Archive for March 17th, 2008
Wall Street seesaws; results mixed
NEW YORK — Wall Street ended a temperamental session widely mixed Monday after investors grappled with JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s government-backed buyout of the stricken investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. The Dow Jones industrials recovered from an initial drop of nearly 200 points to finish up about 21 points. The broader Standard & [...]
Mr. Basketball: Hard work pays off for Elyria’s Promis Cabbil
VERMILION — Hard work and overcoming what could have been a serious injury led to Promis Cabbil of Elyria earning the 2008 Lorain County Mr. Basketball award. Cabbil took his bows Sunday night at the annual Gene Legeza Classic All-Star Game. As a sophomore, Cabbil suffered a fractured vertebra late in the season. He was [...]
Gene Legeza Classic: Dunk contest, 3-point shootout make successful debuts
VERMILION — Adam Quinones doesn’t have a name for his slam dunk, but you can call it “Winner.” The 6-foot-5 North Ridgeville senior drew a raucous cheer from a big crowd in the Vermilion High gym Sunday night with an acrobatic dunk that made history. A panel of judges said Quinones was best among 13 [...]
Gene Legeza Classic: West gives Walsh going-away present
VERMILION — Regardless of the outcome of the 2008 Gene Legeza Classic at Vermilion High School, former Elyria coach Bob Walsh would walk off the court a winner in his final game as a head coach. And behind the strong play of a trio of Elyria Pioneers, that stroll off the floor followed a victory [...]
Cavaliers: Wallace comes up big in fourth quarter
CLEVELAND — It hasn’t been easy for Ben Wallace to get comfortable playing with the Cavaliers. It’s also been difficult for his teammates to get used to having the four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year on their side. On Sunday night, however, all of that changed. “Big Ben” came up huge on both ends [...]
Theresa Walsh
Theresa "Sally" Walsh, 95, of Joliet, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at Riverside Hospital in Kankakee, Illinois. Sally was born November 8, 1912 in Joliet, Illinois, and had been a resident of Kankakee for 60 years. She is survived by her daughters, Mary Ann Shivner of Crestview Hills, Kentucky, and Joan Costigan of [...]
Ruby L. MacDougall
Ruby L. MacDougall, 59, of Vermilion, died Saturday, March 15, 2008 in Community Health Partners following a lengthy illness. She was born August 8, 1948 in Pikeville, Kentucky and had lived in Vermilion for the past 32 years, moving from Lorain. She worked as a cook for the Compass House and the Key, both in [...]
Golf: Tiger keeps streak alive with 25-footer on 18th hole
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods studied his 25-foot birdie putt from every angle, convincing himself he could make it to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational because he had a similar putt in the same situation seven years ago at Bay Hill. He wasn’t alone in his thinking. Palmer stood behind the 18th green in his [...]
Marie L. Gerding
Marie L. Gerding (nee Friedenauer), 82, of North Ridgeville, died Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Bradley Bay Nursing Home, Bay Village, following a short illness. Mrs. Gerding was born in Cleveland where she lived until moving to North Ridgeville in 1957. She was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church. Surviving are her husband of [...]
Indians: Sowers stays relaxed in middle of rotation race
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The way Jeremy Sowers sees it, a disappointing season last year was merely a stumbling block. He’s got plenty of time to fulfill the lofty expectations that have been placed upon him. “There’s always pressure to succeed,” said Sowers, the Indians’ first-round draft choice in 2004 (sixth overall), who built his [...]
Donald P. Demyan
Donald P. Demyan, 72, of Amherst, died Saturday, March 15, 2008 at the Lake Pointe Health Center following an extended illness. He was born in Lorain on May 31, 1935 and had been a lifelong resident of Lorain County. He was a graduate of Lorain High School, and went on to complete course studies at [...]
Glitter club could be shut
ELYRIA TWP. — The lewd behavior, gunfire and brawls that police, township trustees and neighbors say is rampant at Glitter Nite Club has prompted the county to sue the bikini bar in the hopes of cleaning up the place or shutting it down. Among the complaints about the club listed in the nuisance complaint filed [...]
NCAA Tournament: Big names draw top seeds
The inexact science of putting together the NCAA Tournament bracket turned out to be pretty exact this time around. No big beefs with the top seeds — North Carolina, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA. No snubbed bubble teams with shout-it-to-the-mountaintop complaints — even if Arizona State and Virginia Tech do have somewhat compelling arguments. And no [...]
Daniel C. McEntee
Daniel C. McEntee, 45, of LaGrange, died suddenly at EMH Regional Medical Center on Saturday, March 15, 2008.Daniel received his Associate’s Degree in nursing from LCCC and was employed as an RN for EMH Regional Medical Center. He loved reading, history, especially about WWII, woodworking, gardening and landscaping and listening to music. He was a [...]
College basketball: Ohio State forced to settle for NIT bid
COLUMBUS — A year after finishing second in the nation, the Ohio State Buckeyes weren’t even in the top 65. Last year’s national runner-up, the Buckeyes were overlooked when the NCAA Tournament bracket was announced Sunday night and had to settle for a National Invitation Tournament home game against UNC-Asheville on Tuesday night. Coach Thad [...]