Archive for July 1st, 2008
BREAKING NEWS — Police search for alleged abductor
W ELLINGTON — Authorities surrounded the village today with a dragnet hoping to catch a man who has reportedly been approaching children. The man and his van were spotted at about 1:15 p.m. today near McCormick Middle School by two youngsters who reported he tried to lure them into his van on Monday to get [...]
R.I. high court overturns lead paint verdict
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Supreme Court overturned a landmark verdict against three former lead paint companies Tuesday, a major setback for communities that want the companies to decontaminate hundreds of thousands of homes and other buildings. The unanimous decision reversed the lone victory to date against the lead paint industry. [...]
Ohio man’s body thought to be one found in Tenn. lake
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Tennessee say they believe a body recovered from Norris Lake is a suburban Cincinnati man who disappeared while boating in May. Friends say they were drinking with 26-year-old Peter Gruber of Glendale over Memorial Day weekend when he jumped from a moving boat that was [...]
Olympic Track Trials: Elyria’s Tianna Madison returns to finals, qualifies ninth in the long jump
For the second time in four years, Elyria’s Tianna Madison has qualified to the finals of the Olympic Trials. The 22-year-old Madison nailed down the ninth of 12 qualifying berths with a jump of 21 feet, 2 inches or 6.45 meters at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Madison cleared the same distance twice, both on [...]
Upstart Gladiators advance in Arena League playoffs, send perennial playoff power Predators packing
CLEVELAND — The Arena Football League playoffs made their debut in Cleveland on Monday night and it was well worth the wait for the Gladiators and the 13,896 fans that packed Quicken Loans Arena. In the first-ever AFL postseason game in Cleveland and the first playoff appearance by a Cleveland AFL team since 1992, the [...]
Slammed again: Indians give up major league leading eighth grand slam of season, lose 9-7 to White Sox
CHICAGO — Nick Swisher knows this much: It’s almost as difficult trying to explain how he’s overcome his slow start with the Chicago White Sox as it has been to actually do it. “I wish I had the answers to it. I don’t think in my mind I feel like I’m really doing anything differently [...]
Indians reliever Elarton leaves team for personal reasons
The Indians placed right-handed reliever Scott Elarton on the restricted list Monday after he told manager Eric Wedge he needed to leave the team for personal reasons. Cleveland called up right-handed pitcher Tom Mastny from Triple-A Buffalo to take Elarton’s roster spot. Elarton flew with the team into Chicago on Sunday night and told Wedge [...]
U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team emphasizing its likability, as well as its determination to bring home the gold
NEW YORK — Gazing out from the top deck of a yacht Monday, Dwyane Wade wondered why the Statue of Liberty’s torch seemed so shiny. Turns out, Wade learned, the new torch was covered with 24 karat gold during the statue’s restoration in 1986. New gold? Sounds good to someone who so far has been [...]
Venus, Serena roll into fourth round at Wimbledon: Williams sisters overcome long day on Court 2
WIMBLEDON, England — While Roger Federer glided to another victory on Centre Court, and Rafael Nadal won despite a scary stumble on Court 1, the Williams sisters found themselves playing back to back Monday on cozy, clattery Court 2, known as the “Graveyard of Champions.” What in the name of lawn tennis were they doing [...]
Tiger Woods hoping pain is gone, says surgically repaired knee had been hurting for 10-12 years
BETHESDA, Md. — Tiger Woods does not know when he can play golf again, but he said Monday his rebuilt left knee has been sore his entire PGA Tour career and he looks forward to playing on two good legs. “My left knee has been sore for 10 to 12 years,” Woods said during a [...]
World Series of Poker: Nguyen bests field of 148, pockets almost $2 million
Poker professional Scotty Nguyen won nearly $2 million at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on Monday, topping a field of 148 players and emerging from a marathon final table with his fifth gold bracelet. Nguyen beat out 23-year-old Michael DeMichele in H.O.R.S.E., a rotating-game tournament that cost $50,000 to enter. The various [...]
Nord Foundation awards grants
AMHERST — The Nord Family Foundation awarded $1.29 million in grants to nonprofit organizations in the fields of health and social services, education, civic affairs and the arts. The awards — doled out to agencies in Lorain and Cuyahoga counties, Denver, Boston and Columbia, S.C. — come from the charitable trust originally established by Walter [...]
Indicted Lorain cops back on payroll
LORAIN — Two Lorain police officers suspended without pay for the past two months will be back on the city’s payroll today, and the city is trying to figure out what to do with them. Officers Stanley Marrero and Jesus Sanchez, who both are under indictment, could be suspended without pay for only two months [...]
Dog that bit boy no stranger; it belongs to baby sitter
LORAIN —The “runaway” pit bull police were searching for in connection with a Thursday attack on a 5-year-old boy was found this weekend in at the home of the boy’s baby sitter. Daymeon Banks was treated and released from the hospital after he was bitten in the front yard of Misty Stump’s Livingston Avenue home. [...]
Scouts receive grant to learn about business
A gift from a Summit County foundation will help local Boy Scouts to learn about entrepreneurship. The Heart of Ohio Council of the Boy Scouts of America — whose nine-county region includes Lorain County — received a three-year, $100,000 grant by the Burton D. Morgan Foundation to support the Entrepreneurship Merit Badge program. The program [...]
Wellington Schools OKs new auditorium
WELLINGTON — The Wellington school board voted unanimously Monday night to include an auditorium and stadium improvements in plans for a new school that will go before voters in November, said board President Marion Nirode. The school board is preparing a bond issue to build the new school, which will house students from kindergarten through [...]
Amherst notebook: July 1, 2008
Nord Foundation’s new face Jane Spiegelberg, a licensed clinical psychologist, has been appointed as trustee of the Nord Family Foundation, according to John Mullaney, the foundation’s executive director. A former executive director of The Nord Center in Lorain, Spiegelberg was at the helm of that organization when it received the Ohio Department of Mental Health [...]
EEOC files another suit against Spitzer
ELYRIA — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed another lawsuit against Elyria-based Spitzer Management. The company is accused in the latest action — filed last week in U.S. District Court of Northern Ohio — of harassing two employees, one because he was black and another because he had filed a complaint with the EEOC. [...]
Amherst revamps jamboree for a 35th year of family fun
AMHERST — They call it the Old-Time Jamboree, but there’ll be some new wrinkles to the city’s 35th annual gala. The biggest changes to this year’s event — set for July 11 to 13 — are the elimination of the $1-a-head admission fee, the adding of an “American Idol”-like singing contest, and two classic rides [...]
Heavy rains putting damper on farmers` livelihoods
PITTSFIELD TWP. — Larry Kolb and his brothers are praying for a break in what has become an almost daily occurrence — rain, rain and more rain. That rain has become a problem for the soybean crop that the Kolb brothers have almost finished planting because some of the seedlings are submerged in rainwater. “They [...]
Amherst blotter: July 1, 2008
Sunday 7:40 a.m. — 238 Brandt Ave. Homeowner reports rear window smashed out of his car parked in driveway overnight. Car was locked and nothing appeared missing, according to police reports. 6:10 a.m. — 119 Westchester. Police called on reports of juveniles shooting BB guns off the rear porch of residence. Shawn Gray, 17, charged [...]
Lorain man dies after SUV rollover
A 27-year-old Lorain man died Friday at a Cleveland hospital from injuries he suffered after being thrown 30 feet June 17 when his Jeep Grand Cherokee flipped in a one-car crash in Brownhelm Township. Michael King, a self-employed auto mechanic, lost his right leg and suffered internal injuries, and then an infection set in, according [...]
Man takes new shot at being cleared of molesting stepchild
ELYRIA — Joel Covender isn’t done fighting to clear his name. The convicted sex offender — who was convicted of molesting his stepchildren and has spent 11 years in prison — has filed another motion for a new trial in his case and is also asking a Lorain County judge to declare that he was [...]
Steele grad makes finals on ‘The Bachelorette`
After being portrayed for weeks as a fun-loving guy whose life didn’t seem to hinge on finding true love, Amherst’s Jesse Csincsak stepped it up at the right time for “Bachelorette” DeAnna Pappas. One of three finalists still in the running to win the heart and hand of the Greek beauty from Georgia, the 26-year-old [...]
Daughter accidentally runs over elderly mom
ELYRIA — An elderly woman was injured Monday night when her daughter accidentally ran her over with her car, according to authorities. Elyria police and fire crews responded around 8:30 p.m. to the 300 block of Francis Boulevard and found the elderly woman pinned under the front undercarriage of the car inside the garage of [...]