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 [...]
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 [...]
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