Archive for October 6th, 2007
Midges, magic equal 2-0 lead for Indians
CLEVELAND — Perseverance and tenacity were trademarks of this Indians team all season long. Both were on display in full force again Friday night at Jacobs Field. Trailing the Yankees for the majority of the night, Cleveland fought back to forge an unlikely tie, before winning Game 2 of the Division Series 2-1 in dramatic [...]
Bugs get under Joba’s, Yankees’ skin
CLEVELAND — Who let the bugs out? Buzz … buzz, buzz. The lasting image from Game 2 at Jacobs Field was the closeup of Yankees reliever Joba Chamberlain’s neck caked with dead midges, and the blizzard-like swarm of insects that surrounded him as he flailed away helplessly atop the pitcher’s mound. “He was having trouble [...]
Indians’ Carmona sinks A-Rod, Yankees
CLEVELAND — Alex Rodriguez is already in the midst of one of the worst postseason slumps in the history of the game. So the last thing the Yankees third baseman needed to see Friday night was Cleveland fireballer Fausto Carmona. “I’ve never had success against that guy,” Rodriguez said. “He’s had the best of me [...]
Tribe notes: C.C. lets LeBron off the hook
CLEVELAND — C.C. Sabathia considers Cavaliers star LeBron James a friend, which is why he’s giving him a pass on cheering for the New York Yankees. “It’s one of those things,” said Sabathia, who was on the mound for Game 1, with James in attendance wearing a Yankees cap. “I didn’t have a problem with [...]
Doug Clarke: Yankees aren’t what they used to be
The Yankees. Teh. Whether Andy Pettitte failed to rescue the New Yawkers once again Friday night — as he made a career of doing for the Pinstripers before Boss Steinbrenner so cavalierly cut him adrift a few years back — is not the question. The question is: After Pettitte what? Mike Mussina (5.15 ERA), who [...]
Patriots’ Brady setting the standard for quarterbacks
BEREA — New England quarterback Tom Brady has built a career out of making defensive players look silly. The three-time Super Bowl champion is adept at picking apart secondaries, rendering schemes useless and frustrating many of the sport’s great strategists. Brady’s greatness, though, is also why many defenders love to line up against him. The [...]
Browns notes: McGinest all business on return ‘home’
BEREA — At 35, Willie McGinest has experienced just about everything in professional football. But he’s never seen the Patriots standing on the opposite sideline, like he will Sunday in Foxborough, Mass. McGinest was the Patriots’ No. 4 overall pick in 1994 and spent the first 12 years of his career in New England before [...]
Prep soccer notes: Are EC boys Lorain County’s best?
What we have here, folks, is a quandary. Who, exactly, has the best boys soccer team in Lorain County? Is it Wellington, Lake Ridge or Elyria Catholic? Is it none of the above or all of them? Did the Dukes eliminate the Lake Ridge Lions from consideration with their 4-3 victory on Thursday? Or does [...]
W-Indians: Tribe takes 2-0 lead in thriller
CLEVELAND — Start spreading the news. The Indians are leaving today. They’ll make a brand-new start of it in New York — with a 2-0 AL Divisional Series lead. JASON MILLER / CHRONICLE Kenny Lofton is greeted at home plate by Victor Martinez as the Cleveland Indians beat the New York Yankees, 2-1, Friday in [...]
State seeks review of Brinda decision
ELYRIA — The state has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to allow Elyria school board member Holly Brinda to run for re-election in November despite losing the Elyria Democratic mayoral primary in May. The court’s interpretation of the “same election” will cause “great confusion and ambiguity,” according to a brief filed [...]
Man allegedly attacks ranger
ELYRIA — For the second time in two days Friday, Elyria police found themselves chasing someone who had allegedly attacked a law enforcement officer. BRUCE BISHOP/CHRONICLE Jeremy Brown, who allegedly assaulted a park ranger in Elywood Park in Elyria, is led to a waiting police car Friday after a foot chase. Police said a man [...]
Police blotter: Oct. 6
County sheriff Friday, Sept. 28 4 p.m. – 35700 block Cooley Road, Eaton Township, an estimated $3,600 in equipment reported stolen from a barn, including a boat motor, tool box, dehumidifier, vacuum, shovels and a rake. 5:09 p.m. – 33900 block Henwell Road, Columbia Township, a man said he was the victim of identity theft. [...]
Roundup: Oct. 6
Visitors bureau suing its Web site designer ELYRIA — The Lorain County Visitors Bureau is suing an Elyria advertising agency, accusing it of failing to produce the bureau’s Web site properly. In a lawsuit filed Friday in county Common Pleas Court, the visitors bureau alleged that Stewart Advertising redesigned the proposed Web site without its [...]
With playoff success, Indians fans get into gear
It’s official — Indians fever has become a serious drain on fans’ wallets. With Thursday’s thoroughly convincing womping of the Yankees and Friday’s extra-inning thriller, the Indians have restored playoff passion to Cleveland — and its side effects have included big spending for Lorain County fans. Many Indians fans are showing their Tribe pride by [...]
Getting in touch with nature
Environmental Science Fair captivates area gifted students SHEFFIELD — Ten-year-old Alex Walsh wants to become a writer someday and said she got plenty of inspiration Friday from Animal Planet’s Hero of the Year, Mona Rutger. Rutger, who runs the Back to the Wild animal shelter in Castalia, showed about 250 gifted students at Lorain County [...]
Woman attacked by drunken man outside Fligner’s
LORAIN — The first thing Kathleen Klinar did when she returned to her Amherst home Wednesday was take a shower to wash away the smell of her attacker. Cusick Klinar, 35, was placing her 10-year-old daughter’s birthday cake in her car about 11 a.m. in the parking lot at Fligner’s Supermarket on Broadway in Lorain, [...]
Police pick up man wanted in robbery, assault
LORAIN — The second man sought by police for a July apartment invasion in which a woman was sexually assaulted and her husbandwas beaten was picked up Friday by the county’s Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force. Sturgill Houle Kenneth Sturgill, 26, of Lorain, was charged with two counts of aggravated robbery, two counts aggravated [...]
Rep. Sutton to tour Iraq
U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Copley, arrived in Qatar by plane Friday and will spend the next four days touring U.S. military installations in Iraq, according to her communications director, Zach Ragbourn. Details of the trip — including specific locations Sutton will visit — are being kept secret as a security measure, Ragbourn said. Sutton has [...]
Owner happy to live for the day to offer free pizza
AVON LAKE — A pizzeria that gives away free pizza probably won’t be around for long. But on Friday, the owner of Pizza Plus on Avon-Belden Road did just that because he’s glad he can still say he’s alive. Frank Baird, 57, of Avon Lake, hosted the pizza party – complete with clown and DJ [...]
Off the beat: Oct. 6, 2007
Lisa’s comic strip story strikes a nerve The response to a feature about Tom Batiuk’s newly published book “Lisa’s Story: The Other Shoe” was immediate and varied. Several people called The Chronicle asking where they could buy the book locally. One caller spoke of how deeply she was touched by Lisa Moore, the “Funky Winkerbean” [...]
Teacher saves choking student
ELYRIA — Most of the time teachers focus on helping students with their reading, writing and arithmetic. But an Elyria teacher went beyond that last week, saving the life of one her students. STEVE MANHEIM Beverly Shoemaker and Vincent Zack On Sept. 26, Fourth-grader Vincent Zack began choking on a piece of butterscotch candy at [...]
When a child is choking
• When a child is choking and can’t breathe or speak, you must give abdominal thrusts (the Heimlich maneuver).The Heimlich maneuver pushes air from the child’s lungs like a cough. This can help remove the blocking object. You should give abdominal thrusts until the object is forced out or the victim becomes unresponsive. • [...]
A legacy carved in skin
Illustrators Tattoz tattoo parlor keeps customers coming back for more SHEFFIELD LAKE — The Illustrators Tattoz has been a Lorain County fixture for as long as anyone can remember. It’s about as permanent as ink. PHOTO PROVIDED An artist at Illustrators Tattoz works on a customer. The tattoo place, now at 5380 Lake Road, the [...]
What’s open, what’s closed on Columbus Day
ELYRIA — Government offices at the county, state and federal levels will be closed Monday in observance of the Columbus Day holiday. Police, fire and sanitation departments will be working as usual, and school will be in session. However, post offices, E-Check emission testing stations and banks will be closed except those with in-store branches [...]