Archive for October 15th, 2007
Wahoo! Tribe wins 4-2!
Kenny Lofton’s 2-run homer set the tone and gave the Tribe the 2-run margin it needed to secure a victory over the Boston Red Sox to go up 2-1 in the American League Championship Series. See Tuesday’s Chronicle-Telegram for a complete game recap.
Never mind — it wasn’t a gas leak
A suspected gas leak at the Center for Leadership in Education forced the evacuation of the Burns Road building Monday giving employees a short-lived break from work. The Elyria Fire Department was called out to the building at about 10:24 a.m. and found employees standing outside after believing they smelled gas in the building. About [...]
Mom who left baby in garage gets 4 years
A tearful Heather Heck apologized this afternoon for leaving her baby alone in her garage while she traveled to Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving, saying she would be punished for her actions for the rest of her life. That didn’t stop county Common Pleas Judge Edward Zaleski from sentencing the 24-year-old Lorain woman to four years [...]
Gas leak could snarl LCCC traffic
A gas leak at the Center for Leadership in Education has forced the evacuation of the building located at 201 Burns Road . The Elyria Fire Department is on scene. Fire officials said the gas leak has been located and they will remain in the area until Dominion Gas Company arrives to make the necessary [...]
Win points Browns in right direction heading into bye
CLEVELAND — If the Browns ever figure out a way to stop the opposition, they could be unstoppable. As it is — with a defense ranked near the bottom of the league — the Browns are a stunning 3-3 following a 41-31 win Sunday over the Miami Dolphins (0-6). The Browns, who are off next [...]
Brian Dulik: ‘Chud’ and guts have Browns offense rolling
Every player, coach and employee in the Browns organization refers to offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski by his nickname. Calling him “Chud’’ at this point, however, seems disrespectful. “Gridiron Genius’’ or “Miracle Worker’’ is much more appropriate for a man who has transformed Cleveland’s moribund offense into one of the best in the NFL. “It’s a [...]
Potential finally becoming reality for Browns’ Edwards
CLEVELAND — Derek Anderson stood before a crowded room of reporters and spoke about opportunities — those that have been given to him, as well as the ones he’s tried to give to his teammates. “All I’m trying to do is give them a chance to go out there and make plays,” he said, basking [...]
Browns notes: Backup backs make a winning combo
CLEVELAND — The Browns played their first regular-season game on Sept. 9, but Jerome Harrison’s season didn’t really begin until Sunday. The second-year running back took his first offensive snaps of the season and responded with a career-high 57 rushing yards in Cleveland’s 41-31 win over the Miami Dolphins. “It felt good to go back [...]
Browns vs. Dolphins matchups: Big edge for Browns
PLAYER OF THE GAME Braylon Edwards, Browns receiver He’s starting to look more and more like a No. 3 overall draft pick. After dropping two balls early, Edwards had the first three-touchdown game of his three-year career. He caught a 24-yard skinny post, a 5-yard hook in traffic and a 16-yard jump ball. Edwards showed [...]
Split the difference: Indians breathing easier after tying Boston series
CLEVELAND — History can wait. Well, at least for now. When the Indians beat Boston 13-6 in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday, they avoided an uphill battle few teams have won. With the victory, Cleveland was able to earn a split at Fenway Park, and that’s big considering what happens [...]
College football: BCS, polls say Ohio State is No. 1
COLUMBUS — Ohio State was supposed to be in transition, replacing a Heisman Trophy winner, a couple first-round draft picks and numerous key players from a team that played for a national championship last season. Now the rebuilt Buckeyes are No. 1 in the AP Top 25 and the Bowl Championship Series standings thanks to [...]
Lorain County Speedway: Gerken dominates E-Mods
Bob Stascak The Chronicle-Telegram SOUTH AMHERST — LaGrange’s Stacey Gerken dominated E-Mod racing all season at Lorain County Speedway so it was only fitting that he end it in the same manner. The 2007 E-Mod Division champ ran away with Sunday’s feature in the open-wheel division, leading all 100 laps en route to victory in [...]
A place to gather and to grow hope
LORAIN — The Gathering Hope House is not your typical mental health facility. CHUCK HUMEL/CHRONICLE Tim Collins, a recovery counselor at Gathering Hope House, helps Jewell Marie Ervin, of LaGrange, decorate a Halloween wreath. Colorful characters grace its halls, but the antiseptic feel of an institution is nowhere to be found. It feels almost homey [...]
Getting cultured, talking politics: Cleveland
Granted, Bostonians can brag about that soiree in which they tossed a bunch of tea into the harbor, an act that helped ignite the political powder keg that would explode in the American Revolution. And yes, the city is also closely linked to the Kennedys, arguably the 20th century’s most famous political family. Although Cleveland [...]
Getting cultured, talking politics: Boston
Chief Wahoo isn’t the only costumed Indian trying to start a rally. Way back in 1773, a group of Bostonians dressed as Mohawk Indians snuck aboard a British import ship and pitched a boatload of tea into the Boston Harbor. This protest of British rule was a major stepping stone towards the inevitable Revolutionary War [...]
Man burned in Elyria fire dies
ELYRIA — An Elyria man who suffered severe burns over much of his body Saturday has died. Donald Secrist, 50, was pronounced dead at 1:55 p.m. Sunday at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, according to a secretary in the Cuyahoga County Coroner’s office. The coroner had not made a determination on the cause of death. [...]
Cancer death rates decline
WASHINGTON — Good news on the cancer front: Death rates are dropping faster than ever, thanks to new progress against colorectal cancer. A turning point came in 2002, scientists conclude Monday in the annual “Report to the Nation” on cancer. Between 2002 and 2004, death rates dropped by an average of 2.1 percent a year. [...]
Helen Catherine Bowers
Helen Catherine (nee Chas) Bowers, 87, of N. Ridgeville, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2007 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Avon, following a short illness. She was born in Lakewood and had been a resident of North Ridgeville since 1951 moving from Parma Hts. Mrs. Bowers was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church, N. [...]
Sam Zubrick
Sam Zubrick, 84, of Wellington, died Thursday, October 11, 2007 at the Elms Retirement Village. He was born January 11, 1923 to the late Mike and Emma Zubrick. Sam was a lifelong resident of Wellington and graduated from Wellington High School in 1940. He served his country in the U.S. Nav during World War II. [...]
Josephine R. Sliman
Josephine R. Sliman (nee George), 89, of South Amherst, passed away Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Community Health Partners, in Lorain, following a brief illness. She was born on October 24, 1917 in Cleveland and had resided in South Amherst for the past 61 years. Josephine was a member of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin [...]
Raymond F. Biedenbender
Raymond F. Biedenbender, 84, of Elyria, died on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a long illness. Mr. Biedenbender was born in Middletown, on September 24, 1923 and made his home in Elyria since 1961. He graduated from Hamilton Catholic High School in Hamilton, and the [...]