Archive for June 20th, 2008
Woman charged with running over own mother
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — A woman with a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit for driving backed over her mother and left the scene even though loved ones yelled, “You killed grandma,” police said. Lisa Ann Casteel, 40, was charged with negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated. She was booked Wednesday [...]
Indians: Colorado completes sweep of Cleveland
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies are finally out of the NL West basement. The defending National League champions are not quite, however, out of the deep hole they dug for themselves. Jorge De La Rosa struck out a career-high 10 and Willy Taveras had three hits and scored twice, leading the Colorado Rockies to [...]
Browns: Travis Wilson finally making good impression
The forgotten man finally made everyone remember. Remember he was on the team. Remember why he was drafted in the third round. Remember he’s a candidate to win a roster spot. Browns receiver Travis Wilson stood out in organized team activities last month and minicamp last week with the best sustained performance of his three-year [...]
Golf: Clampett featured pro for LCCC/Nicklaus benefit
ELYRIA — Bobby Clampett will bring his soothing voice, informed opinions and friendly personality to Lorain County for the second straight year. Clampett, a PGA Tour pro and television commentator, will return as the guest pro for the Lorain County Community College/Jack Nicklaus Scholarship Golf Benefit on Monday, Aug. 11, at Elyria Country Club. Inclement [...]
Bowling: Loschetter is C-T’s woman of the year
AVON – There was nothing out of the ordinary Thursday at the Elyria Women`s Bowling Association`s awards banquet at Tom`s Country Place. Avon resident Erin Loschetter picked up her first Russ Davies Memorial Award as The Chronicle-Telegram`s Bowler of the Year for the 2007-08 season. “I won a couple of these (Bowler of the Year [...]
Tribe notes: Hafner told to continue strengthening shoulder
Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner was advised by a doctor to continue treating his ailing right shoulder with strengthening exercise. Hafner received a second opinion on his shoulder from renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday. “Dr. Andrews was very straight forward,” Indians head trainer Lonnie Soloff said Thursday before Cleveland played [...]
College football: OSU backup QB Henton reportedly transferring
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio State’s backup quarterback Antonio Henton is expected to transfer to Georgia Southern, according to a newspaper report. The move is to happen soon, several sources close to the team told The Columbus Dispatch for a report on its Web site. Georgia Southern spokesman Patrick Osterman would not confirm the transfer Thursday [...]
Horse racing: Congress hears about sport’s problems
The image painted was not a pleasant one as the 78-year-old owner of thoroughbred racing’s top horse pleaded before Congress to save his sport. “We’re looking for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s upper body and then we go to Don Knotts’ legs and knees,” said Jess Jackson, owner of 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin. “We don’t need [...]
Costs for Route 57 project goes up by $1.5M
Material prices, erosion cause cost increase
Area gas prices surpass $4 per gallon
ELYRIA — We’ve all watched as the prices at the local gas stations have crept upward. It was bad enough when it $3.50 per gallon. Then it hovered at $3.75, and then at about $3.90 a gallon. But Thursday, the area crossed the threshold none of us wanted to see: $4 a gallon gas. While [...]
Premium fuel sales drying up nationwide
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Ernesto Evangelista prefers to pump premium gas into his seven-month-old Nissan Titan, thinking it makes the truck run better. But at a BP station just a few blocks from the sand of Miami Beach, the 33-year-old painter grabbed the handle for the regular, 87-octane gas to fill his tank on a [...]
Authorities: Latest severed foot find a hoax
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — British Columbia’s coroner’s office called the discovery of a sixth floating foot a hoax, saying Thursday it was really an animal paw stuffed inside a running shoe. Initially, Wednesday’s discovery deepened a mystery surrounding the feet, all of which were recovered within the past year floating within a few miles of [...]
Roundup: June 20, 2008
Mother sues over son’s coffee scalding ELYRIA — The mother of a 7-year-old boy with Down syndrome who was burned by a pot of hot coffee at Murray Ridge School is suing the county agency that runs the school. Kim Moss filed the lawsuit on behalf of herself and Jacob Moss on Thursday in Lorain [...]
Grafton/LaGrange notebook: June 20, 2008
Belden Old Fashion Days It’s time to step back to a different era for Belden’s Old Fashion Days. The annual event will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Grafton Township Fire Hall. The event will feature a craft show and flea market, as well as refreshments, demonstrations, engines and a [...]
Raising the bar for stroke care
CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE Nine stroke patient rooms encircle the nurses’ station at Community Regional Medical Center in Lorain. LORAIN — Stroke victims in Lorain County will no longer have to worry about making a long recovery in a drab hospital room. Community Regional Medical Center is opening a nine-bed stroke unit in mid-July that [...]
Columbia Township getting ready for its annual festival
COLUMBIA TWP. — Next week, former and current Columbia residents alike will have the opportunity to gather together and reconnect during the annual Columbia Homecoming Festival. The homecoming festival has been a tradition that originally was celebrated during the Fourth of July in the Columbia Township Park. The festival itself dates back more than 50 [...]
Supreme Court sides with Ohio worker on denial of health benefits
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Thursday that courts should consider an insurance company’s potential conflict of interest when reviewing the denial of an employee’s health or disability benefits claim. The court ruled 6-3 in the case of an Ohio woman who sued MetLife Inc. over a disability claim. She contended insurance companies have a [...]
Lubrizol to cut 20 jobs
AVON LAKE — About 20 jobs will be lost when the Lubrizol Corp. closes an industrial painting division at its Moore Road plant, Mayor Karl Zuber said. Lubrizol, which has about 6,900 employees around the world, will move its Avon Lake acrylic emulsion division to facilities in Pedricktown, N.J., and Gastonia, N.C., a press release [...]
Guns stolen from councilman`s home
Burkhard ELYRIA — The home of Councilman Kenneth Burkhard was hit by burglars Tuesday morning, and two guns were taken, police said. Burkhard, D-7th Ward, told police he left his Roosevelt Avenue home at about 7:30 a.m., leaving a kitchen window partially open but blocked by the plastic wedges meant to keep the window from [...]
Germany seeks extradition of accused Nazi guard
Demjanjuk BERLIN — German authorities will seek the extradition of alleged former Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk from the U.S. to prosecute him on charges that he was involved in killing Jewish prisoners at Sobibor, the country’s top Holocaust crimes prosecutor said Thursday. Authorities are convinced there is enough evidence to charge the former [...]
Blotter: June 20, 2008
Elyria police Tuesday, June 17 11:12 p.m. – Speedway, Griswold Road, a shoplifter stole beer. 11:25 p.m. – Sunoco, Cleveland Street, a shoplifter stole beer. 8 p.m. – 9400 block West Ridge Road, clothing and fishing gear stolen from a camper. Wednesday, June 18 12:21 a.m. – 100 block Spruce St., tree branches in the [...]
No charges against Armbruster
Former state Sen. Jeffry Armbruster won’t be charged after an investigation into whether he used his position to secure lower insurance rates for his company from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. In a letter sent Monday to the Ohio Joint Legislative Ethics Committee — which had suggested ethics charges be filed against Armbruster — [...]
Phyllis Tonkin Meyer
Phyllis Tonkin Meyer, wife of Jack O. Meyer, died on March 20, 2008, of pulmonary and cardiac problems. She was born in Iron River, Michigan on May 10, 1920. Her father, Fred Tonkin, died in 1922, and Phyllis was raised by her mother, Matilda Mattson Browning and stepfather, Cecil Browning, in Iron Mountain, Michigan. In [...]
Gloria J. Hamilton
Gloria J. (nee Kirk) Hamilton, 65, of Elyria, died Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center, following a long illness. She was born on December 1, 1942 in Lumber Port, West Virginia. She was a resident of Elyria for the past 25 years. Gloria worked as a Bay Repair Person for the Ford [...]
Walter William Paluch
Walter William Paluch, 81, of the Ohio Veterans Home, died Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at the Home in Sandusky. He was born January 27, 1927 in Bingham Junction, West Virginia, and grew up in the Lorain area. He had been a resident of Ohio Veterans Home for the past several years. He served in the [...]