Archive for April 14th, 2008
Walter W. Joy
Walter W. Joy, 92, of Elyria, passed away Friday night, April 11, 2008 at the Wesleyan Village in Elyria following a lengthy illness. He was born August 20, 1915 in Elyria and remained a lifelong resident. He graduated from Elyria High School, Class of 1942 and then entered the US Army Air Corp, and served [...]
Lola E. Clark
Lola E. Clark, (nee Everett-Cambell), 52, of Elyria, died Saturday, April 12, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center, following a brief illness. Friends may call Tuesday, April 15, 2008 from 5 P.M. until the time of services at 7 P.M. in the Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Chestnut Ridge Road at State Route 57, Elyria. Further arrangements [...]
Frank S. Dudek
Frank S. Dudek, 84, of North Ridgeville, passed away Saturday, April 12, 2008 at the Center Ridge Health Campus in North Ridgeville, following a long illness. Arrangements will be announced by the Liston Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Ellen Claire Conrad
Ellen Claire Conrad (nee Manfull), 53, of Amherst, died Saturday, April 12, 2008 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain after a 13 month battle with cancer. Arrangements will be announced by Dicken Funeral Home, Elyria.
Cavaliers grab ugly win over dreadful Heat
CLEVELAND — There are some games the Cavaliers can’t help but win. Sunday was one of them, as Cleveland registered a less-than-impressive 84-76 victory over the woeful Miami Heat at Quicken Loans Arena. The game was so blasé Cavaliers coach Mike Brown’s postgame press conference lasted 41 seconds and didn’t include a single question from [...]
Cavaliers notes: Wizards’ Arenas provides bulletin-board material
CLEVELAND — Always colorful Gilbert Arenas will get his wish: His Washington Wizards will play the Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs for the third straight season. Home-court advantage is still up in the air, but the Cavaliers and Wizards locked up the fourth and fifth spots in the Eastern Conference when Toronto [...]
Have you seen this fugitive?
William Davenport William Davenport The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information which would lead to the capture of fugitive William Davenport, 38, of Elyria. Davenport is wanted by the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office for contempt of court, originating from a gross sexual imposition charge. Deputy U.S. Marshal David Siler [...]
Olive Garden opens near the mall
CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE Diane Massey, service manager, presents dishes to prospective team members at a training seminar at the new Midway Mall location. They were beating down the doors to Elyria’s newest major restaurant weeks before anyone opened a menu to order a favorite pasta or wine. Some 1,700 people applied in hopes of [...]
Big Brothers, Sisters spare time at fundraiser
LORAIN — Mary Anne Nolan thinks she’s found the fountain of youth. STEVE MANHEIM / CHRONICLE Gregory Newton, 8, of Lorain, talks with Robert Ernst, of Avon, at the Lorain County Big Brothers Big Sisters fundraising event Sunday at Rebman’s Recreation. “If you want to stay young,” Nolan said, “get a Little Brother or Sister.” [...]
Avon/Avon Lake Notebook: April 14, 2008
Fire hydrant testing City fire and utilities crews will conduct annual safety inspections of fire hydrants in Avon Lake during April and May. Water may be discolored during inspections but should clear up in a short time. Check water before washing clothes. To find out when crews will be in your area, call the Avon [...]
Study: Audits of big businesses down since ’80s
WASHINGTON — The tax audit rates of the largest companies are less than half what they were 20 years ago while more small and midsize businesses are coming under scrutiny, according to an organization that monitors the Internal Revenue Service. The Syracuse University-based Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse described what it said was a “historic collapse” [...]
Voinovich considers tolls to pay for interstate bridge
CINCINNATI — U.S. Sen. George Voinovich wants to reopen talks on an idea that has already led to a public outcry — charging tolls to pay for a new bridge to link two interstates from Ohio to Kentucky. The Ohio Republican said tolls cannot be ruled out of the discussion in planning a replacement for [...]
Attorney general denies newspaper’s e-mail request
COLUMBUS — Attorney General Marc Dann, whose office is the focus of a sexual harassment complaint, refused The Columbus Dispatch’s request that he release e-mails between him and his former scheduler, the newspaper reported Sunday. Dann, who was elected in 2006, has said e-mails are public records and he also sought numerous messages from public [...]
Report: Sludge risks not shared
Participants in study of fertilizers were not told of ingredients BALTIMORE — Scientists using federal grants spread fertilizer made from human and industrial wastes on yards in poor, black neighborhoods to test whether it might protect children from lead poisoning in the soil. Families were assured the sludge was safe and were never told about [...]
Police blotter: April 14, 2008
Lorain police Sunday, April 13 9:44 a.m. — 700 block E. 33rd St., a woman said a man fired two shots at her dog while walking past her house. 9:18 p.m. — 4000 block Forest Hills Drive, Rafael Orlando Sanchez, Lorain, charged with assault. Elyria police Friday, April 11 6:45 p.m. — Middle Avenue and [...]
Officials worry about teens passing nude cell phone pics
COLUMBUS — Forget about passing notes in study hall; some teens are now using their cell phones to flirt and send nude pictures of themselves. The instant text, picture and video messages have become part of some teens’ courtship behavior, police and school officials say. The messages spread quickly and sometimes find their way to [...]
Two hurt in spree of paintball shots
ELYRIA —Two juveniles were taken into police custody after they allegedly hit at least two people with paintballs while driving near Poplar Street and Abbe Road, according to a police report. One of the victims, Margaret Brinker, 18, of Elyria, was hit in the left eye and taken to EMH Regional Medical Center for treatment, [...]
Police arrest two in attack in Lorain
LORAIN — A man said he was attacked and shot at outside an East 28th Street bar in Lorain, and two suspects were arrested in the incident early Saturday, police said. Rashawn Brinkley, 23, of Cleveland, said he left Gil’s International Lounge about 2:20 a.m. to wait for a ride when three men tried to [...]
Soldiers` stories breathe life into history lessons
TIPP CITY, Ohio — When 83-year-old Edmund Jackson uses a hand trimmer to clip the grass, one of the 22 pieces of shrapnel in his right arm dances under the skin of his wrist. He was injured as a gunner in World War II when a shell hit his B-24 during a bombing run over [...]
Avon ballpark to open in June 2009
AVON — The sun is shining, the grass is green and the Tribe is playing again. It’s baseball season in Northeast Ohio. But if you want to root, root, root for the minor league home team, it’s going to be another year. Avon Mayor Jim Smith said he wants to break ground sometime next month [...]