Archive for June 21st, 2008
Peralta’s double in 10th gives Indians win over Dodgers
Jhonny Peralta hit a two-run double with two out in the 10th inning after the Cleveland bullpen blew a four-run lead for Cliff Lee, and the Indians beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Friday night in their first regular-season meeting at Chavez Ravine. Cleveland loaded the bases with none out against closer Takashi Saito [...]
Jurevicius returned from injuries and took lesser role to help Browns be successful
Joe Jurevicius could’ve gone fishing or hunting. After 10 years and three Super Bowls, he wouldn’t need to apologize for walking away from the NFL. Especially not after three offseason surgeries — the first to clean out his knee and the next two to get rid of a staph infection. But, according to Jurevicius, retirement [...]
AFL’s Gladiators could give Cleveland playoff football with win tonight
A 50-yard field boxed in by 32-foot high nets in the end zones, sideline walls that stand 4-feet high and are part of the playing field and eight-player teams where defenses are limited and receivers may go in a forward motion before the snap. Yes, the Arena Football League has brought some variations to the [...]
Lorain County baseball players shine in all-star game
CLEVELAND — It’s the dream of almost everyone who grows up in the Cleveland area to play for the Indians and help beat the Yankees. That’s what 19 Lorain County high school baseball players did Friday afternoon, but not in the manner that makes up most people’s fantasies. The Indians, an all-star team with 19 [...]
College notes: Martin brothers enjoy OSU success
After defeating Ball State on April 26, the Ohio State men’s volleyball team advanced to the NCAA Final Four. The Buckeyes flew to Irvine, Calif., for the championship. But a second meeting with Big Ten rival Penn State eliminated them from contention. The Buckeyes were outmatched, as Penn State won 30-21, 26-30, 30-22 and 30-17. [...]
Softball notes: Olympic team’s games sold out
So you were thinking of cruisin’ on down to Ashland on Monday to watch the U.S. Olympic team play the Mid-American Conference all-stars. It’s sold out. Nearly 3,800 softball fans will jam picturesque Brookside Park for the exhibition. It is one of more than 60 games scheduled for the U.S. team’s “Bound4Beijing” tour, which includes [...]
Horses: Upfront view at tonight’s Cleveland Classic?
Upfront Hannahsboy, co-owned by Amherst car dealer Ed Mullinax, is one of two 2-1 favorites in tonight’s two-division Cleveland Classic at Northfield Park. With 14 horses entered, the Classic was split in two, with the first event (10th race) going off at 9:45. Post time for the second leg of the Classic (No. 13) is [...]
Local motorsports: Sprints invade Ohio
The 26th edition of Ohio Sprint Speedweek will kick off Sunday at Attica Raceway Park. For fans of sprint car racing it just doesn’t get any better — seven tracks in seven days with The O’Reilly All-Star Circuit of Champion sprint cars. Each night will wrap up with 40-lap, $5,000-to-win features — $10,000 going to the [...]
Lorain International Festival Schedule
Sunday Noon-7 p.m. — Shuttle bus tours of the Black River, leaving from landing dock at 421 Black River Lane, Lorain. Cost: $12. Monday 8 a.m. — Lorain International Association breakfast at DeLuca’s Place in the Park, 6075 Middle Ridge Road, Lorain. This year’s guest speaker is U.S. Magistrate Greg White. Cost: $10. 7 p.m. [...]
International Festival salutes armed forces
Alison Dietz The Chronicle-Telegram LORAIN — The Lorain International Festival is celebrating a different kind of national pride this year by honoring the U.S. armed forces. This still fits in with the international theme. “Behind every military uniform is an ethnic person,” said Terri Soto, this year’s festival president. The Lorain International Association, in its [...]
Lorain/Sheffield Notebook: June 21, 2008
International Festival fun stuff The producers of the festival are honoring Lorain County Metro Parks this year as the spotlight industry.To celebrate, the Metro Parks not only will participate in many of the traditional International Festival activities — including the festival and bazaar at the Black River Landing festival site and the parade — but [...]
Gas USA shooting victim laid to rest
Family, friends remember 27-year-old Qiana Walton
Proposed LCT cutbacks have passengers fuming
LORAIN — Walter Shiner had a good reason for being late to Friday morning’s Lorain County Transit meeting. He took the bus. Shiner, of Lorain, joined about 50 people at the Lorain Public Library main branch to discuss the proposed changes to LCT bus routes. “The buses are seldom on time, especially toward the afternoon,” [...]
Will wants judge thrown off panel
ELYRIA — Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will wants Common Pleas Judge James Burge removed from a three-judge panel in a capital murder case because he doesn’t believe the judge will fairly consider imposing the death penalty. In a request filed Friday with the Ohio Supreme Court that asks for Burge’s removal from the case of [...]
Condos target empty-nesters
AMHERST — Despite the abysmal housing market, a Columbus developer thinks his new condos in Quarry Lakes at Amherst will sell. “We think we’re going for the right demographic. There is a real lack of similar product here. We feel there’s pent-up demand for it,” Jonathan Wilcox of Long & Wilcox, LLC, said. The demographic [...]
The scanner shots heard ’round the newsroom
It was the broadcast that panicked the newsroom. And Orson Wells didn’t even write the script. The police scanner which squeaks and squawks in our ears all day, every day was blurting out calls Friday afternoon about a shooting at Lorain County Community College. Someone was walking up and down the halls shooting people. Reporter [...]
Eric Nord dies at 90
OBERLIN — Eric T. Nord, who co-founded the Nordson Corporation, established several charitable foundations and fought for civil rights, died Thursday. He was 90 years old. “His philanthropy made a significant impact on our county and beyond. He donated millions of dollars and was responsible for attracting millions more,” Elyria Mayor Bill Grace said. “He [...]
Eric T. Nord
Entrepreneur, inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Eric T. Nord, co-founder of the Nordson Corp., headquartered in Westlake, died Thursday, June 19, 2008, in Oberlin. Mr. Nord was 90. Entrepreneur, businessman, inventor, engineer, philanthropist, son, husband and father, Mr. Nord was born in 1917, the son of Walter and Virginia Nord. He started his career as an [...]
Mass. students may have had pregnancy pact
GLOUCESTER, Mass. — The girls showed up repeatedly at the high school health clinic, asking for pregnancy tests. But their reactions to the test results were puzzling: high-fives if they were expecting, long faces if they weren’t. School officials in this hard-luck New England fishing town say an alarming 17 girls — four times the [...]
Virginia M. Thompson
Virginia M. (nee Pycraft) Thompson, 82, of North Ridgeville, passed away Thursday, June 19, 2008, at Northridge Health Center in North Ridgeville, following a long illness. She was born in Elyria on May 20, 1926, and had lived in North Ridgeville for more than 50 years. Mrs. Thompson was a 1944 graduate of Elyria High [...]
Wanda L. Lyndes-Walker
Wanda L. (nee Jordan) Lyndes-Walker, 83, of Elyria, died Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at EMH Regional Medical Center. She was born July 22, 1924, in Wellington, and graduated from Wellington High School in 1942. She had been an Elyria area resident since 1945. Wanda worked at Isaly’s Restaurant in Wellington, Howard Johnson’s in North Ridgeville, [...]
Colleen Tompkins
Colleen Tompkins, 78, of LaGrange, passed away in her home Friday, June 20, 2008, after a brief illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home, 1021 Main St. Grafton, in Sunday’s edition of The Chronicle-Telegram.
Christopher S. Taylor
Christopher S. “C-Tae” Taylor, 19, formerly of Elyria, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, June 14, 2008 ,in Los Angeles, where he lived for the past 10 months. He was born in Montclair, Calif., spending most of his life in Elyria. He attended Elyria High School and was a graduate of Marion L. Steele High School class [...]
Roundup: June 21, 2008
Lorain man arrested on drug charges LORAIN — A 22-year-old Lorain man was arrested Friday morning after officers from the Lorain Narcotics Unit raided an Oberlin Avenue apartment, police said. Using information obtained earlier in the month from neighbors at 4163 Oberlin Ave., police began investigating the occupant, Nathaniel Washington. In the subsequent months, officers [...]
Leona Lucille Sheffield
Leona Lucille Sheffield, 99, of Wellington, died Thursday, June 19, 2008, at New Life Hospice in Lorain. She was born October 1, 1908, in Seville. She was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church and the Women’s Guild in Wellington. She enjoyed roller skating, playing Yahtzee, riding her bike, baking, animals, riding horses and spending [...]