Archive for March 13th, 2008
Commentary: Rockets’ streak fun, but not meant to last
Jim Litke Turning on the computer to find out the Houston Rockets’ win streak has reached 20 games is like picking up your car from Maaco. The second you stop thinking about how good it looks, you start worrying about how long it’s going to last. In the Rockets’ case, the guess here is not [...]
Boxing: Pavlik to face Welshman Lockett
LAS VEGAS — Unbeaten middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik of Youngstown will meet Welsh contender Gary Lockett in his next fight, promoter Bob Arum said Thursday. Pavlik (33-0, 29 KOs) and Lockett are likely to fight at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on June 7 in Pavlik’s first defense of his WBC and WBO 160-pound titles [...]
Man stabbed in South Lorain
A Lorain man was stabbed multiple times in the building in which he lived on E. 30th Street and Seneca Avenue shortly after noon today. The man, who neighbors say was deaf, was taken by ambulance to Community Health Partners. His condition is not known but a witness said there was a lot of blood [...]
BREAKING NEWS — Amherst officer takes shot at man helping police
AMHERST —A man who assisted Amherst police in getting a gun away from a Lorain man threatening to shoot his wife around midnight Wednesday was nearly shot when an officer mistook him for the assailant, according to police. The man notified an Amherst police officer who was in downtown area that another man, later identified [...]
ENTERTAINMENT UPDATE — Final “Potter” film to be split in two
Harry Potter was the center of seven novels, but he’ll star in eight films. The final book in the wildly successful series will be made into two films, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. Producers are expected to announce Thursday that J.K. Rowling’s last “Potter” installment, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” will be split [...]
Cavaliers can’t overcome terrible first quarter in loss to Nets
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New Jersey needed only 12 minutes to start forgetting a horrible road trip. That’s all the time Mike Brown needed to realize his team still can’t stop the Nets. Richard Jefferson scored 24 points, and the Nets overcame LeBron James’ 42 points to hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-99 on Wednesday [...]
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigns
NEW YORK – In a startlingly swift fall from grace, Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned Wednesday after getting caught in a call-girl scandal that made a mockery of his straight-arrow image and left him facing the prospect of criminal charges and perhaps disbarment. “I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people`s work,” Spitzer said, [...]
Police blotter: March 13, 2008
Lorain police Tuesday, March 11 1:25 a.m. – 2800 block Fulmer Road, Carl L. Casey, 48, Lorain, charged with domestic violence. 8 a.m. – 1600 block Cooper Foster Park Road, a man said someone in Frankfurt, Germany, used his credit card numbers to make a purchase of more than $1,000. 8:20 a.m. – 900 block [...]
Indians: Bullpen battle for final spot still wide open
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The final spot in the Indians bullpen is up for grabs and probably will be for a while. “It’s still wide open,” said Cleveland manager Eric Wedge of the race between Tom Mastny, Jorge Julio, Scott Elarton and Rick Bauer. “I think it will probably go to the end of [...]
Study: Americans get more sleep than thought
WASHINGTON – Americans are not as sleep-deprived as they think they are, and in fact appear to be getting more Z`s these days than they got a few years ago, according to an independent analysis of government statistics. The new findings run counter to the widespread public perception that Americans are getting less and less [...]
Judge deceived voters, court finds
An Ohio Supreme Court panel has concluded that former county Domestic Relations Judge Paulette Lilly deceived voters in campaign advertisements in her failed effort to return to the bench earlier this month. The panel recommended to the Supreme Court`s Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline that Lilly be fined $400, and it added that [...]
Commentary: Walsh leaves deep imprint on former players, assistants
Nine hundred and forty-four. Think about that number for a minute. It means that many center tips, that many pregame introductions, that many national anthems. That’s how many times Bob Walsh shook hands with an opposing coach, an opposing team’s starting lineup, his own starting five. That’s nearly the number of times after a game [...]
U.S. hostages` fingers delivered in Baghdad
McClatchy Newspapers BAGHDAD – U.S. authorities in Baghdad have received five severed fingers belonging to four Americans and an Austrian who were taken hostage more than a year ago in Iraq, U.S. officials said Wednesday. The FBI is investigating the grisly development, and the families of the five kidnapped contractors have been notified, American officials [...]
Embattled cop returns to work
LORAIN – Police Officer Corey Earl is back on the job. Lorain Safety Service Director Robert Gilchrist said Earl`s return – which comes after two weeks of paid administrative leave – was OK`d after Police Chief Cel Rivera received a copy of a court order dismissing a civil stalking protection order against Earl. Thomas Pruitt, [...]
H.S. Football: Oberlin teammates take trip to Browns headquarters
Alfonso Allen and nine of his Oberlin High School teammates made it to the NFL. While the stay only lasted a few hours, Phoenix coach Dave McFarland believes it can pay dividends down the road. “They had a wonderful time,” McFarland said. “More important, they had adult men talking to them about doing the right [...]
I witnessed my wife shoot me, victim testifies
ELYRIA – Herminio Carrasquillo saw his estranged wife`s face in the flash of gunfire the night he was shot four times in his own bed, he said Wednesday in county Common Pleas Court. Herminio Carrasquillo testified that during the early morning hours of Jan. 4, 2007, he fell into an uneasy sleep about 2 a.m., [...]
Former Ohio Sen. Howard Metzenbaum dies
Former U.S. Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, an Ohio Democrat who was a feisty, self-made millionaire before he began a long career fighting big business in the Senate, died Wednesday night. He was 90. Metzenbaum died at his home near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said Joel Johnson, his former chief of staff. No cause was given. During 18 [...]
Girls soccer: Elyria promotes assistant Ilievska
ELYRIA — Venera Ilievska, an assistant girls soccer coach at Elyria High and longtime youth coach and administrator, has been chosen to lead the Pioneers’ languid girls program. She will be assisted by Mike Ilievska, her husband of 19 years. Ilievska replaces Dana Cerrito, a member of the EHS faculty, who resigned for family reasons. [...]
County pays way overdue water bill
The county commissioners have agreed to pay a $250,000 penalty for Clean Water Act violations at six small sewer plants that went unresolved for two decades. The county`s failure to modernize the plants resulted in the release of poorly treated sewage to the east branch of the Black River, the west branch of the Rocky [...]
Joanne Widener
Joanne Widener, 79, passed away, Tuesday, March 11, 2008, in Westlake. She was born, August 17, 1928, in Niagara Falls, New York. She enjoyed being a homemaker. Joanne was the loving wife of Gene; dear mother of Richard (Joanne), Michael (Cheryl), Christine Christensen (William), Ronald (deceased), Scott (Natalie); and her friend Rebecca; grandmother of ten; [...]
Mary A. Washka
Mary A. Washka (nee Rogers), 77 years old, of Elyria, passed away Sunday evening, February 3, 2008 at Life Care Center of Elyria, after a long illness. Mrs. Washka was born on March 22, 1930 in Selby, and made her home in Elyria most of her life. Mrs. Washka was employed by both Elyria and [...]
Dale M. Zivic
Dale M. Zivic, 55, of Lorain, died unexpectedly Saturday, March 8, 2008 at Cleveland Metro Health Medical Center. He was born in Lorain on January 2, 1953 and remained a life-long resident of the city. Mr. Zivic attended Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parochial School. He then went to Admiral King High School where [...]
Oberlin water plant to get $4.2M upgrade
OBERLIN – City officials said they are planning a $4.2 million water plant renovation that will keep clean water flowing for decades with the help of a low-interest loan from the state. The plant is now in compliance, but the upgrades will allow the city to meet stricter water quality rules set to go into [...]
Stephanie Renee Sinclair
Stephanie Renee Sinclair, 26, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, March 11, 2008 following a courageous struggle with muscular dystrophy. Arrangements will be announced by the David Bogner Family Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Ada Belle Smith
Ada Belle Smith (nee Lounsbrough), 86, of Elyria, passed away Friday, March 7, 2008 at the Wesleyan Village following a lengthy illness. She was born April 12, 1921 in Camden, Ohio. Mrs. Smith retired from the May Company department store as a retail associate, before the store moved to Midway Mall. She enjoyed hand crafts, [...]