Archive for November 13th, 2007
Crash sends three to area hospitals
Three women were transported to area hospitals after a two-car crash this afternoon in Avon Lake. Avon Lake police Sgt. Fran Tibbitts said the crash occurred around 12:30 p.m. when the driver of a vehicle traveling west on Electric Boulevard failed to yield at a stop sign to a vehicle traveling north on Lear Road. [...]
Ugly loss to Nuggets ends Cavaliers’ road trip
DENVER – Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James were the headliners, but Allen Iverson and J.R. Smith stole the show. Iverson scored a season-high 37 points and Smith added 29 to help the Denver Nuggets beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 122-100 on Monday night. “They didn`t steal my spotlight,” said Anthony, who had 22 points and nine [...]
Browns turns focus to Ravens, playoff push
BEREA – A Monday off for the players is usually reserved as a reward for a win, but coach Romeo Crennel called an audible. “I wanted to rest them both physically and mentally,” he said Monday. While Browns Town was still reeling a day after a 31-28 loss to the Steelers, Crennel was looking at [...]
Browns notes: Challenges proving to be a challenge
BEREA – A day later, the use of two timeouts to unsuccessfully challenge one Steelers touchdown remained puzzling. However, one thing is clear. The Browns` system for challenging a call needs improvement. They are 2-for-21 on replay challenges in coach Romeo Crennel`s three years. Crennel was 1-for-8 in 2005 and 0-for-7 last year. Player personnel [...]
National spotlight weakens: Out of BCS title hunt, OSU keying on roses and rivalry
COLUMBUS – Things were right on target for another great Ohio State-Michigan showdown that would send the Buckeyes back to the BCS national championship game. Then along came Illinois. The Illini`s 28-21 upset of No. 1-ranked Ohio State (10-1, 6-1 Big Ten) has taken a lot of the steam out of this week`s annual regular [...]
Buckeyes periscope: Big Ten looking into postgame scuffle
BUCKEYE BUZZ After Saturday`s 28-21 loss to Illinois, the Illini rushed the field to celebrate and were met by Ohio State players. At some point, people started pushing and it led to punches being thrown. Now the Big Ten is apparently looking into what happened. Coach Jim Tressel was asked if he was concerned about [...]
Prep volleyball: All-Star game preview, plus Team 1 and 2 player bios
WEDNESDAY WHAT: Lorain County Senior Volleyball All-Star Games and presentation of Miss Volleyball award TIME: 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Southview High School The Lorain County Senior Volleyball All-Star Game annually showcases the county`s top senior volleyball players. But this year`s game at Southview High School will be about more. It will be about saving lives. The [...]
Forget Findlay, Ohio State romps in season opener
COLUMBUS – As Jamar Butler walked into the postgame interview room, he said to no one in particular, “I feel a little bit better walking in here tonight.” David Lighty almost doubled his career high with 21 points and Ohio State righted itself from a humiliating exhibition loss to beat Wisconsin-Green Bay 91-68 Monday night [...]
LSU hoping to keep BCS top ranking a little longer this time
BATON ROUGE, La. – The month following LSU`s only loss of the season has worked out as well as the Tigers could have hoped. Behind the clutch play of quarterback Matt Flynn, the Tigers (9-1) have won every game since, and everyone ahead of them in the BCS standings lost. After top-ranked Ohio State was [...]
Local workers back Ford contract
AVON LAKE – Members of United Auto Workers Local 2000, which represents more than 2,000 employees at the Ohio Assembly Plant, overwhelmingly approved the four-year labor agreement with Ford. The vote of support on Monday was in step with others that took place across the country since Friday in which rank-and-file members of the UAW [...]
Inferno consumes 2-story warehouse
Wellington building was storage site for furniture company WELLINGTON – A monstrous fire ripped through a two-story brick building near downtown Wellington on Monday, ravaging the structure and its contents and testing the limits of more than 80 firefighters who spent hours battling the blaze. The spectacular scene that destroyed the building unfolded at 1:10 [...]
University presidents’ pay on rise
12 heads of private schools` compensation tops $1 million College presidents are getting healthy raises, and a dozen at private universities earn $1 million or more including benefits, according to a new survey published Monday. Salaries at public universities remain a tier lower but also are on the rise, with eight presidents earning $700,000 or [...]
Wounded Marine makes appearance at school
AVON LAKE – Marine Lance Cpl. Colin Smith was welcomed home during a Veterans Day ceremony Monday at Learwood Middle School in Avon Lake. Smith, 20, a 2005 graduate of Avon Lake High School, was shot through the head by a sniper on Oct. 30, 2006, during a mission in Karma, a city near Fallujah. [...]
Police blotter: Nov. 13, 2007
Lorain police Saturday, Nov. 10 8 a.m. – 1200 block Oberlin Ave., a woman told police she fought off a 185-pound mastiff dog by kicking it in the groin after it latched onto her forearm. Monday, Nov. 12 11 a.m. – 3600 Morningside Drive, an electric range worth $1,000 was stolen from an unoccupied home. [...]
Thelma Louise Arnold
Thelma Louise Arnold, 81, of Oberlin, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2007 after a long illness. She was born February 9, 1926 in Monroe, Louisiana. She had lived in Oberlin since 1946. Thelma worked as a manager in the custodial care at Oberlin College for 41 years, retiring in 1993. She attended Lewis Business College [...]
Mildred Bors
Mildred Bors (nee Paulovich), 90, of Lorain, passed away Monday morning, November 12, 2007 at Community Health Partners in Lorain following a brief illness. She was born October 19, 1917 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and moved to Lorain in the early 1940`s. Mildred was employed in food service with the U.S. Steel Company in Lorain with [...]
Lucille C. Kaminski
Lucille C. (nee Vanasse), 79, beloved wife of Henry J. (deceased); loving mother of Paul, Elaine (Ron) Budka , Teresa (Jerry) Hobelman and the Rev. Stephen J. Kaminski; dear grandmother of Phillip, Carin and Dan. The family will receive friends at the Mallchok Funeral Home, 5660 Ridge Rd., Parma, Tuesday 2 to 4 and 6 [...]
Lois A. Kalapos
Lois A. Kalapos, 92, of Sheffield Village, died Sunday, November 11, 2007. She was born August 29, 1915 in Lorain where she graduated from Lorain High School in 1932. She had been a longtime resident of Elyria and was a former volunteer at New Life Hospice. She enjoyed spending the winters in Port St. Lucie, [...]
Lena “Lee” Schroeder
Lena “Lee” Schroeder (nee Sentner) Sunday, November 11, 2007. She taught in the Elyria School system for over 20 years. She was also an active member of Temple Abraham. She was the beloved wife of the late Louis; loving mother of Kenneth (Karen) Rosenbaum, Charles (Maxine) Rosenbaum and Susan (Richard) Limbach; devoted grandmother of five; [...]
Eileen Lois Gray
Eileen Lois Gray (nee Karl), 75, of Elyria passed away Saturday, November 3, 2007. She was born in Painesville on December 21, 1931. She was an organist at St. Mary Church and Sacred Heart in Elyria. She was an avid horse rider and trainer. She was a talented artist and did murals for local businesses [...]
Dorothy M. Barrett
Dorothy M. Barrett (nee Brennan), 90, of Elyria, died Friday, November 9, 2007, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain, following a short illness. Mrs. Barrett was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts on December 19, 1916 and made her home in Elyria since 1954. She was employed as a medical transcriptionist for Strong, [...]
Dorothy H. Painter
Dorothy H. Painter, (nee Hoxey), 91, of North Ridgeville, died Sunday, November 11, 2007 at Center Ridge Health Campus. following a short illness. Mrs. Painter was born in 1916 in Fairgrove, Michigan. and had been a North Ridgeville resident since 1949. She was a dedicated homemaker. She had also been a teacher when she lived [...]
Lorain Council rejects police contract
LORAIN – The City Council unanimously rejected a new contract for the city`s police force Monday. Mayor John Romoser and the police union agreed to the contract last month. Romoser, who lost his bid for re-election to Councilman Tony Krasienko, D-at large, said he agreed to the contract because he wanted the city to focus [...]
Cat has been stuck in tree since Halloween
COLUMBIA TWP. – Hopefully, a cat stuck in a tree since Halloween isn`t superstitious. If Bear doesn`t make it down today, he will have been stuck 13 days in the tree on the North Reed Road property of his owners, David and Doris Limon. CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE Bear, a cat owned by David and [...]
Teen suspect turns himself in
OBERLIN – The 15-year-old Elyria boy sought by police in the shooting of another teen turned himself in Monday. Oberlin police are requesting that the suspect, whose name hasn`t yet been released, be charged with attempted murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence when he appears for his arraignment in county Juvenile Court, according to [...]