Archive for January 18th, 2008
Given to resign as Lorain Safety Service Director
Lorain Safety Service Director Dan Given is expected to step down in February as part of what Mayor Tony Krasienko called a “restructuring” of his staff. Krasienko said today Given will not be part of that restructuring but is holding off discussing the reason why until he can inform members of Council at a special [...]
Bobby Fischer dies; he was 64
REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and later renounced his American citizenship, has died. He was 64. Fisher died of kidney failure Thursday in a Reykjavik hospital after a long illness, his spokesman, Gardar Sverrisson, said Friday. Born [...]
Victim admits taunting tiger
SAN FRANCISCO – One of the three victims of San Francisco Zoo tiger attack was intoxicated and admitted to yelling and waving at the animal while standing atop the railing of the big cat enclosure, police said in court documents filed Thursday. Paul Dhaliwal, 19, told the father of Carlos Sousa Jr., 17, who was [...]
Elyria’s Spring Valley Country Club for sale
ELYRIA — Members of the financially struggling Spring Valley Country Club soon will be considering several offers to purchase the club. At least two of the offers are from housing developers intending to turn the 165-acre property into housing units, according to Stephen Meckler, attorney for the country club. Although it hasn’t been appraised yet, [...]
Lorain teachers offered buyout
LORAIN — The Lorain school board approved a buyout package for its teachers that it hopes will save the district more than $500,000 over the next three years. The offer would be a one-time payment of $40,000 as incentive to retire early for teachers with 20 or more years of service and at least 10 [...]
Elyria appeals comp award
ELYRIA — The city is taking the family of an Elyria police officer killed in a 2004 motorcycle crash to court, contesting an Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation decision to pay benefits to his family.The appeal, filed this week in county Common Pleas Court, contends that Officer Bradley Scott’s widow and two children shouldn’t receive [...]
Students with toy gun, box cutter sent home early from trip
LORAIN — A sixth-grade honor student from Lowell Elementary has been suspended for taking a plastic souvenir gun on a week-long field trip to a Brecksville nature center, school officials said. Lorain Schools Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson said officials are investigating whether the boy was threatening fellow students from the Lorain and Elyria Gifted and Talented [...]
Run to Mexico may have spared suspect death penalty
SAN ANTONIO — A methamphetamine dealer who gunned down a deputy during a traffic stop in Southern California. A man in Arizona who killed his ex-girlfriend’s parents and brother and snatched his children. A man who suffocated his baby daughter and left her body in a toolbag on an expressway overpass near Chicago. Ordinarily, these [...]
A thousand mourners attend service for stabbing victim
MASON — About 1,000 people prayed Thursday night at a church service for a woman found stabbed to death in a burning home that killed her four children. Police in Mason accuse Nadya Ferrari-Veillette’s husband of stabbing her and of setting the fire that killed his children. Members of St. Susanna Catholic Church organized the [...]
Roundup: Jan. 18
Elyria man indicted for alleged escape ELYRIA — An Elyria man has been indicted for allegedly escaping from the Lorain/Medina Community Based Correctional Facility in September and engaging in a brief standoff with police at his home. Drew Manns, 23, is facing a single count of escape for his decision to walk out of the [...]
Blotter: Jan. 18
Elyria police Monday, Jan. 14 2:03 p.m. – Wal-Mart, Midway Blvd., two men stole a computer and tried to steal an HDTV and clothing. 5 p.m. – REM, 100 block Wisconsin Circle, police believe a mentally handicapped patient at the home was injured as the result of a fall, not by the actions of an [...]
Finals rematch: LeBron leads Cavaliers past Spurs
SAN ANTONIO — LeBron James scored 27 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat San Antonio 90-88 on Thursday night in the teams’ first meeting since the Spurs swept the NBA Finals last season. Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 17 points, and Anderson Varejao scored 12 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for Cleveland, which has won three in [...]
Marine’s wife knew of woman’s death
The wife of the key suspect in the slaying of a 20-year-old pregnant Marine from Ohio waited almost 24 hours after learning of the woman’s death to go to authorities, according to court documents released Thursday. The Jacksonville, N.C., sheriff’s affidavit, which details the account Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean’s wife gave to detectives, does not [...]
College basketball: Cleveland State gets signature win
CLEVELAND — Cleveland State had been searching for a defining victory to return its downtrodden program to the national spotlight it hasn’t occupied for more than 20 years. It arrived Thursday night. The upstart Vikings, who hadn’t beaten a Top 25 team since upending Indiana in the 1986 NCAA Tournament, finally accomplished the feat again, [...]
Librarian still the searcher after 30 years
ELYRIA — Before there was Google, there was librarian Rose Burton. And before some simple keystrokes turned up links to Web pages, Burton used research skills to answer the question at hand. “She was Google before there was a Google,” said Debbie Pillivant, spokeswoman for the Elyria Public Library System. “You name it, and Rose [...]
NFL playoffs: Chargers getting reputation for trash talking
SAN DIEGO — Philip Rivers likes to yap. Shawne Merriman likes to dance. Igor Olshansky gave the undefeated New England Patriots some billboard material, as if they needed any outside help in advance of the AFC championship game. Have the San Diego Chargers simply regained their swagger, or have they become cocky trash-talkers? Well, maybe [...]
Boys basketball notes: Future bright for Westlake
It was arguably the biggest win in school history. When Westlake, a team which has gone 19-23 over its last two seasons, stunned Olmsted Falls 61-60 last Friday, it marked the first time in 26 tries over 13 years the Demons had knocked off the Bulldogs. Amid the euphoria among players, the coaches and the [...]
Police seek suspect in armed robbery
LORAIN — Police are asking for information about a man who robbed a gas station Wednesday with a semi-automatic gun. A shaken clerk at the Clark gas station at 2850 Grove Ave. told police that a man wearing a gray pull-over hooded sweatshirt and a bandana across his face walked into the station about 9:30 [...]
Girls basketball notes: EC rounding into form
No question, Elyria Catholic is one of the best .500 basketball teams in the area. The Panthers won for the seventh time with a lopsided victory over Columbia on Wednesday night thanks to an oppressive defense that held the Raiders to under 10 percent from the field. Coach Pat Higley said early in the season [...]
Amherst’s Winemiller a well-rounded wrestler
Some coaches will call an athlete well-rounded if he has a good mix of strength and speed. Some fans will call their player multitalented if he is a winner on the field and in the classroom. But not many high school wrestlers can match the versatility of Amherst senior 171-pounder Aaron Winemiller. Winemiller, who was [...]
North Ridgeville wrestlers rolling through West Shore
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The Rangers are still rolling, and a sweep of the West Shore Conference duals and a conference tournament championship look to be in sight. North Ridgeville’s successful season continued Thursday with the Rangers defeating WSC rival Vermilion, 47-26. North Ridgeville is 5-0 in conference competition, with matches against Avon and Midview still [...]
Local officials disagree with study saying subs overused
ELYRIA — Local school officials disagree with the findings in a recent study that concludes students suffer when being taught by substitute teachers for a large portion of a school year. The study, conducted by a handful of researchers from universities across the country, says that an average student spends an entire school year’s time [...]
Vermilion Schools chief is retiring
VERMILION — Schools Superintendent Bruce Keller has announced he will retire at the end of the year.Keller, who became superintendent in 2000 when the district was in a fiscal emergency, has been “an outstanding superintendent,” said longtime board member Read Wakefield. “I’d like to find another Bruce Keller,” Wakefield said. STEVE MANHEIM/CHRONICLE Bruce Keller, superinten-tendent [...]
Mildred S. Baker
Mildred S. Baker, 80, passed away Monday, December 31, 2007 at home in Madison, Wisconsin. She was born April 7, 1927 in East Chicago, Indiana, the daughter of Peter and Tekla (Mikalajunas) Sakas. Mildred graduated from Butler University with a B.S. degree in Pharmacy in 1946. She married Roscoe Baker on June 28, 1958 in [...]
Dr. Donald E. Hartswick
Dr. Donald E. Hartswick, 72, died Friday, January 4, 2008 in Amherst from complications following a heart attack. Born in Baden, Pennsylvania on October 31, 1935, he graduated from Slippery Rock State University in 1957 with a B.A. in elementary education and received a Master’s and Doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Hartswick served [...]