Archive for March 19th, 2008
Men’s NIT: Hot-shooting Dayton ends Cleveland State’s season
DAYTON — Brian Roberts scored 21 points to lead third-seeded Dayton to a 66-57 win over Cleveland State in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament on Wednesday. Roberts scorched sixth-seeded Cleveland State on 7-of-10 shooting, and the undersized Vikings had no answer for 6-foot-10 Kurt Huelsman inside, especially with Cleveland State center Chris [...]
Former Elyria Mayor Reichlin dies at 90
ELYRIA — Former Mayor Leonard P. Reichlin, 90, who helped Elyria through growing pains in the 1960s and 1970s and was in charge during the Elyria race riots of 1975, died Wednesday at his home. “He made a lot of enemies because he didn’t always say what was expected,” said his daughter, Bonnie Reichlin-Roberts. “But [...]
Cold temperatures ease flooding fears
ELYRIA — Snowflakes were the sign from above Wednesday that everything would be OK, Tom Kelley said.They meant the floodwaters would recede soon, he said. Kelley, who runs the county’s Emergency Management Agency, said a sudden dip in temperature caused the snow the start about 4 p.m. — replacing the rain that had threatened to [...]
Alleged shooter also faces divorce trial
ELYRIA — With their divorce trial set for today, Pamela and Herminio Carrasquillo still had no answer about whether she would be convicted of shooting him in his bed in Avon last January. An eight-woman, two-man jury deliberated about two hours Wednesday before telling the staff of county Common Pleas Court Judge James Burge it [...]
Michael Ross associate freed from prison
ELYRIA — When Randall Gordon was sent to prison last year, he was wearing a shirt and tie and was clean-shaven. When the 67-year-old former president of a Cleveland architectural firm returned to county Common Pleas Court for a judicial release hearing on Wednesday, he wore a green prison uniform and a beard. His appearance [...]
Man thinks twice about robbery
LORAIN — Lorain police are looking for a man who walked up to the door of a pizza shop with a gun Sunday apparently to rob the place before changing his mind and walking away. An employee at Little Caesars Pizza on the 3000 block of Broadway told police that she saw a white man [...]
Cross-shaped fish sticks get a bite
ELYRIA — Ebay snatched down the first listing for Victoria Landis’ “Good Friday Fish Sticks,” but worry not — the listing’s been resurrected. The original posting was deleted at 5 a.m. Wednesday — 12 hours before the auction was supposed to end — because eBay perceived the $75 shipping cost as too high, Landis said. [...]
EMH ranks among top 100 hospitals
ELYRIA — EMH Regional Medical Center again has bragging rights for being named among the top 100 hospitals in the country. For the eighth year in a row, EMH was named one of the nation’s 100 top hospitals by Thomson Healthcare, which is dedicated to improving the cost and quality of health care. Kevin Martin, [...]
Protests mark war’s five-year anniversary
WASHINGTON — Protesters blocked traffic and government buildings in Washington, acted out a Baghdad street scene in Syracuse, N.Y., and banged drums in a parade through San Francisco on Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. In other, more somber observances, organizers set up a two-mile display of about 4,000 [...]
Tenacious woman tracks down pilfered purse
ELYRIA —It’s spelled w-r-o-n-g. While parents and children were inside Northwood Junior High on Friday night for The Chronicle-Telegram Regional Spelling Bee, thieves were outside stealing purses from cars. Elyria police Capt. Daniel Jaykel said his officers went to the school to investigate a smash-and-grab in the parking lot and found three car windows broken. [...]
Roundup: March 20, 2008
Ex-employee’s suit alleges harassment ELYRIA — A former employee of the Elyria-based Military Products Group is suing because she contends she was sexually harassed and wrongfully terminated. In the lawsuit filed Wednesday in county Common Pleas Court, Shannon Sabo alleges that Military Products Group president Bradley Leinenger sexually harassed her during her employment as an [...]
Artist has look of eagles: Ridgeville man creates aluminum works of art
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Jim Gundlach turned his childhood hobby into his career. Gundlach, 46, is a graphic designer and artist. The North Ridgeville resident said growing up in a house where the atmosphere was centered around creativity helped mold his future. “As a child, my brothers, sister and I were always making or building something. [...]
North Ridgeville blotter: March 20, 2008
Monday, March 10 10:13 p.m. — Spencer Court, Peter Sas, 56, 8200 block Spencer Court, North Ridgeville, charged with disorderly conduct while intoxicated and resisting arrest. Tuesday, March 11 1:42 p.m. — 7100 block Lear-Nagle Road, construction site, theft of scaffolding and other related equipment. 5:39 p.m. — 34600 block Plantation Place, a North [...]
Blotter: March 20, 2008
Elyria police Tuesday, March 18 12:30 a.m. – 100 block Spruce St., a coat and gun were found in a yard. 8 a.m. – Murphy Brothers Body Shop, Broad Street, stereo equipment stolen from vehicles inside the garage. 9 a.m. – 100 block Cedar St., car window smashed, speakers stolen. 11:30 a.m. – 300 block [...]
BREAKING NEWS — Buckeyes score Pryor
PITTSBURGH — Highly regarded prep quarterback Terrelle Pryor is headed to Ohio State. The two-sports star announced his decision Wednesday at Jeannette High School, about 25 miles east of Pittsburgh, where he had one of the greatest prep careers in Pennsylvania history. Flanked by his parents, brother, sister and other supporters, the 6-foot-6 Pryor wasted [...]
James Earl Metcalf
James Earl “Rip” Metcalf Jr., 54, of Lorain, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, March 15, 2008, at the Louis Stokes V.A. Medical Center in Cleveland, following a lengthy illness. James was born July 7, 1953, in Clarksdale, Miss., and had lived in Lorain since infancy. He was educated in the Lorain public school system, graduating [...]
Elyria man killed in crash
ELYRIA — A 29-year-old father of three was killed Tuesday when he was ejected from a vehicle in an early morning crash. Jerry Agee of Elyria suffered severe multiple blunt force trauma to the head and chest and died at the scene of the 2:45 a.m. crash at Russia and Baumhart roads, according to county [...]
Irene Elizabeth Zelenka
Irene Elizabeth Zelenka, 84, of Elyria, died at EMH Regional Medical Center, Monday, March 17, 2008. She was born in New London February 27, 1924, and lived in the Elyria/Oberlin area all her life. Irene was a graduate of Oberlin High School in 1942. She was a toll collector for the Ohio Turnpike at Exit [...]
Foster Buswell
Foster “Bud” Buswell, 85, of LaGrange Township, passed away Monday, March 17, 2008, in his home after a long illness. He was born June 5, 1922, at the home where he died. He was a lifelong dairy and hay farmer. Mr. Buswell was a 1941 graduate of LaGrange High School and served as a volunteer [...]
Family mourns F-16 pilot
Just one taste of speed was all Amherst native David Mitchell needed to set him on a course to become an F-16 fighter pilot. The higher and faster he could go, the better. That pursuit ultimately led to his death as Mitchell, an Ohio National Guard pilot, was killed Friday when his F-16 fighter plane [...]
LNB shareholders have voted, but now must wait for the result
What happens next? The Lorain National Bank shareholder proxy vote ended shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday. The results will not be known for at least 10 days while an independent firm tabulates the outcome. LORAIN — After weeks of legal wrangling and financial filings, the day Lorain National Bank officials have been waited for was [...]
Deadline passes for Ford buyout offer
AVON LAKE — Ford workers had until midnight Tuesday to take a $50,000 to $70,000 buyout — but insiders aren’t saying how popular the deal turned out to be. There are about 2,050 employees working at the Avon Lake plant as part of United Auto Workers Local 2000, but union President Tim Donovan wouldn’t say [...]
Police chase ends in multiple charges
ELYRIA — Ricky Michaels’ St. Patrick’s Day was like any other. At least it was until he decided to smoke some crack cocaine and steal a gas station drive-through’s cash register, police said. Michaels, 29, of Lorain, told police he spent part of his Monday evening drinking beer and smoking crack before an unidentified man [...]
Bank accuses former commissioner of fraud
ELYRIA — Former County Commissioner David Moore’s bank is accusing him of fraud. According to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in county Common Pleas Court, Moore signed over his share of the Amherst home he and his wife owned to her in August. The transfer came just a few months before two court decisions ordered him [...]
Cops: Deadly stab wounds self-inflicted
While Eric Pastor bled to death from eight self-inflicted stab wounds, Lorain County Corner Paul Matus said he still has no reason to believe Pastor was suicidal. The death of the 41-year-old Lorain man last week occurred during a drug-fueled episode and has been ruled “undetermined.” “The manner of death cannot be specifically determined because [...]