Archive for May 2nd, 2008
No Earth Day gala Saturday
Storm patterns indicate Elyria will be awash with rain Saturday. Therefore, Elyria Parks and Recreation officials have decided to cancel Saturday’s Earth Day activities at Cascade Park. No word on if and when the event will be rescheduled.
BREAKING NEWS — Marc Dann admits affair; won’t resign
COLUMBUS — Attorney General Marc Dann said today he will not resign after admitting to a romantic relationship with employee. Dann said in a news conference that he takes full responsibility for the sexual harassment scandal that has embroiled his office. Three of Dann’s top aides have been forced out of their jobs in Ohio Attorney General [...]
Taking one back: Indians try to give game away before Cabrera saves the day with big hit in the 11th
CLEVELAND — The Indians passed a test of endurance Thursday night at Progressive Field. As a result, they also won a baseball game. With both teams struggling to do much of anything besides pitch, Cleveland outlasted Seattle 3-2 in 11 innings to take the rubber match of a three-game series. The Indians led by a [...]
Tribe notes: Wedge hoping to get struggling Hafner going again by dropping him to sixth in order
CLEVELAND — Travis Hafner, one of the most feared hitters in the American League from 2004-06, has been reduced to David Dellucci status. Dellucci replaced Hafner as the third hitter in the Indians’ lineup for the series finale against Seattle, while Hafner batted sixth, in a move manager Eric Wedge hopes will help loosen his [...]
Cavs say loss won’t linger: Chance wasted, but confidence still running high against Wizards
INDEPENDENCE — The Cavaliers insisted Thursday afternoon there was no hangover from their 88-87 loss to the Washington Wizards in Game 5 at Quicken Loans Arena. “We woke up this morning and saw smiles on everybody’s faces,” center Zydrunas Ilgauskas said at Cleveland Clinic Courts. “We’re ready to go.” Game 6 is tonight at 7 [...]
Cavs notes: Sasha says he’s ready to go, but that doesn’t mean he’ll be seeing action any time soon
INDEPENDENCE — After teaming with Anderson Varejao for a spirited game of two-on-two against assistant coaches Chris Jent and Lloyd Pierce on Thursday at Cleveland Clinic Courts, Cavaliers guard Sasha Pavlovic pronounced himself ready to play against the Washington Wizards tonight in Game 6. However, judging from the tone of Cavaliers coach Mike Brown, whose [...]
Elyria Sports Hall of Fame … EC 1977 and 1978 cross country teams: A devastating blend of talent and chemistry
The camaraderie between the Elyria Catholic 1977 and ’78 state champion cross country teams was special, to say the least. Sure, both teams were outstanding. The 1978 squad was so good the Division II state meet-record 43 points it scored stood for 28 years until nationally-rated Peninsula Woodridge finally matched it in 2006. But talent [...]
High school softball: Elyria Catholic breaks up no-hitter in fourth, rallies to beat Trinity
ELYRIA — One out into the fourth inning, Elyria Catholic’s softball team was hitless on Thursday afternoon and trailing Trinity, 1-0. Jasmine Filiaggi solved that problem. She put down a nearly perfect bunt for an infield single, stole second base, then scored when catcher Katie Svat unloaded a double to the fence in left field [...]
High school baseball notes: Vipers grads proving they can get the job done at the varsity level
Mike Godles loves seeing his labor bear fruit. And this year, Godles is gorging himself on the fruits of his work. This is a banner season for members of the 2007 North Coast Vipers. Five young men from that team, now high school freshmen, are playing on their respective school’s varsity teams. Some of them [...]
Family, friends, team the focus of Lorain Hall of Fame’s 39th induction class
LORAIN — The tone was set early during the 39th annual Lorain Sports Hall of Fame enshrinement banquet Thursday night. University of Toledo quarterbacks coach Ken Karchner, filling in for hospitalized Rockets defensive coordinator Tim Rose, talked about how the lasting sports memories shouldn’t be about what is on the scoreboards or in the record [...]
Townships denied grant money for trash program
ELYRIA — Controversy is once again swirling around the “pay as you throw” trash program, this time over what qualifies communities to receive incentive money that is meant to entice them into joining the program. Lorain County Solid Waste Management District Director Dan Billman has refused to make the incentive payments to Carlisle and Penfield [...]
Free comics benefit fans, not stores
James Grasso isn’t knocking the caped, green or iron superheroes expected to heat up the summer movie box office, but he doesn’t expect them to unleash a new horde of comic book readers, either. On the surface, this curious contradiction might leave people a bit confused. After all, Grasso owns and operates Recess Games, a [...]
Adopted man finds father on death row
MANSFIELD — A man who was adopted as a child and spent the past year researching his ancestry discovered that his biological father is on Ohio’s death row for killing a corrections officer and two others in the state’s worst prison riot. Sean Baker, 41, met his father, George Skatzes, 62, for the first time [...]
Eastern Heights is in middle of a change
ELYRIA — Kaitlyn Compitello got introduced to her new school Thursday night. A fifth-grader at McKinley Elementary, Kaitlyn will be a member of the first class of sixth-graders at Eastern Heights Junior High in a very long time as part of a pilot project to transform it into a middle school. Next year, the school [...]
Barrett review is done
Sandusky County Prosecutor Tom Stierwalt has completed his review of whether criminal charges should be filed against former state Rep. Matt Barrett, who may have deceived police about whether he knew women in topless photos found on a state-issued computer memory stick. But whether Barrett will be charged remains unanswered. Barrett Norwalk Law Director Stuart [...]
Wait goes on for man missing six months
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — It’s been six months today since 19-year-old Justin Gaines vanished without a trace from a Georgia bar, and investigators said they’ve exhausted every lead. “We’ve pretty much done everything possible from this point. Now we’re just waiting for someone to come forward,” Gwinnett County sheriff’s Officer David Schiralli said. Since Nov. 17, [...]
County fair announces ’08 acts
It’s that time of year again. Sure, it’s only May, but folks who regularly spend a week of their life each August at the Lorain County Fair know that it’s about this time every year that officials announce the fair’s featured performers. On Thursday, they did just that — announcing a pretty darn good lineup [...]
Casino backers state their case to Cleveland area
BEACHWOOD — Two Cleveland-area natives have teamed up with a veteran casino developer to try to convince Ohio voters that the state needs a casino. This time around, the plan calls for a single casino in Clinton County, between Columbus and Cincinnati, and sweetens the pot by divvying up the tax revenues among all 88 [...]
New Elyria salon finds its niche
ELYRIA — Four local women are hoping to pretty things up around Elyria one woman at a time. Elyrians Melissa Faight, Marilyn Smith and Beth Krieg and Jodi Cruz of Grafton are the owners of Five Star Studio, a hair and nail salon on East Broad Street that opened in April. From the outside, the [...]
Roundup: May 2, 2008
Cascade wildflower walk is Saturday ELYRIA — The 26th annual Cascade Park wildflower walk will be at 2 p.m. Saturday along the Indian trail in the Elywood section of the park off Washington Avenue. The walk, which will last a half-hour, is sponsored by the Friends of Cascade Park, a civic group that promotes greater [...]
Diner, hotel in works off state Route 254
SHEFFIELD — Campana Properties is working on a deal that’ll rejuvenate a defunct diner and potentially bring a hotel to its Sheffield property. Larry Campana, president of Campana Properties, said the group already has agreed to lease the Five and Diner that closed last fall for a Sammy’s Deli and Diner, but the company is [...]
Joan J. Demers
Joan J. Demers (nee Webster), 72, of Avon, died Thursday, May 1, 2008, at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born July 2, 1935 in Charlottetown, PEI Canada, and had lived in Avon for 36 years. She was the owner of French Creek Antiques in Avon and Little Dippers Ice Cream in Sheffield [...]
Robert Joseph Daniels
Robert Joseph Daniels, 77, Wellington, died at his home Thursday, May, 1, 2008, following a short illness. He worked for GM in the shipping and receiving department for 21 years, retiring in 1986. He was also a police officer in Elyria for 10 years. Robert was Lorain County’s Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion in 1948 – [...]
Grafton / LaGrange blotter: May 2, 2008
LaGrange police Saturday, April 26 1 p.m. – Railroad Street, Robert Boreman, 28, 300 block Factory St., LaGrange, charged with disorderly conduct while intoxicated. Sunday, April 27 12:20 p.m. – 100 block Public Square, Aaron Lawson, 34, Amherst, charged with driving under suspension. Grafton police Thursday, April 24 1:44 p.m. – Oak Street, a man [...]
Sophie S. Kulas
Sophie S. Kulas (nee Gerron), 89, of Lorain, died Thursday May 1, 2008 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. She was born March 16, 1919 in Amherst and had resided in Lorain most of her life. Sophie was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Lorain, the church Altar and [...]