Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for February 22nd, 2008
Lorain state of the city transcript
INTRO
As I come before you today to address the state of our city, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that Lorain’s potential is even greater than I imagined. When I think of our great city, I think of pride, progress and unlimited potential. In fact, when you call the [...]
Ben Wallace, Szczerbiak headed to Cavs, Hughes and Gooden to Bulls in blockbuster trade
INDEPENDENCE — Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry isn’t guaranteeing a championship in 2008, but he’s confident his team is closer to reaching that goal now than it was at 2:58 p.m. Thursday. That’s why Ferry started finalizing a blockbuster trade with the Chicago Bulls and Seattle SuperSonics at 2:59 p.m., one minute before the [...]
Hillary to mayor: I`ll visit Lorain
LORAIN — U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign will make a stop in Lorain —at least that’s what she told Mayor Tony Krasienko.
“She gave me her word that she’d come to Lorain,” he said following the state of the city address Thursday. “It may be a short [...]
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Inspector: Retirement report wrong
LORAIN —Bill Desvari told the Ohio Building Officials Association that he’ll retire from his position as the city’s chief building official.
Or did he?
Desvari, 58, who served as one of six directors on the state association’s board, announced during a Feb. 10 meeting in Toledo his intentions to retire, said Guy [...]
Firelands students ride to class on their farm machines
The numbing cold of a single-digit dawn was just being pierced by the sun as Corey Baumann rumbled out of the dirt-and-gravel driveway of his family farm aboard a big, green John Deere tractor.
Working the gears of the big, well-used machine from his single-seat, heated cab, he tried to get the tractor rolling as school [...]
Three districts received recalled meat
Schools in Elyria, North Ridgeville and Amherst all received beef products that are part of the biggest meat recall in U.S. history, but it was never served to students, officials said.
Food service directors and other officials stressed that all of the recalled meat they received is being kept separated [...]
Jamal Lewis signs 3-year deal with Browns
INDIANAPOLIS — Jamal Lewis’ 1,304 rushing yards in 2007 showed he wasn’t washed up at 28 years old. After agreeing to a three-year deal with the Browns on Thursday, Lewis has something new to prove — that he is still motivated. From the day the Browns signed Lewis last March, general manager Phil [...]
Local contestant on verge of ouster on modeling show
The roll of the dice finally caught up with North Olmsted’s Jackie Hydock, who’s one of eight models left still jousting with each other for a star turn with a primo New York City modeling agency on the Bravo TV Network show “Make Me a Supermodel.”
Along with two male models, Hydock, 21, [...]
Appeals court hears new trial request
ELYRIA — Joel Covender remains a free man, but he’s still trying to clear his name.
Covender carried the fight to have charges he molested his then-stepdaughter in the 1990s to the 9th District Court of Appeals on Wednesday, where his attorney argued that the girl had recanted the testimony that helped [...]