Archive for July 4th, 2008
Ralph O. Hickenbottom
Ralph O. Hickenbottom, 87 of Elyria, passed away Thursday July 3, 2008 in Elyria Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home, 1021 Main St., Grafton.
Indians: Roster overhaul expected soon
CLEVELAND — There won’t be any pennants or championship flags raised over Progressive Field this year. Only a white one. It’s time for the Cleveland Indians to surrender. A promising season sabotaged by injuries to star players and underachievement by most others has reached its point of no return. The defending AL Central champions are [...]
Track: Tianna Madison misses out on Olympics
EUGENE, Ore. — Tianna Madison’s Olympic dream won’t come true this summer. The Elyria High School graduate, and former world champion in the long jump, finished fifth Thursday night in the Olympic Trials finals. The top three earned trips to the Olympics, which begin Aug. 8 in Beijing. Madison’s best long jump was 21 feet, [...]
Wimbledon: Venus, Serena to renew family feud in final
WIMBLEDON, England — A spot in her seventh Wimbledon final already secured, Venus Williams headed back to Centre Court to catch the end of the next match. Scouting? Not really. More like rooting. And when Thursday’s second semifinal ended, Williams stood, smiling and applauding for the woman who won, the woman she will have to [...]
College football: Amherst’s Kish commits to Ball State
Things are looking up for Brandon Kish. The Amherst Steele tailback is coming off a successful track season and looking at potentially a great high school football season. And after that, he’ll head to Division I Ball State University to continue his football career on a full scholarship. “I knew it was just a matter [...]
Indians: Cabrera fined for actions toward umpires
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Indians prospect Asdrubal Cabrera was fined an undisclosed amount but played for Triple-A Buffalo on Thursday, one night after throwing his helmet and raising his bat toward plate umpire Jason Klein while getting ejected. Cabrera went 1-for-6 in a 7-6, 13-inning loss to the Rochester Red Wings. It was announced that [...]
Wimbledon: Federer, Nadal appear headed for titanic clash
WIMBLEDON, England — Roger Federer is back to his old self on the Wimbledon grass, and Rafael Nadal is moving ever closer to a new level of success at the All England Club. The top two players in men’s tennis are on course to meet in their third straight Wimbledon final, but both have to [...]
Swimming: Hansen fails to make Olympics in 200 breaststroke
Brendan Hansen clung to the lane rope, glaring at the scoreboard. No matter how long he stared, the shocking result just wouldn’t go away. He wasn’t first — or even second. He won’t be swimming one of his signature events in Beijing. In the first major stunner of the U.S. swimming trials, Hansen failed to [...]
Former General Industries building burns
• Fire crews battle mammoth overnight blaze in Elyria
• Residents evacuated from the area; no one injured
Scenes from the General Industries blaze
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Lorain city official resigns
LORAIN — Deputy Safety Service Director Richard Romero is stepping down. Romero notified the city Thursday of his intention to resign from his post effective July 25. The decision was one that was made in the best interest of his family, Romero said. “My wife and I decided that it would be in the best [...]
Job loss sparks friends’ protest at EMH Regional Medical Center
ELYRIA — Friends of a downsized EMH Regional Medical Center employee took to the streets Thursday in protest of an administrative decision that has left a local woman without a job. Friends of Gina Gasser marched in the rain in front of the East Broad Street hospital a day after they say Gasser’s employment at [...]
Fire officials: Woman may have died while trying to save her cat
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Fire officials said it’s possible that a woman who perished in a fire at her mobile home Wednesday night may have been overcome by smoke as she tried to save one of her cats. Local fire investigators and those from the State Fire Marshal’s Office have yet to determine the cause of [...]
Historical society gets grant to search for Battle of Lake Erie relics
VERMILION — The Great Lakes Historical Society has been awarded an $18,000 grant to conduct an underwater survey of the site of the Battle of Lake Erie, a pivotal battle in the War of 1812. Although no ships sank in the battle between a British fleet and an American fleet commanded by Master Commandant Oliver [...]
Volunteer`s parks patchwork
Months of work went into special quilt CARLISLE TWP. — Columbia Township resident Arlene Austin has always stayed busy. Now, even at the age of 86, Austin does not have any plans to slow down. After Austin’s husband passed away, she found that she had a lot of time on her hands, so she began [...]
Appeal could budge Burge ruling
ELYRIA — Prosecutors didn’t like Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge’s ruling last month ordering changes to the state’s lethal injection protocols. Now, they’re asking the 9th District Court of Appeals to overturn the judge’s order, saying he overstepped his authority. The state’s decision to appeal doesn’t come as a surprise to Jeff Gamso, [...]
Fireworks at West Park a hit
Elyria’s weary police and firefighters may finally get a rest on the holiday ELYRIA — Rain early in the day couldn’t stop the city’s day-before-Independence Day fireworks show. Nobody seemed to mind the lingering damp about 10:15 p.m. Thursday when the field lights at West Park dimmed. Instead, a mighty whoop and whistles went up [...]
LaGrange/Grafton roundup: July 4, 2008
LaGrange Lions festival promises fireworks If you haven’t had your fill of fireworks, you’ll want to come to the LaGrange Lions Annual Festival later this month. Fireworks will be 10:15 p.m. July 25, with a rain date of July 26. But Lions Park Manager Beverly Fox said you might want to come to the park [...]
Fire inspector had warned in `06 of building’s lack of sprinkler system
ELYRIA — Almost two years before the former General Industries went up in flames, a Fire Department inspector called the building’s lack of properly operating fire alarms and sprinkler systems an “urgent matter” and offered to help the Building Department obtain a court order to vacate the building.In a letter dated Sept. 1, 2006, the [...]
Leonard F. Wise
Leonard F. “Len” Wise, 83, of Elyria, died Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at his home, following a long illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Elyria.
Norma Jean Hanchosky
Norma Jean Hanchosky (nee Tompkins), 71, of Homerville, passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at her home following a long illness. She was born in Crossville, Tenn., and had been a resident of Homerville since 2007, moving from Ruggles Township, where she had lived for 11 years. She previously lived in North Ridgeville for over [...]
Charles E. Moore
Charles E. Moore of Sheffield Lake passed away Thursday, July 3, in Elyria after a long illness. He was a retired electrician from Nestles Co. in Sunberry, Ohio. After retiring, he moved to Sheffield Lake. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Winifred (nee Collins) of Sheffield Lake; sons, James, of Elyria and [...]
Building had more than 100 years of history
ELYRIA — When Elyria’s General Industries went out of business in 1995, the mood was dismal as residents with ties to the factory imagined what life would be like without the hustle and bustle. Thursday morning, that feeling was resurrected as a raging inferno tore through the sprawling century-old factory. The blaze not only gutted [...]
Betty Outland
Betty Outland (nee Kraft), 86, of Amherst, passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at Amherst Manor, following a lengthy illness. She was born July 5, 1921, in Philadelphia. Betty had made her home in Amherst for more than 50 years. Betty was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Amherst. She was a past [...]