Archive for June 18th, 2008
Tiger Woods to have season-ending knee surgery
Tiger Woods is done for the year, but not without one last major that he said might have been his best ever. Woods explained why Wednesday when he revealed he will have season-ending surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left knee that he injured 10 months ago. He also suffered a double [...]
Elyria soldier killed in Iraq
21-year-old killed by IED a month before he was to return home on leave ELYRIA — A 21-year-old Elyria man was killed by an improvised explosive device in Iraq on Monday morning, a month before he was scheduled to return home on leave. Cox “We don’t know if anybody else was involved or killed with [...]
Park attack victim Shawn Stevens in her own words
CLEVELAND — Shawn Stevens doesn’t have much forgiveness for Matthew Plas, the man accused of brutally attacking her and leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. “I think whatever his peers in prison decide is right for him (would be appropriate punishment),” Stevens said Tuesday in an interview with hospital officials at MetroHealth Medical Center [...]
Gas USA suspect had shot man in head in Ill.
ELYRIA — The man charged with killing Gas USA clerk Qiana Walton with a shot to the head served more than eight years in prison for shooting someone else in the head, according to authorities in Illinois. Vincent W. Jackson Jr., 27, was 16 on Sept. 10, 1997, when he shot a man in the [...]
Local woman tricked by faux sweepstakes
CAMDEN TWP. — Carol Matcham thought the call was a godsend — she’d won $500,000 in the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes. To get the money, she just needed to clear up some tax liabilities, the caller told her, so she got a $4,200 money order and sent it to an address in Tel Aviv, Israel. Three [...]
Men flung from SUV after it flips 3 times
BROWNHELM TWP. — Fish, handtools and mangled Jeep parts littered the roadside Tuesday night after a Grand Cherokee rolled three times and threw two men 10 yards from the vehicle. Michael King, 27, of Lorain, was driving the sport utility vehicle south about 9:40 p.m. on Gore Orphanage Road when he veered off the right [...]
Driver passes out, hits Ruskan building
CARL SULLENBERGER / CHRONICLE A Lorain fireman stands by after a Cadillac ran into a corner of the Ruskan Law Building on Tuesday severing a natural gas line and closing Broadway until the area was safe. LORAIN — Ted Jacobs, a well-known businessman and community activist, lost consciousness while driving Tuesday afternoon and slammed into [...]
NBA Finals: Celtics leave no doubt in Game 6, thrash Lakers to wrap up 17th NBA championship
BOSTON — With Russell and Havlicek sitting courtside, and Red surely lighting up a victory cigar somewhere, these Boston Celtics returned to glory like the great teams before them. Dominant in every way. On a new parquet floor below aging championship banners hung in the rafters two decades back, the Celtics won their 17th NBA [...]
NBA Finals: Kobe can’t solve Celtics’ defense, gets little help in season-ending loss
BOSTON — The best player was no match for the best team. Even Kobe Bryant couldn’t solve Boston’s suffocating defense in the NBA Finals, which ended Tuesday night when the Celtics crushed the Los Angeles Lakers 131-92 in Game 6. “I’ve seen some pretty stiff ones and this was right up there with them,” Bryant [...]
Coast Guard searches for man off Lorain lakeshore
LORAIN — A man spotted floating east in Lake Erie late Tuesday sparked an hours-long rescue mission. The U.S. Coast Guard, Lorain firefighters and police searched for the drifting man starting after 10 p.m. off the shoreline near the Beaver Park Marina on West Erie Road. Several people watching the rescue operation said the man [...]
Blotter: June 18, 2008
Elyria police Friday, June 13 4 p.m. – Woman reports a gold and diamond tennis bracelet valued at $1,050 missing after she had a pedicure at a nail salon at 515 N. Abbe Road. The woman told police she removed the bracelet before getting the pedicure and placed it on a table. She didn’t discover [...]
Big roundup: June 18, 2008
Cops manning license checkpoints LORAIN — Police plan to conduct driver’s license checkpoints today. The stops are intended to catch unlicensed and suspended drivers. Naked man charged with indecency LORAIN — A Kansas Avenue man faces several charges after police found him lying in the street, intoxicated and exposing himself. Police went to the 1600 [...]
In the grip of Ohio State: Northeast Ohio becoming powerful recruiting pipeline for Buckeye wrestling program
St. Edward’s Lance Palmer signed on the dotted line first, then Walsh Jesuit’s Mike Pucilla put in his transfer papers from Hofstra. Next came Black River’s Jesse Campbell, CVCA’s John Weakley and St. Edward’s Sean Nemec. This year it will be Austintown Fitch’s Tony Jameson. Now Northeast Ohio wrestlers aren’t even waiting for the signing [...]
Rocky start to road trip: Byrd blasted, fielders frustrated as Indians get ripped by Colorado
DENVER — Greg Reynolds wasn’t worried about a return trip to the minors. He just didn’t want to have two bad starts in a row. Five days after giving up eight runs in 3 1-3 innings, Reynolds pitched six strong innings and led Colorado’s season-high 17-hit attack by going 2-for-3 with a run scored as [...]
Wellington voting on school bond issue
WELLINGTON — Voters in the Wellington Exempted Village School district will decide in November whether they want all of the students in the district to attend one school. The school board is preparing a bond issue to seek voter approval of a plan to build a new school for kindergarten through 12th with help from [...]
Plans for limestone crushing plant halted
LORAIN — A controversial limestone crushing and processing plant planned for Lorain is no longer moving forward. Mayor Tony Krasienko said the recent sale of Oglebay Norton, the company that had planned to build the plant, has halted the project, slated for 15 acres of recently rezoned land at the Riverbend Commerce Park. “This is [...]
Gifted Academy goes out of business
LORAIN — Lorain Gifted Academy is closing its doors. “The decision was based on the financial viability of the school going forward,” said Gerald Preseren, executive director of Constellation Schools, which runs LGA, as well as several other area charter schools. Expenses for the school — including operating costs, building rental and teacher salaries — [...]
LeBron to Cleveland: Lose some weight
CLEVELAND — LeBron James wants Cleveland to shape up. The Cavaliers star is challenging residents to lead healthier lifestyles and join “The 50 Million Pound Challenge.” James will kick off the challenge today in Cleveland with diet expert Dr. Ian Smith of VH1 “Celebrity Fit Club” fame. “I’m setting an example because I think people [...]
N.R. housing developments put on hold
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Construction of proposed mega-residential housing developments will be halted for at least six months to give the city time to better define legislation guaranteeing that huge housing tracts are broken up by adequate green space for playgrounds, parks and walking trails. City Council approved a six-month moratorium Monday on the creation of [...]
Elyria calls 12 laid-off teachers back to work
ELYRIA — Twelve teachers who were facing unemployment will return to school in the fall after the Elyria school board voted Tuesday to bring back half of those slated to be laid off. The teachers are three high school teachers, three junior high school teachers and six elementary teachers. School officials will bring them back [...]
Tribe notes: Veteran third baseman Ensberg signed to minor league contract
The Indians added what they hope is some offensive assistance Tuesday, signing third baseman Morgan Ensberg to a minor league contract and assigning the veteran of eight big league seasons to Triple-A Buffalo. Ensberg, 32, played in 28 games for the Yankees this year, batting .203 (15-for-74) with a home run and four RBIs, before [...]
A little bit of N.Y. in Wellington
Downtown Wellington had a bit of New York flair Sunday. That’s because the annual summer concert series brought musicians Andrew and Jennifer Bertoni of Oberlin to the gazebo to perform a host of Broadway show tunes. The pair didn’t have to travel far to get to the Wellington gazebo, where the concert series — arranged [...]
Baseball notes: Mets fire Randolph, two coaches, make announcement in the middle of the night
New York Mets manager Willie Randolph was fired because the losses and the speculation about his job were hurting the team. That’s what general manager Omar Minaya said Tuesday after Randolph’s awkward dismissal was announced in a matter-of-fact news release in the dead of night. Pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto [...]
Wellington/Oberlin notebook
Oberlin Council goes on record against war It’s official: Oberlin City Council is on record opposing war with Iran. A large crowd clapped after the resolution passed unanimously Monday night. Among the speakers were Michael Kay of Veterans for Peace and the Rev. Mary Hammond of Peace Community Church. Voters to see one levy, not [...]
Doug Ferguson: Speculation swirling concerning Tiger’s summer schedule
Paul Azinger answered his phone during the final round of a U.S. Open that attracted a prime-time audience, the Ryder Cup captain among those camped in front of the TV. “I’m watching my show pony,” he said, referring to longtime friend Rocco Mediate. Asked what he thought about his Secretariat, there was a slight pause. [...]