Archive for November 19th, 2007
Elyria’s new city court close to opening
ELYRIA – With the brand-new, $10.4 million Elyria Municipal Court nearing completion, Judge Lisa Locke Graves can hardly wait to shed the current courthouse`s checkered history. After all, it`s not easy to maintain the proper judicial decorum when folks still refer to one of the courtrooms as a former lingerie department. The new city courthouse [...]
Limestone plant plan presented
LORAIN – About 100 people who are worried about dust, odor and truck traffic from a proposed limestone grinding factory grilled representatives of Oglebay Norton Co. on Sunday about plans to build the plant in the 200-acre Riverbend Commerce Park south of Missouri and Colorado avenues. People toured the site across the Black River from [...]
List puts Detroit and Cleveland among most dangerous
DETROIT – In another blow to the Motor City`s tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation`s most dangerous city, according to a private research group`s controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics. The study drew harsh criticism even before it came out. The American Society of Criminology launched a [...]
Police: Vandalism was a case of ‘truth or dare’
VERMILION – Three men were playing “truth or dare” when they broke into a home and caused more than $50,000 in damage, police said. Justin Hoag, 21, of Lorain, Steven Mahl, 18, and Joshua Mason, 18, both of Elyria, were arrested Saturday night after they bragged about it and tipsters saw stolen items in their [...]
Browns 33, Ravens 30: Things finally go Browns’ way in victory at Baltimore
BALTIMORE – Too many times the Browns have had their hearts broken. Too many times the bounces have gone against them. Too many times they`ve walked off the field with their shoulders slumped and their heads shaking in disbelief. Not this time. On one improbable Sunday in Crab Cake Country, everything went the Browns` way. [...]
Browns 33, Ravens 30: Dawson helps lead reversal of fortune
BALTIMORE – Phil Dawson has seen it all as a member of the Browns. Most of it`s been bad. But Sunday vs. the hated Ravens, Dawson played a starring role in what might prove to be the win that turned the fortunes of the franchise. It`s too early to know that, but Dawson was soaking [...]
Browns notes: Lewis proves worth to former team
BALTIMORE – Jamal Lewis sent a couple of messages on one play Sunday at his old stomping grounds. In the first quarter of a 33-30 overtime win, he caught a swing pass, stiff-armed cornerback Chris McAlister and gained 25 yards before being pushed out of bounds on the Ravens sideline. Lewis, who played in Baltimore [...]
Browns 33, Ravens 30: Extras
THUMB’S UP Phil Dawson, Browns kicker He forced overtime with a 51-yard field goal into the wind and won it from 33 yards. He also made kicks from 28 and 39 yards. Dawson showed resilience, bouncing back from a 35-yard miss in the first quarter and last week`s 52-yarder that fell short in Pittsburgh in [...]
Boy, 11, finds a gem of a holiday
What started out as a hobby for Grant Davis quickly turned into a family business. Need we mention that Grant is only 11? Grant said he always knew he was cut out to run a business. It was him, after all, who encouraged picking bunches of strawberries when the family headed out on a fun [...]
Ohio State: Buckeyes start the waiting game
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan and Ohio State have one thing in common: Both are waiting for news. Lloyd Carr is expected to make his retirement official on Monday. He told players and coaches on Sunday and also confirmed the decision to The Associated Press, adding that he wouldn`t comment further until a Monday morning [...]
Avon/Avon Lake blotter: Nov. 19
Avon police Friday, Nov. 9 9:04 a.m. – 3200 block Beech Lane. Digital camera taken from vehicle parked in driveway. 4:30 p.m. – 37000 block Lorie Boulevard. Home entered and homeowner reports jar of change stolen. Saturday, Nov. 10 12:25 a.m. – 1600 block Cypress East, unwanted guest. 2:01 p.m. – 3400 block Center Road, [...]
Motorsports: Johnson wraps up second straight points title
HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Jimmie Johnson left the pre-race drivers` meeting Sunday afternoon flashing the peace sign at people wishing him luck. Two fingers. Two straight championships. This Sunday drive was going to be a coronation, and Johnson knew it. Deep down, so did everyone else, too. NASCAR is changing eras next season, but the Johnson [...]
Pilgrimage leads woman to Elyria
ELYRIA – Karen Farthing became the pastor of Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Elyria in January, but it`s not a position she ever thought she would hold. “When I graduated from high school, I would have been the one voted least likely to step into a church,” she said. “And now here I am [...]
LSU, Kansas top BCS standings; Buckeyes move up to fifth
NEW YORK – All that stands between a Kansas-LSU matchup in the BCS national championship game are some tough opponents. LSU was first and unbeaten Kansas was second in the Bowl Championship Series standings Sunday and the chances of another team catching either without the Tigers and Jayhawks losing seems remote. The Tigers are No. [...]
$2.55 million went to defunct charter schools
COLUMBUS – Ohio charter school operators were given $2.55 million in state and federal planning grants to start 33 schools that were never opened – nearly 10 percent of the 352 grants that have been issued by the state, state records showed. The $2.55 million doesn`t include planning funds given to schools that opened and [...]
Families remain close after murder-suicide
WAPAKONETA – They grew up 20 minutes apart in northwest Ohio, Michelle from a town of 1,750, her dad a postal worker, her mom a shirt embroiderer. Andy lived just outside this city of 9,400 known for hometown hero Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon. His dad sells farm supplies – vaccines, pet food, [...]
Michigan’s Carr to announce retirement today
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan coach Lloyd Carr will retire Monday after 13 seasons, ending an era marked by highs of winning a national championship and five Big Ten titles and lows of losing to Ohio State and Appalachian State. Carr told The Associated Press of his decision Sunday by phone, saying he wouldn`t comment [...]
Walter F. Bauer
Walter F. Bauer, 87, of Lorain, died Saturday, November 17, 2007 at Kingston of Vermilion after a lengthy illness. He was born January 30, 1920 in Cleveland. He had lived in Lorain since 1945. Walter graduated from John Marshall High School in Cleveland. During WWII, he was a staff sergeant in the 13th Air Force [...]
Vivian R. Donaldson
Vivian R. (Ward) Donaldson, 83, of Wellington, died Saturday, November 17, 2007 at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born September 22, 1924 in Cleveland to the late John Joseph and Retha (Yancer) Campbell Sr. She was the daughter of Scottish descendants. Vivian lived in Elyria for twenty years and had resided in [...]
Monna Marie Carmen
Monna Marie Carmen, 77, of LaGrange, passed away November 17, 2007 at home after a long illness. She was born Monday, May 26, 1930 in Wellington, living in Lorain County all her life. She was a homemaker and housewife who enjoyed animals, feeding the birds and enjoyed the outdoors. She is survived by on son, [...]
John Silagy
John Silagy, 42, of Elyria, died on Friday, November 16, 2007 from a sudden illness. He was born on May 11, 1965 in Detroit, Michigan, moving to Lorain shortly after birth. He enjoyed racing any type of cars, fishing, cooking, watching the Detroit Lions and spending time with his family. He is survived by his [...]
Hazel Louise Walker
Hazel Louise Walker, 87, died November 17, 2007 at the Allen Medical Center, in Oberlin, after a short illness. She was born on November 14, 1920. She lived in the Oberlin area since 1946. She co-owned Walker Mower Sales &Â Services with her husband Fred for 45 years until its closing in 2004. Hazel was [...]
Doris L. Scrivens
Doris L. (nee Holloway) Scrivens, 91, of Elyria, died November 17, 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center. She was born August 14, 1916 in Lorain where she graduated from Lorain High School in 1935. She moved to Elyria in 1939 and was a cook in the Elyria Public Schools for seventeen years, retiring in 1981. [...]
Barbara Jean Hill
Barbara Jean (nee: Dudash) Hill, 71, of North Ridgeville, and a former resident of South Amherst, passed away Saturday, November 17, 2007 at Center Ridge Health Care Center in North Ridgeville following a three-year illness. She was born March 28, 1935 in Amherst and lived the majority of her life in South Amherst. North Ridgeville [...]
Alex J. Hyster
Alex J. “Digger” Hyster, 76, and a resident of South Amherst, passed away Saturday, November 17, 2007 at his home. He was born March 12, 1931 in South Amherst where he was a lifetime resident. He graduated from South Amherst High School with the class of 1950 and served as class president for four years. [...]