Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for May 19th, 2008
George G. Garretson
George G. Garretson, 72, of Oberlin, died Saturday, May 17, 2008 at New Life Hospice Residential Center, Lorain. He was born and raised in Geneva, and was a 1954 graduate of Geneva High School.
George enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Germany from 1954 to 1957. Following military service he enrolled and graduated from [...]
Esther A. Moorhead
Esther A. Moorhead (nee Raccio), 86, of Lorain, died Saturday May 17, 2008 at Amherst Manor Nursing Home. She was born June 29, 1921.
Esther was a graduate of Lorain High School and worked as a bookkeeper prior to her marriage. She was a member of the Catholic Church of St. Peter in Lorain and enjoyed [...]
Earl Cooksey
Earl Cooksey, 85, of Elyria, passed away Saturday afternoon May 17, 2008, at Elyria Memorial Hospital following a sudden illness. He was born Oct 4, 1922 in Dennis, Kentucky where he was raised and lived until coming to Elyria as a young man. Earl has made his home in Elyria for the last 69 years.
Earl [...]
LeBron-Pierce battle ends with Celtics victory
BOSTON — LeBron James has seen tapes of the famous 1988 Game 7 shootout between Atlanta’s Dominique Wilkins and Boston Celtics great Larry Bird. The personal battle he staged with current Boston small forward Paul Pierce wasn’t nearly as dramatic, especially down the stretch, but there was one similarity that can’t be [...]
Cavs notes: Home-court advantage becomes obvious
BOSTON — Earning home-court advantage is important. If the Cavaliers don’t know it now, they never will. Boston improved to 8-0 in the playoffs at TD Banknorth Garden by beating Cleveland 97-92 Sunday in Game 7, meaning the Celtics have reached the Eastern Conference finals despite the fact they are 0-6 on the road. [...]
Reds sweep Indians, hand Lee first loss
CINCINNATI — Cliff Lee and the Cleveland Indians got their comeuppance.
Adam Dunn homered for the fourth straight game, and Joey Votto finished off the previously untouchable Lee with the first pinch-hit homer of his career Sunday, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-4 victory and a three-game sweep.
“I haven’t [...]
Avon Lake gets win over Hudson at Progressive Field
CLEVELAND — Being able to beat a good team like Hudson and being able to do it under the lights at Progressive Field took a little bit of the sting out of a disappointing season for Avon Lake. Four Avon Lake pitchers combined to shut out Hudson 3-0 on Sunday in the final game [...]
Local runners prosper in Cleveland’s Rite Aid Marathon
CLEVELAND — The fatigue of Sunday’s 31st annual Rite Aid Marathon caught up to Rob Juergens at the finish. Juergens’ hamstrings and calves knotted up, a by-product of the last 10 miles. It happened again as he stood inside the press room, about 20 minutes after the 26.2-mile grind, yet the 44-year-old Avon Lake [...]
Son says woman in fraud case talked of fleeing U.S.
COLUMBUS — A woman who disappeared days after being convicted in a $1.9 billion corporate fraud case likened to the Enron and WorldCom scandals said that she would flee to Costa Rica if found guilty, her son recalled.
Rebecca Parrett, 59, a former vice chairwoman of National Century Financial Enterprises in suburban Columbus, flew into Phoenix [...]
Elyria’s Tianna Madison finishes sixth in Adidas long jump
Former Elyria High star Tianna Madison finished sixth in the long jump at the Adidas Track Classic in Carson, Calif., on Sunday. Madison’s best jump was 6.25 meters. Grace Upshaw won the event with a jump of 6.68 meters. Madison, who won the gold medal at the 2005 World Championships, is working her [...]