Lorain/Elyria, OH
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 in [...]
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. Steel, [...]
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.
Anne [...]
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 the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]