Archive for June 10th, 2008
After two long years, Bentley rejoins the Browns
BEREA – Browns offensive lineman LeCharles Bentley returned to practice Tuesday at minicamp, the first time he’s worked with the team since tearing his left patellar tendon in July 2006. Bentley, a Cleveland native, passed the team’s physical Monday afternoon, which included a series of drills and 40-yard dashes. He said there’s no doubt he’ll [...]
Man charged with kidnapping, felonious assault
ELYRIA — A 31-year-old Elyria Township man was charged with kidnapping and felonious assault after firing a shot at an Elyria woman Monday night and forcing another woman into his car, police said. Daryl W. Jackson, of Hall Road, turned himself in at about 3 a.m. today at a residence on Garden Avenue in Lorain, [...]
Judge upholds lethal injection — with a caveat
ELYRIA — Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge upheld the constitutionality of lethal injection today, but ordered the state to use only one drug to carry out the executions of Ruben Rivera and Ronald McCloud if the accused killers are convicted and sentenced to death. Defense attorneys for the pair – who are charged [...]
Left-handed complement: Lee picks up 10th win, as Indians batter Willis, Tigers
DETROIT — It’s shaping up as a banner year for Indians left-hander Cliff Lee. Tigers lefty Dontrelle Willis needs his pitching to shape up … period. The Indians kept Lee on the mound after a 57-minute rain delay in the fifth inning Monday and he became the AL’s first 10-game winner as the Tribe defeated [...]
Lorain County Miss Softball: Admiral King’s Van Wagnen surprised by honor, but she’s the real deal
AMHERST — She played baseball with the guys through the eighth grade and was backup quarterback on her junior high football team, for crying out loud. Talk about an athlete. She made the switch to softball in high school and, sad to report, few local fans got to see her play over the next four [...]
Lorain County Senior All-Star Softball Game: Bashak caps high school career with MVP performance in White win
AMHERST — As the balls zipped past the batters, Elyria pitcher Megan Bashak’s smile continued to grow. Bashak knew she was playing in her final high school softball game when she was given the opportunity to close out the game for the White squad in the 2008 Lorain County All-Star game Monday at Sliman’s Diamond. [...]
Dan Coughlin: Recalling cheap beer and a cheap shot … right to the jaw
All of my children chimed in within the last couple of days, chuckling over an ESPN.com story that recalled the infamous Dime Beer Night Riot of 1974 at the old Stadium. The 38th anniversary was last week and, darn, we forgot to celebrate. (The only way to properly celebrate such a bizarre event is to [...]
No. 6 to 600: Reds’ Griffey joins exclusive home run club
MIAMI — Ken Griffey Jr. completed his perfect power stroke and admired the arc of his 600th homer before rounding the bases. Who could blame him for pausing to watch this home run? The journey to the milestone took a lot longer than anyone expected. Griffey became the sixth player in history to reach 600 [...]
Browns to release results of Bentley’s physical today
Browns offensive lineman LeCharles Bentley underwent a team physical Monday, the day before mandatory minicamp, but the Browns won’t release the results until this morning. General manager Phil Savage is scheduled to meet with reporters at 10 a.m. as practice gets under way. Bentley, a Cleveland native who went to St. Ignatius and Ohio State, [...]
School awards: Amherst earns sweep of SWC’s special softball honors
Amherst swept the special awards for softball as the Southwestern Conference announced its all-star teams for the spring season. Comets senior pitcher Megan Krueger was named most valuable player, while Bill Matthews was named coach of the year. Avon Lake senior Nick Hamilton was named MVP for baseball, and Al McConihe of Amherst and John [...]
A bad day for Elyrians who like electricity
BRUCE BISHOP | CHRONICLE ELYRIA — It was a sticky, annoying mess on one of the hottest days of the year Monday when large slices of Elyria lost power. Power went out first at 1:09 p.m. for 2,001 customers in Eastern Heights after a mighty oak tree fell in East Park. Within an hour, some [...]
Park attack suspect hid in mud, police say
ELYRIA — Lorain County Metro Parks rangers found Matthew Plas as they searched for the man responsible for brutally attacking Shawn Stevens as she hiked alone in the Carlisle Reservation last month. The 25-year-old homeless man — who faces 17 charges, including attempted murder and attempted rape, in the attack on Stevens — was lying [...]
Bascule bridge closed for summer
Businesses grit their teeth, brace for ‘big-time’ losses LORAIN — Business was slow Monday after the Charles Berry Bascule Bridge was closed for repair work, according to several business owners along U.S. Route 6. But exactly how slow it will get remains to be seen, said Imran Nazir, who owns Pure gas station in the [...]
Howard Fendrich: Nadal might have better chance on grass than Federer has on clay
PARIS — No less an authority than Bjorn Borg wonders whether Roger Federer can stave off Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon. Granted, Borg has a rooting interest: He is tied with Federer for the post-1900 record with five consecutive titles at the All England Club from 1976-80, and Federer aims to claim No. 6 in a [...]
Groveling pays for our bachelor
Amherst Steele High grad Jesse Csincsak got down on bended knee and pleaded with DeAnna Pappas, “Don’t send me away.” She didn’t. The 26-year-old pro snowboarder’s knack for unconventional wardrobe and keeping it real carried the day again on Monday night’s two-hour installment of the ABC-TV reality series “The Bachelorette” Csincsak, who has maintained a [...]
Boy’s trip to girlfriend’s house sets off manhunt
BRUCE BISHOP / CHRONICLE Deputy Sgt. Randall Koubeck talks to Elijah after the ordeal. Three hours after 9-year-old Elijah Benner went missing from his Antrim Road home in Elyria Township, Lorain County sheriff’s deputies were combing the nearby woods, swatting away at mosquitoes and trying to keep well-meaning neighbors out of the wooded area so [...]
Elyria man pleads guilty to rape, assault
ELYRIA — An Elyria man pleaded guilty Monday to raping a woman at knifepoint in November pleaded guilty. In exchange for the plea on charges of rape, felonious assault and kidnapping, which carry a maximum sentence of 28 years in prison, David Tarrant will receive a five-year sentence when he is sentenced Wednesday, according to [...]
Blotter: June 10, 2008
Elyria police Saturday, June 7 3:29 a.m. – State Routes 254 and 57, Jeffrey Arnold, 47, Elyria, warrant. 3:30 a.m. – 100 block Portia Court, Ryan M. Williams, 20, Lorain, charged with obstructing official business. 7:21 a.m. – 100 block Pinewood Dr., car sprayed with Silly String. 9:51 a.m. – 800 block Bennett Dr., white [...]
Feds take over Fremont plane crash probe
FREMONT — Authorities on Monday resumed investigating a small plane crash that killed a former state lawmaker and five passengers. Gene Damschroder Sr., 86, who served in the Ohio House from 1973 to 1983, was flying the single-engine Cessna plane on Sunday when it crashed in a residential area near his private airport just after [...]
I-90 crash kills Avon woman
ASHTABULA — A 72-year-old Avon woman was killed Sunday after a teenage driver apparently swerved to avoid hitting a small animal on Interstate 90. Nora B. Woidke, 72, was pronounced dead after being flown from the scene to Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pa., according to the Ashtabula post of the Ohio Highway Patrol. The [...]
Concerns put wetlands plan on ice
LORAIN — City Council put a plan to enhance the city’s wetlands on hold Monday, citing public concern over the current maintenance of the 105-acre Elmwood Wetland Preserve. The Council’s Building and Lands Committee unanimously approved moving the ordinance to create a city-owned wetland mitigation bank into abeyance until city officials could address concerns ranging [...]
Federal aid sought for aging waterlines
ELYRIA — Aging water and sanitary sewer lines are a growing problem across the country, but one for which help comes slowly. “If it’s out of sight, it’s out of mind,” said Tom Callahan, an Elyria councilman-at-large who has joined with Lorain councilman Greg Holcomb to seek federal aid for both cities with the help [...]
Japanese group tours EMH, learns about American health system
ELYRIA — About a dozen Japanese doctors and health care workers stood on the roof of EMH Regional Medical Center Monday where helicopters swoop down with patients suffering chest pain. Then they went inside the hospital to watch doctors, including Dr. Charles O’Shaughnessy, at work inserting stents to open blockages in a 72-year-old woman who [...]
Rev. Paul H. Bicknell
Rev. Paul H. Bicknell, 84, of Westlake, died Saturday, May 31, 2008 at Life Care Center of Medina. Arrangements by Dicken Funeral Home, Elyria.
Mary L. Powell
Mary L. Powell, 58, of Medina, died Saturday June 7, 2008. She was born on September 23, 1949. She was employed at Ohio Pythian Home. Mary was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church for many years, where she also sang in the choir. Survivors include sons, Clarence Powell, Michael (Milissa) Powell and Jackie (Brenda) [...]