Archive for November 24th, 2007
Elyria Catholic finds its stride for OT win over Midview
ELYRIA – Late was better than never. Elyria Catholic found its touch from the free-throw line in time to come away with a 75-67 overtime victory over Midview in the basketball opener at the Coliseum on Friday night. It was more than a win for the Panthers, it was a relief. EC dropped its last [...]
Vermilion wears down Clearview in boys’ season opener
SHEFFIELD TWP. – John Szalay was right when he said after the game, “The final score looked like a romp, but it wasn`t really indicative of how the game really was.” His Clearview team, with no lettermen back from last year, lost to visiting Vermilion by a lopsided 60-38 score Friday night in a non-conference [...]
Drew McGhee sparks North Ridgeville past Westlake
WESTLAKE – North Ridgeville and Westlake opened the season with new head coaches Friday night. Former assistant coach Bill Noggle was taking over for the Rangers while Bob Patton was in charge of the Demons. Both were looking at a lot of inexperience at several positions and both were looking to see who would step [...]
Browns defensive line still trying to fix itself
BEREA – Defensive end Robaire Smith will line up next to his third starting nose tackle in 11 games Sunday – and that`s if the Browns are lucky. The defensive line, the team`s biggest concern entering the season, remains an issue three months later as injuries continue to force the lineup to be juggled. Shaun [...]
Browns notes: Rookie Wright out vs. Texans
BEREA – Rookie cornerback Eric Wright won`t play Sunday vs. the Texans and could miss a month, but he said the knee injury suffered last week in Baltimore could`ve been worse. “When I watch the play, it looks pretty bad. I felt pretty bad,” he said Friday. “But once I got up I realized that [...]
Texas A&M pounds Ohio State in NIT championship game
NEW YORK – Joseph Jones and Dominique Kirk gave answers any coach would be elated to hear. “We love to play defense,” the Texas A&M seniors said. They and their teammates had already proven that. The 16th-ranked Aggies held Ohio State to one field goal over the first 11 1/2 minutes of the second half [...]
Maternity leave hearing won`t change
Gov. Ted Strickland asked to delay legislative hearing on requirement for small businesses COLUMBUS – The Ohio Civil Rights Commission won`t honor the governor`s request to delay a hearing on a requirement that companies with four or more employees allow women 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave. Chairwoman Barbara Sykes, appointed to the job by [...]
Sewer district, contractor fight over payment
CLEVELAND – A regional sewer district is battling one of its contractors over $9 million stemming from an overpayment the district`s trustees didn`t know about, a newspaper reported Friday. The overpayment was given to a tunneling contractor by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District and found in an audit in 2005, although district administrators didn`t [...]
Unranked Arkansas upends No. 1 LSU in college football shocker
BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU let its second chance slip away. Twice the Tigers were No. 1 and in control of their national championship hopes. Twice the team with a flair for the dramatic couldn`t pull out a triple-overtime victory against a Heisman Trophy contender. Darren McFadden rushed for 206 yards and three touchdowns, and [...]
Operation: Black Friday — to the shopper goes the spoils
AVON – Like a soldier in the trenches of war, Linda Dodson attacked Black Friday with the precision of a perfectly planned military operation. The mission was simple: Buy as many, if not all, of her family`s Christmas gifts Friday morning while the prices were unbelievably low. However, the task came with a catch. Dodson [...]
Doug Clarke: Serving up some leftovers from left field
One of the things I am eternally thankful for is that the day after Thanksgiving almost always turns out to be a Friday. You`d think the calendar people would mix it up more than that, wouldn`t you? Which reminds me. If you were one of those people who were standing in line at 6 a.m. [...]
‘Cyber Monday’ next up for holiday retailers
For all you holiday shopping dissenters who traded in a Black Friday shopping spree to procrastinate at home, don`t fret – “Cyber Monday” is just around the corner. Cyber Monday – a phrase coined by the National Retail Federation in 2005 – had its beginnings in 2002 when retailers started noticing a spike in online [...]
Foreclosures affect apartment buildings
CINCINNATI – It`s not just single-family homes being affected by subprime mortgage foreclosures. When lenders foreclose on an apartment building, many people can be forced to scramble for housing. “They`re getting ready to put us out in the cold,” said Jimmy Watkins, 59, a registered sex offender who faces restrictions on where he can live. [...]
Lorain charity in need of food donations
LORAIN – It`s a sign no one in need ever wants to see, but it has crept onto the windows of another Lorain County food pantry. The Salvation Army in Lorain has joined its sister organization in Elyria in decorating the glass windows of its Broadway building with a sign saying they are out of [...]
It takes a real Grinch to steal a tree
An Amherst family was surprised to find that somebody at Pine Ridge Christmas Tree Farm in Birmingham Township had driven off with their blue spruce tree after it was cut down and prepared to be loaded on top of their vehicle. The tree was marked with the family`s initials, and was obviously different from the [...]
History gets a sporting chance
Within the walls of the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame and Museum lies a rich history of teamwork and sportsmanship. The two men who run the place can personally attest to that. Tom Driscol, director, and Paul Baumgartner, assistant director, have been friends and teammates for years. To them, a game is more than just [...]
You won`t shoot your eye out … but you can meet ‘Christmas Story’ actors
CLEVELAND – “Oh fudge.” Go ahead and say it when you see the jet black 1937 Oldsmobile Touring Sedan from the scene where the bespectacled Ralphie let loose a four-letter blast dubbed over with that five-letter alternate. Hopefully, you`ll get a better reaction than Ralphie did from his parents. CONVENTION SCHEDULE Today 10 a.m.: “A [...]
Avon officer treated for I-90 crash injury
AVON – A police officer who was investigating a single-car crash early Friday on Interstate 90 was injured after a second vehicle veered off the icy highway and hit his parked cruiser. Officer Andrew Kehl was taken to EMH Emergency Care Center in Avon for an injury to his right leg, where he was treated [...]
Sheffield/Sheffield Lake Blotter: November 24, 2007
SHEFFIELD POLICE Monday, Nov. 12 11:42 a.m. – Backpackers Shop of Ohio, Beatrice Kozich, 32, Lorain, charged with driving under suspension. 3:17 p.m. – BP station, Alvin Fennell, 37, Elyria, charged with driving under suspension and motor vehicle left unattended. 8:54 p.m. – Detroit Road at village hall, Jose Romero, 25, charged with no license [...]
Teen tries to pull a Santa but gets stuck
ROYAL OAK, Mich. – A teenager worried about coming in past curfew did his best Santa Claus and headed down the chimney. Unfortunately, he didn`t slide down quite as well as St. Nick. The 17-year-old boy was trying to sneak back into his room at the Judson Center social services agency Thursday night when he [...]
Blotter: Nov. 24
Elyria police Thursday, Nov. 22 7:16 p.m. – Furnace Street and Phillips Court, Richard L. Webber, 20, 200 Blossom Drive, Amherst, charged with obstructing official business and disorderly conduct by intoxication. 11:07 p.m. – 300 block East Ave., Daniel L. Lovejoy, 3100 block Victory Ave., 19, Lorain, charged with assault for shoving a 20-year-old woman [...]
Ruth M. Pryor
Ruth M. Pryor (nee Newcomer), 95, of Lorain, died peacefully at her home Wednesday, November 21, 2007. Mrs. Pryor was born in Canton on September 21, 1912. She was a graduate of Minerva High School. She had lived in Lorain since 1936. She was a homemaker. She assisted her husband, the late Harold E. Pryor, [...]
Evelyn Delores ‘Dee’ McMan
Evelyn Delores “Dee” McMan, 76, of Elyria, died Thursday, November 22, 2007, at EMH Regional Medical Center. She was born April 5, 1931 in Bartlesville, Okla., and had been a resident of Elyria since 1955. She was employed as a cafeteria worker by the Elyria City Schools for 20 years, retiring in 1994. She was [...]