Archive for November 3rd, 2007
Midview strikes first blow, but Avon Lake wins by knockout
AVON LAKE — To Mike Haddad, it felt like a slap to the face. Not to him, but to his team’s defense. The Avon Lake defense. The one that’s smothered every opponent it has faced and become the foundation of its state title dreams. But as Midview glided down the field and scored on its [...]
Turnover gives Avon Lake momentum in close game
AVON LAKE — It had the makings of a classic playoff game. Midview, trailing by just a touchdown, stopped Avon Lake at the Shoremen 40-yard line with 6:17 to play in the first half. All the Middies had to do was keep the game where it was, regroup at intermission and make a run at [...]
Buckeyes figure they ‘O’ Badgers for 2004 upset, dance
COLUMBUS — No dancing on the O. After Wisconsin beat Ohio State 24-13 three years ago, a Badgers linebacker danced on the big Block O that straddles the 50-yard line at Ohio Stadium, touching off a bunch of pushing, taunting and shoving between the teams. Buckeyes fans were aghast. Ohio State has not forgotten. Neither, [...]
Doug Clarke: What’s that? Cavaliers’ season over already?
Of all things … In what has to be an all-time record — even for a city wedded to defeatism while having a fling with martyrdom — members of the sporting press have pronounced the Cavaliers season as being just so over. After one game. • Someone tell me again about this Big Ten Network [...]
LeBron lights it up: Cavaliers star scores 45 in win over Knicks
CLEVELAND — Daniel Gibson should take LeBron James out for a nice dinner. Not only did James pour in 45 points, his passing led to most of Gibson’s regular-season, career-high 24 as the Cavaliers defeated the New York Knicks 110-106 Friday night at sold-out Quicken Loans Arena. “I don’t think I played with the energy [...]
Cavaliers notes: Pavlovic needs a little more time to get ready
CLEVELAND — Coach Mike Brown said he will have a “better feel” as to whether Sasha Pavlovic will play Sunday in Phoenix after he watches the swingman practice today. Small forward LeBron James already knows how he feels about the training camp holdout trying to suit up against the Suns after just one workout. “If [...]
Browns’ Jurevicius back to work after family scare
BEREA — Browns receiver Joe Jurevicius is the ultimate professional. Show up on time, put in the work and don’t complain. Jurevicius’ routine was thrown for a loop this week after his father, William, was hospitalized after a multicar accident. Jurevicius was a few minutes late for practice Wednesday and missed it entirely Thursday when [...]
Browns notes: Frye’s insider information not a big concern
BEREA — Besides coordinator Rob Chudzinski, quarterback Charlie Frye probably knew the new Browns offense better than anyone when he was traded to Seattle after Week 1. The question is: How much will Frye be able to help the Seahawks defense in preparation for the matchup Sunday at Cleveland Browns Stadium? “I’m sure there are [...]
Ford, UAW close to deal
DETROIT — A marathon bargaining session between Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers has brought both sides close to a tentative contract agreement, but a deal has yet to be reached, according to two people who have been briefed on the talks. UAW President Ron Gettelfinger was again involved in the bargaining on [...]
Avon Lake union rep: Work still plentiful
AVON LAKE — At the same time Ford Motor Co. and national negotiators from the United Auto Workers were trying to hash out a contract, Chrysler, which had just concluded negotiations announced a plan to cut as many as 12,000 jobs. Tim Donovan, president of the UAW Local 2000 representing workers at the Ohio Assembly [...]
New era in Oberlin
New college president gets big laughs, praise OBERLIN — Marvin Krislov was inaugurated Friday as Oberlin College’s 14th president in a ceremony that included belly laughs, moments of great pride and even a few tears. JASON MILLER / CHRONICLE Oberlin College President Marvin Krislov shows off his new key to the city. Krislov spoke of [...]
Ohio puts teachers’ misdeeds on Web
LORAIN — Christina Futchko taught at a Lorain preschool for a decade before she was accused of having an affair with a 17-year-old Southview High School student. Futchko, who was placed on administrative leave, resigned in January and had her teaching license revoked in September by the Ohio Department of Education. In the past, the [...]
Car, transit bus collide in Lorain
LORAIN — A crash between a Lorain County Transit bus and a car on Grove Avenue sent 13 people to area hospitals Friday. COURTESY OF TMCNEWS.NET Workers move debris away from the car involved in a crash with a Lorain County Transit bus in Lorain. At least one of those in the car was listed [...]
Extra cheese, hold the E. coli, please
Totino’s recall leaves a vacuum in the cheap-frozen-pizza aisle Ten Totino’s pizzas for $10 — it was the best deal in town, a dream for every bachelor, every working mom, every college student and every late-night pizza lover. And then E. coli came along, ruining everything. Food giant General Mills voluntarily recalled 5 million frozen [...]
Anne L. Chernitsky
Anne L. Chernitsky (nee Dziak), 82, of Elyria, died Thursday, November 1, 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born March 27, 1925 in Keisterville, Pennsylvania and lived in Elyria for most of her life. Mrs. Chernitksy was employed for 25 years at EMH Regional Medical Center, retiring as the [...]
Clarence N. Wallace
Clarence N. Wallace, 67, loving father of Jerry Laport of Elyria, Clarence Jr. of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, James of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Jeffrey (Terri) of Cleveland, Michelle Phillips (Glenn) of Cleveland and Albert of Waynesburg Pennsylvania; grandfather of five; brother of James of Olmsted Falls, Loretta Higginbotham of Brook Park, Richard of Elyria, Elizabeth Sturbleng of Elyria, [...]
Irene Claire Lenhart
Mrs. Irene Claire “Renie” Lenhart, 70, of Port Clinton, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2007 while in the company of family members at Magruder Hospital. Irene was born in Elyria, on February 8, 1937, the daughter of the late Daniel George and Rose Lucy (Bihn) Herman. Irene worked as a Primary school teacher for Keystone [...]
Joanne M. Kantner
Joanne M. Kantner (nee D’Ercole), 69, of Tidioute, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully with her family on Thursday, November 1, 2007 after an extended illness. A long time resident of Lorain County, Joanne was born in Cleveland and graduated from St. Stephen’s in 1956 and Cuyahoga Community College in 1987. She worked 17 years at Oatey [...]
9-year-old boy says man tried to lure him into vehicle
LORAIN — A 9-year-old boy said a man tried to lure him into a vehicle after school Wednesday, according to a Lorain police report. Washington Elementary School Principal Barb Kapucunski told police that the student returned to the building about 2:30 p.m. The boy said he was waiting for his mother at the corner of [...]
Lucille A. Brightbill Stegman
Lucille A. Stegman, 83, passed away late Tuesday evening, October 30, 2007 in Austin, Texas. She was born on September 2, 1924 in Elyria, to Roy and Alta Brightbill. Lucille was not one to sit back and watch the world go by. She was a graduate of the Oberlin School of Commerce and a flight [...]
Richard A. Smink
Richard A. “Tubby” Smink, 76, of Elyria Township, died Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born December 28, 1930 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania and has been a resident of Elyria Twp. since 1959. Mr. Smink was a stationary engineer for General Motors Fisher Guide, Elyria from 1976 to 1988, [...]
Richard Gene Gunderson
Richard Gene Gunderson, 75, of South Amherst, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2007 at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home in Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born May 22, 1932 in El Paso, Wisconsin where he was raised, graduating from Spring Valley High School. After serving in the Marine Corp, he moved to Elyria and [...]
Richard Lee Nixon
Richard Lee Nixon, 61, of Elyria, unexpectedly passed away at his home on Thursday, November 1, 2007. He was born July 2, 1946 and lived in Elyria his whole life. Richard retired from the Midview School district where he taught 5th grade for 25 years and was a member of the National Education Association and [...]
Chief justice to discuss Family Court
Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer has temporarily delayed legislation that would have killed the Family Court concept in Lorain County. Moyer is slated to meet this coming week with the legislators pushing to keep the county’s Domestic Relations and Probate courts separate — state reps. Matt Barrett, D-Amherst, Joe Kozuria, D-Lorain, and Matt [...]
Man charged with firing into house
OBERLIN — A 22-year-old Pittsfield Township man was charged Friday with firing a gun five times into a home on Groveland Street after demanding money from people he knew inside, police said. Marshall Ranzy, of Hallauer Road, was charged with three counts of felonious assault and one count of discharging a firearm into a habitation [...]