Archive for February 20th, 2008
Growing unique flowers
Education takes an offbeat path every January at Oberlin College. That’s when one of the college’s hallmarks, winter term projects, takes place. To graduate, each student must complete three projects, which basically are mini-internships. This year, a number of students traveled abroad to do social service work, while others volunteered in Lorain County. Some worked [...]
North Ridgeville is site of chain`s third café
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — There’s nothing much like settling in with a hot cup of joe on a cold winter day. And, as of last Wednesday, North Ridgeville has added a new player to the coffee mix. Café Ah-Roma — 34173 Center Ridge Road, behind the GetGo — wants to satisfy North Ridgeville’s daily coffee fix. [...]
Man shoots ex, kills self; police were called to home 6 times since November
ELYRIA — Lynn Nolan was afraid, convinced that her ex-husband would harm her. On Tuesday, he did. Police say that her ex, James H. Nolan, 48, went to the home the couple used to share at 616 Cambridge Ave. on Tuesday afternoon, shot Lynn several times and then turned the gun on himself. When police [...]
Restraining orders don`t really restrain anyone
Battered women who seek protection from the courts via restraining or protection orders are essentially depending on their abusers to honor those legal documents. Too often, however, cases of domestic violence that result are dismissed by judges because women are afraid to pursue the case, a move that empowers the offender even more. “Really, no [...]
Man dies in Elyria fire
ELYRIA — A bedridden man could not escape the flames and smoke that filled his 17th Street home Tuesday night, dying before firefighters could force their way past the flames into the home to rescue him. The body of 69-year-old Carlton L. Glass was found inside the burning building, where he likely died of smoke [...]
Tokar faces downtown Elyria foreclosures
Lisa Roberson The Chronicle-Telegram ELYRIA — A man once referred to as “the king of downtown” is at the center of several foreclosure lawsuits filed months after he declared bankruptcy, according to county and federal court records. Jay G. Tokar, of Avon, probably is best known as being the man behind several real estate transactions [...]
Mall owners juggle cash issues
ELYRIA — If Centro Properties Group, the owner of Midway Mall, succeeds in righting its finances, it won’t be just the mall that will be affected. The Australian-based conglomerate of subsidiaries and managed funds took over ownership of Midway Mall in May 2006 when the Westfield Group sold the majority of its stake in the [...]
Castro exits on own terms
“I believe that one has to be consistent right up to the end,” Fidel Castro wrote in his resignation letter Tuesday, and he was. The world may long argue whether he was a communist or a social reformer, a mad tyrant or a visionary savior, but no one will ever doubt that he was a [...]
Police briefs: Feb. 20, 2008
LCT driver seeks damages for 2006 crash ELYRIA — A North Ridgeville man injured in a February 2006 crash between a truck driver and the Lorain County Transit Authority bus he was driving is suing the transit company, the trucker, and the transportation company he works for suffering what he says are permanent and debilitating [...]
Police blotter: Feb. 20, 2008
Lorain police Monday, Feb. 18 10:45 p.m. – 2200 Stone Path St., a temporary tag was stolen from a vehicle. 10:45 p.m. – 3000 block Marie Ave., apartment burglarized. 4:05 p.m. – 2400 block W. 21st St., counterfeit $100 bill used during purchase. Tuesday, Feb. 19 12:09 a.m. – East 28th Street, Dameon L. Robertson, [...]
Building a new Elyria
ELYRIA — The city’s future is being built one brick at a time, Mayor Bill Grace said Tuesday. During Grace’s state of the city address, he touted the many building projects that are ongoing — projects that all will play a role in moving the city forward. The biggest and most obvious project is the [...]
Guard guilty in inmate suicide
ELYRIA — A Grafton Correctional Institution guard has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor dereliction of duty charge stemming from an inmate’s suicide last year. Jorge Ruiz, 36, remains suspended from his job while the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction completes an investigation into the Dec. 30 suicide of Earl Elswick, 37. Ruiz was [...]
Clinton hits Parma in one of two Ohio stops
PARMA — Hillary Clinton touted herself as the only remaining candidate with a plan for universal health care during her first of two campaign stops in Ohio on Tuesday. The New York senator met with voters at Grace’s Grill in suburban Cleveland and attended a rally Tuesday night at Chaney High School in Youngstown, where [...]
Woman: I escaped abduction in Lorain
LORAIN — A 28-year-old Lorain woman narrowly escaped being abducted at gunpoint Monday outside a small grocery store in Lorain. The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said she first noticed her would-be assailant around 8 p.m. when she walked into Chapman’s Food Mart. “He said ‘hi’ to me when I walked in the store,” [...]
School district to use eminent domain
AVON — The Avon school board voted 3-to-2 Tuesday to begin eminent domain proceedings against property owner Mary Jane Wolf in hopes of gaining about 25 of the 30 acres needed for a new Avon Middle School. Wolf, 57, the owner of land at 2758 Center Road, told the board she does not want to [...]
Ridgeville peeks at project
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — City officials have had at least a glimpse of what Carnegie Development wants to do when it expands its retail offerings next to the Ace Hardware store on Center Ridge Road. The formal plans haven’t gone forward yet — Carnegie’s request for construction approval has been postponed by Carnegie for the last [...]
Boys basketball: EC tops Firelands in sectional
WESTLAKE — Kevin Fentner’s free throw shooting was uncharacteristically off on Tuesday night. Everything else about Fentner’s game, however, was as good, or better, than advertised. Fentner scored a career-high 29 points as Elyria Catholic defeated Firelands, 57-49, in a Division II sectional semifinal at Westlake High School. Fentner’s 3-point basket with 1:04 to play [...]
Indians: Sabathia puts his focus on 2008
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The cold, hard reality is that C.C. Sabathia’s days with the Cleveland Indians could be dwindling. At this time next year, Sabathia could be somewhere else, pitching for somebody other than the only team he has ever known. “I can’t think like that,” Sabathia said after a brisk workout Tuesday morning. [...]
Cavs open 2nd half of season with clunker
CLEVELAND — This one had it all, and all of it was bad — lousy shooting, lousy passing, lousy officiating and a lousy crowd. The Houston Rockets just happened to be a little less bad than the Cavaliers, which is why they came into Quicken Loans Arena and recorded their ninth straight victory, a 93-85 [...]
Boys basketball: Lutheran West handles Columbia
ELYRIA — One could say Lutheran West coach Phil Argento is old school. Argento chose to play a first-round tournament game rather than take the bye that normally accompanies the top seed in Division III postseason play at Elyria High. “I wanted to play early and get on this floor,” said Argento. “The opener in [...]
College notes: Bartlett best Ashland bomber — ever
The basketball enters the low post, but defenders collapse, forcing a pass. The guard on the perimeter then reverses the ball. The recipient, No. 10 in purple and gold, spots up and takes aim before draining a critical 3-pointer. This has been a familiar site for Ashland University men’s basketball fans for the past three [...]
Baseball: Tiant reflects on native land of Cuba
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Two years after flying out of Cuba in 1961 on his way to baseball stardom, Luis Tiant heard about a friend’s family that departed by boat. It never made it to freedom in Florida. “I remember there were 45 people — I grew up with the family — grandmother, grandfather, mother, [...]
Cavs notes: Coach OK with deal, no deal
CLEVELAND — Cavaliers coach Mike Brown wouldn’t mind if general manager Danny Ferry made a trade prior to the Thursday deadline, but he also likes the players he has. “We’ve shown we’re able to win ballgames,” Brown said Tuesday at Quicken Loans Arena prior to a game against the Houston Rockets. “I like our team, [...]
Golf: Match Play will test Tiger’s streak
MARANA, Ariz. — Tiger Woods has not lost a tournament in nearly six months, which has fueled speculation and expectations that border on being absurd, such as one question Tuesday whether he has ever allowed himself to dream about a perfect season. “No,” Woods said. Then came the briefest pause. “I’ve had one perfect season,” [...]
Robert Lawrence Hiller
Robert Lawrence Hiller, 85, beloved husband of Mary Louise (nee Gallagher); Dear father of Lawrence (wife Sandra deceased), Gary (wife Margaret), Kathleen (husband Michael), Timothy (deceased), Thomas (wife Amy), and James (wife Heidi). Fond grandfather of Brandon, Brooke, Christopher, Rebecca, David, Cailea, Timothy, Matthew, Katlin and Leah. Great-grandfather of James and Chandler. Brother of Ralph [...]