Archive for January 15th, 2008
Earl H. Limpert
Earl H. Limpert, 94, of Avon, died Monday, January 14, 2008, at Avon Oaks Nursing Home, Avon. He was born March 23, 1913 in North Olmsted, and had lived in Avon for over 60 years, moving from North Olmsted. He was retired from Lorain Telephone Co., where he worked as a field engineer. He served [...]
Donald Allan Perkins
Donald Allan Perkins, 67, passed away December 28, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn. Arrangements were handled by Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home, Grafton.
Commodore ‘Fuzzy’ Bowens Sr.
Commodore "Fuzzy" Bowens Sr., 55, died Saturday morning, January 12, 2008, at Community Health Partners, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born January 9, 1953, in Lorain where he had been a lifelong resident. He attended Lorain City Public Schools, graduating from Admiral King High School. He worked in the Bar Mill at U.S. [...]
Anne Stetak
Anne Stetak (nee Pysarchyk), 81, of Meriden, Conn., and formerly of Lorain, died Saturday, January 12, 2008, at Mid State Medical Center in Meriden, after a sudden illness. She was born May 5, 1926, in Lorain, and had resided in the Lorain area most of her life. She had moved to Meriden six months ago. [...]
Avon’s Henkel to be sold
AVON — The Henkel Corp. — the city’s largest employer with 350 workers — is being sold to a Phoenix company that will purchase the facility along with Henkel’s Duck, Painter’s Mate Green and Easy Liner brand of do-it-yourself adhesives and household products. Innovative Brands Holdings announced the acquisition Monday in a news release saying [...]
Ohio State’s Laurinaitis sticking around for his senior season
COLUMBUS — Two-time All-America linebacker James Laurinaitis said Monday he will stay at Ohio State for his senior year. “After a long thought process and strategic evaluation of the pros and cons of this decision with my close family and friends, I’ve decided to stay at Ohio State,” Laurinaitis said in a statement issued by [...]
Family grieves, authorities search; Marine suspected in slaying of fellow Marine
VANDALIA — Hometown friends and neighbors offered prayers Monday night for 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, a pregnant Marine who authorities believe was killed and buried near her base in North Carolina. The Lauterbach family filed into a church for a prayer service and sat in the front row. Federal authorities plan to post billboards [...]
A different ‘American Idol`
NEW YORK — “American Idol,” for all its success, is not above tinkering — especially after last year’s revolving door of celebrity mentors and Sanjaya Malakar’s improbable run. Not TOO much tinkering, though. Why mess with a trusty formula? The Fox ratings superpower returns for its seventh season tonight, and will doubtless dominate January through [...]
High school baseball: Another Hall of Fame calls former Elyria coach Karpinski
ELYRIA — After this week, Curt Karpinski will need just one more induction for a Hall of Fame grand slam. Seems fitting for Elyria High’s former baseball coach. Karpinski, who made a lot of friends on and off the diamond, will be inducted into the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame on [...]
Girls basketball: Elyria Catholic lets big lead slip away in second half, falls to Cleveland Central Catholic
ELYRIA — Numbers don’t always tell the entire story. On the surface, Cleveland Central Catholic came away with a 37-34 win over Elyria Catholic in North Coast League action Monday night. And while that’s true, it’s just not entirely accurate. CCC didn’t really beat the Panthers so much as the Panthers beat themselves. Nineteen EC [...]
Double date: Sisters, cousins share birthdays
ELYRIA — Sisters Amy Smith and Jennifer Jump were both born Oct. 9, but six years apart. An odd coincidence, for certain. But it gets even odder. The sisters have children who share the same birthday — exactly the same, not years apart as in their case. The sisters’ first-borns arrived Saturday morning, within eight [...]
Cavaliers give Mike Brown two-year contract extension
INDEPENDENCE — Cavaliers coach Mike Brown may have his share of doubters among the fans, but he’s got the support of the people that matter most. In a move backed by owner Dan Gilbert, general manager Danny Ferry announced Monday that Brown has been given a two-year contract extension, meaning the man who led the [...]
Defendant balks at guilty plea for girlfriend`s murder
ELYRIA – Justin Johnson was supposed to plead guilty Monday to the September 2006 murder of his live-in girlfriend. But at the last minute, Johnson, 24, changed his mind in a packed courtroom. Johnson wanted to take responsibility for the shooting death of 19-year-old Andrea Whitfield, but he and his family couldn’t stomach the possible [...]
Pit bull attacks owner in Oberlin
OBERLIN — A 25-year-old Oberlin man was flown to a Cleveland hospital after being attacked by his pit bull on Saturday morning in his home, police said. Dedrick Montague was treated for deep bite marks on his right forearm at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, said Oberlin police Capt. Clif Barnes. The attack exposed the [...]
LeBron faces speeding-ticket music
INDEPENDENCE — On his 23rd birthday, LeBron James was ticketed for driving 101 mph on a highway in northern Medina County. Following practice Monday at Cleveland Clinic Courts, the Cavaliers superstar charged full-speed ahead when asked about the incident. “I got caught,” James said while surrounded by about 20 members of the media. “It happens.” [...]
MySpace agrees to adopt sex predator precautions
NEW YORK — MySpace, the world’s most popular online hangout, plans to put the cyberspace equivalent of a chaperone at the party and to check IDs at the door. The huge social-networking site promised Monday to take steps to protect youngsters from sexual predators and bullies, including searching for ways to verify users’ ages. Under [...]
Amputee sprinter banned from Olympics: Prosthetic racing blades ruled a ‘clear’ advantage
All his life, Oscar Pistorius has confronted obstacles. The double-amputee sprinter from South Africa now faces another one — a decision barring him from the Olympics. Track and field’s governing body ruled Monday he is ineligible to compete this summer in Beijing — or any other sanctioned able-bodied competitions — because his “Cheetah” racing blades [...]
3 cops reprimanded in Red Parrot ‘riot`
LORAIN — An internal police investigation into allegations that officers used excessive force at the Red Parrot Café in July has ended with three of them receiving verbal reprimands for failing to follow proper procedures. The Lorain Police Department’s Internal Affairs division was investigating allegations made by several people who were arrested or removed from [...]
Prep hockey notes: Zamboni malfunction puts North Olmsted game on ice
The infamous “wardrobe malfunction” at a recent Super Bowl has become a seemingly bottomless mine of humor. But there was nothing to laugh about when a Zamboni malfunction hit Friday’s Red East division game at Thornton Park between visiting North Olmsted and Shaker Heights. The ice-cleaning machine apparently put a deep gash in the ice [...]
Quantum Bots third in LEGO competition
It may look like a toy, but watch out: the Quantum 3000 is anything but. Built by hand by four area teenagers, the robot fashioned from hundreds of LEGO blocks rocked ’em and socked ’em last weekend at the Ohio First League Robotics Championship, earning third place for team Quantum Bots. The competition Jan. 12 [...]
Blotter: Jan. 15, 2007
Sheriff’s Office Wednesday, Jan. 9 7:32 a.m. – 6100 block Antrim Road. Purse with checkbook and $142 in cash stolen from 2002 GMC Safari minivan parked in driveway. Thursday, Jan. 10 1:05 a.m. – State Route 57 and Griswold Road. Pamela C. Tabb, 23, Brunswick, charged with failure to pass or slow down stationary public [...]
Man faces drunken driving charges in three-car crash
ELYRIA TWP. — A Cleveland man has been charged with driving under the influence in connection with a three-car crash Sunday night on northbound Route 57 near Griswold Road. At least four people were treated at EMH Regional Medical Center after Eric Munoz, 47, of Cleveland, failed to maintain an assured clear distance from vehicles [...]
Cops: Man killed in wreck was drinking
AMHERST — A 36-year-old man who died early Sunday when he lost control of his vehicle on state Route 58 had been drinking at a number of bars before the crash, according to police. Francis P. Monaco, of Cleveland, was pronounced dead at the scene of internal injuries. Blood-alcohol tests are being conducted, said Lorain [...]
Lorain man pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to allegedly shooting rival
ELYRIA — A Lorain man has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder and other charges stemming from the July 30 shooting death of a man the McDonald’s on Oberlin Avenue in Lorain. Terry Little, 20, could get life in prison if convicted of aggravated murder and other charges stemming from the death [...]
Attorney argues for new trial in child rape conviction
ELYRIA — The mother of the girl Jose Velez was convicted of raping is trying to get Velez freed from prison at the expense of her daughter, a county prosecutor said Monday during a hearing on whether Velez should get a new trial. "This whole production has been directed, produced and written by a woman [...]