Archive for February 25th, 2008
BREAKING NEWS — Hillary in Lorain on Tuesday
Sen. Hillary Clinton will hold a town hall meeting Tuesday at Lorain Admiral King High School. Clinton, D-N.Y., is locked in a fierce primary battle for the Democratic presidential nomination with Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. Obama visted National Gypsum in Lorain on Sunday and met with workers after a tour of the plant. The event, [...]
BREAKING NEWS — Police: Robbery leads to fatal crash
LORAIN – A car crash killed a man and left another man in a coma Sunday night when their Ford Focus sped from the scene of an attempted robbery, flipped and hit a house, Lorain police said. The dead man’s identity remains a mystery to officers today, said Lorain police Sgt. Mark Carpentiere. Benjamin Bellisario, [...]
Obama talks jobs in Lorain
LORAIN — Lorain County has been hit hard by America’s economic downturn and Barack Obama knows it. The presidential hopeful visited the National Gypsum wallboard plant in Lorain on Sunday morning to speak to about 100 employees, their families and local officials about the struggling economy and the need to invest in American jobs. After [...]
ELECTION 2008 ANALYSIS: Candidates talk big, but funding plans is a challenge
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama promises $4,000 credits to help pay college tuition. Hillary Rodham Clinton backs $25 billion for home heating subsidies. And John McCain wants to not only extend President Bush’s tax cuts, but eliminate the alternative minimum tax at a cost of about $2 trillion over 10 years. Then there’s reality. These campaign [...]
Ralph Nader taking another shot at presidency
WASHINGTON — Ralph Nader on Sunday announced a fresh bid for the White House, criticizing the top contenders as too close to big business and dismissing the possibility that his third-party candidacy could tip the election to Republicans. The longtime consumer advocate is still loathed by many Democrats who accuse him of costing Al Gore [...]
Raul Castro takes control
HAVANA — Raul Castro stepped from behind the shadow of his older brother Fidel and into the presidency on Sunday, but if anyone had hoped a change in Cuba might lead to political reform, the new government gave little sign of it. Key new members include generals who have spent their lives preparing for a [...]
Group seeks reform of inmate DNA testing
COLUMBUS — A group seeking to fix problems in Ohio’s DNA testing program for inmates who claim they are innocent has recommended that lawmakers establish statewide standards for preserving crime-scene evidence and put police crime labs under greater oversight. The recommendations are included in a 42-page proposal submitted to Gov. Ted Strickland last week by [...]
“I’ll do anything to sell this house”
The idea seemed simple enough. Buy a foreclosed home through a sheriff’s sale at a below-market price; fix it up and then resell it making a small profit. It’s called flipping. Gary Cahill of Elyria knew the plan wouldn’t net him millions, but he and his wife, Janice, were eager to start a new hobby. [...]
State putting damper on whistle blowing
COLUMBUS — Top-level insiders in Gov. Ted Strickland’s administration have been hush-hush about policy discussions, and a form they have to sign reminding them that they can be fired for any reason helps explain why. The administration’s unclassified employees — those managers, senior policy advisers, division heads and others devoid of job protections provided to [...]
Doc accused of exchanging drugs for sex cuts plea deal
CLEVELAND — A doctor accused of illegally providing pain medication to patients in exchange for sex has pleaded guilty to charges of drug trafficking and corrupting another with drugs, prosecutors said. The plea agreement reached Friday allows Dr. Herbert Medoff, 73, of Brecksville, to avoid being labeled a sexual predator. Prosecutors dropped three counts of [...]
Blotter: Feb. 25
County sheriff Friday, Feb. 15 3 p.m. – 12300 block Cowley Road, Eaton Township, iPod, $100, Xbox 360 controllers stolen. Saturday, Feb. 16 10:36 a.m. – Domino’s Pizza, East Avenue, Carlisle Township, breaking and entering, money stolen. 10:39 a.m. – 22900 block Gore Orphanage Road, Brighton Township, beer stein stolen from a 94-year-old woman. Sunday, [...]
William J. McClelland
William J. McClelland, 83, of Elyria, formerly of LaPorte and North Ridgeville, died Saturday, February 23, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home of Elyria.
Thomas Cyril Rieck
Thomas Cyril Rieck, 67, of Avon, died suddenly Thursday, February 21, 2008 in Pompano Beach, Florida. He was born July 7, 1940 in Cleveland, and moved to Avon Lake in 1955, where he lived for more than 50 years, until moving to Avon in 2006. Tom Graduated from Avon Lake High School in 1958. He [...]
Ralph T. Ols
Ralph T. Ols, 85, of North Ridgevillen, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2008 at his home. He retired from General Motors Fisher Body in Elyria. He was a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran of WWII. He was a devoted husband of Agnes (nee Garrity) for 63 years; dear father of Rev. James R. Ols, Kathy Walker [...]
Hazel Hope Kirk
Hazel Hope Kirk (nee Morrison), 80, of Elyria, died Saturday, February 23, 2008 at LifeCare of Elyria, following a short illness. She was born February 17, 1928 in Whitman, West Virginia, and had resided in Elyria for the past 55 years. Her home church was Liberty Baptist Church. Her life centered around her loving family. [...]
Gary Ewald Oliver
Gary Ewald Oliver, 78, a resident of Lorain, passed away Saturday, February, 23, 2008 at his home, following a brief illness. He was born December 4, 1929 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he was raised and lived until enlisting in the United States Navy. After serving in the Navy, he returned to Milwaukee and in 1952 [...]
Betty J. Gansor
Betty J. Gansor (nee Bumgardner), 66, of North Ridgeville, died Friday, February 22, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center, following a long illness. She was born in Cleveland and had been a resident of North Ridgeville since 1963 moving from Olmsted Twp. She was a 1959 graduate of South High in Cleveland where she ran [...]
Arthur L. Powers
Arthur L. Powers, 77, of Cleveland, passed away, Friday, February 22, 2008 at Fairview General Hospital, Cleveland, following a long illness. Born in Hammond, Kentucky, he was a resident of North Ridgeville, where he lived for 35 years. He previously lived in Avon, Mansfield and Wise, Virginia. He served in the U.S. Army during the [...]
Alverna J. McBride
Alverna Jane McBride (nee Brown), 93, of Elyria, died Saturday, February 23, 2008 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Avon, following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Elyria.
New Cavaliers mesh well, mash Grizzlies in Cleveland debut
CLEVELAND — They’re all seasoned veterans, but they had nervous energy and wanted to make a great first impression. Mission accomplished. With Ben Wallace and Delonte West making their Cleveland debuts in the starting lineup and recently acquired Wally Szczerbiak and Joe Smith coming off the bench, Cleveland dominated the lowly Memphis Grizzlies 109-89 Sunday [...]
Cavaliers owner: Money not much of an object when trying to build a championship team
CLEVELAND — Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert likes to say that money doesn’t lead, it follows. He proved he believes in that theory by endorsing the recent 11-player, three-team trade that involved Chicago and Seattle, because it will add $6 million to Cleveland’s payroll for 2007-08. “We’re trying to build this into the kind of franchise [...]
Cavaliers notes: New systems nothing new for much-traveled new guys
CLEVELAND — Cavaliers coach Mike Brown is subscribing to the K.I.S.S. theory when it comes to introducing his four new veterans to the team’s offensive and defensive sets: Keep It Simple, Stupid. Ben Wallace, Joe Smith, Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West went through their first practice with the Cavaliers on Saturday evening, with Wallace and [...]
Ohio State’s success against the ranked is foul: Wisconsin loss drops Buckeyes to 1-7 against nationally ranked teams
COLUMBUS — Ohio State’s basketball team may have provided a disservice to the football program Sunday at Value City Arena. The basketball Buckeyes certainly didn’t help themselves any either. With undecided prized quarterback recruit Terrelle Pryor in the sellout crowd, OSU again failed to produce a marquee victory, falling apart down the stretch in a [...]
Indians lefty Cliff Lee says health is the key to his returning to form
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Cliff Lee, who was sent to the minors last season, said he has to avoid injury to find his way back to the Cleveland Indians’ starting rotation. The Indians started full-squad workouts Sunday at Chain of Lakes Park, and no player was in a more tenuous position than Lee, who won [...]
Dan Coughlin: Athletes always have and always will try to find a competitive edge
Sign me up. I’m joining the club that thinks it’s a waste of time and money for Congress to prolong its investigation into steroid use in baseball. This is baseball’s problem and baseball should solve it. But Congress has made a good point. Except for the attention focused on Barry Bonds’ hat size and his [...]