Archive for May 3rd, 2008
Three-mendous: Szczerbiak, Gibson get outside game going as Cavs oust Wizards; LeBron posts triple-double
WASHINGTON — An extremely unselfish LeBron James passed up a lot of shots, so Wally Szczerbiak and Daniel “Boobie” Gibson darn well better not have. With their superstar teammate setting them up early and often, the two guards came up big as the Cavaliers won Game 6 and their first-round playoff series Friday with a [...]
Cavs notes: Wizards get unpleasant surprise when league suspends Songaila before Game 6
WASHINGTON — It was the Washington Wizards’ turn Friday to complain about being on the receiving end of a hard foul, but it happened before Game 6 of their best-of-seven series with the Cavaliers even started. In a rough-and-tumble series that has featured a lot of physical play, Wizards forward/center Darius Songaila was suspended for [...]
Schubert needs to be quick study: Oberlin College star enjoying life in the fast lane at Browns minicamp
BEREA — Chris Schubert has spent his entire life as a Browns fan in Lorain County. After Friday, good luck convincing him Browns headquarters is only 27 miles from Oberlin College. “The difference is huge, huge,” Schubert said. “Guys here run 4.3s (in the 40-yard dash) whenever they feel like it.” Schubert went to Oberlin [...]
Savage signs extension: Browns GM believes early power struggle helped him, team
BEREA — Without late, great movie director Frank Capra, it’s impossible to know where the Browns would be today if the soap opera that was the final days of 2005 had played out differently. What’s clear is that owner Randy Lerner is convinced senior vice president and general manager Phil Savage is the right man [...]
Indians’ Wedge trying to keep slow start in perspective
CLEVELAND — Indians closer Rafael Betancourt wasn’t happy following Thursday’s 3-2 extra-inning win over the Seattle Mariners. Tribe manager Eric Wedge let everyone listening know how he felt about the victory as well. But sitting in the clubhouse on Friday before Cleveland’s opener against Kansas City was rained out, Wedge changed his tune a little, [...]
Tribe notes: Wedge still searching for a lineup that works
CLEVELAND — The Indians’ roller-coaster lineup would have continued Friday had the Tribe not got washed out as Franklin Guiterrez and Casey Blake were set to flip-flop spots in the order with Guiterrez taking over the No. 2 hole and Blake moved down to eighth. It would have been the 26th different lineup in 30 [...]
Prep softball notebook: Firelands on fire after frustrating start
No one has been paying much attention to Firelands since the Falcons opened the season with four straight losses. But while no one was watching, the Falcons won seven of their next eight games, a streak that continued until they ran into West Shore Conference leader Midview on Wednesday. They lost 5-3 and left 11 [...]
The Kentucky Derby: Race shaping up as a big test for favored Big Brown
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — All week, the chatter along the Churchill Downs backstretch has been about Big Brown running away with the Kentucky Derby. The talk ends today and the real running begins in the 1¼-mile Derby, where the unbeaten 3-year-old colt has plenty to prove, history to buck and perhaps even a wet track to [...]
Barrett won’t be charged in photo case
Former state Rep. Matt Barrett won’t be charged for reportedly lying to police about knowing women in topless photos — one of which he displayed to a high school class last year — found on a state-issued memory stick. Sandusky County Prosecutor Tom Stierwalt found nothing to warrant charges against Barrett, said Norwalk Law Director [...]
Lightning strikes thrice: At EMH
ELYRIA — A lightning strike Friday afternoon left a local hospital on backup power and interrupted an open-heart surgery. Storms that raked some areas of the county with heavy rain and hail also created a barrage of lightning, and one bolt stretched down about 3 p.m. to hit EMH Regional Medical Center, Assistant Elyria Fire [...]
Houses in two townships also struck
Emergency Management Agency Director Tom Kelley said lightning also struck houses Friday in Rochester and Carlisle townships. The first hit about 9:30 a.m. at a house on Gore Orphanage Road near Stocking Road, Rochester firefighter Ronald Eaton said. BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE A firefighter sprays water on a house on Edgehill Drive in Carlisle Township [...]
Woman is cited for too many cats
SHEFFIELD LAKE — A police officer Friday delivered the first of what could be a daily citation to Victoria Wilson for exceeding the city’s four-cat-per-household limit.Wilson has 80 or so cats. Wilson, 77, who has arthritis of the spine, said she hopes that one of her health care workers can go to City Hall to [...]
Wellington school board set to approve new superintendent
WELLINGTON — Francis R. Scruci, the principal of Bellevue High School, has been selected as the next superintendent of the Wellington Schools. School board members are expected to approve a three-year contract for Scruci at a 6 p.m. meeting Monday. He is expected to start Aug. 1 and earn about $92,500 the first year. Board [...]
Band gives EHS students a reason to rock
ELYRIA — Forget the fact that Forever the Sickest Kids look more like high school kids than rock stars. For a short while Friday, the six-member alternative rock band from Dallas was all Elyria High School students could talk about as they piled into the auditorium for a concert. COURTESY ELYRIA SCHOOLS Leah Rhodes, 15, [...]
Russell J. Sarver Sr.
Russell J. “Sarvman” Sarver Sr., 64, North Ridgeville, passed away Friday, May 2, 2008 at his residence following a short illness. He was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania on October 2, 1943 and had resided in North Ridgeville for the past 10 years. He formerly lived in Westlake. Mr. Sarver was an avid bowler and he [...]
Ruby L. Lewis
Ruby L. Lewis, 57, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2008 in the New Life Hospice of Lorain following a long illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Carter Funeral Homes, 127 W. Bridge St., Elyria.
Rose D. M. Pillari
Rose D. M. Pillari (nee DeMarco), 82, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2008. She was the beloved wife of the late Frank J.; loving mother of Thomas (Melissa), Ross J. (Grace) and Frank J. Pillari Jr. (Linda); dear grandmother of Tony (Father Moses), Andy (Jennifer), T.J. (Quinn), Elizabeth, Adam, Grace, Laura, Benjamin and Kimberly; great-grandmother [...]
Nellie E. Peters
Nellie E. Peters, 98, of Avon, and formerly of Oak Harbor, passed away Thursday, May 1, 2008 at Avon Oaks Nursing Facility, Avon. She was born in Tontogany, Ohio February 13, 1910, the daughter of John and Yettie (Vollmar) Burditt. She earned a Masters Degree from Bowling Green State University. She married Luther Peters May [...]
Madeline Rose Citro
Madeline Rose Citro (nee Amato), 90, was born August 7, 1917 to parents, Paulamina and Ralph Amato. A lifelong resident of Lorain, Maggie is predeceased by her husband, Mike; sister, Violet; and brothers, Dominic, Peter and Rudy. She is survived by her sons, Ralph (Claudia) and Michael (Diane); grandchildren, Heather Stipe, Mike Citro, Ralph Citro, [...]
Jessie Florence Meldrum Ramsay
Jessie Florence Meldrum Ramsay, 98, of Oberlin, formerly of Lorain, died Monday, April 28, 2008 in Kendal at Oberlin. She was born October 26, 1909 in Elyria. Miss Ramsay moved from Elyria to Lorain in 1915. She was a 1927 graduate of Lorain High School and graduated from Elyria Business College in 1928. During World [...]
James Hawkins
James "Hawk" Hawkins, 57, of Oberlin, died Thursday, May 1, 2008 at New Life Hospice Residential Center, Lorain, following a three year illness. He was born and raised in Arkansas, and moved to Lorain in 1970. Hawk was employed by the Ford Motor Company from 1970 to 2004. He first worked at the Lorain Assembly [...]
Christopher C. Williams
Christopher C. "Chris" Williams, 83, of Elyria, departed this life on Thursday May 1, 2008 in the Center Ridge Care Center of North Ridgeville following a short illness. He was born in Greenwood, South Carolina, coming to Elyria 53 years ago. He was employed as a sand blaster and chipper for the Elyria Foundry, retiring [...]
Lorain/Sheffield Notebook: May 3, 2008
Southview victorious in Scholastic Games Southview High School defeated Avon High School by a score of 300 to 200 on Monday evening’s High School Scholastic Games of Lorain County, the last of this year’s quarterfinals. The radio quiz program, sponsored by the Educational Service Center of Lorain County with foundation support, is presented for one [...]
Dann admits affair with employee, insists he won’t resign
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann said Friday he had an affair with an employee, conceding his inappropriate behavior set a tone among aides that led to the sexual harassment scandal that has rocked his office for the past month. Three aides were forced from their jobs and two others targeted for internal action [...]
Lorain celebrates 80th Cinco de Mayo holiday
LORAIN — It may not be the 5th of May, but with a Saturday chock-full of activities, there’s no reason not to celebrate “Cinco de Mayo” a little early. The Lorain-based Mexican Mutual Society is planning its 80th Cinco de Mayo celebration today to honor the Mexican holiday that took root in U.S. cities like [...]