Archive for March 8th, 2008
Motorsports: Matt Kenseth ends victory drought
HAMPTON, Ga. — It wasn’t pretty, but Matt Kenseth was just happy to be in a NASCAR Nationwide Series Victory Circle after nearly a year. Kenseth passed Jeff Burton for the lead on lap 186 of Saturday’s Nicorette 300, a race extended three laps beyond its scheduled 195 laps at Atlanta Motor Speedway by a [...]
Golf: Ernie Els speaks out to help those with autism
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — For all the tough losses he has endured on the golf course the last few years, Ernie Els found perspective at home in the blue eyes of 5-year-old Ben. His son was diagnosed with autism, which Els and his wife coped with privately until the Big Easy showed up on the [...]
Women’s college basketball: Confident Illinois ousts top-seeded Ohio State in Big Ten Tournament
INDIANAPOLIS — Illinois never considered itself the underdog against Ohio State. Never mind the Buckeyes’ top seed or No. 22 national ranking. The Fighting Illini fully expected to win their Big Ten tournament quarterfinal game Friday night. Rebecca Harris scored 22 points, and Illinois beat the Buckeyes 64-58. Lori Bjork scored 14 points and Jenna [...]
Tim Dahlberg: This golfer’s story not the least bit funny
Tim Dahlberg The Associated Press I play the game, so I’ve always been a sucker for a good golf joke. I’ve heard it a million times, but I still laugh at the one where the guy’s playing partner has a heart attack and drops dead on the 14th hole, and later in the clubhouse they [...]
Fitting right in: Though young, Jensen Lewis showed he can be a solid piece of a strong Indians bullpen
When last season opened, the Indians could have envisioned receiving bullpen contributions from a number of minor leaguers, including prized prospect Adam Miller. Jensen Lewis wasn’t one of them. A year removed from his first full professional season, Lewis, a 23-year-old right-hander with ties to Medina, began 2007 at Double-A Akron and off the Indians’ [...]
Rick Noland: Just relax, Cavs fans. Enjoy LeBron James and don’t worry that he might leave us someday
I wrote a great story the other day (play along, people) and all the rumors started up again about me leaving for the New York Times, so let’s put an end to the nonsense by taking a Rick-o-chet around the world of LeBron:• Relax, folks. Just because LeBron James put up 50 against the New [...]
Women’s college basketball: Win suits Jackets in NCAA Division III Tournament opener
BEREA — Baldwin Wallace coach Cheri Harrer had a simple game plan for her Yellow Jackets in Friday’s opening-round game against D’Youville (N.Y.) in the NCAA Division III Tournament. And following B-W’s 83-53 rout of the Lady Spartans, it’s safe to say it was mission accomplished. The win advances B-W (27-2) to the second round [...]
Residents stock up as snow falls
It appears we’re finally getting the big beat-down promised by Old Man Winter.After skating through some boy-cries-wolf forecasts earlier in the season, people were apparently not willing to call his bluff this time. With forecasters announcing that the worst storm of the 2007-08 winter — one that was predicted to bring anywhere from 6 to [...]
Spring Valley has some new owners
ELYRIA — Housing units will not spoil the splendor of Spring Valley Country Club. Two developers may have had dreams of turning the cash-strapped, 165-acre club into a housing development, but it’s the plans of a third that will finally come to fruition. Black River Development announced Friday that it is in the last stages [...]
Deputies investigate judge’s former secretary
ELYRIA — A long-time judge’s secretary who abruptly resigned in January is the target of a criminal probe centering on purchases made in county Common Pleas Judge Edward Zaleski’s office during her lengthy career. Court Administrator Tim Lubbe said purchasing records from Zaleski’s office have been seized by county sheriff’s deputies. Both Lubbe and Zaleski [...]
PRIMARY 2008: Democrats came out in droves on Tuesday
To say the Democrats turned out in force Tuesday was an understatement. After all, there are only 50,829 registered Democrats in Lorain County, but more than 64,000 folks cast Democratic ballots in the primary election, according to the Lorain County Board of Elections. The turnout was the largest election officials say they have seen in [...]
Clinton has low expectations in Wyoming, Mississippi contests
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A day before Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama were to compete for a small scattering of delegates in Wyoming, Clinton cast herself as the underdog and said the odds are not in her favor. Clinton’s campaign has sought to set low expectations for the Saturday caucuses in Wyoming as [...]
Police find woman’s body on ice in Calif. hotel
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Police discovered the body of a woman packed in a large container with dry ice in a hotel room as they were serving a search warrant in a cocaine investigation, authorities said Friday. Detectives found the fully clothed and “well preserved” body late Thursday after arresting a guest at the Fairmont [...]
Off the beats: March 8, 2008
Glom to prom with Henkel duct-tape tuxes, gowns Ditch those overpriced, over-the-top designer duds. If you really want to rock the prom this year, go in a duct tape tux or dress. The Henkel Corp. in Avon is sponsoring its eighth annual Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest, challenging high-schoolers to create and accessorize prom formalwear [...]
Columbia Township boil alert lifted
COLUMBIA TWP. – It could cost as much as $200,000 to replace water lines along state Route 82 that caused about 3,000 customers of the Rural Lorain County Water Authority to boil their water for two days. The boil alert was lifted Friday after tests showed the water was safe to drink. The last few [...]
Oberlin College grad-turned-GI talks about war
OBERLIN – After 15 months in Iraq, Army First Lt. Quammie Semper said it`s still hard getting back to life in the states. Semper, a 2004 graduate of Oberlin College, said he came home a month ago and he`s still reacting like he`s in a combat zone. Plus, time off on the weekends is a [...]
City posts more subtle pothole sign on 57
ELYRIA – The bright, poignant signs that were erected along state Route 57 by an unknown motorist who had obviously tired of dodging potholes are gone, replaced by far more staid signs reading simply, “Rough Road.” City Engineer Mukund Moghe said the signs were removed because the right-of-way is not the place to take potshots [...]