Archive for April 21st, 2008
Straight-A student plots to bomb high school
CHESTERFIELD, S.C. — A teenager accused of plotting to bomb his high school is a straight-A student whose parents sought help from mental health experts when he slammed his head into a wall last week, authorities said Monday. Ryan Schallenberger’s parents took him to a hospital three days before his Saturday arrest after [...]
Cavs trounce Wizards
CLEVELAND — Maybe Gilbert Arenas was talking about some other Cavaliers. The Cleveland team he and the Washington Wizards faced Monday night doesn’t look so beatable. LeBron James scored 30 points, Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 16, and the Cavaliers played their best game in months, blowing out Arenas and Co. 116-86 to take [...]
U.S. Supreme Court rejects condemned inmates’ appeals
HOUSTON — Prosecutors moved quickly Monday to set new execution dates for three death-row inmates, hours after the Supreme Court lifted a reprieve it granted last fall so it could consider the constitutionality of lethal injection. The court blocked the executions of Thomas Arthur of Alabama, Earl Wesley Berry of Mississippi and [...]
Jury rejects claim for unwanted exam
NEW YORK — A hospital did nothing wrong when it tried to examine the rectum of a construction worker who had been hit on the head by a falling wooden beam, a jury found Monday. After deliberating for about an hour, a state Supreme Court jury awarded nothing to Brian Persaud, who [...]
Cleveland chef to host ‘Dinner: Impossible’
One of the Food Network’s Iron Chefs says he is ready to do the impossible. The network on Monday announced that Ohio chef Michael Symon will take over as host of the “Dinner: Impossible” series, which challenges its chef to prepare meals under extreme conditions. Symon, who won the network’s The Next Iron Chef competition [...]
Incident didn’t happen at St. Vincent de Paul
A story on Sunday’s front page about a Wakeman police officer being charged with assault after confronting his estranged wife’s roommate had the wrong location for the confrontation. The incident actually happened at Vincent Elementary School, which is on North Ridge Road – just as St. Vincent de Paul is — but about a half mile [...]
Historic preservation money dries up
CLEVELAND — Money for a state program to give tax credits to developers restoring historic buildings has dried up, leaving many who applied frustrated and uncertain about their plans for the buildings. The Ohio Department of Development went through the $120 million budget after approving 37 projects. The two-year pilot program promised to assist as [...]
Bellevue seeks relief from persistent flooding
BELLEVUE — For the past month, Bob Norman has slept on his couch, waking every 90 minutes to make sure the pump in his basement is keeping floodwater from ruining his furnace. He’s not the only one losing sleep. Dozens of homeowners have been draining their basements around the clock for four straight weeks. Others [...]
EPA puts pressure on horse tracks
DAYTON — Ohio’s horse tracks are being prodded by environmental regulators to obtain permits normally required for livestock megafarms. Beulah Park in suburban Columbus last month became Ohio’s first racetrack to seek a state environmental permit from the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Beulah Park has 1,000 horses in its stables. Facilities with 500 or more [...]
Perry`s monument needs repairs
PUT-IN-BAY — The Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial, which closed for several months in 2006 when a 500-pound chunk of stone broke off the observation deck, needs a more effective waterproofing system to prevent further deterioration, an architectural firm said. Engineers found a second loose piece on the 352-foot granite memorial in July 2006, [...]
Root for the OAT team!
A team of third-graders at Avon Heritage School South are ready to hit a slew of home runs on their Ohio Achievement tests next week. The tests, which concentrate in the areas of math and reading, will last for three hours apiece — requiring lots of concentration and studying. Third-grade teacher Jamie Smith says that [...]
Cavaliers have their hands full with Washington’s Jamison
INDEPENDENCE — The Washington Wizards are smarting a bit after losing Game 1 of their best-of-seven playoff series 93-86, but the Cavaliers know they have to play more intelligently when it comes to defending unique power forward Antawn Jamison. Jamison, who lives on the perimeter, put up 23 points and 19 rebounds Saturday, but it’s [...]
Morneau’s hit in 10th inning pushes Twins past Indians
MINNEAPOLIS — Even as his average hovered in the .220s through the first two weeks of the season, Justin Morneau didn’t have to look far to find encouragement. He may not have been knocking the cover off the ball all game long, but when he came to the plate with runners in scoring position, he [...]
Avon/Avon Lake Notebook: April 21, 2008
Avon Lake sewer pump upgrades Sewer water flowing up from the depths and into your basement is about one of the most disgusting things that can happen to a homeowner. But an existing pump station will be upgraded and two others will be built in Avon Lake to stop that from happening, Avon Lake Utilities [...]
Brookside’s Rittenhouse misses Olympic team, but still happy
She didn’t make the U.S. Olympic team, but Melissa Rittenhouse had plenty to be proud of after the Olympic marathon trials in Boston on Sunday. The 31-year-old Sheffield Village native finished under her goal of 2:52 with a time of 2:50:17, placing 100th out of 124 participants. The top three finishers — Deena Kastor, Magdalena [...]
College notes: Amherst’s Swierz loving switch
Four years ago, Christina Swierz graduated from Steele High School in Amherst and chose to play softball for Cleveland State. Following the 2006 season, Vikings head coach Julie Jones filled the coaching vacancy at The University of Akron. During Swierz’s sophomore year, which was the last for Jones at Cleveland State, the Vikings finished 38-15 [...]
Wellington school district presents options to residents
WELLINGTON — Emotions ran high at a school facility committee presentation Sunday night as residents grilled Wellington officials about options to renovate three of the district’s school buildings or to build new schools. Proponents of historical preservation questioned whether renovating Westwood Elementary, McCormick Middle and Wellington High schools would really be the most expensive. Tim [...]
AFL: Gladiators blast Los Angeles, 83-69
With their offense hitting on all cylinders, the Cleveland Gladiators snapped a three-game losing streak with an 83-69 win over the Los Angeles Avengers at STAPLES Center on Saturday night. Cleveland improved to 4-3, while the Avengers fell to 3-5. Raymond Philyaw conected with Otis Amey for a touchdown with 19 seconds left in the [...]
Fuel costs likely to make Lake Erie less crowded
Painfully high gas prices are an obvious and significant factor in an estimated 20 to 30 percent drop in sales of new powerboats, but state officials say there is a silver lining. “It’s actually a great time to be a boater because traffic on the water is way down compared to five years ago,” said [...]
Danica Patrick believes she will have plenty of more wins in her career
MOTEGI, Japan — Danica Patrick was always sure a woman could win a race. And now the questions about her will surely stop. Patrick made it to the place she wanted to be for so long — Victory Lane. She became the first female winner in IndyCar history Sunday, capturing the Indy Japan 300 in [...]
‘Youth Pages’ raise parental worries on sensitive topics
Last week, an Elyria High School student approached Sue Twining with a question about STDs. As the student assistance coordinator for Elyria Schools, such a discussion is entirely within Twining’s job description, but that doesn’t make the conversation any easier. What did make it easier, Twining said, was a 150-page, Lorain County-specific guide called “Youth [...]
Police: Lorain man stabbed by friend
LORAIN — An 18-year-old Lorain man was in stable condition Sunday after he was stabbed by a juvenile acquaintance. Police responded around 2 p.m. Saturday to the 3400 block of Gary Avenue after a bleeding Roberto Garcia Jr. asked a resident for help. Garcia initially told the resident that he had been impaled by a [...]
Dahlberg: Mitchell Report has been a curse for some players
Barry Bonds is sitting by the phone in Beverly Hills waiting for the call that even he by now must know will never come. Roger Clemens is similarly idle, hoping that his next call doesn’t come from someone at the federal courthouse. Jose Guillen is probably wishing he had been suspended 15 days to start [...]
Police: Man swapped tires from test drive
LORAIN — A 28-year-old man was caught red-handed after his brother returned a test-driven car to a Lorain dealership with a set of old tires, police said. Clifford Henline, of Lorain, was charged Sunday with theft, theft of motor vehicle parts and receiving stolen property when a Joyce Buick sales employee noticed that four Michelin [...]
Blotter: April 21, 2008
Lorain police Friday, April 18 12:21 a.m. – 3300 block Dayton Ave., a woman’s 13-year-old daughter took her car for a joy ride before returning the vehicle. Sunday, April 20 12:30 a.m. – 2300 block Broadway, window at Auto Zone shattered by a rock. 2:38 a.m. – West 25th Street, cab driver was duped out [...]