Archive for January 19th, 2008
Red-hot Ridgeville hangs on to first place
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Off to its best start in 30 years, North Ridgeville maintained sole possession of first place in the West Shore Conference with a 60-52 win Friday over second-place Midview. The 1977-78 team started 9-1 after losing its second game of the season to Westlake, 65-63. The win Friday night puts North [...]
Olmsted Falls takes shot, pounds North Olmsted
NORTH OLMSTED — Olmsted Falls pulled off a neat trick Friday night, the way the Bulldogs walked directly into a buzz-saw and all, but still managed to come away without a scratch. The Eagles, the guys operating that buzz-saw for the first four-and-a-half minutes of their Southwestern Conference matchup, were a whole lot less [...]
Elyria goes to Solon, returns with impressive win
SOLON — Superior quickness got Elyria off to a flying start Friday night. But it was that same quickness, minus the control, that bogged down the Pioneers for much of their 69-48 victory over Solon in a non-divisional Northeast Ohio Conference game. “We will do that,” Elyria coach Bob Walsh said. “We want to [...]
Turnovers prove costly in Elyria Catholic loss
ELYRIA — To Elyria Catholic’s credit, the Panthers hung tough for most of the game but ultimately could not overcome their 25 turnovers and the quickness of visiting Cleveland Central Catholic on Friday night at the Coliseum. The Ironmen held off a late threat by Elyria Catholic to win the North Coast League game [...]
Wrestling: Elyria gets revenge over Strongsville
ELYRIA — As far as senior Steve Mitcheff is concerned, Elyria and Strongsville are even. For years, the Mustangs dominated the Pioneer Conference, winning 23 of the last 24 league wrestling championships. The one hiccup came three seasons ago as the Pioneers came away with the crown. “It feels good to finally beat them again,” [...]
Huge run carries Oberlin past Columbia
OBERLIN — When second-year Oberlin coach Kurt Russell played, the Phoenix was known for its intense defense and their ability to light up the scoreboard. And while it’s still a work in progress, Oberlin’s future is being shaped by Russell’s ability to take the Phoenix back to the past. Friday night the Phoenix routed Columbia [...]
Vermilion starts fast, downs Firelands
HENRIETTA TWP. — Firelands dug itself into a hole it couldn’t climb out of Friday night. The Falcons trailed by 16 points after a quarter, made the game respectable for a time, but got smoked by Vermilion, 76-61, in a West Shore Conference foul-shooting contest. The old rivals shot 67 free throws between them, 38 [...]
Westlake Demons handle success, Amherst
WESTLAKE — It appears Westlake is handling the high life quite well. Fresh off one of the biggest victories in school history — a one-point upset of perennial Southwestern Conference power Olmsted Falls last weekend — the Demons returned to the win column Friday night, drubbing Amherst 65-46. It was Westlake’s fourth win in the [...]
All Ridgeville needs is the money as plans mapped out for new high school
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — At least the plans are ready. On Friday, the North Ridgeville school board, representatives of the Burgess & Niple engineering firm and Superintendent Michael Tefs crunched numbers for several hours to get plans for a new North Ridgeville High School finalized and under budget. In the end, they did just that — [...]
Lorain police: Aging brothers back dealing drugs
LORAIN — Two brothers — one of whom police once labeled as one of the biggest drug dealers in the city — are back at it again, this time helping a Texas man bring cocaine into the city, police said. The operation that resulted in the arrest of three men started long ago, but erupted [...]
Zoo crew raising wallaby
CLEVELAND — They say it takes a village to raise a child. In the case of Foster, a 9-month-old wallaby joey and star attraction at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, it’s a group of highly trained veterinary technicians and others who literally came to the rescue of this marsupial after his mother abandoned him. Born in [...]
Lorain mayor to unveil police plan
LORAIN — Mayor Tony Krasienko wants more police on the streets and new tactics to fight the crime surge that has resulted in 11 robberies in the past two weeks. Krasienko wouldn’t provide details of his new plan of attack Friday, but said later next week he will roll out a new community-based policing program [...]
After two weeks, safety service director says he`s resigning post
LORAIN — Safety Service Director Dan Given announced Friday he will step down to reclaim his management position with housing developer Oster Homes, where he worked before taking the city job. His departure — with less than a month on the job — will lead to the position being split in two, with a safety [...]
Drivers get break with cheaper gas
ELYRIA — Customers made a run Friday on regular gas priced at $2.77 a gallon at the BP gas station at East Bridge Street and Gulf Road. Dozens of vehicles lined up by early evening, and customers said they hoped to save $4 to $5 per tank. “Awesome,” said Carolyn Klena, 54, of Elyria. “This [...]
Businessman acquires former Lorain Catholic
LORAIN — A local businessman has purchased the former Lorain Catholic High School building for $400,000. Todd Roby, who owns several area properties including Single Tree Winery in Amherst, said he had been in negotiations with the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland for the last 16 months and finally was able to get the price down [...]
Lorain attorney suspended by court
A Lorain man is one of two attorneys suspended Friday by the Ohio Supreme Court for professional ethics violations. Eric K. Heiland has been stripped of his right to practice in the state following his conviction on three criminal counts of defrauding creditors. The court said Heiland used his law office trust account between 1998 [...]
Mayor sizes up ‘Little Elyria’
ELYRIA — Every city needs a mayor looking over things. It’s just not every day that the mayor can say he can literally see his entire town. But that’s exactly what happened Friday when Elyria Mayor Bill Grace stopped by Windsor Elementary School to check out the third-grade project and found himself towering over a [...]
Democrat can’t run as independent
ELYRIA — Mike Nunez can’t run for county commissioner as an independent, the county prosecutor’s office has ruled. The county Board of Elections already had decided that the former Lorain police officer can’t challenge Commissioner Ted Kalo in the Democratic primary because his petitions weren’t filled out correctly. In his review, Assistant County Prosecutor Gerald [...]
Off the beat: Jan. 19, 2008
Event returns gospel singer, MLK to their roots Before Martin Luther King Jr. was the civil rights leader who boasted that he had a dream, he was a Baptist preacher offering spiritual guidance to many. It was a facet of his life that he never deserted, and one the organizers of Sunday’s Martin Luther King [...]
Ohio gets $25M for home heating aid
ELYRIA — A federal program to help low-income citizens and seniors heat their homes received a substantial financial boost Friday. Congress released $450 million to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance budget, and Ohio will receive $25 million of that sum. State Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Copley Township, is a firm advocate of the program, and [...]
North Ridgeville man admits bestiality during pedophilia inquiry, prosecutor says
ELYRIA — A North Ridgeville man has been indicted on charges accusing him of molesting a young boy and having sex with his animals. Berlovan During their investigation into the molestation allegations against Jonel Berlovan, North Ridgeville police learned that Berlovan was also sodomizing sheep and rottweilers he owned, county Prosecutor Dennis Will said. The [...]
Elections chief nixes tallying center plan
COLUMBUS — Changes are planned for Ohio voting procedures in the presidential election this November, but requiring precincts to send ballots to central locations before tallying them won’t be one of them, Ohio’s chief elections officer said Friday. The boards will have enough on their hands in a statewide switch from touch-screen machines to machines [...]
Betty Elaine Gosnell
Betty Elaine Gosnell, born on February 2, 1924 in Compton California, to the late Elizabeth and Dewey Cambell, went home to our Lord on Friday, January 18, 2008. As a young woman, Betty worked in the ship yard as a welder in Portland, Oregon. One of her fondest memories was the motorcade of F.D.R. who [...]
Carol J. Flood
Carol J. Flood (nee Joy), 79, of Elyria, passed away Thursday evening, January 17, 2008 at the Wesleyan Village in Elyria following a lengthy illness. Arrangements will be announced by Busch Funeral Home in Elyria.
Lloyd A. Webber
Lloyd A. Webber, 80, of Elyria, passed away Friday, January 18, 2008 at New Life Hospice in Lorain. He was born November 15, 1928. Lloyd was a 1947 graduate of Oberlin High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1947 to 1951. During the Korean War he earned Master Seargent and received the bronze [...]