Archive for October 30th, 2007
Sabrina booted from “Dancing”
Cheetah Girl Sabrina Bryan was eliminated from the competition on "Dancing with the Stars" tonight. The judges were shocked when it was announced that their scores combined with audience call-in and Internet votes were not enough to keep Sabrina in the running. She was thought by many to be the favorite to win it all.
Road Rage?
VERMILION TWP.—The Sandusky Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is looking for a man they say bumped a vehicle out of his way Monday while driving on state Route 2 in Vermilion Township. A 45-year-old woman told troopers she was driving in the left westbound lane at 1:30 p.m. west of state Route 60 [...]
‘Dropout factories’ flourish
Admiral King among schools cited for low grad rates COLUMBUS — At 14 of the city’s 17 high schools, nearly 40 percent or more of the students who started as freshmen have disappeared before graduation day, a trend that’s affecting about 1 out of 10 public high schools statewide. Just under 70 Ohio high schools [...]
Autistic prodigy speaks at LCCC
ELYRIA — To enter Daniel Tammet’s mind is to enter a world where the number “333” looks like a lumpy glob of oatmeal or porridge. CARL SULLENBERGER / CHRONICLE Daniel Tammet takes questions from the audience after his speech on Monday at Stocker Center. Tammet’s 29-year-old mind is that of an acquired savant, a mind [...]
Avon winces, passes tax deal
AVON — Avon City Council begrudgingly approved Monday the first resolution required to create a new Interstate 90 interchange. The resolution outlined the general concept of the joint economic development zone between the initial partners — Avon and the city of Cleveland. The deal calls for Avon to send half of the income tax money [...]
Former Wellington teacher says he didn’t mean to scare
Patrick Knoble says he was just venting when he said he’d burn down the school OBERLIN — Former Wellington High School vocational teacher Patrick Knoble testified Monday that he was just venting when he told a colleague he hoped McCormick Middle School would burn down with the superintendent and school board president inside. CHUCK HUMEL [...]
Poll says Clinton, Giuliani would make scariest Halloween costumes
Once again, Hillary Rodham Clinton leads in a poll. This time, she’s the top choice when people are asked which major 2008 presidential candidate would make the scariest Halloween costume. Thirty-seven percent in an Associated Press-Ipsos survey this month chose the New York senator, the front-runner among Democratic presidential contenders. Fourteen percent selected former New [...]
Oberlin College students report robbery
OBERLIN — A general alert went out to Oberlin College students after two female students said they were robbed at gunpoint Sunday by three men on bicycles. The students were walking on West Vine Street about a block from the Oberlin Police Department when they were approached from behind at about 11:10 p.m., according to [...]
Police blotter: Oct. 30, 2007
Lorain police Saturday, Oct. 27 3:20 a.m. – 1400 block Euclid Ave., brick thrown through window. Monday, Oct. 29 2:17 a.m. – E. 28th St., Desmond Hawthorne, 19, 1500 block Fillmore Ave., Lorain, charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of crack cocaine and marijuana. Elyria police Sunday, Oct. 28 2:28 p.m. – 5800 [...]
Gary Greenfield
Gary Greenfield, of Wellington, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2007. A memorial service will be 3 p.m. Saturday, November 3, 2007, at United Church of Huntington, 26677 state Route 58, Wellington. Norton – Eastman Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Gale A. Gooding
Gale A. Gooding, 83, of Grafton, died Saturday, October 27, 2007, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a long illness. He was born September 1, 1924, in Geneva, and was a resident of Middlefield for most of his life. Mr. Gooding was an Army Air Corps veteran. He worked in [...]
Browns: Big Three looming large for 4-3 team
BEREA — Braylon Edwards leaping and diving to make catches along the sidelines. Kellen Winslow beating linebackers and safeties down the seam for touchdowns. Joe Jurevicius finding the holes in the defense to convert vital third downs. This is what general manager Phil Savage envisioned last year when Winslow and Edwards returned from injury and [...]
Therapist: Girl changes story
HIV positive man was convicted in 2004 rape and asks for a new trial ELYRIA — The girl who accused Jose Velez of molesting her recanted her accusation a month after Velez was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive life prison terms last year, her therapist testified Monday. Velez Barbara Maher said the girl, who [...]
Cavaliers: Success still starts with LeBron
INDEPENDENCE — There are a number of reasons why the Cavaliers might not win a lot of games early this season, including the holdouts of Anderson Varejao and Sasha Pavlovic and a six-game West Coast road trip. But there’s a 6-foot-8, 250-pound reason why they still might be successful when the regular season opens Wednesday [...]
Connie “Chuck” Oliver
Connie "Chuck" Oliver, 61, of Lorain, died unexpectedly Saturday, October 27, 2007, at Community Regional Medical Center in Lorain. Mr. Oliver was born October 10, 1946 in Georgetown, Ga., and had lived in Lorain since 1994. He formerly worked at the Elyria Foundry, Elyria Paper Recycling Company, and Woodford Machinery in Elyria, and was retired. [...]
Ohio State: Badger RB Hill expected to play Saturday
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema is hopeful running back P.J. Hill will be available when the Badgers play No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday. Hill hobbled off the field in the first quarter last Saturday after scoring on fourth-and-1 against Indiana. X-rays on Hill’s left foot and leg after the game showed no [...]
Lorain a busy port?
Mayor thinks firm will spur trade, jobs LORAIN — Mayor John Romoser wants to turn over operations of the city’s port to a Northwest Ohio-based company focused on bringing international trade to the area. Romoser has been in talks with the company, Midwest Terminals of Toledo International, for about a week to determine whether they [...]
Girls soccer: Avon readying for first regional tournament
It’s true that Bay’s perennially tough girls soccer team moved up to Division I this year. It’s also true that Bay won the West Shore Conference championship yet again. But ask yourself: Would you rather be a conference champion on the sidelines, such as Bay, or a district champion still playing soccer and making school [...]
Glory days
Oberlin College students among first to protest Vietnam War in ’67 OBERLIN — It was 40 years ago this month when Oberlin College students took to the streets to protest the war in Vietnam. Mayer They surrounded a car carrying a Navy recruiter and kept him trapped for more than four hours. When the recruiter [...]
Browns notes: Crennel cautious about team’s start
BEREA — Want a sign the Browns are a different team this year? For the fourth time this year, coach Romeo Crennel warned his players not to get big heads. “We won back-to-back games and we feel good about it,” Crennel said. “But that doesn’t get us anywhere. We’re not saying, by any stretch of [...]
The Rev. Russell C. Behm
The Rev. Russell C. Behm, 81, of Elyria, died October 27, 2007, at his home. Russell Behm was born April 1, 1926 in Bloomville in Seneca County. Born to a family of eight children, he later married and had a large loving family of his own. After being raised as a farm boy, he served [...]
Judge reduces man’s sentence in assault on woman
ELYRIA — In 2000, now retired county Common Pleas Judge Lynett McGough sentenced Trent Kilgore to 20 years in prison for choking a woman he knew who claimed he raped her. Last week, county Common Pleas Judge Mark Betleski cut that sentence to 13 years, saying the charges Kilgore was convicted of didn’t merit such [...]
Patricia A. Mohler
Patricia A. Mohler, 81, of Grafton, died Sunday, October 28, 2007, at New Life Hospice of St. Joseph. She was born April 25, 1926 in Elyria. She was a homemaker and enjoyed reading, crocheting, and traveling to the Smokey Mountains, and recently to Niagara Falls. She especially enjoyed time with her family. Patricia is survived [...]
Baseball: Yanks offer manager job to Girardi, not Mattingly
The New York Yankees picked experience over popularity, offering the manager’s job to Joe Girardi at the risk of watching Don Mattingly walk away from the franchise. Beloved as team captain, Donnie Baseball was the early favorite to replace Joe Torre and openly coveted the spot. After finding out Monday he didn’t get it, Mattingly [...]
Linda Susan Lashley
Linda Susan Lashley, 56, a lifelong resident of Wellington, died unexpectedly Sunday, October 28, 2007. She was born June 13, 1951 in Oberlin. She was a homemaker and a member of the 4-H Club in Wellington. Linda was also a member of Penfield Community Church. She enjoyed watching her son, Kyle, race, playing scrabble and [...]