Archive for April 25th, 2008
Visitors Bureau plans May bus tour
In May 2007, a Travel Industry Association survey asked people at what price per gallon of gas would they consider changing vacation and travel plans. The answer was: $3.50. It’s a year later, and we’re paying that — or more. COURTESY LORAIN COUNTY VISITORS BUREAU A May bus tour visiting Lorain County sites will start [...]
Prosecutor: Pregnant teller wounded in robbery loses twins
INDIANAPOLIS — A pregnant teller shot in a bank robbery has lost the twins she was carrying, and police continued to search for the gunman Friday. Katherin Shuffield, who was five months pregnant, was critically wounded when a masked gunman shot her in the abdomen Tuesday morning at a Huntington Bank branch. Authorities [...]
Water main break closes NASA Glenn
CLEVELAND — A water line break has shut down the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. NASA Glenn spokeswoman Lori Rachul says the break happened before 7 a.m. Friday and employees were asked to leave the center by 10 a.m. Rachul says there’s no water in the center’s buildings and officials are assessing damage. NASA [...]
Ohio man arrested in connection with school plot
CLEVELAND — Authorities near Cleveland have arrested a man they say e-mailed an Indiana teenager about conducting a Columbine-style attack on two schools. Lakewood Police Chief Tim Malley says 33-year-old Lee Billi was charged Thursday with conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. A 16-year-old Indiana boy was arrested earlier this week. Malley says he doesn’t know [...]
Capital punishment: Wizards hand Cavaliers worst playoff loss in franchise history
WASHINGTON — Midway through the third period, the Cavaliers’ second-leading scorer was, drum roll please, Ben Wallace. He had exactly five more points than Soulja Boy, who was in attendance. Not surprisingly, Cleveland trailed by 26. Yes, it was that kind of night Thursday at the Verizon Center, where the Washington Wizards finally walked as [...]
Cavs notes: LeBron making himself heard to his teammates
WASHINGTON — There hasn’t been a lot of talk about it, but LeBron James has started to become much more vocal with his Cavaliers teammates. “I’ve been really vocal,” James said Thursday at the Verizon Center before Game 3 of Cleveland’s best-of-seven playoff series with the Washington Wizards. “There’s a time and place for certain [...]
Lee throws shutout to cement Indians’ sweep of Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cliff Lee faced only two batters over the minimum while pitching a three-hit shutout in a 2-0 victory over Kansas City on Thursday night that gave the Cleveland Indians a doubleheader sweep. Lee (4-0) struck out nine and did not issue a walk while shrinking his major league-best ERA to 0.28 [...]
NFL Draft 2008 … Focus on offense: Jake Long is the top pick, but does he have the right stuff to be a left tackle?
Michigan offensive lineman Jake Long will be the No. 1 pick of the NFL Draft on Saturday. There’s no arguing the point after the Miami Dolphins agreed Tuesday to pay him $57.75 million over five years, with $30 million guaranteed. Whether Long deserves to be the signature selection of 2008 is an entirely different matter, [...]
High school baseball: Poskocil pitches Pioneers past Admirals at Pipe Yard
LORAIN — Elyria’s Dan Poskocil managed to get through some trouble spots and Stephan Morales accounted for four of the Pioneers’ runs with just one hit as Elyria downed Admiral King 5-2 at the Pipe Yard Thursday night. Poskocil scattered nine hits and had three walks as he upped his record to 3-0. “Danny usually [...]
High school baseball roundup: Fitch fans 13 as Elyria Catholic wins sixth straight game
BEDFORD — Elyria Catholic won its sixth in a row as Joe Fitch struck out 13 and Edwin Cruz drove in two runs in a 7-4 victory over Chanel on Thursday. EC is 9-4 and 3-2 in the North Coast League. Elyria Catholic 202 030 0 — 7 11 2 Chanel 000 004 [...]
High school track and field notebook: Olmsted Falls’ Nageotte not vaulting for just herself this season
Katie Nageotte was in late-season form Saturday. The Olmsted Falls junior set a meet record winning the girls pole vault at the Gilmour Academy’s Miele Invitational with a mark of 11 feet, 8 inches. Nageotte’s effort shattered the 2005 meet record of 10-3 set by Avon Lake’s Katie Novak. It was also a career-best by [...]
High school softball roundup: Midview downs Bay, stays unbeaten in West Shore Conference
BAY VILLAGE — Grace Turner had three runs batted in as Midview stayed unbeaten in the West Shore Conference with a 12-2 win over Bay on Thursday. Elizabeth Fazekas had four hits for Midview (10-4, 6-0 WSC). Midview 109 002 — 12 17 1 Bay 011 000 — 2 6 4 PITCHING: (M) Brittany Stone [...]
State Rep. Barrett resigns
Former Amherst councilman could face criminal charges after display of nude woman’s photo at a school lecture Barrett State Rep. Matt Barrett resigned in disgrace Thursday at the request of the Ohio House of Representatives minority leader and could face criminal charges related to an incident last year in which he accidentally projected the image [...]
Democrats scramble for replacement for Barrett
State Rep. Matt Barrett’s unexpected resignation Thursday has left Democrats scrambling to fill his seat and maintain control of the district he won in 2006. “It certainly doesn’t help our chances,” Tony Giardini, head of the Democratic Party in Lorain, said after learning of Barrett’s resignation. The decision of who will serve out the remainder [...]
Judge: Petric confessions admissible
The Rev. Mark Petric, allegedly shot by his son, also will be called as a court witness Daniel Petric ELYRIA — Prosecutors can use the three confessions a 16-year-old boy gave after his arrest when he goes to trial on charges he killed his mother and shot his father in the head, a county judge [...]
Mom of girl hit in crosswalk seeks speed reduction
CINDY LEISE / CHRONICLE Alexis Jaworski, 8, sits with her mother, Marie, at their LaGrange home. Alexis was struck by a vehicle while crossing North Center Street and suffered scrapes and bruises on her arms and legs. LAGRANGE — There were no easy answers Thursday night for a mother fighting for safer school crossings. Marie [...]
Making waves at Splash Zone
As park readies for season, Metro Parks plans expansion STEVE MANHEIM / CHRONICLE Erica Matz, assistant facility coordinator at the Spash Zone in Oberlin, cleans the outdoor pool to begin filling it with water on Monday. The outdoor pool will open June 6. OBERLIN — The Splash Zone has proven to be so popular it [...]
Toddler found in pool out of coma
ELYRIA — A 22-month-old boy who nearly drowned last week in a Purdue Avenue swimming pool has been brought out of an artificially induced coma and is showing signs of recovery. Antonio Troutman opened his eyes Wednesday for the first time since the ordeal, his aunt, Trina Troutman, said. “Everybody’s been praying for him, and [...]
State funding OK’d for Wellington
School district must ask voters to foot remaining 54 percent of project costs WELLINGTON — The Wellington school district was recommended for state funding Thursday to build or renovate its schools. “It should be great for the village,” Mayor Barb O’Keefe said after learning the news. O’Keefe hopes the district gets as much input as [...]
Roundup: April 25, 2008
Judge gives woman a month to repay school ELYRIA — A former Avon Middle School cleaning lady isn’t sure how she’s going to pay for $8,741 in damage she did to the school when she wrote three bomb threats on the wall last April. County Common Pleas Judge James Burge agreed to give Paulette Tomlin, [...]
Meet the new mayor of ‘Walkerville’
Elyria mayor presents results for class election BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE Paige Hoagland, 9, stands in front of her new constituents. Paige won a mock election in her classroom at St. Mary School. ELYRIA — Election Day happened early at Elyria’s St. Mary School. Thursday was the only time a class of third-graders gets to [...]
Company steps in to fill schools’ hunger for produce
ELYRIA — A story last week about skyrocketing food prices posing a problem for school lunch programs prompted one area business to take action. Fuel surcharges and high produce costs were forcing schools to change their menus — applesauce instead of apples in Avon Schools for example — or their shopping procedure — such as [...]
Barrett knew woman in photo
State Rep. Matt Barrett, who resigned Thursday, knew the woman whose topless photo he accidentally displayed to a high school government class last fall. Phil Saken, a spokesman for Ohio House Minority Leader Joyce Beatty, confirmed Friday that Barrett, D-Amherst, knew the woman whose photos were found in Barrett’s possession, but said he couldn’t offer [...]
Commissioners seek $1.8M loan to entice energy company
ELYRIA — The county is hoping the possibility of a $1.8 million loan from the county Port Authority will entice a company into opening an alternative energy facility in the county. County Commissioner Ted Kalo declined to say whether the company is local or would have to relocate, but he said he’ll know whether the [...]
Volunteers to fan out in effort to boost voting in Lorain
LORAIN — A group in Lorain will begin its campaign Saturday to energize local voters for the November election. Reclaim Lorain, a group of local church leaders and volunteers, will set off at 11 a.m. to canvass local neighborhoods with one message in mind — get more people to vote. “We’re concentrating on neighborhoods with [...]