Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for January 24th, 2008
Pedestrian killed in Vermilion crash
A 45-year-old Vermilion man was killed Wednesday when he was struck by a minivan while walking along
Liberty Avenue
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Keith Anders was walking westbound around 8:49 p.m. when he was struck by a westbound Chevrolet Venture driven by Elden Paden III, 40, of Vermilion.
He was wearing dark clothing, according to Vermilion police, and the [...]
Stowaway cat flies in suitcase
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) _ Some kitty math: How many lives did little tabby Gracie Mae use up when she crawled into her owner’s suitcase, went through an airport X-ray machine, got loaded onto a plane, thrown onto a baggage belt and mistakenly picked up by a stranger far from home?
"She’s [...]
Ford to offer buyouts
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) _ Ford Motor Co. narrowed its losses in the fourth quarter and for all of 2007 amid continued weakness in North America and said Thursday the outlook for U.S. sales in 2008 remains grim.
Ford President and Chief Executive Alan Mulally also said the company will be adjusting production and making further cost [...]
Dress policy Day 1 goes without a hitch at Lorain schools
LORAIN — Ana Garcia said she probably was going to come to school wearing what was mandated in the new dress code anyway. But it certainly helped that she was allowed to deface her principal with pie as an incentive to dress properly.
From more than 1,100 students, Ana — a sophomore at Southview High School [...]
Wellington school superintendent announces retirement
WELLINGTON — Wellington Schools Superintendent Victor Cardenzana, who came under fire by the teacher’s union during negotiations on a new contract last fall, said he will leave the $97,500-a-year job when his contract expires in late July.
The 66-year-old said Wednesday that he plans to retire.
Cardenzana
“Certain occurrences happened with my family, and my [...]
Fear for safety gets father-killer transferred
ELYRIA — Scoring a few smokes at a smoke-free mental institution endangered a Sheffield Lake man institutionalized for the stabbing death of his surgeon father.
So on Wednesday, county Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Rothgery OK’d a request from his doctors to move Ricardo Punsalan for his own safety.
BRUCE BISHOP/CHRONICLE
Ricardo Punsalan appears at a hearing before [...]
Study: County appears ripe for renewal with green energy
Lorain County’s manufacturing past elevated it to the No. 2 spot on a list of counties with the most potential to benefit from a push for renewable energy technology.
Only Cuyahoga County ranked above it in a report by the Renewable Energy Policy Project that was released Wednesday.
Susan Knight, national field coordinator for the Blue Green [...]
Lorain schools go back to single principal
LORAIN — The small school programs at Lorain’s three middle schools were eliminated Wednesday as a way to save the district money.
Since 2003, each middle school was divided into two “small schools” of about 250 students — each with its own principal — as a way to give students better relationships with their administrators.
The [...]
Ledger tests inconclusive; prescription meds found
NEW YORK — Six different types of prescription drugs were found in Heath Ledger’s apartment — including anti-anxiety medications and sleeping pills — though the cause of his death won’t be known for several days after a preliminary autopsy Wednesday came back inconclusive, authorities said.
AP FILE
Heath Ledger appears in "Brokeback Mountain."
A rolled-up [...]
Blotter: Jan. 24
Elyria police Tuesday, Jan. 22 8 a.m. – 200 block Fifth St., car window smashed and CD player stolen. 8 a.m. – 200 block Fifth St., a van window was broken. 8 a.m. – 500 block East Ave., a van window was smashed. [...]