cedar Fair announced Friday that the amusement park will become a water-only attraction starting next year. The park, which [...]
Lorain district gets $3.4M
District may rehire some laid-off teachers LORAIN — Lorain School District officials, who have endured plenty of hard knocks these past few months with a massive deficit and teacher layoffs, discovered Friday the district will receive $3.43 million in federal money. The money was awarded from the U.S. Department of Education’s Magnet Schools Assistance Program. [...]
Expect a hot/cold, wet/dry winter
What’s the weather going to be like? Depends who you ask. ELYRIA — Get ready for driving snows and long bouts of freezing temperatures this winter. Wait — make that warmer-than-average temperatures and light flurries. What? Predictions for winter 2008 are helter-skelter, depending on who’s being asked, and even competing almanacs are coming up with [...]
Police briefs: Sept. 22, 2007
Mother: Friend gave son antidepressant LORAIN — Police are investigating a Lorain woman’s complaint that her 11-year-old son’s friend gave him a prescription antidepressant because he was feeling down, a Lorain police report said. The woman told police that a 12-year-old girl gave her son an unknown quantity of generic Paxil pills. The woman said [...]
William L. Wigton, III
William L. Wigton, III, 86, died Friday, September 21, 2007, at Golden Acres Lorain County Home after a lengthy illness. William was born on March 21, 1921, in Peking, China, then moved to Lorain County when he was four. He was a salesman with the May Company, retiring in 1981 after 30 years. He was [...]
Rev. Dr. Joseph Hilton, III
Rev. Dr. Joseph Hilton III, 66, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 18, 2007. He served as the Chief of Chaplain Service at Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The wake will be 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at The House of The Lord, [...]
Justin J. Mackert
Justin J. "Jeff" Mackert passed away September 21, 2007, in Vermilion. He served in the Navy and was a WWII veteran. He was the beloved husband of Alice ( Nee Hartman) and the late LaVerne (Nee Wittich) and Jean (Nee Nieman); dear father of Linda Miller (Steven Forgerson), Marquerite " Peg" DiMarco (Frank), George (Sharon) [...]
Janice M. Schlechter
Janice M. Schlechter, (nee-Simms), 65, of Elyria, died Saturday at her home following a long illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Chestnut Ridge Road at state Route 57, Elyria.
Hocking College president under investigation
COLUMBUS — The president of a technical college whose school is under investigation by the state attorney general’s office charged more than $25,000 in travel expenses to a credit card, a newspaper reported Saturday. Hocking College President John Light totaled $9,909 in charges for three trips to Chicago, along with other trips to Nashville, Philadelphia, [...]
James Lanier Dickerson, Jr.
James Lanier Dickerson, Jr., 55, of Elyria, died unexpectedly Friday, September 21, 2007, at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria. Mr. Dickerson was born March 18, 1952, in Birmingham, Ala. He had lived in the Lorain County area since 1964. He was a member of Greater St. Matthew A.M.E. Church of Lorain where he served [...]
Bill would require reporting of names of carnival workers
COLUMBUS — Traveling carnival companies in Ohio would have to provide police with the names of all employees under proposed legislation. The bill comes after a court-ordered check of a carnival company by Athens County Prosecutor David Warren last year revealed many of the company’s workers had prior felony convictions, back child support orders and [...]
Fred William Wigginton
Fred William Wigginton, 96, of Oberlin, died Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at Allen Medical Center, Oberlin, after a short illness. Born in Nottingham, England, on April 17, 1911, Mr. Wigginton arrived in the United States at Philadelphia on May 1, 1912, on the ship, the Haverford. He comes from a family of lace makers. Mr. [...]
Edith C. McKee
Edith C. McKee, 85, of North Ridgeville, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2007, at the North Ridge Health Center. Arrangements will be announced by David Bogner Family Funeral Home 36625 Center Ridge Road, North Ridgeville.
Teacher has voice of ‘a country angel’
ELYRIA — A local junior high school music teacher is making an international name for herself as a musician thanks in part to the Internet. Rachel Wearsch, a choir and general music teacher at Eastern Heights Junior High School in Elyria, has been playing one instrument or another since she was 6. She loves introducing [...]
Architect sentenced
ELYRIA — The former president of a Cleveland architectural firm was sentenced to three years in prison Friday for his role in what prosecutors have said was a bribery scandal that leads all the way to former county Commissioner Michael Ross. Randall Gordon, 66, apologized before county Common Pleas Judge Edward Zaleski handed down the [...]
County, firm settle Justice Center lawsuit
ELYRIA — The county and the Cleveland architectural firm that designed the county Justice Center have settled a $1.2 million lawsuit the county filed against the company in 2005. Under the terms of the agreement, Collins Gordon Bostwick Architects, now known as the Bostwick Design Group, is sending the county a check for $250,000 to [...]