Archive for April 28th, 2008
Three tornadoes rip through Virginia; 200 injured
SUFFOLK, Va. — Three tornadoes ripped through Virginia on Monday, with one hop-scotching across the southeastern part of the state and leaving behind a 25-mile trail of gutted homes, tossed cars and more than 200 injured residents. Residents of some of the hardest hit neighborhoods in this town outside Norfolk were forced to evacuate their [...]
U.S. Rep. McDermott pays $1 million to Rep. Boehner
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott has paid more than $1 million to House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, ending a decade-long dispute over an illegally taped telephone call. McDermott, a Seattle Democrat, paid $1,093,297 to Boehner’s campaign committee earlier this month, spokesmen for the two men said Monday. The payment is in [...]
`Cutter’ convicted in plot to carve up cadavers
NEW YORK — A judge on Monday convicted a man of secretly cutting up corpses — including that of “Masterpiece Theatre” host Alistair Cooke — as part of a multimillion-dollar body parts scheme. Chris Aldorasi was found guilty of enterprise corruption and other criminal counts at a trial in Brooklyn. Aldorasi, who chose to have [...]
Soulja Boy brows not so cool, school says
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland high school is raising eyebrows with its brow grooming policy: shave ‘em or go home. Some students at Centennial High School have shaved vertical lines into their eyebrows in a trend recently made popular by hip-hop star Soulja Boy. School officials say the mark looks like a gang symbol. Centennial [...]
Police: Austrian man kept daughter in basement, fathered seven children with her
AMSTETTEN, Austria — The children locked in the basement never saw the light of day for years. A retired electrician has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering seven children with her in a windowless cell sealed by an electronic keyless-entry system, police said Monday. One of the children died in infancy [...]
Great pass judgment: LeBron finds wide-open West, who delivers clutch 3-pointer as Cavaliers down Wizards
WASHINGTON — LeBron James passed the basketball, but his teammates, coach and playoff opponent passed the credit right back to him. James penetrated and kicked the ball to a wide-open Delonte West for a 3-pointer from the left corner with 5.4 seconds to go, propelling the Cavaliers to a 100-97 win over the Washington Wizards [...]
Cavs notes: Three-point shooting goes from negative to positively sparkling
WASHINGTON — Good things came in 3-pointers for the Cavaliers in their 100-97 win over the Washington Wizards in Game 4 Sunday afternoon at the Verizon Center. After going just 2-of-16 from behind the arc in losing Game 3 by 36 points, the Cavaliers came back to make 13-of-28 from long range in Game 4, [...]
Browns Draft 2008: GM Savage gets back in the game, making trades, landing second fourth-round pick
BEREA — Phil Savage could only sit still for so long. After watching the NFL Draft as a bystander for three rounds, the Browns general manager thrust himself back into the action Sunday with a pair of trades near the top of the fourth round. Savage used the picks on UNLV linebacker Beau Bell (No. [...]
Browns notes: Drafting tight end in fourth round a matter of value or insurance?
BEREA — Phil Savage called Missouri tight end Martin Rucker a value pick and the top remaining player on the Browns’ draft board after trading for him in the fourth round Sunday. But the Cleveland general manager admitted the somewhat uncertain status of veteran tight ends Kellen Winslow and Steve Heiden played a factor in [...]
NFL Draft 2008: Elyria native Haruki Nakamura gets his chance when Ravens draft him in sixth round
BEREA — Haruki Nakamura had a jam-packed weekend. He helped with a University of Cincinnati alumni golf outing Friday, attended a breakfast Saturday for past Bearcats football captains and entertained his visiting family. It wasn’t enough to take his mind off the NFL Draft. After two days and more than 200 picks, Nakamura went to [...]
Sabathia good, but Wang better as Indians lose 1-0 to Yankees
CLEVELAND — C.C. Sabathia appears to have figured out what ailed him through his first four starts of the season. But the ace’s reversal of fortunes didn’t do the Indians any good Sunday against the Yankees and Chien-Ming Wang. Though Sabathia eased plenty of fears around the organization with his second consecutive ace-like effort, Cleveland [...]
Tribe notes: Sprained ankle ends Sizemore’s consecutive-games-played streak at 382
CLEVELAND — The streak is over. Grady Sizemore was out of the lineup Sunday after spraining his right ankle in a victory over the Yankees on Saturday, bringing his streak of consecutive games played to an end at 382. Sizemore appeared in all of Cleveland’s games from 2006-07 and, after Dodgers outfielder Juan Pierre did [...]
Elyria Sports Hall of Fame … Jerry Gilbert: Elyria hoops standout still shooting lights out
Everyone who has seen Jerry Gilbert play basketball seems to agree on one thing — he has one of the purest jump shots known to man. “Jerry Gilbert’s shot in ’73 was just as good as Kobe’s (Bryant) is today,” said Eclister James, Elyria High’s point guard the year Gilbert led the Pioneers to the [...]
Parents, students meet new superintendent of Amherst Schools
STEVE MANHEIM / CHRONICLE Steve Sayers, the new Amherst Schools superintendent, stands next to his wife, Marie, and talks with Maureen Schieferstein of Amherst on Sunday at Marion L. Steele High School. AMHERST — A few dozen parents and students met Sunday afternoon in the Marion L. Steele High School lobby to greet the district’s [...]
Former Sheffield Lake man dies in crash on I-480
GARFIELD HEIGHTS — A driver going the wrong way down I-480 in Garfield Heights collided with another car early Sunday morning, leaving both drivers dead, according to Garfield Heights police Sgt. Bob Byrne. Adam Brownfield, 27, formerly of Sheffield Lake, was driving his Nissan SUV approximately 80 mph westbound in the eastbound lane at 12:16 [...]
LAK, Southview pay homage to Negro League
CARL SULLENBERGER / CHRONICLE Tim Howard, 3rd Ward councilman, presents Ernie Nimmons with a trophy at the Pipe Yard before the Admiral King-Southview game. LORAIN — The Chicago American Giants and the Indianapolis Clowns battled it out at the Pipe Yard on Sunday night. Never heard of them? Well, the two Negro League baseball teams’ [...]
Fugitives of the Week: April 28, 2008
A husband and wife are the targets of a search this week by the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force, which is offering a reward for information leading to their capture. William Bermudez, 38, is wanted for contempt of court and felonious assault stemming from a December 2007 altercation. W. Bermudez S. Bermudez Sonia Bermudez, [...]
Soldier’s mourners gather at Cincy ballpark
CINCINNATI — Military workers and supporters from across the country joined in memorials Sunday for a slain Army reservist who had become a poignant picture of the war in Iraq after he was captured by insurgents. Officials estimated that about 10,000 people walked past Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin’s casket during a weekend visitation at a [...]
Everett Shaffer
Everett "Poppy – Whiskey Joe" Shaffer, 72, of Columbia Station, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2008 at Southwest General Hospital, after a short illness. He was born July 26, 1935 in Horseshoe Run, West Virginia, living in the Lorain County area since 1976. He was employed by Yellow Freight Lines in Richfield as a truck [...]
Girl trades birthday gifts to aid animals
When Paige Hood turned 8 years old on April 5, she told her birthday party guests not to bring presents for her. But that didn’t mean she wanted them to show up empty-handed. PHOTO PROVIDED Paige Hood, of Avon Lake, celebrated her 8th birthday by asking friends to donate pet supplies. In place of dolls, [...]
Robert F. Smith
Robert F. "Bud" Smith, 82, of North Ridgeville, passed away peacefully at his residence on Saturday, April 26, 2008, following a short illness. He was born in Elyria on June 13, 1925 and had resided in North Ridgeville since 1948. Mr. Smith was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in the European theater [...]
C-T staffers, former staff win APSO awards
COLUMBUS — The Chronicle-Telegram took home four top awards in its division at the annual Associated Press Society of Ohio convention Sunday. Courts and county reporter Brad Dicken was named best news writer in the state, while former Chronicle reporter Shawn Foucher won the top feature writing prize. Foucher also was honored with the award [...]
Adam Brownfield
Adam Brownfield, 27, of Cleveland, formerly of Sheffield Lake, died Sunday, April 27, 2008. Arrangements will be announced by the David Bogner Family Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Smoking ban gets costly for counties
TOLEDO — County health departments are running up steep bills in their efforts to stamp out smoke across Ohio. A year after the state’s smoking ban went into effect, some county health departments have found enforcement to be too costly, with at least a dozen local entities turning over inspection and violation duties to the [...]
John Edward Zupic
John "Butch" Edward Zupic, 59, a resident of Lorain, passed away Friday, April 25, 2008 at his home with his wife, Karen, by his side. He was born April 20, 1949 in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, the son of the late John and Genevie Zupic (nee Kelly). Lorain has been his home for the last 28 years. [...]