Archive for February 9th, 2008
Calling all Cavs: Cleveland overcomes injuries with true team effort in big road win against Hawks
ATLANTA — The Cleveland Cavaliers had every reason to fold. Four of their top seven scorers were sidelined by injuries. This was the second of back-to-back road games. But LeBron James stepped up as expected. Damon Jones hit two huge shots down the stretch. And journeyman Ira Newble had his best game of the season. [...]
Doug Clarke: Sorry, basketball, you’re just here to fill the void between football and baseball
Irrational ravings … These are the times that try men’s souls. Getting from the Super Bowl to when pitchers and catchers report takes like … forever. Get through this period and a man can conquer almost anything. Within reason. For example, it’s no accident they squeezed Valentine’s Day in between the football and when pitchers [...]
Boys basketball: North Ridgeville ends 31-year drought, downs Vermilion for conference crown
VERMILION — Move over Jim Bachna, Don Feierabend, Tom Miller and the rest of the 1976-77 Lakeland Conference Champion North Ridgeville Rangers basketball team. You’ve got company. After 31 years of frustration, the North Ridgeville Rangers have won another boys conference basketball title, capturing the outright West Shore Conference championship on Friday night with a [...]
Boys basketball: Elyria has no problem with Medina, looks primed for tournament
MEDINA — Add Jody Peters to the growing list of people coming away impressed with Elyria High as teams prepare for the upcoming tournament. “Elyria’s very, very good,” said the Medina coach following a 64-40 thumping by the Pioneers on Friday night. “When they’re focused and they come ready to play, I’m not sure there [...]
Boys basketball: North Olmsted keeps SWC title hopes alive with win over Avon Lake
NORTH OLMSTED — With the game all but in hand Friday night, North Olmsted may have been guilty of losing a bit of its focus at the end. But who could blame the Eagles? What lies ahead for them is about as big as it gets as far as they’re concerned. Thanks to a 64-58 [...]
Boys basketball: One bad quarter costs Elyria Catholic against powerful Akron Hoban
ELYRIA — If only they could have started the game in the second quarter. That had to be what Elyria Catholic was thinking after Friday night’s 51-38 loss to state power Akron Hoban at in a North Coast League matchup at the Coliseum. Unfortunately for the Panthers (4-14, 1-10), it’s a four-quarter game and they [...]
Boys basketball: Midview starts fast against Fairview, fades even faster
EATON TWP. — It was the kind of second-half performance Midview needed to break a three-game skid, boost the players’ confidence and create some momentum before the end of the regular season. Unfortunately for the Middies, it was Fairview that turned in the stellar two quarters Friday night. The Warriors erased a 15-point halftime deficit [...]
Prep bowling notebook: North Shore title on line Sunday at Rebman Rec
The Vermilion boys and North Ridgeville girls are favored to successfully defend their titles in Sunday’s North Shore Bowling Conference Tournament at Rebman Rec in Lorain. The teams are peaking at the right time — both riding hot streaks after winning their respective rolloffs on Jan. 30. Last year Vermilion beat North Ridgeville, 3,008- 2,816, [...]
Plans for new Elyria High receive positive reactions
ELRYIA — The recently unveiled plans of the new Elyria High School have the city all abuzz. With its modern design and historic touches, the soon-to-be constructed building has everyone applauding the design team of Architectural Vision Group and Regency Construction. “It has so many great features, I can’t say I have a No. 1 [...]
Elyria trash route day changes
MONDAY ROUTE-TUESDAY ROUTE West River Road (Third Street-Tattersal Court) (114-348) and (117-455) Tattersal Court Furnace Street-Lake Avenue-West River Road (108-382) and (107-383) Lake Avenue-West River Road-West Avenue (131-269) and (116-263) Parkview Court Cascade Street Kaiser Court Neuffer Court Floral Court Monroe Street Phillip Court Glendale Court Hillsdale Court Florence Court Mendel Court MONDAY ROUTE-FRIDAY ROUTE [...]
Lorain building inspector suspended
LORAIN — The city’s chief building inspector is under fire again. Bill Desvari was escorted from his office and placed on paid administrative leave Friday until an investigation by Lorain police involving the Building Department is completed. Neither city officials nor police would explain the scope of the probe or what sparked it. Lorain Safety [...]
Oberlin group’s performance puts dreamlike world on stage
OBERLIN — Can you play bass guitar while walking on stilts? How about handling a crystal ball so that it appears to levitate? Those were some of the unique talents featured Friday night in “Nocturne,” a combination of circus, tumbling and theater by the Oberlin College cabaret/circus group “OCircus!” Oberlin Conservatory of Music composition major [...]
Elyria shifts trash pickup
ELYRIA — For 15 years, one thing has stayed consistent in Elyria: trash scheduled to be picked up on Wednesday was picked on Wednesday. But come Feb. 25, many residents will have to memorize a different day as the city is overhauling its routes and changing schedules. The change will affect about 4,000 homes across [...]
Cleveland Democrat debate in jeopardy
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are going to debate at Cleveland State University on Feb. 26, a week before the Ohio primary. Or are they? A distasteful comment about Chelsea Clinton by an MSNBC anchor could imperil Clinton’s participation in future presidential debates on the network, including the one scheduled at CSU. In a conference [...]
Woman who stabbed pilots in plane rampage in custody
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A Somali immigrant who allegedly stabbed both pilots on a small commercial plane in a hijack attempt was ordered held in custody for psychiatric assessment when she appeared in court today. Asha Ali Abdille, 33, was represented by a court-appointed lawyer in the Christchurch District Court and entered no plea to [...]
City estimates flood damage at $5K
Damage from this week’s heavy rains to Cascade Park, its nature center, and other facilities is estimated to total no more than $5,000, according to a city official. “We were able to get down into the park today and things went very quickly,” said Frank Gustoff, director of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department. After [...]
Family, friends pay respects to ‘Boomer’ Windham Jr.
LORAIN — A slow procession of cars stopped Friday night outside the East 29th Street apartment where Fletcher “Boomer” Windham Jr. was stabbed 21 times. Family and friends — many of them wearing T-shirts printed with Windham’s face — lit candles and let about two dozen balloons soar into the twilight in Windham’s honor. “When [...]
Off the beat: Feb. 9, 2008
Family touched by familiar photo The children of the late William Porter of Elyria couldn’t believe their eyes when they opened up the paper Tuesday. There, third from the left, was their dad in a historic photograph of the Two Tired Motorcycle Club taken in 1949 outside Elyria Harley-Davidson on Cleveland Street. The family remembered [...]
LCT moving transfer point for Wal-Mart
ELYRIA — Plans for a new Wal-Mart have forced Lorain County Transit to move its transfer point from the east side of Route 57 on Griswold Road near Midway Mall to the parking lot at Lowe’s Home Improvement store on the other side of Route 57. The relocation of the transfer point, which is where [...]
Brothers charged in rash of robberies
LORAIN — Two Lorain brothers have been charged in connection to several area robberies. Oscar Otero, 27, and David Melendez, 19, were charged Jan. 24 with multiple counts of burglary and receiving stolen property after Lorain police found most of the stolen items in both of their homes. The burglaries took place throughout seven Lorain [...]
The Lowe-down: New jobs are coming
Jobs are set to follow the construction of the Lowe’s Home Improvement store on Oak Point Road in Lorain. Maureen Rich, who heads public relations for the do-it-yourself retailer’s headquarters in Mooresville, N.C., said jobs will begin being offered when the 148,600-square-foot Lowe’s Home Improvement store is closer to completion. The store is expected to [...]
Sheffield blotter: Feb. 9, 2008
Sheffield Tuesday, Jan. 29 12:54 p.m. – East River Road, Charisse Brown, 27, of West 9th Street, Lorain, charged with wrongful entrustment; Bobby Brown, 32, of W. Ninth Street, Lorain, charged with speeding, driving under suspension and warrant service. 5:26 p.m. – 5300 block Middlebury Court, theft. 11:30 p.m. – East River Road and Pioneer [...]
‘Central City’ braves disaster once again
Citizens and first responders of “Central City” suffered a major catastrophe Friday to demonstrate a better way to handle large-scale disasters. Fire departments and personnel from the Lorain County Emergency Management Agency joined forces Friday for daylong training sessions to create the Lorain County Incident Management Team. The local team is an offshoot of the [...]
Anne Eleanor Zeleznik
Anne Eleanor Zeleznik (nee Zabnikar), 71, of Lorain, died Thursday, February 7, 2008, at her residence. The family will receive friends Sunday, February 10, 2008, from 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 P.M., in the Dovin Funeral Home, 2701 Elyria Avenue, Lorain. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to either the [...]
Arnold E. Kent
Arnold E. Kent, 86, of Elyria, died Thursday, February 7, 2008 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. He was born October 25, 1921 in Oberlin and was a 1940 graduate of Elyria High School. He was a U.S. Army Air Force veteran of World War II serving in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater [...]