Archive for April 22nd, 2008
Three teens in car crash Tuesday night
CARLISLE TWP. – Three teens were in an Oldsmobile Aurora that crashed at 9:03 p.m. Tuesday, rolling side-over-side and slamming into a tree in the front yard of an Elyria police officer. “They were fighting the curve the whole way,” said Officer Ben Currier, pointing to the upended car, which landed on its side with [...]
Clinton wins Pennsylvania primary
PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Rodham Clinton ground out a gritty victory in the Pennsylvania primary Tuesday night, defeating Barack Obama and staving off elimination in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination. “Some counted me out and said to drop out,” the former first lady told supporters cheering her triumph in a state where she [...]
NBA playoffs: Cavaliers take control with easy Game 2 win
CLEVELAND — Seldom-used Billy Thomas, Dwayne Jones and Damon Jones played enough to work up quite a lather Monday night at Quicken Loans Arena. The important part of Game 2, however, was no sweat for the Cavaliers, who absolutely dominated the Washington Wizards 116-86 to take total control of their first-round playoff series. The trash-talking [...]
Cavaliers commentary: Wally Szczerbiak finding form, fitting in
Things could not have been going much worse for Wally Szczerbiak in mid-February. He was seeing spotty playing time under an eccentric coach on a dying team in an apathetic city. My, how things have changed. Just two months later, the Miami (Ohio) product is the starting shooting guard for the defending Eastern Conference champions [...]
Cavaliers: Physical play reaches new level with Haywood’s flagrant foul of LeBron
CLEVELAND — Washington point guard Antonio Daniels insisted four times during his postgame interview that Wizards center Brendan Haywood didn’t intend to cause Cavaliers star LeBron James any harm when he shoved him to the ground during an early third-quarter drive to the basket. James sees it a bit differently. “That was definitely not a [...]
Cavs notes: LeBron James promises to remain calm despite numerous fouls
CLEVELAND — LeBron James vowed to be ready if the Washington Wizards resort to the strategy many teams use against poor foul shooter Shaquille O’Neal. “Like Hack-a-LeBron or something?” the 6-foot-8, 260-pounder said Monday at Quicken Loans Arena prior to Game 2 of the best-of-seven series. “I guess teams might think I have a temper [...]
H.S. Softball: Columbia battles, but suffers first loss to Keystone
COLUMBIA TWP. — It took one of the most tradition-rich softball programs in the state to figure out how to beat Columbia. Keystone finally turned the trick, 2-0, on Monday, stopping the Raiders at Cole Reed Field after 10 straight victories. The Wildcats’ streak-ending approach was to conjure up an unearned run, then pull a [...]
Vermilion names new superintendent
VERMILION — You could say Philip Pempin is downsizing. But that’s not to say he’s going to be kicking back. After spending the entire 21 years of his career in education in Cleveland as a teacher and administrator, the 49-year-old Pempin will become the newest leader of the Vermilion Local School District. He replaces Bruce [...]
Clearview principal leaving for new job
SHEFFIELD TWP —Clearview High School Principal Dan Parent is leaving the district to take the superintendent job at Danbury Local Schools in Ottawa County. Parent, who spent the last five years as principal and another four years as athletic director at Clearview, signed a three-year contract last week with Danbury to become its leader [...]
H.S. Baseball: Amherst goes deep, beats Westlake for 7th straight win
WESTLAKE — Pow, pow. Two pitches and the ballgame was virtually over. The first two batters of the game for Amherst hit the first two pitches they saw and scored two runs, all that would be needed in the Comets’ 10-1 rout of Westlake under the lights in a rare high school night game Monday. [...]
Business loan OK`d
ELYRIA — The county Port Authority approved a $3.8 million loan Monday for a geothermal energy company that plans to set up shop in Lorain. Ray DiTomas, vice president of Global Green Technologies and Solutions, said the money will be used to purchase drilling equipment that the company will use to install geothermal heating and [...]
H.S. Tennis Notes: For Falls’ Graham, coaching is a family affair
Olmsted Falls tennis coach Laura Graham is accustomed to having pairs of siblings on her teams. In recent years she has coached Julie and Kim Tabor on the girls team and Neil and Colin Faluja on the boys team. But this season presents a new challenge for Graham. She’s coaching two sets of brothers and [...]
One of the Food Network’s Iron Chefs says he is ready to do the impossible
Food Network names new host of ‘Dinner: Impossible’ The network on Monday announced that Cleveland 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 in 2007 and appears on its Iron [...]
Keystone to auction Penfield, convert West Carlisle
In need of a school? Keystone Schools are getting rid of two of them. One will be auctioned off, and the other is expected to be used as a special-needs preschool by the Educational Service Center of Lorain County. Superintendent Gary Friedt said the former Penfield Elementary School will be auctioned June 12. Meanwhile, the [...]
OSU Basketball: Koufos declares for NBA Draft after one year
COLUMBUS — Ohio State freshman Kosta Koufos will declare for the NBA Draft, the school confirmed on Monday. The 7-foot Koufos will not immediately sign with an agent, leaving open the possibility of returning to the Buckeyes next season, Ohio State spokesman Dan Wallenberg said in a statement. A message seeking comment was left on [...]
Sutton opposes Colombia Free Trade Agreement
LORAIN — In front of about 40 United Steel workers and several key city and county officials, state Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Copley declared in no uncertain terms her opposition to the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. “I will fight it with every fiber of my being,” she said Monday at USW Local 1104 before signing a [...]
JCPenney opening store in Avon
AVON — Lorain County’s newest major department store — a 104,000-square-foot JCPenney — is slated to open this fall in the Avon Crossings retail development. But that doesn’t mean the 42-year-old Penney store at Midway Mall is a goner. “There is no change in direction at this time for that store,” said Tim Lyons, a [...]
Lorain cop suspended for 33 days
LORAIN — A Lorain police officer who was under the influence of alcohol while on duty in March was suspended Monday for 33 days without pay, city officials said. Patrolman Jack Brown will begin serving the suspension April 28 and will not be reassigned to patrol duty until he submits documentation that he successfully completed [...]
Mill Hollow Herb Fair this weekend
VERMILION — You don’t have to go to Scarborough Fair, much less know where it is, to check out all things herbal, like parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Just make it out to Mill Hollow this weekend for the 13th annual Herb Fair where you can get a fast start on spring planting with a [...]
Make way for the new Elyria High School
Workers level city block, prepare to build new school BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE Trees, houses, and apartments are all gone as a full block of land has been cleared off for the new Elyria High School. ELYRIA — The landscape along Middle and West avenues has changed considerably in the last few months. An entire [...]
Avon Lake man wins ‘Jeopardy!’
Military mind pays off for Navy lieutenant Brett Kirwan AVON LAKE — In the end, the military man knew his military men, and it paid off big for “Jeopardy!” contestant Lt. Brett Kirwan of Avon Lake. Kirwan, 26, waited till the very last moment of his Monday night television debut to capture his first game [...]
Lawmakers give Keno green light
COLUMBUS — Gov. Ted Strickland’s plan to launch a new video lottery game cleared a 10-member panel of lawmakers Monday without objection. The decision by the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review means that the Lottery Commission will request almost $18 million for equipment to operate Keno, a lottery game resembling bingo. The state Controlling [...]
Lorain man shot inside Elyria bar
ELYRIA — A 22-year-old Lorain man was shot in the leg Sunday morning while at a sports bar in Elyria. Police responded at 2:12 a.m. to New Image Sports Bar on Broad Street after several shots were fired inside the bar. Once inside, they discovered Antoine McCall had been shot in his right calf. They [...]
Terrier reported stolen from van
ELYRIA — A woman’s dog was stolen from her car Saturday when she left it alone to run an errand with the window rolled down. The woman told police that she parked her van in front of a Georgetown Avenue apartment building just before noon, leaving her Jack Russell terrier in the van while she [...]
Molotov cocktail apparently thrown at Lorain elementary school
LORAIN — Arson investigators are looking into a broken Molotov cocktail that ended up outside a local school Monday. A janitor at Larkmoor Elementary discovered broken glass at 6:30 a.m. along the south side of the building, and told police that a rag appeared to be in the bottle, along with some type of accelerant, [...]