Archive for June 6th, 2008
Elyria wins 11-2; plays Saturday for state title
UPDATE: The Elyria Pioneers softball team advanced to the third straight state title championship game after it defeated Mason 11-2 at Firestone Stadium in Akron on Friday afternoon. Now, the girls will face their nemesis, North Canton Hoover, at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in a rematch of the 2006 title game, which Hoover won. Elyria pitcher [...]
Teens hurt in crash improving
CLEVELAND – All three teens hospitalized Thursday after a crash with a tractor-trailer on state Route 301 have been upgraded from critical condition. Phyllis Harman, spokeswoman for MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, said Katie O’Brien of Columbia Township is now in fair condition. A nursing supervisor said O’Brien had been “extremely critical” late Thursday. Lauren [...]
Woman convicted of shooting estranged husband gets 13 years
ELYRIA —An Avon woman convicted of trying to murder her estranged husband while he slept was sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday in county Common Pleas Court. Pamela Carrasquillo, 53, was convicted in March on charges stemming from the January 2007 shooting of her Herminio Carrasquillo. County Common Pleas Judge James Burge sentenced [...]
H.S. Softball: Wellington refuses to lose, reaches state final
AKRON — For the second game in a row it appeared as if a home run was going to decide the outcome. As it turned out, errors were the reason the Division III state tournament semifinal Thursday ended the way it ended. West Liberty-Salem made them. Wellington took advantage of them. Wellington scored two unearned [...]
H.S. Softball: Melanie Conklin does it all for Dukes
AKRON — It was another one of those days when Melanie Conklin played nearly flawless softball. Another top pitching job, big day at the plate. In fact, the Wellington senior ran into just one little glitch in the heat and humidity of Thursday afternoon. It happened in the top of the seventh inning of the [...]
Crash injures 5 teens
Two of the victims in hospital; one is ‘extremely critical`
Indians: Millwood shuts down Tribe when it matters most
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kevin Millwood rarely shows any emotion on the mound. After a key strikeout in the sixth inning, the Texas right-hander couldn’t contain himself. Millwood shook off a bad first inning to pitch into the seventh and the Rangers cooled off the hot-hitting Cleveland Indians 9-4 Thursday night. With the score tied [...]
Sheffield Lake leading county in foreclosures
ELYRIA — The foreclosure crisis is only getting worse in Lorain County.Through the end of May, a record 1,009 foreclosures have been filed, county Clerk of Courts Ron Nabakowski said Thursday. In the first five months of 2007, 933 foreclosures were filed. In 2004, the figure was 584 in the same period. Nabakowski doesn’t see [...]
Indians draft college player with checkered past
CLEVELAND — In what was at the very least an interesting selection Thursday, the Indians chose third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall with the 29th overall pick in the amateur draft. Chisenhall was not among the top 50 players in the draft, according to Baseball America, which tabbed him 74th after he hit .401 with eight home [...]
Swing set’s future is up to boy’s neighbors
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — An 8-year-old autistic boy will likely get to keep the jungle gym he almost lost because of homeowner’s association bylaws — as long as his mother gets the OK from their neighbors. Nicholas Chapek’s eyes grew wide Thursday when he learned the board of trustees for the Meadow Lakes subdivision will likely [...]
H.S. Track: Firelands’ LaMar healthy, ready to run in Columbus
It’s been a bit of a rough ride the past two years, but Firelands’ Cory LaMar has survived and is ready for the state track championships that start today. LaMar fought back from a pair of hamstring injuries to earn the No. 3 seed in the Division II 400-meter dash with a time of 49.16, [...]
No heart in Hartford: Pedestrians ignore man struck by car
HARTFORD, Conn. — A 78-year-old man is tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver and lies motionless on a busy city street as car after car goes by. Pedestrians gawk but appear to do nothing. One driver stops briefly but then pulls back into traffic. A man on a scooter slowly circles the [...]
Justice Center repairs cost $1M
ELYRIA — The county will spend between $900,000 and $1 million to repair problems with the outer shell of the county Justice Center. The brick-and-mortar shell was improperly installed by a subcontractor that worked on the Justice Center, which opened in 2004, said county Special Projects Director Karen Davis. That has led to water seeping [...]
Cascade, Eastgate students say their goodbyes as schools close
BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE Christina Williams, 10, watches the awards program on the last day of school Thursday at Cascade Elementary. Ka’Juan Anderson, 9, looks at the award Christina won from the Kiwanis Club for a book report she wrote. ELYRIA — Cascade Elementary Principal Aretha Dixon had one goal Thursday: Don’t cry. Say goodbye, [...]
Judge doubts Family Court can be stopped
ELYRIA — Barring a successful last-ditch effort by opponents of the Family Court, the county’s Domestic Relations and Probate courts will merge next year. Domestic Relations Judge David Basinski, a proponent of the merger, said Thursday he doubts those opponents will be successful. No hearings have been held in the state Legislature, and the bill [...]
H.S. Softball: Pioneers have received boost from young players
The last time the Elyria softball team had a freshman shortstop named Boros, it won the state championship. That was in 2002, and the Pioneers haven’t scored a run in a state final since. That’s 15 consecutive scoreless innings in three state title games, including the last two. One begins to see a pattern of [...]
Oberlin College in talks to provide funding for art gallery and studio
OBERLIN — The long-awaited $14 million East College Street project planned by Sustainable Community Associates could include an Oberlin College student art gallery and art studio. Oberlin College is in discussions with SCA to provide $500,000 to $600,000 of funding for the project, according to Ronald Watts, the college’s vice president of finance. “I feel [...]
H.S. Softball: A capsule look at Elyria’s state semifinal matchup
TODAY’S GAME WHO: No. 1 Elyria Pioneers (27-1) vs. unranked Mason Comets (24-8) WHAT: Division I state semifinal TIME: 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Firestone Stadium, 1575 N. Firestone Blvd., Akron AT STAKE: The winner will be the visiting team in the state championship game at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The opponent will be either No. 2 Grove [...]
GRADUATION: Once a Ranger, always a Ranger
STEVE MANHEIM / CHRONICLE Graduates line up Thursday during the processional at the North Ridgeville High School commencement at the Stocker Center at Lorain County Community College. ELYRIA — Once a Ranger, always a Ranger. His voice thick with emotion, North Ridgeville Schools Superintendent Michael Tefs told the class of 2008 Thursday night that Rangers [...]
NBA Finals: Pierce returns, sparks Celtics to Game 1 win
BOSTON (AP) — Sprawled near the edge of the famed parquet floor, Paul Pierce grabbed his throbbing right knee and wondered if his first NBA Finals — the ones he had always dreamed of playing in — were finished. “A lot was going though my head,” Pierce said. “‘It can’t be over like this.”‘ The [...]
Stealth bomber crash caused by wet sensor
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii — The Air Force on Thursday said the first crash of a B-2 stealth bomber was caused by moisture in sensors and estimated the loss of the aircraft at $1.4 billion. The crash probably could have been avoided if knowledge of a technique to evaporate the moisture had been disseminated [...]
Westlake High diploma printers don’t need no ‘educaiton’
WESTLAKE — A Cleveland-area principal says he is embarrassed his students got proof of their “educaiton” on their high school diploma. Westlake High School officials misspelled “education” on the diplomas distributed this weekend. It’s been the subject of mockery on local radio. Principal Timothy Freeman says he sent the diplomas back once to correct another [...]
Avon Lake woman stripped of insurance license
The Ohio Department of Insurance revoked the residential title insurance license of Sandra Maruna of Avon Lake for violating Ohio insurance law, a department spokesman said Thursday. The department also revoked the residential business entity license of Choice Title Agency, which Maruna partially owns, according to department spokesman Jarrett Dunbar. A department investigation revealed that [...]
An unlikely ROTC leader
STEVE MANHEIM / CHRONICLE Rachel Cunningham, of Carlisle Township, an ROTC member at Midview High School, recently attended a ROTC conference in Valley Forge, Pa. Friends and family were skeptical, but this Midview teen is bound for success GRAFTON — Rachel Cunningham was in the fifth grade when terrorists attacked the United States on Sept. [...]
Roundup: June 6, 2006
Struck Elyria teen’s condition improves ELYRIA — The 13-year-old girl who was hit and thrown into a steel beam by a pickup Tuesday in the East Bridge Street underpass was updated to good condition Thursday. Amber Johnson was being treated at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland where she underwent surgery to repair a gash in [...]