Archive for March 5th, 2008
Uriah J. Fridley
Uriah J. Fridley, 28, of Lorain, unexpectedly passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at Lorain Community Hospital. He was born June 4, 1979 in Parma, raised in Sheffield Lake and had resided in Lorain for the past eight years. He graduated from Brookside High School and attended Lorain County JVS in 1998. He enjoyed Heroscape [...]
Boil that water!
The rupture of a main water line is proving disruptive to residents of Columbia Township and Olmsted Falls. The Rural Lorain County Water Authority on Wednesday night told its customers in those areas to boil their water for three minutes before drinking or cooking with it. The boil alert is in effect until further notice. [...]
Elyria-St. Edward final score
The St. Edward Eagles defeated the Elyria Pioneers 70-65 in their regional semifinal matchup at Cleveland State’s Wolstein Center on Wednesday night.
B-BAll UPDATE: Tickets on sale for Sweet 16 game this afternoon
Want to catch the Sweet 16 action tonight for Elyria High School’s boys basketball Division I game? Tickets for tonight’s 6:15 p.m. game against St. Edward High School will be go on sale at 4:45 p.m. at the doors of the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University. Tickets are $8, said Elyria Schools spokeswoman Amy Kren. This [...]
Entire 03/05/08 newspaper in PDF format
Due to the weather conditions, some newspapers were not able to be delivered on a timely basis, so we have put the entire newspaper online in PDF format. Click on a link below to view that page in Adobe PDF format. Page A1 Page A2 Page A3 Page A4 Page A5 Page A6 Page A7 [...]
Clinton wins in Ohio
Hillary Rodham Clinton sidestepped political disaster Tuesday night, winning the Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island primaries. In Lorain County, Clinton took 36,138 votes, or 57.4 percent of the total, to take away the county from her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., according to unofficial elections returns. Obama took 25,706 votes, or 40.8 percent of the [...]
Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor ice stopped ballot-counters
Nobody cast a more prominent vote Tuesday than Mother Nature. The ice storm that clobbered Northeast Ohio on Tuesday left voters and poll workers battling the elements as they turned out to cast their ballots in the historic election that had put Ohio in the national spotlight in the battle between senators Hillary Clinton and [...]
Elyria income tax renewal clobbered
ELYRIA — Voters stunned city officials Tuesday by overwhelmingly rejecting a longstanding income tax levy that generates $6 million a year, more than one-fifth of the city’s general fund budget. Unofficial results showed that 9,278 voters, or 69 percent, opposed renewal of the 0.5 percent income tax and 4,160 voters, or 31 percent, favored it. [...]
Plant comment period extended
LORAIN — The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has extended the public comment period until March 14 for the limestone crushing plant proposed for the Riverbend Commerce Park. A number of citizens and public officials braved freezing rain for a meeting Tuesday night to hear facts and figures about emissions from the plant, according to City [...]
Icy weather is a mess
County Emergency Management Agency Director Tom Kelley didn’t mince words when describing the roads Tuesday night. “It’s a mess,” he said, adding the word terrible to hammer home the point. The county activated its emergency operations center around 8 p.m. Tuesday to coordinate the response to the heavy sleet that poured over the county throughout [...]
PRIMARY 2008: Carney wins, will be unopposed in November
Democrat Ken Carney easily defeated Thomas Hesmond to earn his sixth term as Lorain County engineer, according to unofficial results Tuesday. “I’m very pleased with the overwhelming majority of Lorain County voters showing their appreciation for the hard work we’ve done,” said Carney, who received 31,785, or 62.9 percent of the vote, compared with Hesmond’s [...]
PRIMARY 2008: Ridgeville levy is voted down
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — For the second time in six months, North Ridgeville voters faced a bond issue hoping to raise money for new schools in the district. And, for the second time in six months, the bond issue was defeated, with unofficial election results showing that 52 percent of the voters opposed it. There were [...]
PRIMARY 2008: Midview voters reject levy
Some voters in the Midview Schools cited the worsening economy and concerns about school funding issues as reasons they voted Tuesday against an additional five-year, 2.5 mill levy for general improvements. The five-year operating levy failed. According to unofficial election results, the vote was 4,383 against to 2,115 for the bond issue. “I voted against [...]
PRIMARY 2008: James Walther wins judge primary
Winning the primary election and being a step closer to claiming the newly created judgeship in Lorain County Domestic Relations Court in Tuesday’s primary was understandably sweet for Democrat James Walther. But he said Tuesday night there was one victory that was even better — the continuing good prognosis of his 11-year-old daughter Rose, who [...]
PRIMARY 2008: Unofficial election results
Candidates President Democratic Hillary Clinton: 36,138 John Edwards: 1,147 Dennis J. Kucinich: Barack Obama: 25,706 Republican Rudy Giuliani: Mike Huckabee: 9,364 John McCain: 21,964 Ron Paul: 1,619 Mitt Romney: 1,506 Fred Thompson: 771 9th Congressional District Democratic Marcy Kaptur: 11,710 Republican Ed Emery: 1,708 Bradley S. Leavitt: 2,026 13th Congressional District Democratic Betty Sutton: 34,061 [...]
PRIMARY 2008: Incumbent commissioners advance
ELYRIA — The race is still on for two county incumbents — current County Commissioners Lori Kokoski and Ted Kalo — who bested Democratic challengers Tuesday who sought to unseat them from their elected positions. According to unofficial election results, Kokoski, 42, of Lorain, captured 26,542 or 51.3 percent of the vote — easily trouncing [...]
PRIMARY 2008: Amherst schools closer to fiscal emergency
Eleven votes. The apparent fourth defeat in four years of an operating levy for the Amherst Schools brings the district one step closer to fiscal emergency and a state-mandated takeover of the district. And it only lost by 11 votes, according to unofficial election results, 4,202 against and 4,191 for the levy. “Two times in [...]
H.S. Basketball: Regional trip returns buzz to Elyria High
There’s a buzz at Elyria High this week that hasn’t been present in a long, long time. March Madness has struck the oldest school west of the Alleghenies for the first time in three decades after last week’s unbelievable performances at the Midview district. Elyria came from 18 points behind to eliminate two-time defending champion [...]
Browns: Shaun Rogers leaves baggage in Detroit
BEREA — The trip from Detroit is less than three hours, so Shaun Rogers decided to leave his baggage behind. “It gives me a new lease on life,” Rogers said Tuesday of a trade to the Browns. “I’m just excited to be here. They weren’t happy with my services and somebody welcomed me with open [...]
Indians: Sizemore’s strikeouts just part of the package
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Grady Sizemore is one of those players who is so good cynical experts and fans find themselves scouring his repertoire for something bad. Though the 25-year-outfielder has performed as one of the game’s top leadoff men and one of its best defensive players over the past three years, Sizemore still has [...]
College basketball: Desperate OSU gets OT win over Purdue
COLUMBUS — The rumors of Ohio State’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. The Buckeyes, who are hoping for a third straight NCAA Tournament berth, helped their cause Tuesday night with an 80-77 overtime win over No. 15 Purdue. It was easily Ohio State’s biggest win of the year, as the only other ranked team the [...]
NFL: Brett Favre retires after legendary career
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Brett Favre finally met the one person who could stop him. Himself. He won a Super Bowl and three MVPs. He set every record worth having for a quarterback in the NFL — most career touchdown passes, most career yards passing, most career victories by a starting quarterback. In an age [...]
Wellington/Oberlin police blotter: March 5, 2008
Wellington police Thursday, Feb. 28 11:08 a.m. – 800 block of N. Main St., manager of Village Market reports bad checks totaling $639. 3:31 p.m. – 100 W. Herrick Ave., man who complained his cousin did not return his watch left as collateral for a loan is told to take his case to small claims [...]
Oberlin`s green roofs save energy, money
OBERLIN – The Harkness co-op at Oberlin College may be the site of Lorain County`s first “green roof” and is one way the college is striving to be more environmentally friendly. A green roof is just what it sounds like – instead of asphalt shingles, slate or industrial spray foam roofing materials, the roof on [...]
Man on lam no more
ELYRIA – Drew Manns is back in the county jail. Manns, who has developed a habit of slipping out of custody, was arrested early Tuesday afternoon after Elyria police received a tip that he was on Villanova Circle, where he engaged in a three-hour standoff with police at his parents` house in September. He is [...]