Archive for December 28th, 2007
Hannah Montana ticket giveaway at zoo
Midway Mall did their thing to get Hannah Montana tickets into the hands of a lucky fan and now the Cleveland MetroParks Zoo and Radio Disney are jumping on the bandwagon, offering up a chance to win a pair of tickets to the hottest concert of the year. Here’s the deal on how. On Monday, [...]
Boil alert in Vermilion
A water boil advisory has been issued effective immediately for the city of Vermillion. The advisory is the result of an electrical malfunction in the city’s Water Treatment Plant. City officials advise that all water used for drinking and cooking should be boiled for three minutes before being used. There is no word as to [...]
Voting rights organization urges Cuyahoga not to switch
CLEVELAND — A voting rights organization Thursday urged the Cuyahoga County elections board not to make a planned switch to a new voting system for the March presidential primary in Ohio, warning that doing so would violate state law. Meanwhile, the county’s elections director, Jane Platten, warned that the new tabulation system will mean final [...]
Boys basketball: Avon Lake stays unbeaten at Avon Holiday Tournament
AVON — Was it the defensive pressure created by Avon Lake? Or was it the horrid shooting of Keystone? At times it was hard to discern just what created the offensive malaise of the Wildcats. One thing’s for sure. They kept shooting — and missing. Keystone’s inability to knock down a shot wore at the [...]
Inside the death house: Unsealed document reveal capital punishment protocols
When the warden of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility buttons his jacket as he stands over a condemned inmate strapped to the execution table in Ohio’s death house, it’s more than a clothing adjustment. That simple act is the signal for members of the state’s execution team to start the flow of a lethal three-drug [...]
Boys basketball: EC outlasts host Avon in holiday tournament
AVON — A couple of not-so-ordinary Joes was all it took for Elyria Catholic to hang around long enough to beat host Avon at its own holiday tournament in the first round Thursday night. Joe Fitch and Joe Januzzi combined to score 44 points as the Panthers snapped a six-game skid in overtime, 70-68. EC [...]
Judge OKs ministry visits by elder Petric to son
ELYRIA — A county judge has ruled that a Wellington pastor whose wife was allegedly killed by his son can act as his son’s minister, but anything the two discuss is admissible in court. Common Pleas court Judge James Burge ruled Thursday that the Rev. Mark Petric can have contact with his 16-year-old son, Daniel, [...]
Former judge Lilly says she’ll seek seat again
LORAIN — A controversial former domestic court judge wants her seat back even while she is being investigated for allegedly misusing county vehicles. Paulette Lilly, who served for 12 years in the county Probate Court, has taken out petitions and said she plans to file Jan. 4 to run again as a Democrat. A longtime [...]
Cavs 88, Mavericks 81: Team hangs tough in Big D
DALLAS — LeBron James had 24 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, helping the Cleveland Cavaliers avenge a lopsided loss to Dallas in the season opener by beating the Mavericks 88-81 on Thursday night. Despite the presence of James and reigning MVP Dirk Nowitzki and this being a matchup of the last two NBA runners-up [...]
State high court upholds damage caps
CINCINNATI — The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a state law Thursday that limits how much a person injured by a defective product can collect in pain-and-suffering damages, reversing its stance on a closely watched issue. Attorneys representing injured people and companies that support the concept of such caps have followed the lawsuit filed by Melisa [...]
Outgoing Lorain board member reflects
LORAIN — It was a trying final year for Lorain school board member Jeanine Donaldson. She said she had already decided before entering her third term that she would not run again, but her 12th year turned out differently than she imagined. A new treasurer discovered that the district was nearly $5 million in debt, [...]
Browns: Team’s attention divided between 49ers and Titans
BEREA — You know it’s a weird week for the Browns when … … they’re in the playoff hunt, yet their season finale means practically nothing. … their playoff fate will be decided by a game in a different state, and it starts four hours after the Browns game will have ended. … they spend [...]
Browns notes: Writers pick Anderson as team’s top player
BEREA — Quarterback Derek Anderson capped his surprising season by being named the team’s Player of the Year by the local chapter of the Pro Football Writers of America. “I appreciate it. Good times,” Anderson said Thursday. “It’s pretty cool. Hopefully I finish it off right.” Anderson opened the season behind Charlie Frye, but took [...]
Boys basketball: Host Middies open with OT victory
GRAFTON — Midview needed a miracle shot and Mike Mercado provided it. Trailing by three with 6.4 seconds left, Mercado brought the ball up court through the Amherst defense and nailed a 3-point basket at the buzzer to send the game into overtime. Buoyed by the shot the Middies responded with a 71-67 victory over [...]
Boys basketball: Biber lifts Southview to overtime win
GRAFTON — Josh Biber had quite a night, and because he did Lorain Southview is playing Saturday in the championship game of the eighth annual Bob DiFranco Memorial Tournament. Biber, a 6-foot-6 junior forward, scored 24 points, including a key basket with 15 seconds left in regulation to push the Saints into overtime, and pulled [...]
Girls basketball: Amherst opens Comet Invitational with a win
AMHERST — Defense got the Amherst offense into high gear Thursday night and the Lady Comets rolled to a 53-28 victory over Midview. It came in the second game of the annual Comet Invitational tournament and sends Amherst into tonight’s 7:30 championship game with St. Joseph Academy. The Jaguars hung on for a 53-49 win [...]
William “Beef” Horvath
William "Beef" Horvath, 93, of Lorain, died Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at his son’s home in Oberlin, following a recent decline in health. He was born December 6, 1914 in Lorain and had been a lifelong resident. He worked as a shipbuilder for 40 years at American Ship in Lorain. He and his late wife, [...]
Sitter indicted in toddler`s death
ELYRIA — A Cleveland man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son has been indicted by a county grand jury on charges of murder, felonious assault and two counts of child endangering. Damien Hiley, 21, has been free on $150,000 bond since September, when he was arraigned on the case in Lorain Municipal Court. County [...]
Lorain lighthouse officials hope to replace its lens
LORAIN — The Lorain lighthouse is a recognizable symbol of the city, but for the past two decades an essential piece of the beacon has been in the possession of a lighthouse in a different state. Over the past few years, the volunteers working on the Lorain lighthouse and the Charlotte-Genesee lighthouse in Rochester, N.Y., [...]
Husband arraigned in slaying of wife’s boyfriend
ELYRIA — A Lorain man who has been charged in the shooting death of his estranged wife’s boyfriend appeared calm as he stood before a video monitor at the county jail during his brief arraignment hearing Thursday. Frank Honaker, 45, stood quietly with his arms folded across his chest as his attorney, Shimane Smith, entered [...]
Ex-county official ordered to repay loans
ELYRIA — Former County Commissioner David Moore has been ordered to pay back more than $850,000 that his Amherst mortgage company borrowed from two separate banks in recent years, according to Lorain County Court of Common Pleas documents. County Common Pleas Judge James Burge ruled that Moore, of Amherst, must pay back to Lorain National [...]
Designers plan intimate, family-friendly stadium
AVON — The minor league baseball stadium the city plans to build will offer intimate seating for 3,500 and many amenities that will make it stand out in the community, according to the architect team slated to design the ballpark. Christopher Wynn, director of design at Cleveland-based Osborn Architects and Engineers, said the project — [...]
Horse killed, but rider walks away after collision with car
COLUMBIA TWP. — Hoof marks clawed up the hood, and a huge hole was left in the windshield of a car that plowed into a horse about 6 p.m. Thursday on a dark country road. Anthony Koussa, 48, of West River Road, was riding the horse on West River Road near Osbourne Road when a [...]
Lorain County voting machines can stay
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Officials won’t have to toss $5 million in electronic voting equipment, the county Board of Elections learned Thursday. Touch-screen voting machines have been under fire in Cuyahoga County since the Nov. 6 election, when software made by Diebold Inc. crashed twice. That caused big delays in counting the ballots. It also convinced [...]
State auditor makes regional appointments
The Chronicle-Telegram CLEVELAND — State Auditor Mary Taylor announced appointments to the auditor’s Cleveland Regional Advisory Board on Wednesday. Appointees to the 38-member board include: Robert Berner, Avon Lake mayor; Kathi Blakey, Amherst Public Library, Oberlin Public Library and Grafton-Midview Public Library clerk-treasurer; Laura Brady, Rochester Township fiscal officer and Rochester village clerk; Rita Canfield, [...]