Archive for May 25th, 2008
Spurs strike back behind Ginobili: Cut Lakers’ series lead to 2-1
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs opened another big lead over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night. This time, they kept it. Manu Ginobili broke out of his scoring slump with 30 points off the bench and the Spurs beat the Lakers 103-84 in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals. Tim Duncan [...]
Sito slams decisive home run, throws one-hitter as Elyria softball team avenges loss to Brunswick, wins division title
ELYRIA — It was one of those situations the bat-and-ball sports do so well. It unfolded in a game between two state-ranked softball teams with a championship on the line on a picture-perfect Saturday morning in May. No. 1 Elyria defeated No. 8 Brunswick, 2-0, to capture the Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division crown. In [...]
Francisco’s bat, Lee’s arm lead the way as Indians beat Rangers, snap seven-game losing streak
CLEVELAND — Ben Francisco left no doubt this time and Cliff Lee returned to form as the Indians snapped a seven-game losing streak Saturday with a 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers at Progressive Field. Francisco hit a three-run home run in the third and Lee looked the part of an American League Pitcher of [...]
Tribe notes: Carmona goes on disabled list with hip strain
CLEVELAND — Weekends are usually a time to relax. Not so much, if you’re a major league team looking to stay in the thick of the American League Central Division. Reeling from a 13-9 beat down Friday to the Texas Rangers and still burning from a seven-game losing streak, the Indians made two roster moves [...]
High school track: Avon boys, girls teams help themselves to seconds at district meet
EATON TWP. — Everything fell into place for the Avon boys and girls track teams Saturday at the Midview Division II district meet as both teams brought home second-place finishes. It was the second straight runner-up finish for the Avon girls, who amassed 115½ points to finish behind Bay (156), which won its first-ever district [...]
Lorain County Mr. Baseball: Keystone’s Shaw, a three-sport star, cherishes game, honor
LORAIN — Keystone’s Kyle Shaw wondered what all the attention and congratulations were all about prior to Saturday’s annual Lorain County Senior All-Star baseball game at Pipe Yard Stadium. Normally the Mr. Baseball Award isn’t announced until between games of the all-star doubleheader, but Shaw’s name was listed in the program tipping off spectators of [...]
Dan Coughlin: Buddy Schultz’s career highlight is a moment to be shared
Too bad Buddy Schultz can’t speak at every high school graduation. Too bad he can’t share his philosophy with everybody who ever played the game. Buddy pitched Shaw High School to the state baseball championship in 1968 and this spring he organized the team’s 40th reunion. From his home in Phoenix, Schultz contacted every teammate, [...]
Lessons still left to learn: State-bound tennis trio hopes to benefit from tough final day of district tourney
ROCKY RIVER — While it wasn’t the perfect ending to a dream district tournament for three area boys tennis players, they all seemed happy to have earned a trip to the Division I state tournament. Even better, they were all able to learn something from their district losses Saturday that just might help them in [...]
System tests Lake Erie beaches for bacteria
CLEVELAND — Ohio health officials plan to monitor bacteria levels in Lake Erie this summer, employing computer models to warn swimmers of high pollution levels. Environmentalists last summer ranked the region’s beaches among the worst in the nation for water quality. Water testing warranted health warnings at more than half of Lake Erie’s beaches in [...]
Indianapolis 500: Unification of series means the optimism is back; will the excitement follow?
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis 500 is new again. Danica Patrick is a proven winner with a legitimate shot at taking the checkered flag, all the top teams and drivers are back for the 92nd running of the Indy 500 and optimism is high for what should, for the first time in 13 years, truly be [...]
Burned student sues Ohio University
COLUMBUS — Ohio University failed to protect a student who had an epileptic seizure and fell face-first into a fire while on a wilderness trip, according to a lawsuit filed by the student’s parents. The school is responsible for the severe burns to Christopher Mance’s face, arms and hands because officials knew about the student’s [...]
Developers court Amish for design district
MILLERSBURG — Northeast Ohio business developers and their nearby Amish neighbors are courting each other as partners in a downtown Cleveland design district. About Amish 450 furniture makers from five Ohio counties banded together last summer and launched their own brand, Hardwood Furniture Builders’ Guild. “We want it to be a household name, like Kleenex,” [...]
Mary Alice Yost
Mary Alice Yost (nee Davies), 60, of Wakeman, died Saturday, May 24, 2008 at home, following a long illness. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by the Riddle Funeral Home, 5345 South Street, Vermilion.
Louise A. Patchin
Louise A. Patchin, 83, of Eaton Township, passed away Friday, May 23, 2008 in EMH Regional Medical Center after a long illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Blackburn- Duke Funeral Home, 1021 Main St., Grafton.
Loretta Solomon
Solomon (nee Van Nile), 84, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are being handled by Funeral Home, 2150 Broadway, Lorain. (440-244-1961)
Carol L. Altman
Carol Lee Altman (nee Dewey), 67, of Lorain, died May 23, 2008 in her home after a lengthy illness. She was born March 7, 1941 in Elyria, graduated from Oberlin High School and had lived in Lorain since 1989. She was formerly employed at Luxaire in Lorain. She also worked in housekeeping at Chestnut Acres [...]
Elyria Notebook: May 25, 2008
Exhibit shows art by cancer survivors Select pieces of “Oncology on Canvas — Expressions of a Cancer Journey” will be exhibited at the Community Cancer Center, 41201 Schaden Road, Elyria, through Friday during regular business hours. This free exhibit features artwork by cancer survivors, their health care providers, family members and friends from 23 countries. [...]
Lorain councilman Flores busted in sex sting
LORAIN — A drunken city councilman on the prowl was caught Friday night in a prostitution sting, Lorain police said. Dennis Flores, D-2nd Ward, was charged with solicitation and DUI at 11:27 p.m., after driving up to a decoy prostitute near the corner of Reid Avenue and 18th Street; he was charged by Lorain and [...]
BLOTTER: May 25, 2008
Lorain police Friday, May 23 4:24 a.m. – Convenient, West Erie Avenue, window smashed with bricks, and cigarettes and lottery tickets stolen. 5:47 a.m. – 2100 block Lorain Drive, Jeffrey Gaines, 51, Lorain, warrant. Gaines reported that he was robbed of $1,200 while he was passed out. 10:41 a.m. – 900 block Seventh Court, stereo [...]
National cemeteries bury veterans non-stop
RITTMAN — The cracking of rifle fire silences the twittering blue jays, blackbirds and killdeer. As members of the color guard lower their rifles, the smell of bitter smoke drifts over the family and friends of former Army Sgt. Ellis Hale, a Vietnam War veteran who died of prostate cancer at age 59. Another color [...]
Crash on 57 leads to DUI charge
Three passengers in man`s car hurt in accident
NASA attempts Mars landing today
PASADENA, Calif. — After a nearly 10-month journey, a NASA spacecraft will land softly today on the northern polar region of Mars, if all goes as planned. The Phoenix Mars Lander is set to touch down in a broad, shallow valley in the Martian arctic plains believed to hold a vast supply of underground ice. [...]
THE 57 SLOWDOWN: Businesses and travelers deal with traffic woes
ELYRIA — Eighteen months sounds like a really, really long time for business owners near clogged state Route 57. “In the morning and afternoon, things are so bad traffic is backed up clear around the curve,” said Darlene Spishak, owner of Hershey’s Ice Cream N’ More at Chestnut Ridge Road and Route 57 in the [...]
Walkers come across stolen ATM in Lorain park
LORAIN — Two men walking Friday afternoon in Homewood Park found a stolen ATM. A Lorain police report said the men called police about 4:37 p.m. and led them to a wooded area near the 3600 block of Tacoma Avenue. At the bottom of a waterfall sat the ATM, which had been smashed into several [...]
Cedar Point offers discounted admission deal
SANDUSKY — Looking to help consumers with rising gas and food prices, Cedar Point is offering online admission ticket deals to maintain attendance at the amusement park this summer. One promotion geared toward families, which the park calls its “amusement stimulus package,” offers four tickets for $132 — a savings of close to $40. The [...]