Archive for November 2nd, 2007
County to NOACA: Fix vote or we quit
ELYRIA — The county commissioners aren’t backing down from their efforts to have a system of voting that strongly favors Cuyahoga County eliminated from the bylaws of the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency. On Thursday, the commissioners sent a letter to NOACA Executive Director Howard Maier in which they asked him to start the process [...]
State submits plan to Ford
AVON LAKE — The Ohio Department of Development is putting together a package of incentives that will be presented to Ford Motor Co. in hopes of staving off the possible closure of the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake.Gov. Ted Strickland and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, who doubles as director of the Department of Development, [...]
Dump truck kills 6-year-old getting mail
HUNTINGTON TWP. — A 6-year-old Amish boy crossed state Route 162 to check the family’s mailbox Thursday afternoon and didn’t make it back. Ohio Highway Patrol troopers said as Levi Shetler stepped from the gravel berm onto the pavement of state Route 162 with envelopes clutched in his hands, he was struck and killed by [...]
Amherst Steele staph infection is ‘super bug’
AMHERST — A student at Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst has been diagnosed with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to Amherst Superintendent Robert Boynton. MRSA — an antibiotic-resistant form of staph infection — has been garnering nationwide attention after causing the death of a 17-year-old high school football player in Virginia and a 12-year-old [...]
Fire station sale may be in Elyria’s future
ELYRIA — Elyria fire officials say they’re bracing for what they suspect will be a permanent move by Mayor Bill Grace to make massive changes in the fire department, including the sale of one fire station and permanently lowering manpower levels. Grace already has said it’s “very likely” that the current staffing levels — 14 [...]
Avon company bought for $55M
AVON — Avon Bearings Corp. recently was acquired by an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company in a transaction worth $55 million that could thrust the local company into the forefront of the growing wind energy market. Kaydon Corp. announced the deal Monday, saying it plans to continue to operate Avon Bearings as a part of Kaydon [...]
Doctor indicted on fondling charges
ELYRIA — An Elyria doctor already facing lawsuits from two women who have accused him of fondling them has added a 14-count indictment to his legal problems. Roy Somnath Roy, 42, of Avon is charged with abduction, six counts of gross sexual imposition and seven counts of sexual imposition for incidents dating back to 2004. [...]
Oberlin College gets $12M in gifts
OBERLIN — On the eve of inaugurating a new president, Oberlin College on Thursday announced it received three $4 million gifts. The money will be used for a new home for jazz studies and for environmental programs. College President Marvin Krislov, who will be inaugurated today as Oberlin College’s 14th president, said the $12 million [...]
Blotter: Nov. 2
County sheriff Sunday, Oct. 28 12:40 p.m. – 42500 block Webster Road, Penfield Township, domestic violence. Monday, Oct. 29 8 a.m. – 27100 block Hidden Oaks Drive, Columbia Township, breaking and entering. Wednesday, Oct. 31 9:25 a.m. – 42900 block Emerald Drive, Elyria Township, Gabriel Turner, 29, Elyria, warrant arrest for trafficking in drugs. 10:33 [...]
CHP to end health insurance plan
LORAIN — Community Health Partners plans to discontinue supplemental health insurance it once offered to 95 retired employees from the former St. Joseph Hospital. The former employees will be moved to Medicare supplemental insurance beginning March 31 and will have 63 days after that date to enroll in a new supplemental plan if they choose. [...]
Kids cash in candy for a sweet deal
Trick-or-treaters make good on dentist’s Halloween buy-back offer ELYRIA — Perhaps there is no better person than a child to explain why dozens of children would turn in perfectly good candy — about 300 pounds in roughly two hours — the day after Halloween. And turn it over to a dentist, no less. STEVE MANHEIM [...]
Robert J. Kolk
Robert J. Kolk, 90, of LaGrange, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2007, at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria, following a short illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wyers Funeral Chapel, Sheffield Township.
Richard A. Smink
Richard A. “Tubby” Smink, 76, of Elyria Township, died Tuesday, October 30, 2007, at his home. Funeral services will be announced by Dicken Funeral Home, Elyria.
Laverne M. Busek
Laverne M. Busek, 88, of Shaker Heights, died Tuesday, October 30, 2007, in Norwalk Memorial Home after a long illness. Born in Lorain in 1918, Ms. Busek was a graduate of Wakeman High School and Wittenberg College. She was an elementary school teacher who spent most of her teaching career at Sussex School in Shaker [...]
Men arrested after Elyria chase
ELYRIA — Two men stopped late Wednesday for failing to use a turn signal on Oberlin-Elyria Road are in a lot more trouble now since they took off for no apparent reason, sheriff’s deputies say. The driver — Kebba Jamar Woodard, 32, a landscaper from Detroit — was charged with failing to use turn signals, [...]
Roundup: Nov. 2
Marshals raid home; no drugs found ELYRIA TWP. — U.S. marshals found a gun and a digital scale but no narcotics during a raid Wednesday morning at the home of a suspected drug trafficker, according to a sheriff’s report. Gabriel Turner, 29, was charged with having weapons under disability and possession of criminal tools. Members [...]
Local ‘phenomenon’ competes for title on reality TV show
An Avon Lake woman who has merged her passions for magic and medicine is among 10 contestants competing on NBC’s reality series “Phenomenon.” Angela Funovits, a 2005 Avon Lake High School graduate and 2004 Miss Teen Cleveland, is the only woman among 10 people vying for the title of “next great mentalist” on the weekly [...]
Kathryn J. Koepp
Kathryn Jane Koepp (nee Bringman), 86, and a resident of Amherst, passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at Community Health Partners in Lorain, following a brief illness. She was born February 6, 1921, in Vermilion. Kathryn was raised in Brownhelm Township and had been a resident of Amherst since 1958. As a young woman, she [...]
Avon Lake uses stifling defense to wear down opponents
The change is ever so subtle at first, but Avon Lake’s Sean Oxley cues in on it instantly. There’s an avoidance of eye contact in his opponent, a slowness of step … then it begins. Slowly but surely, the onrush of the Shoremen’s defense takes its toll. “We always say you want to get the [...]
Jerry Lee Edmister III
Jerry Lee Edmister III, 20, of Columbia Station, died Friday, October 26, 2007, in North Carolina in an accident. Jerry was born October 31, 1986, in Oberlin. Jerry was a member of the Lorain County JVS auto mechanics program and was a 2005 graduate of Columbia High School. Jerry enlisted in the Marine Corps in [...]
Claude Brown
Claude Brown, 86, passed away Sunday, October 28, 2007. He was the beloved husband of the late Lillian; loving father of Harry (Yvonne), Kimberly (Tim) Schutz, and the late Cathy Soby; dearest grandfather of Becky Casella, Harry Brown II, and Melissa Aponte; dear great-grandfather of Courtney, Zachary, Renee, and Austin; brother of the late Willie, [...]
Blessing House receives grant for transportation
LORAIN — A new grant fund will help get troubled youngsters to and from schools across Lorain County. Blessing House, a crisis nursery for children 12 and younger, received a $25,000 grant from the estate of Anna Martin to purchase a van to transport the kids, the Community Foundation of Lorain County announced Wednesday. In [...]
Avon Lake-Midview scouting report: Middies have been bit by injury bug
With one bone-rattling hit after another, the Midview Middies kept going down. First came its standout defensive end. Then an outside linebacker, followed by a middle linebacker, a lynchpin cornerback, a senior tailback and, finally, its emerging quarterback. Can any team afford to absorb so many key injuries? Well, Midview certainly has shown it can [...]
Anne L. Chernitsky
Anne L. Chernitsky, 82, of Elyria, died Thursday, November 1, 2007, at EMH Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Friends may call 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, November 4, 2007, at Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Chestnut Ridge Road at state Route 57, Elyria. Further arrangements will be announced by the funeral home.
Wounded pastor’s condition is improving
CLEVELAND — A pastor who has been hospitalized since being shot in the face Oct. 20 at his Brighton Township home is slowly showing signs of improvement. A nursing supervisor at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland said Thursday that the Rev. Mark Petric, 45, pastor of New Life Assembly of God in Wellington, has improved [...]