Archive for May 22nd, 2008
Daughter of Christian music star killed by car
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The 5-year-old daughter of Grammy-winning Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed Wednesday by a sport utility vehicle driven by her brother, authorities said. The girl, Maria Sue, was hit in the driveway of the family’s home Wednesday afternoon by a Toyota Land Cruiser driven by her [...]
ALERT: BMV locations back in action
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles locations returned to normal operations Thursday following a statewide computer outage caused by defective hardware. The computer system was back working slowly by about 3 p.m. Wednesday and was back to normal Thursday morning, according to Ohio Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Lindsay Komlanc. The problem prevented [...]
Bucket of blues for Indians: Pitching joins hitting as big reason Tribe suffers fifth straight loss
CHICAGO — Jermaine Dye watched A.J. Pierzynski go hard into second base to help break up a double play. Dye then delivered big shot of his own. Dye hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning, and added a solo shot in the seventh, and the Chicago White Sox won their seventh straight game [...]
Browns: Holly’s knee injury, which could cost him the season, suddenly makes secondary a primary concern
BEREA — Cornerback was the one position where the Browns could ill afford an injury. But that’s exactly where one hit — and it was a big one. Daven Holly, who was competing for a starting spot with Brandon McDonald, blew out his left knee Tuesday during organized team activities and is expected to miss [...]
High school softball: Columbia’s big double play in ninth seals upset win over No. 4 Hillsdale
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — It was exciting, thrilling, dramatic, scary. You name it, Columbia’s 3-1 upset win in nine innings over Hillsdale, the defending district champ and the fourth-ranked team in the state, in a Division III district semifinal Wednesday had a little something for everybody. Most of all for Raiders coach Ken Richardson, it had [...]
High school softball: Keystone cruises past Holy Name, wins 20th district championship
LAGRANGE — Top-seeded Keystone, Ohio’s No. 1 Division II softball team, won its 20th district championship on Wednesday and eighth in a row. No need to yawn, but there’s really not much news there. On the other hand, the convincing way in which the Wildcats did it turned some heads. They mercy-ruled Holy Name 12-1 [...]
Rick Noland: Cavaliers season report card
The test results are back, so it’s time for Professor Noland to dole out grades to the 2007-08 Cava-liers: Lance Allred: He’s a nice guy, but he’s not an NBA player. Grade: F. Devin Brown: He had some games where his aggressiveness and ability to drive made things happen. He had other games where he [...]
High school basketball: New Midview girls coach has ties to the area
EATON TWP. — Mike Pearl, former girls basketball coach at Berea, has been named girls coach at Midview. His appointment was approved Tuesday by the Midview board of education. Pearl, a teacher at Ford Middle School in Berea, succeeds Kim Kauffman. After eight seasons, Kauffman resigned in April saying she hoped to start a family [...]
Division I district track and field: Midview’s Ebersole not at his best, but still wins discus
AMHERST — It might have looked like cause for concern, but Midview senior Drew Ebersole didn’t sweat it. Ebersole won the Amherst Division I district discus title Wednesday with a throw of 169 feet, 4 inches to advance to next week’s regional meet at Amherst. He managed to win the crown despite being a little [...]
Prep track notebook: Avon’s Dan Smith and Vermilion’s Nate Cremean ready for another distance duel at districts
Avon’s Dan Smith and Vermilion’s Nate Cremean, both seniors, have had their share of epic battles in the 1,600 meters the past two years. Last year, Cremean (4:31.8) edged Smith (4:31.9) to win the West Shore Conference. At last year’s Midview district, Cremean (4:30.44) slipped by Smith (4:30.45) for second-place honors. Smith exacted a measure [...]
Metro Parks discusses crime in wake of vicious attack
SHEFFIELD — While Lorain County Metro Parks officials don’t expect anything like the vicious attack that occurred earlier this month at the Carlisle Reservation to happen again, security at the parks and the possibility of more crime in the parks were topics of discussion Monday at the park board’s regular meeting. The random and brutal [...]
Ex-Huron County judge replaces Barrett
Former Huron County Probate and Juvenile Court Judge Thomas Heydinger will finish out the term of former state Rep. Matt Barrett. But in order for Heydinger to be able to run in the November election, Barrett, who resigned his house seat last month after admitting he lied about knowing women whose topless photos popped up [...]
Area commencement schedules
Sunday Elyria Catholic High School, 1 p.m., the school Thursday, May 29 Clearview High School, 7 p.m., Lorain Palace Theater LCJVS, 9 a.m., Lorain Palace Theatre Friday, May 30 Columbia High School, 7 p.m., the school Midview High School, 7 p.m., the school Olmsted Falls High School, 8 p.m., CSU Wolstein Center Keystone High School, [...]
Test failure dashes hopes of graduation
Walking across the stage at graduation will not be a memory many local high school students will have after learning they failed one or more portions of the Ohio Graduation Test. A state law, which sprang from the No Child Left Behind Act and went into effect last school year, requires passage of all portions [...]
Street-smart parrot knows its place, but won’t sing to cops
TOKYO — When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught — recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help. AP Yosuke the parrot rests in his cage at his home. Police rescued the African grey parrot two weeks ago from [...]
Roundup: May 22, 2008
Court fleer must pay for busted door ELYRIA — A Lorain man who fled a courtroom after being sentenced to jail for failing to pay child support was found guilty Wednesday of misdemeanor charges for damage he did to the courtroom on his way out the door. Alexander Legg Sr., 35, had been charged with [...]
EC senior finds out parking lot no place for anatomy lessons
ELYRIA — A prank cost Elyria Catholic senior Joseph Assily his chance to march down the aisle Sunday and receive his diploma. After he was caught scribbling images of male genitalia with a marker on car windows in the high school’s parking lot, the 18-year-old was informed he will still graduate, but his diploma will [...]
Benefit dinner to be held for park attack victim
ELYRIA — As if Shawn Stevens hasn’t already been through enough, the woman who was abducted at Carlisle Reservation earlier this month while hiking cannot return home until her house is renovated. The now-paralyzed 43-year-old woman needs her small home redone to allow for wheelchair access, and a new bathroom needs to be built on [...]
Buying things for Memorial Day cookouts won’t be a picnic
ELYRIA — Up, up, up, up, up. If you’re stocking up for a Memorial Day picnic, you’ve noticed that’s how prices are headed. We decided to drop in on seven local stores Wednesday and check price tags. Our goal: To see about how much a family cookout will cost this weekend. LOCAL PRICE CHECKWALGREENS Paper [...]
North Ridgeville blotter: May 22, 2008
Wednesday, April 30 3:30 p.m. — 6200 block of Forest Park Drive, report of a possibly injured female asking for a ride to Avon. The girl’s mother refused to allow police to interview her daughter. The case was forwarded to Lorain County Juvenile Court. 8:24 p.m. – 35100 Mildred St., theft from apartment. Saturday, May [...]
Sanford Slutzker
Sanford Slutzker, 85, of Lorain, died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at Community Health Partners Hospital after a short illness. Sanford was born in Russia December 22, 1922, and was a resident of Lorain since he immigrated with his family in 1923. He graduated from Lorain High School in 1939 and enrolled in Toledo University on [...]
Mary Catherine Papworth
Mary Catherine (nee Steinke) Papworth, 81, of Sheffield Lake, died Monday morning, May 19, 2008 in New Life Hospice of St. Joseph, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. Friends will be received on Thursday, May 22, 2008 from 2 to 4 P.M. and 7 to 9 P.M. at the Walter A. Frey Funeral Home, 700 West [...]
Ruth Barbara McIntosh
The family of Ruth Barbara McIntosh, 88, of Elyria, who passed away Saturday, April 19, 2008 will hold a memorial service Saturday, May 24, 2008 in St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 300 3rd St., Elyria, at 11 A.M. Rev. Deacon Barbara Maxwell and Rev. Brian Wilbert will officiate. Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home, Grafton handled arrangements.
No good deed punished: Man Maced for not giving ride
ELYRIA — A 21-year-old man told police he was sprayed with Mace, assaulted and robbed Tuesday night — all because he wouldn’t give a teenage girl a ride. The man and girl were in his car in a parking lot about 9 p.m. on the 200 block of Brunswick Drive when he refused to give [...]
Mary Frances Warren
Mary Frances (nee Ashby) Warren, 77, a former resident of Oberlin, died Saturday, May 17, 2008 at the home of her son. She was living in Mesa, Arizona at the time of her death. She was born in Birmingham, Ohio. Mrs. Warren worked at the Northern Bell Telephone Company in Oberlin and helped husband with [...]