Archive for January 7th, 2008
Elizabeth L. Miller
Elizabeth L. Miller, 86, of Wooster, died Sunday, January 6, 2008, at Wooster Community Hospital. Born October 5, 1921, in Kingston, she was the daughter of Fred and Margaret Greene Lott. She had sold Avon products for many years, played the organ and sang in church choirs. She was an avid bridge player and O.S.U. [...]
Darlene C. Klingenmeier
Darlene C. Klingenmeier (nee Ehrlich), 71, of Amherst, died at her residence Sunday, January 6, 2008, following an 18-month illness with lung cancer. She was born in Lorain, December 22, 1936, and was a 1954 graduate of Clearview High School. In 1954 she won the local beauty contest "Miss Vacationland" which had contestants from Lorain, [...]
Agnes C. Allegretto
Agnes C. Allegretto (nee Myslinski), 88, of Amherst, died at Community Health Partners, Lorain, on Monday, January 7, 2008, after a 10-month illness. Mrs. Allegretto was born in Johnsonburg, Pa., November 16, 1919. She attended schools and worked in Johnsonburg. During World War II she was employed an an assembler at Stackpole Inc. in Johnsonburg. [...]
Warm weather breaks a record
It feels like spring but you better enjoy it while you can. At 2 p.m., the temperature at Cleveland Hopkins was 64 degrees setting a record. Normal highs for the date are a chilly 33 degrees. The old high for this date was set in 1907. Wintery conditions will start working back into the area [...]
Area hospitals merge long-term services
The county’s largest healthcare systems announced Monday that they’ll be merging their long-term, acute-care services into one already-existing acute-care facility at Amherst Hospital. Officials from EMH Regional Medical Center, Community Health Partners and Grace Hospital – a nonprofit facility at EMH’s Amherst Hospital – said that they’ll merge their long-term, acute-care services into one [...]
Suicide triggers jailers suspension
A Grafton Correctional Institution corrections officer has been suspended in the wake of an inmate’s suicide. Officer Jorge Ruiz was placed on administrative leave Friday after questions surrounding the Dec. 30 hanging death of inmate Earl Elswick reached the prison’s warden, said Andrea Dean, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. County [...]
A. Margaret “Peg” Bearsley
Peg Bearsley, 71, of Carlisle Twp., died Monday, December 31, 2007 at Eliza Jennings Home in Cleveland. She was born, March 13, 1936 in Birkenhead, England, and had been a resident of Carlisle Twp. for the past 30 years. She enjoyed traveling with her husband Philip (deceased 2001). They were happily married for 46 years. [...]
Eugene E. Peters
Eugene E. Peters, 70, of LaGrange, died Saturday at his home following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Elyria.
Curtis L. Garn
Curtis L. Garn, 15, of Oberlin, died January 4, 2008 at Allen Community Hospital in Oberlin from injuries sustained after being hit by an automobile. He was born May 9, 1992 in Oberlin and was a lifelong Oberlin resident. Curtis was a freshman at Oberlin High School. He enjoyed watching NASCAR racing and was a [...]
David William Leiby
David William Leiby, 56, of Huntington, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, January 5, 2008 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Oberlin. He was born in Oberlin on June 16, 1951 to Robert William and Juanita Irene McQuate Leiby and had attended Black River Schools. He had resided in the Huntington area for most of his life and [...]
Reverend Robert N. Schroyer
Robert N. Schroyer, 80, of Strongsville, died Saturday, January 5, 2008 in his home. Arrangements are being handled by Dicken Funeral Home, Elyria and will be announced later this week.
The road Les traveled: LSU coach Les Miles has never forgotten his Elyria roots, no matter where his college football journey has taken him
When Les Miles, a proudly proclaimed Michigan man, leads his LSU Tigers onto the Superdome turf tonight to try to ruin Ohio State’s national championship dreams, he might be surprised how many Ohioans are actually pulling for him — most of them from Elyria. “I know there are a lot of people that are probably [...]
BCS championship notes: Speed debate gets old fast for Buckeyes
NEW ORLEANS — The debate began raging after Florida’s dismantling of Ohio State in the BCS Championship Game last year. Which conference was better, the speedy and athletic SEC or the powerful Big Ten? “The talent (in the SEC) is head and shoulders above most conferences,” said LSU coach Les Miles, who has experienced both [...]
Nothing’s changed: A successful Romeo Crennel is still the same, steady Romeo Crennel
Romeo Crennel’s impact on the Browns was never more apparent than following the season finale. Crennel had just led the team to its first 10-win season in 13 years, but his greatest influence was witnessed in the locker room. After Crennel gave his congratulatory speech to the team after the win over the 49ers, veteran [...]
LeBron pours it on in fourth quarter, leads Cavs’ comeback win over Raptors
TORONTO — For three quarters he was ordinary. Then, when it mattered most, LeBron James was unstoppable. James scored 39 points, including 24 in the fourth quarter, to help the Cleveland Cavaliers rally for a 93-90 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday. “In the fourth quarter, he was amazing,” Cleveland coach Mike Brown said. [...]
Ohio State basketball: Freshmen key win over Northwestern
COLUMBUS — After back surgery over the summer left him without feeling in his right foot, Ohio State coach Thad Matta has still not adjusted to life with limited mobility. Matta is normally an animated spectacle on the bench — flailing his arms, gesturing wildly — but has been forced to become more low-key. Sometimes, [...]
It will be Big but it won’t be Easy
NEW ORLEANS — Tonight is the night Ohio State can make it all go away. Taking on LSU and Elyrian Les Miles in the BCS Championship Game, the Buckeyes have the opportunity to quiet their critics nationwide, who lambasted them all year long and don’t believe they’re worthy of playing for the national title. They [...]
Golf-course turf job lands man vandalism, damaging charges
An Olmsted Township man who tried to blame his friend “Joe Dirt” for turfing a golf course and causing $10,000 damage later admitted to driving his vehicle across the golf course, a county sheriff deputy’s report said. Randolph Freyberger, 30, was charged with vandalism, criminal damaging and willful or wanton operation of a vehicle off [...]
Pedestrian hit by minivan in Amherst
Amherst police say a female pedestrian was struck by a minivan while crossing Cooper Foster Park Road near Arby’s and Burger King on Sunday evening. While the official condition of the victim was unknown, police said they didn’t suspect the injuries were life-threatening. The woman was taken by ambulance to Community Health Partners Hospital to [...]
Blotter: Jan. 7, 2008
Elyria Saturday, Jan. 5 3:28 p.m. – 1800 Middle Ave., Jennifer Six, 37, of Elyria, charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and crack-cocaine. 4:56 p.m. – 4900 Block Midway Mall Blvd., Sears, shoplifter. 4:58 p.m. – Eighth Street and Middle Avenue, Marquel Brown, 18, of Elyria, warrant arrest. 7:14 p.m. – 500 block Broad St., [...]
Pediatricians: Worry less about feeding
CHICAGO — Breast-feeding helps prevent babies’ allergies, but there’s no good evidence for avoiding certain foods during pregnancy, using soy formula or delaying introduction of solid foods beyond six months. That’s the word from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is updating earlier suggestions that may have made some parents feel like they weren’t doing [...]
Supreme Court to weigh method of death
For the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Utah’s use of a firing squad in 1878, the court is preparing to weigh in on the legality of a particular method of execution. The justices are scheduled to hear arguments today in a Kentucky case that could decide whether the lethal injection procedures used [...]
Classic obstacles to peace cast shadow over Bush visit
JERUSALEM — President Bush heads to Israel and the West Bank this week, hoping his first visit as U.S. leader will open the throttle on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. But in the six weeks since Bush declared at an international gathering in Annapolis, Md., that “the time is right” to make peace, two perennial obstacles to Mideast [...]
Prep hockey: North Olmsted misses a good shot at a win, falls to Strongsville
NORTH OLMSTED — Life without Chad Murphy is no picnic for North Olmsted, especially when the Eagles have a numbers advantage. Murphy, North Olmsted’s super scorer, was in street clothes Sunday when the Eagles faced Red Division rival Strongsville, the result of a separated shoulder suffered in a tournament game against Trinity a week ago. [...]
Candidates line up for Kucinich’s seat
CLEVELAND — Democratic candidate for president Dennis Kucinich of Cleveland faces new opposition — for his congressional seat. In addition to his presidential campaign, Kucinich last week filed to run for re-election to the seat he’s held since 1997. Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman, North Olmsted Mayor Thomas O’Grady, antiwar activist Rosemary Palmer and former [...]