Archive for October 10th, 2007
Willie James Porter
Willie James “Snag” Porter, 80, of Elyria, went home to be with the Lord October 8, 2007. He was born March 1, 1927, in Laverne, Ala., and moved to Elyria in 1948. He served with the Army in Germany during WWII. He worked for 40 years as a diesel repairman at United States Steel USX. [...]
Vasiliki Karas
Vasiliki "Bessie" Karas (nee Hatzidemetriou), 100, beloved wife of the late Steve Karas, died peacefully Wednesday, October 3, 2007, at Rosewood Skilled Nursing Center in Peabody, Mass. She was born in Samos, Greece, the daughter of Dimitri and Katherine Hatzidemetriou. She lived in Greece until her marriage, moving to the United States in 1930. She [...]
Business offers lift to high-tech start-ups
ELYRIA — A Cleveland-based technology organization wants to breathe new life into Ohio’s entrepreneurial spirit by providing free business resources and mentoring to folks looking to start high-tech businesses. NorTech officials visited Lorain County Community College’s Spitzer Conference Center on Tuesday to unveil TechLift, an initiative that uses matching state money to help technology entrepreneurs [...]
Neva Marie Wilson
Neva Marie Wilson "Nan", 86, of Wellington, died Tuesday, October 9, 2007, at the Elms Nursing Home following a short illness. She was born January 30, 1921 in Spencer. She worked as a clerk for Sparkle Market for 14 years, retiring in 1984. She and her late husband were members of a snowmobile club and [...]
Indians: Long overlooked nationally, Tribe crashes ALCS party
NEW YORK — Overlooked, under-appreciated, disregarded — that’s how the Indians like it. A team that finished tied for the best record in baseball, yet still entered the Division Series against New York as an underdog, will be in the same position when the ALCS opens Friday night in Boston. “Nobody picked us to win [...]
Browns: Playoffs? It’s possible
The meat-grinder to start the season ended Sunday in New England, and the Browns made it through alive. Two wins in five games won’t bring a tickertape parade, but they kept the season afloat and make looking down the road more than a futile exercise. The Browns have a chance to do some unexpected things [...]
Coughlin: Postseason is a recipe for cardiac arrest
The party was raging all around him Monday night in the Indians’ locker room at Yankee Stadium. Players sprayed each other with beer and champagne. Grown men hugged each other. They jumped and they danced. Indians owner Larry Dolan smiled serenely off to one side. “We’re here now and as anybody can see, we [...]
Cavaliers open preseason with sorry exhibition
CLEVELAND — Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry may want to offer a few more bucks to holdouts Anderson Varejao and Sasha Pavlovic. With their starters playing poorly in abbreviated action and their current bench players doing nothing to show they deserve consistent minutes in the regular season, the Cavaliers were blown out 81-62 by the [...]
Bye-bye balmy; cooler fall weather arriving
ELYRIA — While the calendar reads Oct. 10, summer hijacked the season for so long, that no one thought cooler temperatures would ever arrive. JASON MILLER / CHRONICLE A group of hikers enjoys the turning leaves and sunny weather. Yet, as we all awoke this morning, the forecasters say the air is expected to hold [...]
Leslie Wallace Greenlief
Leslie Wallace Greenlief, 84, of Elyria, died on Monday October 8, 2007, at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria, following a short illness. Mr. Greenlief was born in Glenville, W.Va., on February 27, 1923, and lived in Elyria since 1962. He worked in Arizona for 12 years in heavy construction and then at General Motors [...]
ALCS: Eager Red Sox align starters
BOSTON — Tim Wakefield tested his balky back from the Fenway mound on Tuesday to see if he’ll be able to start in Game 4 of the AL championship series. Curt Schilling showed everything he needed to show on Sunday. Two days after helping the Red Sox finish off the Los Angeles Angels in the [...]
Ohio State: a curious matchup, odd timing
COLUMBUS — The Big Ten race is just starting to get interesting — and now No. 3 Ohio State has to take a break. Kent State, fifth in its division of the Mid-American Conference, gets $650,000 to travel the 2 hours down I-71 to come to Ohio Stadium this Saturday while the Buckeyes pass the [...]
A tale of the elderly, an author and the Amish
WELLINGTON — A group of residents of the Welcome Nursing Home got to step inside the pages of a book this past week. Cindy McCartney, activity assistant for the home, decided to expand on the home’s weekly “News and Java” sessions and read the residents a book after they finished with the newspaper headlines. She [...]
Garth B. Peacock
Garth B. Peacock, 79, of Oberlin, died Sunday, October 7, 2007, at Welcome Nursing Home in Oberlin. He was born June 26, 1928 in Protection, Kan. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He received his bachelors of music degree in 1951 and his masters’ of music in 1955 from the Oberlin Conservatory [...]
High School Volleyball: Wildcats’ win comes at costly price
MALLET CREEK — No sight could be more heartbreaking to a Keystone fan than seeing Kari Kincannon, one shoe on and one shoe off, with plenty of air between the floor and the sole of her bare foot, leaving the gym on the shoulders of two escorts. Keystone was leading Buckeye, 17-12, in Game 1 [...]
High school volleyball: EC falls to Padua
ELYRIA — Brooke Dungan had 12 assists, while Megan Hanson had 15 kills for the Panthers (11-9, 9-6 NCL) in a North Coast League loss to Padua, 17-25, 25-13, 25-13, 25-14, Tuesday night. Katie Svat had 16 digs, while Zoe Zwegat had four solo blocks and four block assists. Katherine McNeely had eight service points [...]
Man mistaken as sex offender near EHS
ELYRIA — A suspicious man at Elyria High School on Monday prompted school officials to call police after a female student mistook the man for a registered sex offender, police and school officials said. The girl, 15, was walking to school at 7:40 a.m. and was near the courtyard approaching the cafeteria doors when she [...]
Homes in Lorain neighborhood burglarized
LORAIN — A string of homes and vehicles was burglarized over the weekend in Deerfield Estates. Lorain police went to a home on the 6000 block of Kyra Lane Sunday morning in reference to someone entering a home through the rear sliding glass door overnight and found reports of similar thefts and attempts from other [...]
Willie Evans embroiled in county jail ruckus
ELYRIA — Willie Evans IV left the county jail on Friday to begin serving his life sentence in prison, but he didn’t part with jail officials on the best of terms, according to reports. Evans, 19, convicted of aggravated murder and other charges in last year’s shooting death of retired steelworker Michael Smith, got into [...]
Interchange heads toward showdown
AVON — Sabers are rattling over whether to build a proposed interchange off Interstate 90 in Avon. Cuyahoga County officials are worried the interchange will increase urban sprawl and drain money from Cleveland and Cuyahoga County communities. They’re threatening to vote against the plan when it goes before the full board of the Northeast Ohio [...]
Second man indicted in home invasion
ELYRIA — The second of two men charged in connection with a Lorain apartment invasion and sexual assault in July has been indicted by a county grand jury. Kenneth Sturgill, 26, is charged with two counts each of kidnapping, felonious assault, aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery. He also is charged with three counts of rape. [...]
Community center goes house hunting
Group helps condemned South Lorain institution move quickly Any eviction notice is a hardship. But the one received by the Coalition for South Lorain on Aug. 13 was especially so. JASON MILLER / CHRONICLE Teacher Kim Aliff leads a group of 10- to 12-year-olds through a Columbus Day lesson as part of the Boys and [...]
Blotter for Wellington & Oberlin: October 10, 2007
Oberlin police Wednesday, Oct. 3 10:37 a.m. — 40 E. College St., fraudulent check involving $5,000. 4:40 p.m. – 23 W. College St., 17-year-old girl accused of taking a soft drink from Gibson’s Food Mart & Bakery; police released her to her mother. Friday, Oct. 5 12:07 a.m. — North Pleasant Street near Oberlin High [...]
District, union strike a deal
WELLINGTON — After four hot hours spent hunched over the bargaining table Tuesday, administrators and teachers were able to shake hands on a possible contract and head off what had looked like an impending strike. The negotiating teams, set up in different rooms at Wellington Town Hall, sent a federal negotiator back and forth with [...]
Under the radar no more
Indians take center stage after win in N.Y. The Cleveland Indians turned the House That Ruth Built into the world’s largest outdoor funeral parlor. Now, they’ll turn their attention to Fenway Park. After slaying the vaunted New York Yankees in four games — and realizing the worst nightmares of major network executives — the Tribe [...]