Archive for November 6th, 2007
Browns’ Winslow comes of age
BEREA — Size, strength, quickness and sure hands have always been Kellen Winslow’s best attributes. Maturity just made the list. Winslow entered the league as a brash 20-year-old with a Hall of Fame father, rare athleticism and a mouth that roared. A broken leg as a rookie, a mangled leg from a motorcycle accident and [...]
Browns notes: Crennel says Steelers will see a different Browns team this time
BEREA — As offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski walked out of the locker room Sunday night, he had already turned the page from the overtime win over the Seahawks. “It’s Steeler Week,” he said. That hasn’t been good news for the Browns. They are 0-5 vs. the Steelers under coach Romeo Crennel. They haven’t beaten Pittsburgh [...]
Legends watch as Steelers rout Ravens
PITTSBURGH — Halfway through the first quarter, the overwhelmed Baltimore Ravens probably thought they were playing today’s Steelers and all of Pittsburgh’s Super Bowl stars of the past. Turns out they were. Ben Roethlisberger tied the Steelers’ single-game record with five touchdown passes in the first half and Pittsburgh put on a Steel Curtain-like defensive [...]
Rick Noland: Cavs need more than a quick fix
Larry Hughes still can’t shoot, Donyell Marshall can’t play, period, and the bench is as bad as advertised. Simply put, the Cavaliers are not a good basketball team right now. The good news, if it can be called that, is that none of this is surprising. The Cavaliers were expected to lose their home opener [...]
All-Ohio volleyball: Keystone’s Kincannon makes first team
Kari Kincannon’s focus never wavered this season and that paid off for the Keystone senior. The Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association made sure of that by naming Kincannon a first-team Division II All-Ohio selection. “This honor makes feel really good and excited,” Kincannon said. “I knew that I had to be really focused for [...]
Prep golf: Eight from area make first-team all-district
Eight area residents — seven boys and one girl — have been named first-team all-district selections by the Northeast Ohio Golf Coaches Association. In boys Division I, seniors Alex Treuel of Elyria and Jay Overy of Midview were joined on the first team by St. Edward’s John Burke, a Bay resident, and St. Ignatius’ Kyle [...]
All-Lorain County Soccer: Wellington’s Huelsman, Little sweep D-II boys honors
Wellington’s Christian Huelsman and Bill Little were named Lorain County player and coach of the year, respectively, in Division II by the Lorain County Soccer Coaches Association. The Dukes went 15-2, falling in the second round of the district tournament. Huelsman scored 34 goals this season, ending his high school career as Lorain County’s second [...]
Avon Lake gets new ride
Body shop key to Ford plant’s future AVON LAKE — The Ohio Assembly Plant will be getting a new product and a flexible body shop that will secure jobs at the plant for at least four more years. Nick Gallogly, chairman of the UAW Local 2000, said Monday’s agreement was an “excellent” one for Ohio [...]
‘Pay as you throw’ is trashed
Lorain Council’s vote to cost county millions LORAIN — City Council shot down a volume-based trash collection program Monday night, a vote that will cost the city and other communities in Lorain County millions of dollars in recycling incentives. The plan, commonly called “pay as you throw,” would have given the city $1.5 million over [...]
Cashing in on Wi-Fi hot spots
Local businesses giving Web surfers the hook-up Apart from the mad caffeine buzz that comes with slugging coffee after coffee in a four-hour block, Whitaker Davis pretty much has it made. CARL SULLENBERGER / CHRONICLE Miranda Corriveau, 20, surfs the Web using Wi-Fi on Friday at Jim’s Coffee House in Elyria. Seven days a week [...]
Weather shouldn’t cool voter turnout
County’s first taste of winter expected this Election Day The county Board of Elections said the area’s first taste of winter shouldn’t affect voter turnout at the polls today. National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Dutter said of a steady flow of rain throughout the morning and afternoon hours could turn into a light dusting of [...]
Strike no joke for Letterman
Writers hit picket lines, drive major late-night shows into reruns LOS ANGELES — Americans may be getting more sleep after Hollywood writers went on strike Monday and forced the nation’s late-night talk shows to start airing reruns. NBC said the “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” will immediately air repeats. Still, Leno made an appearance [...]
Servant says she was enslaved at New York mansion
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — An Indonesian servant for a millionaire couple accused of modern-day slavery testified Monday she was forced to eat her own vomit and was scalded with hot water for misdeeds such as sleeping late and pilfering food. The 51-year-old woman, identified only as Samirah, said through an interpreter that she was also [...]
Hog wild: Is Arkansas’ Mcfadden back in Heisman hunt after 321-yard performance
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — With or without the Heisman Trophy, Darren McFadden has secured his legacy as one of the Southeastern Conference’s greatest runners. McFadden rushed for 321 yards Saturday night, tying an SEC record in Arkansas’ 48-36 victory over South Carolina. After falling from the spotlight during an unspectacular October, McFadden gave Heisman voters something [...]
Jones gets 3 years for theft of $2M
CLEVELAND — Elyria businessman Larry Jones was sentenced Monday to 37 months in a federal prison for stealing nearly $2 million in bank loans to keep his computer business afloat. Jones pleaded guilty to bank fraud and money laundering charges last year. Jones He is cooperating with federal investigators and Lorain County officials probing a [...]
3-city chase ends in jail for 10 years
ELYRIA — A Vermilion man who led police on a high-speed chase through three cities in April was sentenced Monday to a decade in prison. Charged with a long list of felonies and facing the possibility of more than 35 years in prison if tried and convicted on all counts, Justin T. McFadden, 20, accepted [...]
County drops gun lawsuit
ELYRIA — The county on Monday dropped its lawsuit against Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and Ohioans for Concealed Carry President Jeff Garvas. The lawsuit had sought to have county Common Pleas Judge James Miraldi declare unconstitutional a 2004 state law requiring that county sheriff’s provide the names of concealed carry permit holders to journalists and [...]
Lorain mayor pushing for a ‘slum tenant’ law
LORAIN — Mayor John Romoser is drafting legislation that would force renters to assume some of the costs that have traditionally burdened only landlords. Calling it a “tenant responsibility” ordinance, Romoser hopes to see renters pay for things like excessive water bills, high trash collection costs and excessive damage to the structure upon moving out. [...]
White Castle latkes win recipe contest
COLUMBUS — A woman crossed a traditional Hanukkah dish with White Castle hamburgers to win the annual recipe contest held by the Columbus-based chain. Leslye Louis of New Melle, Mo., named her creation “The Latkes You Crave,” after White Castle’s slogan “What you crave.” She made the Jewish potato pancakes with the usual ingredients, including [...]
Columbia barn fire likely caused by torch
COLUMBIA TWP. — A welding torch likely sparked a barn fire that destroyed all of the machinery stored in the barn, fire officials said. The fire at the farm, on the 10000 block of West River Road, was not difficult to put out, but still required the aid of four neighboring departments as the volunteer [...]
Defense attorney plans to renovate client’s home
ELYRIA — Attorney Mike Duff plans to renovate the Woodland Avenue home he got for defending Paul Hashman on attempted murder and felonious assault charges for shooting his neighbor in January 2004. Duff said after the renovations — which include a thorough cleaning and new siding — he plans to rent out 519 Woodland Ave. [...]
Compost 101
How to convert kitchen and yard waste into rich, beautiful garden dirt Autumn is in full swing, and according to Lorain County Metro Parks Naturalist Matt Kocsis, there is no better time to begin thinking about the spring. while most of us are dreading the soon-to-be sub-freezing temperatures, piercing snow storms and icy car windshields, [...]
Amherst/Vermilion blotter: November 6, 2007
Amherst police Friday, Oct. 26 2:12 a.m. – Cooper Foster Park Road, Thomas J. Phillips, 20, 100 block E. Main St., charged with underage consumption and operating a vehicle while intoxicated. 4:40 p.m. – Marion L. Steele High School, a pair of 17-year-old boys were charged with underage consumption after police found them tailgating with [...]
Walter H. Coates
Walter H. Coates, 87, of Elyria, died Sunday, November 4, 2007, at Community Health Partners, Lorain. He was born January 14, 1920, in Shawnee, where he was a 1938 graduate of Shawnee High School. After graduation, he served in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He moved to Elyria around 1941 and worked in his family’s business, [...]
Shirley Ann Miller
Shirley Ann Miller (nee Eppley), 82, of Brownhelm Township, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2007, at Lake Point Health Center in Lorain, following a lengthy illness. She was born February 18, 1925, in Lorain where she was raised. She graduated from high school in 1943. She moved to Brownhelm Township in 1948 and remained a [...]