Archive for April 3rd, 2008
White Sox beat Tribe 2-1
CLEVELAND — John Danks didn’t allow a hit until Casey Blake singled leading off the sixth inning and Joe Crede hit a tiebreaking home run off Jake Westbrook in the eighth to lead the Chicago White Sox over the Cleveland Indians 2-1 Thursday. Cleveland scored 17 runs in winning the first two games [...]
Boys high school basketball: Former Pioneer star Brett Larrick to take over for Bob Walsh as Elyria’s head coach
ELYRIA — From ball boy to head coach. It must seem like a dream to Brett Larrick, who was named Wednesday to replace Bob Walsh as Elyria High’s boys basketball coach. Larrick’s appointment is expected to be approved at the April 15th school board meeting. The legendary Walsh stepped down March 10 after guiding Elyria [...]
Fausto Carmona gives White Sox a sinking feeling as Indians win 7-2
CLEVELAND — Fausto Carmona didn’t look any different than he did last year, and that had to be a scary sight for the White Sox on Wednesday night. Carmona, the young right-hander who produced a breakout season in his first full year in a big league rotation in 2007, was just as dominant during his [...]
Tribe notes: Martinez return up in the air, though veteran catcher available for pinch-hitting duties
CLEVELAND — The Indians are confident they won’t have to place Victor Martinez on the disabled list, but they aren’t certain when the catcher will be back behind the plate. Martinez, who suffered a mild hamstring strain in the season opener Monday, was not in the lineup Wednesday against the White Sox, but was available [...]
LeBron fouls out, but Cavaliers still able to pull out win over Bobcats
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A night of frustration for LeBron James might have helped the Cleveland Cavaliers’ playoff preparation. With James watching helplessly from the bench after fouling out for only the third time in his career, a trio of teammates made big plays in the final 4 minutes as the Cavaliers held off the Charlotte [...]
High school baseball: Southview accepts Elyria Catholic’s generosity, wins season opener
LORAIN — Helped by nine walks, a hit batter and three errors, Southview scored early and often in beating Elyria Catholic 9-4 on a cold, but sunny Wednesday afternoon that began the 2008 baseball season for both schools. While the Saints were helped tremendously by all their free passes, they also got a strong [...]
High school roundup: Wellington’s Grimmett gets game-winning single against Admiral King
WELLINGTON — Aaron Grimmett lined a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the seventh to drive in the winning run as Wellington beat Admiral King 7-6 in a non-conference baseball season opener for both teams Wednesday. Kull McClurg pitched four innings in relief to get the win and had two hits. Tom Sigman had two [...]
College basketball: Ohio State hoping Butler can do it … lead team to an NIT title, that is
NEW YORK — Jamar Butler didn’t expect his college career to end in Madison Square Garden, in the title game of a tournament that masquerades as the consolation prize for all those teams with good but not great seasons. A year ago he was on college basketball’s biggest stage, playing for a national championship under [...]
College football: Even without Gholston, Ohio State D-Line could be a D-structive force
COLUMBUS — When Vernon Gholston elected to give up his senior season at Ohio State to jump to the NFL Draft, it left a sizable hole in the Buckeyes’ defensive line. “We’re going to miss him a lot,” fellow defensive end Lawrence Wilson said this week after one of the team’s spring workouts. “I think [...]
Which schools will close?
Cast your vote on what school you think should be closed. Deciding is not exactly elementary ELYRIA — Elyria Schools Superintendent Paul Rigda said Wednesday that it’s almost certain that one — and possibly two — elementary schools will be closed before the start of the next school year. The district needs to take [...]
Driver in fatal DUI gets six years in prison
ELYRIA — Phillip Stern II learned his penalty for killing a woman in a 2006 drunken driving crash Wednesday — six years in prison and a lifetime driving ban. Phillip Stern II But the family of the victim, 51-year-old Sheila Pierce, was not satisfied with the sentence imposed by county Common Pleas Judge Edward Zaleski. [...]
ODOT announces local roadway overhauls
Three bridges and a road will be overhauled in Lorain County at a cost of more than $9.8 million as part of the 2008-09 construction season for the Ohio Department of Transportation. Work will begin soon on a $1.74 million renovation of the Charles Berry Bascule Bridge in Lorain, said Brian Stacy, ODOT spokesman. The [...]
Chief’s sick day postpones fire meeting
Hearing to discuss fire staffing will occur sometime in future Zielinski ELYRIA — Wednesday’s much-anticipated public hearing to discuss staffing in the fire department was abruptly canceled hours before and, despite swirling rumors, it was not because Fire Chief John Zielinski is in the hospital. It’s called a sick day. Still, the buzz around Elyria [...]
Lorain cops check apartment for vagrants, find machine guns and drugs
LORAIN — Police entered a vacant apartment Tuesday looking for trespassers and found a stash of high-powered weapons and drugs. The manager of the apartment complex along the 4300 block of Oberlin Avenue called Lorain police around 10 a.m. after noticing an overwhelming smell of marijuana outside a vacant apartment, according to the police report. [...]
Elyria 11-year-old headed to state geography bee
BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE Claire Miller reads in the library at St. Jude Elementary School. Vatican City is the world’s smallest country, and Russia is the world’s largest. Some people may already know these two geographic facts, but 11-year-old Claire Miller knows those and many more — maybe even enough to best 99 other geography [...]
‘You have to be tough’: Local model recalls her experience on reality show
COURTESY OF BRAVO Jacki Hydock was a contestant on Bravo’s “Make Me a Supermodel.” Jacki Hydock would really dish about Bravo’s “Make Me a Supermodel” — but she can’t. Some of the best stories behind a reality TV show are those that no one ever sees. “A lot of things we filmed were not on [...]
County wants old steel property sold off
ELYRIA — The county is seeking to foreclose on about 268 acres of land in Lorain owned by Republic Technologies International that the company owes nearly $100,000 worth of back taxes on. But RTI is no longer in business, and no one appears to have taken ownership of the land, which has complicated the county’s [...]
Shooting suspect`s bond at $5 million
It will take $5 million to get out of jail for an Avon man charged in last month’s shooting death of a Bay Village teen. The bond for Anthony Faraj, 22, was set Wednesday when he made his initial appearance in Cleveland Municipal Court, said court spokesman Ed Ferenc. Prosecutors had asked for a $20 [...]
Pit bulls returned to owner after attack
LORAIN — The three pit bulls picked up following an attempted attack on a mailman Monday have been released to their owner. The county pound confirmed that the owner picked up the dogs after a Lorain police officer shot two of the pit bulls — injuring one and killing the other — when the dogs [...]
Woman charged with delaying police
ELYRIA — A woman held police at bay Tuesday trying to protect a wanted man who eventually made his escape through a bedroom window, an Elyria police report said. Nicole Smallwood, 25, of Elyria, was charged with obstructing justice and resisting arrest. Police said they spotted a black Chrysler make an abrupt turn without signaling [...]
Olive Garden at Midway Mall to open April 14
ELYRIA — The Olive Garden near Midway Mall will open 4 p.m. April 14. The new 6,752-square-foot restaurant will create 160 jobs and has seating for 211. It is in the revamped building that formerly housed Smokey Bones, which closed last May amid concerns that business was dropping fast for the fire-grill restaurants. Both restaurants [...]
Fire snuffed at vacant house
BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE An Elyria firefighter enters a vacant home on West Bridge Street in Elyria. The fire was damaged inside and at the roof after a fire Wednesday afternoon. ELYRIA — An attic fire burned a 3-foot-wide hole in the roof of a vacant home Wednesday afternoon but was quickly smothered by firefighters. [...]
Harold W. Stanislawski
Harold W. Stanislawski, 98, of Pellston, Michigan, formerly of Amherst, died Monday, March 31, 2008 at Hospice House, Cheboygan, Michigan, after a one year illness. He was born July 31, 1909 in Berea, and lived most of his life in Lorain. He moved to Pelston, Michigan in 1981. From 1937 to 1972 he was a [...]
Elder Rufus E. Taylor
Superintendent Rufus E. Taylor, 79, of Elyria, went home to be with the Lord March 31, 2008 in the EMH Regional Medical Center, following a long illness. He was born in Winchester, Tennessee, and moved to Elyria in 1946. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, (since July 8, 1949) Elizabeth Taylor; daughter, [...]
Richard F. Sittinger
Richard "Dick" F. Sittinger, 74, of Elyria, died Sunday, March 30, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center, following a short illness. Mr. Sittinger was born in Elyria on May 24, 1933 and lived here all of his life. He served with the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. He was employed as a truck [...]