Archive for September 26th, 2007
Indians 4, Mariners 3: Borowski blows lead but Tribe still wins
SEATTLE _ After a wild pickoff attempt set up the go-ahead run, Kenny Lofton knocked in Asdrubal Cabrera with a sacrifice fly in the 12th inning and the Cleveland Indians outlasted the Seattle Mariners 4-3 Tuesday night. Cabrera opened the 12th with a four-pitch walk from Brandon Morrow (3-4). Ryan Rowland-Smith took over and his [...]
Browns: Nothing positive out of latest loss
So much changed with one missed assignment by Nat Dorsey. Phil Dawson’s field goal was blocked. The Browns fell to 1-2. The red-eye flight got longer. The world, and the team itself, views the team differently. If Dorsey had held firm at the point of attack and Dawson’s field goal had been good, the Browns [...]
Sheila Ann Davis
Sheila Ann Davis, (nee Bedgood), 60, of Columbus, died Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at OSU Medical Center in Columbus. She was born August 27, 1947, in Lorain. She attended Clearview High School and was a longtime resident of Lorain before moving to Columbus. She was a member of New Covenant Believers Church in Columbus where [...]
Hospital planned in Elyria
CHP will build facility near Ireland Cancer Center ELYRIA — A new medical facility, tentatively called St. Mary’s Community Hospital, likely will be built next to the Ireland Cancer Center on Schadden Road, but what role it will play in the area’s health care network isn’t being disclosed, hospital officials said Tuesday. The facility, which [...]
Coughlin: Times have changed at Notre Dame
Two eras in Notre Dame football collided last Saturday and they’re still clearing the wreckage. The great coach Ara Parseghian, now 80, was honored in the morning at the unveiling of his statue — a magnificent piece of artwork by the famed sculptor Jerry McKenna, who has done 20 pieces at Notre Dame and countless [...]
Fall takes its first couple of days off
Summer tried this week to hang on a bit longer. On Monday and Tuesday — the first two official days of fall — temperatures in Lorain County soared close to or past 90 degrees, leaving some to wonder if they put away those shorts and sandals too soon. After a Tuesday morning low of 55, [...]
Robert W. Eichholz
Robert W. Eichholz, 74, of Lorain, died Saturday, September 22, 2007, at his home following a brief illness. Mr. Eichholz was born in Lorain, on June 8, 1933. He was a Marine Corps veteran and graduate of Case Western Reserve University with a bachelor’s degree, with honors, in engineering. He loved to travel and for [...]
Armbruster owes gas taxes
Board denies former state senator’s appeal Former state Sen. Jeffry Armbruster, R-North Ridgeville, owes $229,979 in unpaid motor fuel taxes from his former gas stations, which are in bankruptcy, according to a ruling from the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals. Armbruster Armbruster said Tuesday that there may be assets to cover the tax liability from [...]
Boys golf: Two area teams, individuals advance to district
EATON TWP. — A pair of area teams and two individuals not on a qualifying teams enjoyed success on a hot and windy afternoon during Division II sectional play at Mallard Creek Golf Course on Tuesday, advancing to next week’s district tournament at Windmill Lakes Golf Course in Ravenna. Four teams and four individuals were [...]
Melverta M. Bartter
Melverta M. Bartter (nee Straub), formerly of Columbia Station, recently of Berea, died Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at Southwest Residential Hospice, Strongsville. She was born in Elyria. Melverta was a personal banker with Huntington National Bank, working in the Berea branch for 25 years, then at the North Olmsted branch for 16 1/2 years where [...]
String of break-ins in Elyria
Police see pattern in burglaries on city’s north side ELYRIA — On the quiet streets lined with well-manicured lawns on the north side of town, police cruisers have become a familiar sight. Between June and September, there were 18 break-ins and burglaries in the area, with residents reporting everything from wallets to weed whackers to [...]
Joseph William Kotai
Joseph William Kotai, 72, of Pembroke, N.C., formerly of Lorain, passed away Sunday, September 23, 2007, at Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton, N.C. Mr. Joseph William Kotai retired as master sargeant from the Air Force after serving his country for 24 years. Survivors include his brothers, Stephen A. Kotai of Elyria; sisters, Ruth Kotai and [...]
ODOT: Late start won’t stall 57 project
ELYRIA — A state Route 57 repaving project that Elyria officials hoped would start this fall isn’t likely to begin in full force until spring, but the project should be completed on schedule, officials said Tuesday. The approval process for the Route 57 repaving project — a $20.5 million plan using local, state and federal [...]
Ruling could affect injection lawsuit
In Ohio, 20 death row inmates have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s lethal injection process, contending it amounts to torture. Parallel to that fight, Lorain County Common Pleas Court Judge James Burge has ordered the state to turn over information on how lethal injections are given to condemned inmates. County prosecutors have objected [...]
Janice M. Schlechter
Janice M. Schlechter, (nee-Simms), 65, of Elyria, died Saturday, September 22, at her home following a long illness. She was born July 5, 1942, in Elyria and was a resident of Lorain County for most of her life. She was a member of Park Avenue United Methodist Church in Amherst and also attended Zion United [...]
Eric Arthur Ripley
Eric Arthur Ripley, 44, died Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at Allen Medical Center in Oberlin. He was born June 19, 1963, in Akron. Eric was a veteran of the Navy in 1981 and was honorably discharged. He worked as a computer specialist for Rebman in Lorain. He was active in Lorain County Amateur Radio Club [...]
Edith Gach
Edith Gach (nee Huber), 69, of Avon Lake passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2007, after a prolonged illness at the Hospice of the Cleveland Clinic at the Renaissance. She was born February 6, 1938, in Elgg, Switzerland, and attended grammar and high school there. She relocated to the United States in 1961 to assume duties [...]
Volleyball: Amherst pulls even with Falls in SWC race
OLMSTED FALLS — Unless something outrageous happens in the next two weeks, Amherst and Olmsted Falls will share the Southwestern Conference championship. Amherst moved into a first-place tie with Olmsted Falls by shocking the Bulldogs in three games on the OF home court Tuesday night. The Comets won, 25-19, 25-22 and 25-22 to run their [...]
Dolores Y. Loy
Dolores Y. Loy, 76, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at her home, following a long illness. Born in Ames, Iowa, she had been a resident of Elyria for 30 years, moving from North Ridgeville. Mrs. Loy worked as an office manager for U-Store-It in Middleburg Heights for 20 years, retiring in 2002. [...]
Girls tennis notebook: Success breeding success in area
Success breeds success. That is the moral that this season’s sectional seeding could tell someone about the area tennis scene. A year after Lorain County swept the state doubles championships, the two schools that combined for the feat are sending eight athletes into the sectional tournaments with the probability of advancing. Avon Lake — which [...]
Repairs blamed for Lorain fire
LORAIN — Power saws or welding equipment may be responsible for a minor blaze Tuesday on the roof of a building on the 900 block of Broadway, Lorain Fire Chief Thomas Brown said. Workers repairing the roof of a warehouse owned by Dye’s Appliance reported the fire at 2:25 p.m. CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE [...]
Investigation: Did building inspector say construction permit was unnecessary?
LORAIN — The city’s law director is investigating whether a Building Department employee was negligent when he allegedly told a resident not to acquire a building permit for a home improvement project. Law Director Mark Provenza said building inspector Saul Plaza could be charged with dereliction of duty or aiding and abetting in violating a [...]
State lacks oversight of home day care
COLUMBUS — Call it ignorance, denial or trust. But most Ohio parents believe home day cares are policed more rigorously than they are. Many are alarmed to learn that Ohio is among a handful of states remaining with virtually no oversight of the smallest in-home baby-sitting operations, those that parents often view as the most [...]
Police blotter: Sept, 26, 2007
Elyria police Saturday, Sept. 22 8:55 a.m. – Maytag Laundry, business was broken into and a fire extinguisher was sprayed inside. 9:41 a.m. – 200 block George St., a vehicle was broken into and A1 sauce was poured all over it. 12:01 a.m. – 100 block Fox Hill Lane, Antonio Lynch, 17, 300 block Oberlin [...]
Agnes ‘Peggy’ Kuczmarski
Agnes "Peggy" Kuczmarski (nee Skingel), was the beloved wife of the late Edmund; loving mother of Lorrie (Pete) Ternes, Ed (Candace), Bob (Marie) and Mark (Michele); dear grandmother of Matt and Andrea Ternes, Julie, Joel, Alex, Andrew, Megan, Adam and Sean Kuczmarski; aunt and great-aunt to many. She was preceded in death by sisters, Helen [...]