Archive for March 21st, 2008
Avon woman guilty of shooting husband
ELYRIA — Pamela Carrasquillo dropped her head Friday and slowly shook it side to side after being convicted of shooting her estranged husband four times in his bed last January. Carrasquillo, 52, was convicted of attempted aggravated murder and attempted murder, as well as specifications that she used a gun in the crimes. She faces [...]
Zero tolerance for Tylenol? Boy says school official coerced him into signing drug confession
AMHERST — For Amherst Steele High School freshman Mike McGannon, one little white pill was enough to get him expelled — even though he insists it was just a Tylenol. But school officials apparently thought it was something else, and the 14-year-old contends the school’s assistant principal coerced him into to sign a false statement [...]
SEND reports $3,000 missing
ELYRIA — As much as $3,000 in cash is missing from the nonprofit group aimed at improving life on the city’s south side. Lynn Torres, a representative of the South Elyria Neighborhood Development Corp., filed a police report March 10 alleging that the money was missing. According to a press release received Friday by The [...]
Paying for potholes: Costs high for Elyria, drivers
ELYRIA — As the first flakes of snow fell Friday, Safety Service Director Chris Eichenlaub was worrying about potholes. “If we get enough snow tonight, they’ll put the blades down on the plows,” Eichenlaub said. “That would rip up all the patching we’ve done in the last 12 days.” Eichenlaub said he’s been running two [...]
And it`s still snowing . . .
ELYRIA — For much of Friday evening, it seemed as if maybe, just maybe, we’d be spared the latest in what seems to be a never-ending stream of winter snowstorms. But then the sky darkened, and the snow started falling. Drat. A heavy snow warning is in effect through 9 a.m. today as the National [...]
Flooding in the south, snow in the north in Ohio
CINCINNATI — Is this spring or never-ending winter? Depends on where you are in Ohio. Flood victims in the southern part of the state spent Friday cleaning up gunk from some of the heaviest rain in years, while northern Ohio braced for a return of snow. Dorothy Combs wielded a pressure washer to flush mud [...]
Economy forces middle-age children to move home with parents
MILWAUKEE — After being laid off from her job as an events planner at an upscale resort, Jo Ann Bauer struggled financially. She worked at several lower-paying jobs, relocated to a new city and even declared bankruptcy. Then in December, she finally accepted her parents’ invitation to move into their home — at age 52. [...]
Indians’ Paul Byrd says he’s ready to start season … if Major League Baseball says it’s OK
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Paul Byrd pitched six innings Thursday in the Indians’ 4-4 exhibition tie against Tampa Bay at Chain of Lakes Park, then deemed himself ready to start the regular season. The question is will Major League Baseball let him? Byrd, who has admitted to using HGH for a medical condition and was [...]
Tribe notes: Bellevue’s Snyder makes positive impression before being sent down
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Indians made another round of cuts Thursday, reducing their roster by eight players. Outfielder Brad Snyder was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo, while pitchers Matt Ginter, Jeff Harris and Rich Rundles, catchers David Wallace and Armando Camacaro, and infielders Aaron Herr and Danny Sandoval were re-assigned to minor league camp. Snyder, [...]
Ralph M. Teter
Ralph M. Teter, 69, of Oberlin, formerly of Elyria, died suddenly on March 19, 2008 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Oberlin. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home, 327 Cleveland Street, Elyria.
Amy Manco stepping down: Led Avon Lake to girls state basketball championship in 1994
Amy Manco, Avon Lake’s iconic girls basketball coach, is stepping down after 16 years. Manco led the 1994 Shoregals to a state championship and is the only Lorain County girls coach to have done so. The move was announced Thursday in a news release circulated by the school. It gave no reason for Manco’s resignation, [...]
Mary Wren
Mary Wren, 80, of Lorain, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2008 in the New Life Hospice of Lorain, following a long illness. She was born in Trezevant, Tennessee, coming to Cleveland and moving to Lorain 55 years ago. Mrs. Wren was a homemaker, she enjoyed fishing, gardening, and was an avid sports fan. She liked [...]
Avon Lake’s Ken Weaver retiring after 22 years as wrestling coach
There were no shoes left in the middle of the mat and the maroon-and-gold flags aren’t flying at half-staff, but the Avon Lake athletic department took a hit Thursday afternoon when veteran coach Ken Weaver retired after 22 years of running the Shoremen’s venerable wrestling program. “It’s kind of a shock,” said senior 160-pounder Mark [...]
State Department workers fired for Obama passport breach
WASHINGTON — Two contract employees for the State Department have been fired and a third disciplined for inappropriately looking at Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s passport file, a spokesman said Thursday. Spokesman Sean McCormack said the department itself detected the instances of “imprudent curiosity,” which occurred separately on Jan. 9, Feb. 21 and March 14. [...]
Cross fish sticks sell for $78.77 on eBay
ELYRIA — With a closing bid of $78.77, Victoria Landis has sold her fish sticks. It could not have come soon enough for the 38-year-old Elyria woman. “I’ve had my 15 minutes of fame and it’s done. Thank God,” she said Thursday. “I’m glad it’s behind me. All the e-mails I got grew increasing worse [...]
Kent can’t: Golden Flashes flame out in NCAA Tournament opener thanks to 10-point first half
OMAHA, Neb. — In a flash, UNLV knocked Kent State out of the NCAA Tournament. The Runnin’ Rebels exploited the Golden Flashes’ miserable first half, tying a tournament record by holding them to just 10 points the first 20 minutes of a 71-58 victory in the first round Thursday. The ninth-seeded Mid-American Conference champions averaged [...]
More Midwest flooding expected
WASHINGTON — Government forecasters said Thursday that the floods washing over large parts of the Midwest are just a taste of things to come, with one meteorologist complaining about a jet stream “on steroids.” Record rainfall and melting snow packs will continue to cause rivers to overflow in large areas of the country, the National [...]
Assault charge dropped against teen serving life prison term
ELYRIA — Willie Evans IV won’t have to worry about another prison sentence on top of the life term he’s serving for the 2006 murder of a retired steelworker. Prosecutors decided Thursday to drop charges of felonious assault stemming from confrontations Evans got into at the county Juvenile Detention Home while he was awaiting trial. [...]
Roundup: March 21, 2008
Cell phone video leads to charges LORAIN — A video taken from a student’s cell phone helped police get to the bottom of a fight last week at Admiral King High School. The fight occurred at 2:20 p.m. March 12 outside the east entrance of the high school after one teenage boy was threatened by [...]
Blotter: March 21, 2008
Elyria police Wednesday, March 19 12:50 p.m. – Abbe Road and state Route 611, Clifton Perkins, 49, Sheffield Township, warrant. 7:10 p.m. – Phillip Court, a woman said a man pushed her into a door after an argument. 9:15 p.m. – 1100 block Oakwood Drive, a woman said a man staying at her house slammed [...]
Madness indeed: Mighty Duke barely squeaks past little Belmont in NCAA Tournament opener
WASHINGTON — There it was, plain as could be on the overhead scoreboard, orange numbering on a black background: As the closing seconds ticked away Thursday night, Belmont was beating Duke. Read that again, slowly: No. 15-seeded Belmont was beating No. 2 Duke. Belmont, the Atlantic Sun Conference school with zero NCAA Tournament wins to [...]
Bogey on 18 leaves Tiger ticked: Woods just two back at CA Championship despite closing stumble
DORAL, Fla. — Tiger Woods kept his head down as the rain fell harder and never broke stride as he followed a series of winding stairs and back doors, each step taking him farther from the Blue Monster. A security guard politely asked for an autograph, and Woods reached for a pen and forced a [...]
Japan’s Asada wins women’s world figure skating title; all three U.S. women fall, get shut out of medals
GOTEBORG, Sweden — Mao Asada’s opening move was heart-stopping — and not in a good way. As she went to take off for a triple axel, a jump so hard few women even try it, she slipped and slid across the ice. “I was surprised myself,” Asada said. But the two-time Japanese champion rebounded with [...]
Domestic Relations judge race uncontested
ELYRIA — Assistant Lorain Law Director James Walther is all but assured that he’ll be the county’s next Domestic Relations judge after his last competitor dropped out of the race Thursday. Domestic Relations Magistrate Lucinda McConnell withdrew the petitions she’d filed with the county Board of Elections to run as an independent for the position. [...]
Shhhh! Downtown Vermilion quiets train whistles
VERMILION — The loud, intrusive din from dozens of daily train whistles may soon make like a fast-moving freight and disappear out of sight for good in Vermilion. Before beginning her state of the city address Thursday, Mayor Jean Anderson held up a facsimile of a $1 million check from the U.S. Department of Transportation [...]