Archive for December 10th, 2007
Keystone students’ loose change adds up to $2,180 for folks in need
ELYRIA – You don`t have to ask the children at Keystone Elementary School about the meaning of Christmas. For three weeks, they have been avidly collecting change and have $2,180 to help folks in need of food, toys and holiday cheer as part of LaGrange Lions Club`s Loose Change Drive. CREDIT LINE Madyson Hetsler, 5, [...]
Thomas D. Craig
Thomas D. Craig, 54, of Elyria, died suddenly at home on Friday, December 7, 2007. Mr. Craig was born on October 27, 1953 in Elyria and he lived here all of his life. He was self employed as a painter. He was a graduate of Elyria High School with the class of 1971. He served [...]
Genevieve Kure
Genevieve “Aunt Jean” Kure (nee Darmafall), 77, of Lorain, died Sunday, December 9, 2007 at Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West, Lorain, following a short illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Dovin Funeral Home, Lorain.
A. Henry Miller
A. Henry Miller, 79, of Grafton, died Sunday at his home following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Elyria.
Moses Veres
Moses Veres, 92, of Cave Creek, Arizona, and former longtime Elyria resident, passed away November 7, 2007. Moses was born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania and moved to Elyria at an early age. He attended Markley School. He later met and married Elyria resident Alma Blanche Richards in 1941, Together, they owned and operated Griswold Road Supply, [...]
Golden Helmet award: Avon Lake’s Haddad excels on both sides of the ball
AVON LAKE – On a night when the Avon Lake football team was celebrated for its accomplishments this season, one of the smallest Shoremen stood the tallest. Mike Haddad, a 5-foot-10, 205-pound senior, was named Lorain County`s Golden Helmet winner Sunday at the Irish Heritage Club. The award is presented annually by Coca-Cola to the [...]
Breaking into the clear: Browns beat Jets, regain control of playoff destiny
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The destination came into focus in the rain, snow and darkness of the swamp they call The Meadowlands. Even a crazy fourth quarter that included three Jets onside kicks and 22 points couldn`t distort the destiny that`s back within the Browns` reach. With three weeks left in the season, the Browns [...]
Lewis comes through in the clutch, carries Browns to victory
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – With the Browns clinging to a two-point lead in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter Sunday – and the Browns needing every win they can get in their push to the playoffs – quarterback Derek Anderson stepped into the huddle and told the offense it needed 4 yards for [...]
Browns notes: Defense blowing hot and cold
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – For three quarters and 12 minutes Sunday, the Browns defense had played its best game of the year. They had a goal-line stand, two interceptions and hadn`t allowed a touchdown. In the final three minutes, the Browns allowed a touchdown, two field goals and the Jets an opportunity to win the [...]
Browns vs. Jets: Browns win matchups, game
THUMBS UP Jamal Lewis, Browns RB The Browns needed 4 yards for a first down late in the fourth quarter. Lewis gave them 31 yards and a touchdown to all but seal the victory. Lewis has come on in the last month and gives the Browns a great option to go with Braylon Edwards and [...]
Prep hockey: Third period Bay’s undoing in loss to Holy Name
WINTERHURST – Bay gave up two goals in the third period in falling 2-1 to Holy Name in a Greater Cleveland High School Hockey League White West division game Sunday at Winterhurst. Alex Harris scored Bay`s only goal in the second period off assists by Matt McLaughlin and Chris Osborne. The Rockets fell to 1-6 [...]
No one is hurt in mill fire at Republic
LORAIN – A spilled vat of molten steel triggered a large fire at the Lorain steel mill Sunday, tying up 20 firefighters for at least three hours. CARL SULLENBERGER/CHRONICLE A Lorain Fire Department pumper truck refills prior to going back into the mill Sunday night to fight a blaze at Republic Engineered Products. Firefighters were [...]
Tim Dahlberg: There’s only one Mayweather
LAS VEGASÂ – Their man was lying sprawled on his back on the canvas below, and still Ricky Hatton`s fans in the cheap seats at the MGM Grand hotel-casino were waving beers high and singing his praises to the tune of “Winter Wonderland.” “There`s only one Ricky Hatton, one Ricky Hatton,” they crooned collectively, though [...]
Blotter: Dec. 10
Elyria police Friday, Dec. 7 8:21 a.m. – 300 block Sixth St., a 16-year-old boy was charged with menacing after allegedly threatening to kill a 15-year-old girl if she didn`t go out with him. The boy also pointed a knife at the girl. 10:52 a.m. – Lifeskills School, West River Road, Shawntell M. Harris, 18, [...]
Pregnant attorney flies home to Toledo
ATLANTA – A pregnant Ohio attorney who was found in Georgia after she went missing for several days has flown back home to Ohio. Karyn McConnell Hancock, 35, boarded a plane Saturday afternoon at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, said Sgt. Dana Pierce, a spokesman for the Cobb County police. “Our Cobb County detective watched her [...]
Senator wants special counsel to investigate tape destruction
WASHINGTON – A Senate Democratic leader said Sunday the attorney general should appoint a special counsel to investigate the CIA`s destruction of videotaped interrogations of two suspected terrorists. Sen. Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, cited Michael Mukasey`s refusal during confirmation hearings in October to describe waterboarding [...]
Vick to find out length of sentence today
RICHMOND, Va. – How much, if any, will Michael Vick`s role as financier of a brutal dogfighting ring hurt him? What about his use of drugs while awaiting sentencing? Or will he benefit from his public apology? His cooperation? His voluntary early start on his prison term? Answers to these questions, among others, will determine [...]
Four dead after shootings in Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A gunman killed two staff members at a missionary training center near Denver early Sunday after being told he couldn`t spend the night. About 12 hours later, a gunman fatally shot a person at a megachurch in Colorado Springs before a guard killed him, police said. AP A police investigator looks [...]
‘Dead’ canoeist’s wife faces fraud charges
MANCHESTER, England – Police arrested a British woman on suspicion of fraud Sunday after she claimed her husband died five years earlier in a canoeing accident and cashed in his life insurance. The husband reappeared last weekend. AP Anne Darwin, the wife of John Darwin, leaves the police station at Manchester Airport. British police arrested [...]
Students get life lessons from author Alice Walker
AVON LAKE – Authors write books, students read books, and it`s not often the two worlds collide. But on Thursday, thanks to technology, Alice Walker – best known for penning the critically acclaimed novel “The Color Purple,” chatted with Avon Lake High School students. LISA ROBERSON / CHRONICLE Avon Lake High School senior Dan Outcalt, [...]
Avon Lake seeks to fill board vacancies
AVON LAKE – Residents have a chance to give back to the community as three boards each have a vacant spot that will be filled by appointment as soon as possible. The Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals and the Environmental Affairs Advisory Board each have one open spot, said Barbara Dopp, clerk of council. [...]
Avon/Avon Lake blotter: Dec. 10
Avon police Wednesday, Dec. 28 6:29 p.m. – Detroit Road near French Creek Square, Lynn E. Brada, 40, Avon Lake, charged with operating a vehicle intoxicated. Saturday, Dec. 1 2:58 a.m. – Interstate 90 near state Route 611, David L. Kristoff, 28, Sheffield Lake, charged with operating vehicle intoxicated, driving under suspension/operating vehicle intoxicated and [...]
AP ANALYSIS: State attorney general dealing with mistakes
COLUMBUS – In 11 months, Ohio`s tough-minded new attorney general has taken on the nation`s largest insurance brokerage, the mortgage lending industry, student loan providers, the big three credit rating agencies and MySpace – to name a few. Dann And this aggressive approach by Marc Dann, a 45-year-old Democrat who burst on the state political [...]
New guidelines for teacher conduct written in private
COLUMBUS – A new code of conduct has been written for Ohio`s educators, but it was done without notification to the public or media, a violation of state law, a newspaper reported Sunday. A draft report of the code from the Education Standards Board makes clear that teachers in Ohio`s schools should not engage in [...]
Court rulings could slow foreclosure rate
CINCINNATI – An Ohio court ruling that a bank couldn`t foreclose on a home because it didn`t prove it owned the mortgage was the latest in a series of similar rulings that could slow the tide of foreclosures in a heavily impacted state. Attorney General Marc Dann on Friday filed motions in other cases around [...]