Archive for December 22nd, 2007
Columbia school employees OK strike
COLUMBIA TWP. — Bus drivers, cafeteria workers and other non-teaching staff in the Columbia school district plan to strike at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 7. Children will be safely delivered to school that day prior to the strike’s start, said Lloyd Rains, regional director of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees. The reason for the [...]
Daniel Petric seeks father’s ministry
ELYRIA — The son of a Wellington pastor who allegedly shot and killed his mother and wounded his father has asked that his father be allowed to visit him — as his minister. If Daniel Petric’s motion is granted by county Common Pleas Judge James Burge, it will allow the teen to have private conversations [...]
Police arrest sitter on the lam
SHEFFIELD LAKE — An anonymous tip Friday led police to the hideout of a sex offender wanted in Westlake for showing pornography to young children. Dennis Buck, 38, was found at 12:19 a.m. at an apartment building on the 600 block of Lake Breeze Road, Sheffield Lake police Detective Jarod Green said. Buck There were [...]
Not-Forgotten Box drive reaches gift goal
ELYRIA — Thanks to the generosity of local residents and businesses, more than 1,000 families this week walked through the doors of the Elyria Salvation Army in need and walked out bearing gifts. And families who didn’t get help still have a chance thanks to that overwhelming generosity. Elyria Salvation Army Capt. Sherry Pelletier said [...]
Web’s newest smash is demolition for new EHS
ELYRIA — It’s one of those rare moments when residents can actually watch their tax dollars at work. Administrators at Elyria schools have installed four webcams that offer live, real-time video surveillance of the construction at the new Elyria High School site. The four cameras were mounted on the south side of the current high [...]
Elyria med tech company gets $100,000 grant
ELYRIA — A young Elyria company trying to burst on the medical technologies scene was among three Northeast Ohio companies highlighted Friday when Lorain County Community College’s Foundation Innovation Fund doled out $225,000 to help with research and development. VasoLux MicroSystems, which makes a medical diagnostic device to analyze the quality and condition of human [...]
Roundup: Dec. 22
Man hurt by deer half improving at hospital WELLINGTON — A man who was knocked unconscious by a severed deer corpse that flew through his windshield Thursday was in fair condition Friday night, a nursing supervisor at MetroHealth Medical Center said. Jeremy Bradford, 30, of Wellington, is recovering from non-life-threatening cuts on his head and [...]
Police blotter: Dec. 22
Lorain police Tuesday, Dec. 18 11:30 a.m. – 1800 block Homewood Drive, tires slashed on three cars. 2 p.m. – 300 block Delaware Ave., nail gun and circular saw stolen. Wednesday, Dec. 19 1:55 a.m. – 1000 block Oberlin Ave., cell phone stolen. 7:32 a.m. – 1300 block Brownell Ave., jacket, car speaker and amplifier [...]
Boys basketball: Avon’s big second quarter hands Vermilion first loss
AVON — If Avon could bottle whatever it had in the second period and save it for just the right time, the Eagles might never lose. Avon scored only five points in the first quarter of Friday’s West Shore Conference game against Vermilion, then kicked down the door in the second period with 35 points [...]
Boys basketball: Elyria gets left behind against undefeated Garfield Heights
ELYRIA — It’s hard to say if Garfield Heights is actually one of Northeast Ohio’s best basketball teams. Elyria coach Bob Walsh came away from Friday’s 85-67 loss with the feeling his team could be right there with them — except for one thing. “When we played smart and we made them play the way [...]
Boys basketball: Wellington not ready to run with Longhorns
ROCKY RIVER — The calendar wasn’t flipped two months early. And the location wasn’t Elyria. But Friday night’s heavyweight matchup between Lutheran West and Wellington had the look, feel and pace of a pressure-packed postseason game. If all goes according to plan, the Longhorns and Dukes should meet at the Division III sectional or district [...]
Boys basketball: Elyria Catholic misses too many easy shots against Holy Name
ELYRIA — It was a frustrating Friday night for Elyria Catholic at the Coliseum. The Panthers missed at least 10 easy shot attempts — known in basketball circles as “bunnies” — within two feet of the basket in a 50-43 North Coast League loss to Holy Name. “Time after time the ball looked like it [...]
It’s tough keeping up with Jones: Browns safety earning praise for big plays, hits
BEREA — As the games have grown in importance, so has safety Sean Jones’ impact. He continued a run of eight strong weeks by making two of the most critical plays in the Browns’ 8-0 win over Buffalo last week. In the first quarter, he sprinted toward the sideline, dropped his shoulder and separated receiver [...]
Browns notes: Shaun Smith rushes to launch verbal blitz at Bengals’ Palmer
BEREA — Browns defensive lineman Shaun Smith can talk with the best of them, so he wasn’t about to stand by quietly when friend and former teammate Carson Palmer took a shot at him this week — even if it was a joke. “He’s looking hefty,” the Bengals quarterback said of Smith during a conference [...]
Doug Clarke: E-mail from Norman Chad? Shirley, you jest
Of all things … So the other day I get this e-mail from Norman Chad. You all know who Norman Chad is, right? Couch Slouch? Funniest guy this side of that Frank Caliendo guy who does all the imitations on TV. Well, OK, he’s not that funny, but on any given day his is the only [...]
College basketball: Very little matches in Ohio State-Florida rematch
COLUMBUS — The jerseys will still say Florida and Ohio State on the front and it’s still basketball, five to a side. But today’s rematch between the Gators and Buckeyes is as far away from their showdown in last year’s national championship game as an NBA player’s salary is from a college kid’s meager checking [...]
Amherst family battles cancer on many fronts
Little Emily Zichi learned the importance of a simple gift while enduring a deadly disease. The leukemia that invaded her 7-year-old body a year ago has been fought off with aggressive chemotherapy and radiation treatments at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, but it was the support she got from those around her that [...]
Oberlin official collects checks in two cities
OBERLIN — Being in two places at one time is not an easy feat. Yet Oberlin City Manager Eric Norenberg managed to do just that — at least on paper. Norenberg worked out a deal with city officials in Mesa, Ariz., — where he was departing as the information technology services leader — that had [...]
Millions will take to road, pay $3 a gallon for holiday
Santa isn’t the only one who travels a lot at Christmas. According to AAA, 65.2 million Americans — more than 12 million from the Great Lakes region alone — will travel at least 50 miles during this holiday season. And with gas and airfare prices up, they might be more than a little envious of [...]
Off the beat: Dec. 22, 2007
‘Hannah Montana here I come!’ It’s official. I’m going to the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus “Best of Both Worlds Tour.” Or, should I say my 8-year-old daughter is going to the concert and — as the official chauffeur of the Roberson household — I will be accompanying her to Quicken Loans Arena on Jan. 3. Now, [...]
Cuyahoga County must scrap election machines
COLUMBUS — Ohio’s chief elections officer decided Friday to have the state’s largest county overhaul its voting system and officials there have already begun the process of getting new machines for the March 4 presidential primary. The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections deadlocked a day earlier on whether to switch to a new voting system [...]
Elyria tax renewal heads to ballot
ELYRIA — Elyria officials say a 5-year, 0.5-percent income tax that voters will be asked to renew in March is the “core of the city’s finances,” as it provides more than $6 million to the general fund. Council on Monday voted 10-0, with one person absent, to place the temporary income-tax renewal on the March [...]
Food banks struggle even after aid influx
ELYRIA — Christmas is just around the corner and the only thing more barren than the trees outside seemed to be the shelves of food banks. According to a news release from the Ohio Department of Agriculture, food banks statewide are experiencing shortages. These shortages have left some agencies rationing their food in order to [...]
Lorain school celebrates holidays from around the world
The children at Lowell Elementary took a trip around the world, traveling by imagination. Nearly a hundred children sat in a semi-circle on the school gymnasium floor wearing festive hats, strands of tinsel and holiday costumes before their holiday program. Each level, from kindergarten through sixth grade, studied the traditional holiday songs and celebrations of [...]
Robert J. Kurtz
Robert J. Kurtz, 74, of North Ridgeville, passed away at his residence on Thursday, December 20, 2007, following a battle with cancer. He was born in Cleveland on June 2, 1933. Mr. Kurtz had resided in North Ridgeville since 1971. He attended Lincoln High School in Cleveland and graduated from Lakewood High School in 1951. [...]