Archive for May 27th, 2008
Overturned truck ties up traffic on Baumhart
A flatbed truck from Perrysburg overturned between Middle Ridge Road and the Ohio Turnpike on Baumhart Road. The northbound traffic is backed up as far as Route 113. The South Amherst Fire Department freed a passenger who had been trapped and are working to get him to the LifeFlight helicopter, which landed nearby. The truck’s [...]
White Sox widen division lead over Indians with 12th-inning win
CLEVELAND — While the regular season is just short of two months old, a fairly significant series did not start well for the Indians on Monday night. Cleveland, which trailed the front-running Chicago White Sox by 41/2 games in the Central Division standings prior to the opener of a three-game series at Progressive Field, lost [...]
Tribe notes: Garko losing grip on starting spot?
CLEVELAND — Michael Aubrey was in the lineup at first base for the third straight game Monday, a sign that Ryan Garko’s grip on the starting job is beginning to slip. “Garko is still going to play first base,” said Indians manager Eric Wedge of the slumping second-year player who opened the season as the [...]
Dulik: Cavs probably not better than last season, will be stronger next year
Are the Cavaliers a better team today than they were at the end of the 2006-2007 season? The question is simple, but the answer far from it. “It would be interesting (to find out),” center Zydrunas Ilgauskas said after a long pause. “I don’t think we’re any worse. Last year, we just had an easier [...]
McDyess shines as Pistons tie series with Celtics
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The Detroit Pistons provide plenty of fodder for those who want to criticize them for only playing their best when down or doubted. Antonio McDyess doesn’t. He often plays with the most energy on a team that traditionally peaks and flops depending on whether its up, even or behind in a [...]
Columbus native Travis Perkins coming home to play in Memorial
COLUMBUS — Travis Perkins has waited a long time to show his hometown what he’s capable of on a golf course. The 30-year-old Perkins, who graduated from Olentangy High School in suburban Columbus, will get his chance this week when he tees off for the first time at the Memorial Tournament. Perkins finally qualified for [...]
Dixon shows uncharacteristic emotion after Indy 500 win
INDIANAPOLIS — Scott Dixon was exhilarated and screaming. He also felt alone, dazed by winning the Indianapolis 500. A day after the biggest victory of his life, he took a more leisurely spin around Indy. He rode slowly around the 21/2-mile oval on a white speedway bus, surrounded by microphones, notepads and cameras. And Monday [...]
Venus Williams survives scare in first round of French Open
PARIS — Venus Williams was cruising along with a ho-hum 6-3, 4-1 lead over her 35-year-old opponent at the French Open on Monday when suddenly everything went awry. The double-faults piled up. The forehand errors did, too, and Williams lost six consecutive games to fall behind as a drizzle fell. The crowd was rooting for [...]
U.S. Olympians learning ways of the Far East
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Slurping and burping at the dinner table is OK. Always use both hands to present somebody a business card. And as for those public toilets (or lack thereof), make sure you bring your own tissue. Three months from now, the U.S. Olympic athletes will have to negotiate their way through China [...]
Woman claims her pizza bit back
Lorainite says she plans to sue over tooth in pie LORAIN — When 49-year-old Carmen Childress ordered a pizza Sunday night, the free topping she received was nothing to smile about. Childress called police shortly after 8 p.m., claiming to have found a human tooth in her extra-large pepperoni and cheese pizza from the Marco’s [...]
Highway Patrol blames 400 weekend crashes on booze, drugs
Alcohol or drugs contributed to more than 400 crashes this holiday weekend, four of which were fatal, according to the state Highway Patrol. State Troopers have been monitoring the alcohol or drug related crashes along Ohio roadways since 6 p.m. Friday evening, and have arrested more than 530 motorists for driving while intoxicated. In 2007, [...]
Jean J. Porkolab
Jean J. (nee Vecchio) Porkolab, 93, passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at the Otterbein Lebanon Nursing Home, in Lebanon. She was born in Traveskyn, Pennsylvania and moved to Lorain at age 4. She graduated from Lorain High School, and married Alfred Porkolab. During WW II she worked for the Office of Price Administration [...]
Man accused of fighting wife’s beau
ELYRIA — A 28-year-old Elyria man allegedly violated his estranged wife’s protection order against him by showing up at her workplace Sunday and beating her boyfriend with a metal pipe. Jonathan Carter was charged with assault and violating a temporary protection order after he showed up after 10 p.m. at the Shell gas station on [...]
Vermilion blotter: May 27, 2008
Monday, May 19 10 p.m. — Showse Park, mother reports her 15-year-old son was assaulted on Berkley Road at the south entrance to the park’s baseball fields. Assailant was unknown to victim. Tuesday, May 13 11:35 a.m. — 1441 Hollyview Drive, Derek Yates cited for probation violation, possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia [...]
Woman fights off attacker in Elyria
ELYRIA — A 45-year-old woman fought off an attacker Monday morning along the railroad tracks near Infirmary Road, according to a police report. Police found the woman sitting on the sidewalk with a severe cut to her upper nose and several cuts to her face around 12:30 a.m. near West River Road South and Infirmary [...]
Blotter: May 27, 2008
Elyria police Saturday, May 24 6:11 p.m. – East Avenue and Howe Street, a 16-year-old Lorain boy was charged with felonious assault and served a warrant. 6:30 p.m. – 300 block High St., theft of wallet. 7:03 p.m. – 100 block Quincy St., theft of bicycle. 7:22 p.m. – Middle Avenue and George Street, Sarah [...]
Richard L. Gibbens
Richard L. Gibbens, 79, of Grafton and formerly of Elyria, died Sunday, May 25, 2008 at his home, following a long battle with cancer. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Bauer Laubenthal Funeral Home, Elyria 322-4626.
Loretta Solomon
Loretta (nee Van Niel) Solomon, 84, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2008 at Elyria Memorial Hospital, after a lengthy illness. She was born October 13, 1923 in Sheffield Township. She graduated from Clearview High School in 1943. Loretta was a member of St. Agnes Church. She enjoyed gardening, bingo, traveling, fishing and loved her family, [...]
Frederick A. Dull
Frederick A. Dull, 61, of Elyria, died at his home, Monday, May 26, 2008. Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home, 327 Cleveland St., Elyria, will announce further arrangements.
Former Amherst resident gets serious on ‘Bachelorette’
Let the soap opera begin. After two hours of jockeying for that all-important one-on-one time with Greek beauty DeAnna Pappas, the 15 bachelors still looking to be Mr. Right were culled to an even dozen as tensions and emotions began to heat up. Former Amherst resident Jesse Csincsak used his muscles and unorthodox style to [...]
$20,000 in tools, supplies stolen
ELYRIA — More than $20,000 worth of tools and supplies was stolen over the weekend from an Elyria fabricator. The owner of the fabricating shop along the 100 block of S. Abbe Road called police Sunday morning when he arrived at his shop and realized it had been burglarized. A supercharged 406-cubic-inch Chevrolet engine, several [...]
Martin Willis Marcum
Martin Willis Marcum, 81, of Elyria, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria, following a long illness. He was born April 17, 1927 in Trosper, Kentucky, where he was raised, coming to South Amherst in 1951. Elyria has been his home for 39 years. Before coming to Ohio, Martin [...]
Joseph Francis Loos
Joseph Francis Loos, 86, of Lorain, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2008 at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home in Lorain. He was born June 15, 1921 in Cincinnati, where he was raised and lived until 1959. Bay Village was his home for most of his life, before moving to Elyria in 2002. Joseph served with the [...]
Catherine L. Post
Catherine L. "Cathy" Post, 82, of Elyria, passed away Saturday afternoon, May 24, 2008 at New Life Hospice Residential Center in Lorain, following a short illness. She was born June 3, 1925 in Lorain and had lived the past 60 years in Elyria. She was a home maker and a life member of the VFW [...]
Local veterans groups
AMVETS Post 22 1517 State Route 60 N. P.O. Box 199 Vermilion, OH 44089 AMVETS Post 47 3009 Broadway Lorain, OH 44055 AMVETS Post 55 530 Abbe Road Sheffield Lake, OH 44054 AMVETS Post 32 11087 Middle Ave. Elyria, OH 44035 AMVETS Post 162 P.O. Box 374 Wellington, OH 44090 American Legion Post 8 518 [...]