Archive for October 29th, 2007
Back-to-back is back as Browns down Rams
ST. LOUIS — Resilient isn’t the sexiest adjective, but it’s the perfect one to describe the Browns. A team counted out before the season began, then again after an embarrassing opening day, showed its pluck once again Sunday. It shook off an early deficit and rallied to defeat the Rams 27-20 in the Edward Jones [...]
Browns focus on Edwards’ brilliance, not his missteps
ST. LOUIS — Browns fans had seen it before. The exuberant player unbuckling his chinstraps and yanking off his helmet to shout at the crowd. The flag flying with a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. But receiver Braylon Edwards will not be remembered as Dwayne Rudd. The Browns rallied behind Edwards on Sunday to beat [...]
Browns notes: Lewis contributes despite foot injury
ST. LOUIS — Jamal Lewis was listed as questionable on the injury report Friday, but there was no doubt he made a difference Sunday in the Browns’ 27-20 win over the Rams. Lewis, who had missed all but one play of the previous two games with a foot strain, carried 17 times for 61 yards. [...]
Browns vs. Rams matchups: Give Browns the edge
PLAYER OF THE GAME Derek Anderson, Browns quarterback He gets better by the week. He was 18-for-25 for 248 yards, three touchdowns and a career-best 143 rating. And for the second straight game, he didn’t throw an interception. The guy who opened the season on the bench has become the team’s MVP. Not only did [...]
Prep football: Elyria Catholic just makes playoffs; Midview, Avon Lake to meet
In the game that would ultimately determine his team’s postseason fate, Jayson Graham had no hand in its action or outcome. Instead, he had to sit and watch and wait. And hope. Graham and several of his Elyria Catholic teammates sat in the stands watching Sandusky St. Mary’s play Edison on Saturday night. The Panthers’ [...]
Red Sox complete sweep, win second World Series title in four years
DENVER — There’s a new monster in baseball, and this one’s in Boston, too. Overwhelming in every way, the Red Sox swept to their second title in four years Sunday night. Jon Lester, Mike Lowell & Co. left little room for drama with a 4-3 win over the Colorado Rockies in Game 4. Then again, [...]
Motorsports: Johnson wins again, closes gap on Gordon
Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon are quickly turning the Chase for the Nextel Cup championship into their own private duel. A two-tire stop for Johnson paid off with a victory Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, making the Chase a virtual dead heat at the top between the reigning champion and his Hendrick Motorsports teammate and [...]
Ohio State stays on top in BCS standings
NEW YORK — While Boston College gained some cushion on third-place LSU in the Bowl Championship Series standings and Ohio State held firm to first place, Arizona State moved into position to make a big stretch run. The unbeaten Sun Devils raised their BCS average to .849 after beating California 31-20 on Saturday. Arizona State, [...]
Staph worries not prevalent in county
CDC report, Va. death began national concern about bacteria A hospitalized Clearview student, the death of a 17-year-old Virginia football player and a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control have all led to a fear of staph infections around Lorain County. With the typical frenzy that accompanies a perceived medical threat — [...]
Bar association: Death penalty freeze justified
WASHINGTON — Serious problems in state death penalty systems compromise fairness and accuracy in capital punishment cases and justify a nationwide freeze on executions, the American Bar Association says. Problems cited in a report released Sunday by the lawyers’ organization include: • Spotty collection and preservation of DNA evidence, which has been used to exonerate [...]
Trick-or-treat times
Wednesday • Amherst — 6 to 7:30 p.m. • Avon — 6 to 7:30 p.m. • Avon Lake — 6 to 7:30 p.m. • Carlisle Township — 6 to 7:30 p.m. • Elyria — 6 to 7:30 p.m. • Grafton — 6 to 7:30 p.m. • LaGrange — 6 to 7:30 p.m. • Lorain — [...]
Survey: Two-thirds to let kids trick-or-treat
WASHINGTON — Two-thirds of parents say their children will trick-or-treat this Halloween, but fewer minorities will let their kids go door to door, with some citing safety worries, a poll shows. The survey found that 73 percent of whites versus 56 percent of minorities said their children will trick-or-treat on Wednesday. That disparity in the [...]
Reports call for earlier autism testing
CHICAGO — The country’s leading pediatricians group is making its strongest push yet to have all children screened for autism twice by age 2, warning of symptoms such as babies who don’t babble at 9 months and 1-year-olds who don’t point to toys. The advice is meant to help both parents and doctors spot autism [...]
Meteorite chunks get no bids at auction
NEW YORK — Two of the world’s most famous meteorites failed to attract buyers at an auction Sunday, while an ordinary metal mailbox zapped by a falling space rock in 1984 was sold for the unearthly price of nearly $83,000. A 30-pound chunk of the Willamette Meteorite, which was found in Oregon in 1902 and [...]
Men hurt in crash on state Route 82
EATON TWP. — A one-car crash on state Route 82 sent two men to the hospital early Sunday in an accident, and troopers from the Ohio Highway Patrol say alcohol was involved. The men, Brandon A. Simmons, 23, of North Olmsted, and Nicholas A. Kristek, 22, of Columbia Township, were coming from a night of [...]
Police blotter: Oct. 29, 2007
County sheriff Friday, Oct. 26 4:56 p.m. – 5100 block West River Road N., Michael O. Duffield, 18, Lorain, two counts of domestic violence and one count of aggravated menacing. 5:51 p.m. – 25000 block Sprague Road, Brian P. Loomis, 35, Elyria, charged with domestic violence. 7:23 p.m. – State Route 2 on-ramp westbound, Curtis [...]
Con man leaves trail of swindled friends
Srail SAN ANTONIO — It’s not much to hold a suspect on — the alleged theft of $2,500 from a musician who thought an investment could bring him some extra cash for more studio time. It’s a tiny amount, really, compared to the tens of thousands of dollars others say they’ve lost to the charming [...]
Fewer liquor violations found
Budget cuts have led to fewer investigations, officials say COLUMBUS — Violations of Ohio’s liquor laws are down by almost half in the past five years at bars and stores, the state’s Liquor Control Commission said. The commission estimates it will have heard about 1,370 cases by the end of this year, compared with 2,612 [...]
State delayed on teacher discipline
Lawmakers stalled on reforms to stop teacher misconduct COLUMBUS — State lawmakers are demanding changes to rid classrooms of teachers with histories of sexual misbehavior, but for years the Legislature failed to repair educators’ discipline system, a newspaper reported Sunday. The Ohio Department of Education repeatedly asked for laws that would require criminal background checks [...]
Motorcycle crashes into neighbor’s yard
ELYRIA — After riding laps on Pinewood Drive all day Saturday, a man crashed his 1992 Honda motorcycle in a neighbor’s yard, according to a sheriff’s deputy who lives next door to the crash site. Deputy Mike Lopez was off duty around 10:55 p.m. when the motor noises he’d been hearing for several hours suddenly [...]
Avon-Avon Lake police blotter: Oct. 29, 2007
Avon Lake police Monday, Oct. 22 9:54 a.m. – 32000 block Redwood Blvd, two girls, ages 11 and 13, told police that a red Ford F150 pickup with dark-tinted windows followed, turned around and passed them several times as they walked home from church. Wednesday, Oct. 24 11:34 a.m. – 32000 block Lake Road, old [...]
School celebrates its 50th
Past, present converge at party for Westview Elementary COURTESY OF DAVE FRITZMAN The Rev. Andrew Marko speaks to students and teachers Saturday at the 50th anniversary celebration of Westview Elementary School. Westview opened its doors in 1957 as a community school for students in kindergarten through sixth grade. AVON LAKE — Not much has changed [...]
Avon, Avon Lake notebook: Oct. 29, 2007
Acclaimed play ‘ART’ at French Creek The internationally acclaimed play “ART” is coming to the French Creek Nature Center. The Lorain County Metro Parks and TrueNorth Cultural Arts will present a preview of the production at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8, followed by performances at 7:30 p.m. on Nov, 9, 10, 16 and 17 and at 3 [...]
Woman arrested for drunken driving
LORAIN — A school bus driver alerted police to a suspected drunken driver Friday morning who witnesses say was driving on the wrong side of the road, a police report said. When police spotted the 1992 Lincoln Town Car driven by 46-year-old Terri Lynn McKnight of Vermilion, the vehicle was weaving from left to right [...]