Archive for November 26th, 2007
By cutting some clutter, you can help others
Do you ever get the feeling that your closet is shrinking? Last year, it was at least twice as big. And now you can barely shut the door. AREA GOODWILLS IN AVON: 825 Center Road IN ELYRIA: 502 N. Abbe Road IN LORAIN: 1996 Cooper Foster Park Road West IN VERMILION: 4743 Liberty Ave. Well, [...]
Browns look like a playoff contender with easy win over Texans
CLEVELAND – The Browns didn`t need overtime. They didn`t need a ricochet field goal. Their fans didn`t need Maalox. The Browns picked up an ordinary win Sunday – 27-17 over the Houston Texans at Cleveland Browns Stadium – and that`s what`s remarkable. After their last three games came down to field goals in the final [...]
Dulik: Fans finally getting to see a good team
Losing exacts a heavy toll on a football team, and on a football-crazy city. Apparently, it also leads to problems in the dairy aisle. “When I`d go to buy groceries and we weren`t winning, I`d hear about it,” Browns wide receiver Joe Jurevicius said. “People would tell me things like, ‘The milk is over there,` [...]
Defense steps up in Browns’ win over Houston
CLEVELAND – Each of the sculpted arms of Cleveland Browns linebacker Kamerion Wimbley are scrawled with black ink, bearing the pictures and words of at least a dozen tattoos. One in particular shows the image of a lunging tiger, along with the words, “Hold my own.” For Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub, those words, no [...]
Syria to join Mideast talks hosted by U.S.
DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria announced Sunday that it will attend the Annapolis summit on Mideast peace, saying it would send its deputy foreign minister because the future of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights had been put on the agenda. The official news agency, SANA, said Deputy Foreign Minister Faysal Mekdad would travel to the U.S.-backed conference, [...]
Browns notes: K2 ignoring the pain for pleasurable season
CLEVELAND – Kellen Winslow`s forehead was bruised, his cheeks were chafed and his arms were covered in scrapes. But despite the visible wounds, the standout tight end couldn`t stop smiling Sunday after the Browns` 27-17 win over the Houston Texans. “I told you guys we were gonna turn some heads this year, I told you,” [...]
State historical group may cut support
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Historical Society wants to unload one-third of the sites that it operates to ease the cost of maintaining its roster. The society, a nonprofit group that gets most of its money from the state, operates 60 historical sites around the state, but it wants to transfer ownership of 20 of them [...]
Holiday travel smooth for most
ATLANTA – Travelers heading home after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend swarmed airports Sunday, but for the most part without the long lines and delays many had feared. In Atlanta, home to one of the nation`s busiest airports, rainy weather delayed some incoming flights more than two hours, though lines were moving, said Herschel Grangent, spokesman [...]
Roundup: Nov. 26
Deputies searching for female inmate ELYRIA – Sheriff`s deputies late Sunday were seeking an inmate who escaped while serving time for a drug offense at Lorain-Medina Community Based Correction Facility. Sherri Baker, 30, of Elyria, was at a meeting as part of her treatment at another facility on Lowell Street when she asked to use [...]
LeBron nets fourth triple-double of the season as Cavaliers down Pacers
INDIANAPOLIS – The Cleveland Cavaliers were having a blast laughing at the Indiana Pacers for about 2½ quarters. The joke almost was on them. Indiana erased a 14-point deficit in the third quarter before Cleveland rallied behind LeBron James` fourth triple-double of the season to beat the Pacers 111-106 Sunday for their third straight win. [...]
Blotter: Nov. 26
County sheriff Saturday, Nov. 24 12:48 a.m. – 35000 Royalton Road, Eaton Township, Circle K, Richard Chadock, 52, Eaton Township, charged with assault and carrying a concealed weapon. 1:59 a.m. – 24600 block state Route 511, Wellington, Duane Mason, 46, Wellington, charged with domestic violence, inducing panic, endangering children and using weapons while intoxicated. Sunday, [...]
Foster parents get taste of puppy love
AVON LAKE – In the last three years, Barb Hamer and Roger Schlott have had almost 200 dogs at their home. That`s a lot of wagging tails, barking and Kibbles & Bits, by anyone`s standards. But not all of the dogs are at their Avon Lake home at once, and the couple is willing to [...]
Missouri, West Virginia top BCS; Ohio State sitting at No. 3
NEW YORK – Missouri and West Virginia have one more step to take before bumping into each other in New Orleans. The Tigers and Mountaineers hold the top two spots in the Bowl Championship Series standings released Sunday with a week left in a topsy-turvy regular season. The Tigers play Oklahoma (10-2) in the Big [...]
Demjanjuk continues deportation battle
CINCINNATI – The Justice Department began trying to deport former Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk more than three decades ago, claiming that he was an armed guard at a Nazi death camp and helped murder Jewish prisoners in World War II. Demjanjuk was extradited by Israel in 1986 and was under a death sentence until Israel`s [...]
Jamar Butler sets career 3-pointer record as Ohio State men roll over VMI
COLUMBUS – Jamar Butler set the Ohio State career record for 3-pointers and Kosta Koufos recorded his first career double-double as the Buckeyes rolled over VMI with a 90-57 victory Sunday night. Butler has now made 157 3-pointers after making four of eight Sunday to score 12 points for the Buckeyes. Three other Ohio State [...]
Prosecutors, defenders debate court rules
CLEVELAND – The Ohio Supreme Court is being asked to reconsider its rules on how much information prosecutors are required to turn over to defense attorneys, amid complaints that the exchange puts innocent lives in danger. Last month, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Janet Burnside ordered county Prosecutor Bill Mason to release all police reports [...]
Critics wary of universities’ plunge into hedge funds
COLUMBUS – Ohio`s universities are increasingly risking surplus money from taxpayers, tuition and other sources in hedge funds, but critics say they`re wary of the unorthodox investment strategies used by the unregulated private investment plans. After a 2002 change to state law, universities have invested heavily in the funds, pushed by the lure of higher, [...]
Ohio State women fall to Auburn in Buckeye Classic final
COLUMBUS – Sherell Hobbs scored 21 points, Whitney Boddie had 20 and DeWanna Bonner added 16 to lead No. 24 Auburn past No. 15 Ohio State 67-58 and in the championship game of the Buckeye Classic on Sunday. Hobbs had 13 points in the first half as the Tigers (6-0) built the lead to 16 [...]
If you thought eight was enough…Cincy family has 16 kids
FAIRFIELD – Kathy and Scott Rosenow had four children during the early years of their marriage. Then nine years ago, they decided to adopt, taking in children again and again until they had 16 kids in all. The suburban Cincinnati couple got the urge to adopt after Kathy Rosenow, 48, heard a radio program about [...]
Avon/Avon Lake blotter: Nov. 26
Avon Lake police Saturday, Nov. 17 1:39 a.m. – 100 block Moore Road, man reported damage to bar`s door. 12:15 p.m. – 100 block Berkshire Road, purse stolen out of car overnight. 11:33 p.m. – 32000 block Fox Chappel Lane, report of gunfire, turned out to be fireworks. 11:36 p.m. – 33000 block Lake Road, [...]
David B. Conrad
David B. Conrad, 53, formerly of Elyria, died October 29, 2007 at his home in Naples, Florida. He was born August 23, 1954 in Elyria, and graduated from Elyria High School in 1972. He served 2½ years with the U.S. Air Force. David received a Bachelor`s Degree in Psychology from Bowling Green State University. Throughout [...]
Helen C. Krugman
Helen C. Krugman (nee Root), 88, of Elyria, passed away Saturday evening, November 24, 2007 at Center Ridge Nursing Home in North Ridgeville following a brief illness. She was born October 4, 1919 in Marietta and has resided in Elyria most of her life. Helen was a homemaker and enjoyed singing, playing guitar, sewing and [...]