Archive for March 22nd, 2008
Women’s NCAA Tournament: Vikings routed by Stanford
STANFORD, Calif. — Jayne Appel is reminded each time she takes the court in Maples Pavilion of Stanford’s most recent NCAA Tournament disappointment. She wasn’t about to be upset again. Appel dominated tournament first-timer Cleveland State, scoring 29 of her career-high 33 points in the first half to help the second-seeded Cardinal roll to an [...]
Golf: Tiger struggles before storms stop play
Tiger Woods finally looked human Saturday at the CA Championship. Then came some help from the heavens. Woods couldn’t make a putt, scowled more than he smiled and was struggling to stay at par on a day when the Blue Monster was yielding birdies. What stopped his slide was a rumble of thunder and a [...]
Spring snow caps week of floods, severe weather
CLEVELAND — Heavy snow fell across northern Ohio Saturday to cap off a week that brought heavy rains and flooding across various regions of the state. The early spring snow came a day after flood victims in the southern part of the state worked to clean up the mess left by some of the heaviest [...]
Cheney: U.S. commitment to Israel ‘enduring’
JERUSALEM — In a bold defense of Israel, Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday that the United States wants a new beginning for the Palestinian people but will never pressure Israel to take steps that would jeopardize its security. Cheney, on an Easter weekend visit to Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories, reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to [...]
Cruel and unusual? Court to rule on prison veggie loaf
MONTPELIER, Vt. — When shooting suspect Christopher Williams acted up in prison, he was given nutraloaf — a mixture of cubed whole wheat bread, nondairy cheese, raw carrots, spinach, seedless raisins, beans, vegetable oil, tomato paste, powdered milk and dehydrated potato flakes. Prison officials call it a complete meal. Inmates say it’s so awful they’d [...]
Area groups vying for grant
A group made up of local organizations hopes to receive an $80,000 grant to investigate the most effective forms of governmental collaboration. The group, comprised of several cities, Leadership Lorain County, the Public Service Institute at Lorain County Community College and Lorain County Community Alliance, will submit its proposal for the Ohio Department of Development [...]
Roundup: March 23, 2008
Burglars strike Lorain Goodwill LORAIN — For the second time in two weeks, burglars used a second-story window Thursday night to break into Goodwill on Broadway and steal cash. Lorain police said an employee reporting for work early Friday found her desk drawers trashed and $400 worth of petty cash missing. The worker told police [...]
Blotter: March 23, 2008
Elyria police Thursday, March 20 2:15 a.m. – Police station, West Avenue, a man said he was hit over the head with a beer bottle Tuesday at Red Fox Lounge on Broad Street. 9:19 a.m. – Middle Avenue and Oberlin Road, a man said he was robbed by other men while walking. 7 p.m. – [...]
Cavaliers: LeBron James becomes franchise’s all-time scoring leader
CLEVELAND — LeBron James added another chapter to the Cavaliers record book that he is single-handedly rewriting. The pride of Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School became the franchise’s all-time leading scorer Friday as part of an electrifying 29-point, 12-rebound, five-assist performance, leading Cleveland to a 90-83 victory over the playoff-bound Toronto Raptors. James surpassed [...]
Cavaliers notes: Coach Mike Brown excited about alma mater
CLEVELAND — Even though the Cavaliers had an important game against a possible playoff foe Friday night, Mike Brown spent much of the day watching the NCAA Tournament. Brown’s alma mater, San Diego, pulled off the biggest win in school history by upsetting Connecticut 70-69 in overtime. It was the Toreros’ first victory ever in [...]
Indians: Mature Peralta asked to take on leadership role
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Jhonny Peralta is growing up right before the Indians’ eyes. “(Manager) Eric Wedge said to me, ‘Now you’re one of the veterans on this team, and you need to talk to the younger players,’” said Peralta, who is entering his fifth major league season, fourth as the Indians’ starting shortstop. “I [...]
NCAA Tournament: Terrific Toreros stun Connecticut
TAMPA, Fla. — San Diego’s Rob Jones didn’t even bother leaving his feet when the ball was tossed up to start the game. The 6-foot-6 forward knew he didn’t have a chance against Connecticut’s 7-foot-3 center Hasheem Thabeet. When the same thing happened to begin overtime, Jones jumped so high he nearly got the tip [...]
NCAA Tournament: Western Kentucky pulls overtime upset
TAMPA, Fla. — It was the shot of his life, the shot of the tournament and maybe even one for the ages. “It kind of worked out good,” Ty Rogers said, in the understatement of the day. Rogers hit a desperation 26-foot 3-pointer with three defenders in his face and no time on the clock, [...]
NCAA Tournament: Big East off to great start
The Big East started the NCAA Tournament with eight teams, tying its own record from 2006. When the second round starts, the 16-team league will still have seven schools playing. The only Big East team to lose over the first two days of the tournament was Connecticut, which lost 70-69 in overtime to 13th-seeded San [...]
Browns sign linebacker Orr to 1-year deal
The Browns agreed to a one-year contract with linebacker Shantee Orr on Friday, filling the vacancy created when Chaun Thompson signed with the Houston Texans. Orr (6-foot-1, 246 pounds) can play inside and outside and on special teams. Orr, 26, has made 25 starts in 51 games in five seasons. He started last season with [...]
Golf: Ogilvy’s lead tenuous with Tiger one shot back
Even with a one-shot lead, Geoff Ogilvy realizes the odds are against him. And that was before someone told him the odds. Tiger Woods has brought the Blue Monster to its knees the last three years. He has won the CA Championship the last three years. And perhaps the most daunting of all is that [...]
Dad pleads guilty to scalding 4-year-old daughter
ELYRIA — A Lorain man pleaded guilty Friday to scalding his 4-year-old daughter in a bathtub. Hamlin Spencer Hamlin Jr.’s guilty pleas to charges of felonious assault and endangering children could send him to prison for eight years when he is sentenced later this year. Hamlin’s attorney, Laura Perkovic, said in exchange for Hamlin’s plea, [...]
Vermilion cops sue over tardy bonuses
VERMILION — Less than three months after the city and its police force agreed to a new two-year contract determined by a state-appointed conciliator, the full-time patrol officers and sergeants sued because they didn’t promptly receive bonuses they were owed. The suit, filed Thursday in Lorain County Common Pleas Court by the Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent [...]
Greyhound to move Elyria bus stop
Greyhounds won’t be running from Broad Street anymore, but they’ll still be carrying local passengers thanks to a deal worked out with the county government. Slim numbers in local ridership aboard the country’s best-known passenger bus line are forcing the Texas-based corporation to close its downtown Elyria station, which opened in February 2004. But local [...]
Off the beat: March 22, 2008
Miracle of loafers and fish sticks Those famous “Good Friday Fish Sticks” are the finger foods that just keep on giving. So, by now must people know Victoria Landis’ fish sticks reeled in about $79 in an auction on eBay — definitely not enough to fulfill her Easter wish of a new van for her [...]
Manager of Lorain strip club indicted
ELYRIA — The manager of a troubled strip club was indicted Thursday in connection to a Dec. 14 stabbing. But the grand jury isn’t saying Kanstantinos G. Mihas, 56, of Lakewood, was holding the knife when a woman was cut in the face at Glitter Nite Club. Instead, Mihas was charged with disrupting public services [...]
Amherst man gets 9 years for abduction, robbery, rape
ELYRIA — An Amherst man pleaded guilty Friday to charges of kidnapping, aggravated robbery and rape and was sentenced to nine years in prison. Allen Miller, 25, was one of two men who abducted a 41-year-old Huron woman at knifepoint last January in Lorain. The woman said Miller raped her and left her stranded in [...]
Sheffield blotter: March 22, 2008
Sheffield police Monday, March 10 11:50 p.m. — Interstate 90, Marc Schueszler, 27, Canterbury Road, Westlake, charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Tuesday, March 11 2:47 a.m. — Colorado Avenue, Matthew Metro, 44, Alameda Avenue, Sheffield Lake, charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and speeding. Wednesday, March 12 10:31 p.m. — 5200 block [...]
What is Keno, and what does it mean for Ohio?
COLUMBUS — Gov. Ted Strickland wants to expand the Ohio Lottery to include a Keno game, an idea resisted by Republican lawmakers and other opponents who have stopped casino-style gambling from coming to Ohio three times in the last 18 years. Strickland insists the state needs money raised from the game to help ease a [...]
Joseph P. Fisher
Joseph P. Fisher, 94, of Lorain, passed away, Thursday, March 20, 2008, at Hearthstone of Lorain after a lengthy illness. He was a lifetime resident of Lorain. He was born August 1, 1913. Joseph worked as a roll turner at U.S. Steel for 36 years, retiring in 1975. He served in the Army in WW [...]