Archive for July 5th, 2008
NASCAR: Kyle Busch beats Edwards in photo finish
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Busch raced side-by-side with Carl Edwards in the closing laps at Daytona International Speedway, each driver running wide open toward the win. When a multicar accident brought out the caution behind them, the field was frozen and no one had any idea who won Saturday night’s race. After an anxious [...]
Little League Softball: Avon rallies for win behind Luca
AVON — Like any other American in Iraq, Army Capt. Erik Luca would most likely have preferred to spend his Saturday night at home. He would have been doubly delighted had he been in the dugout with his Avon Little League Major All-Stars. For one thing, that’s where he would have been a year ago, [...]
Indians commentary: Fans off the mark in All-Star voting
With the American and National leagues ready to release their starting position players today for the July 15 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, we’re going to provide you with a little cheat sheet. Not surprisingly, there are no Indians listed below. Cleveland won’t get its All-Star recognition until pitchers are announced, with Cliff Lee (11-1, [...]
Commentary: Bethel made real sacrifice for USA
Last week’s death of an old friend, Dell Bethel, reminds us that independence carries a high price tag. It cost Bob Feller 100 victories while he was serving on a destroyer in World War II. It cost Ted Williams 100 homers while he was flying fighters off carriers in World War II and again in [...]
Track: Gay falls in 200 meters, carted off track
Tyson Gay tumbled to the ground at the start of his 200-meter quarterfinal heat at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials Saturday and had to be carted off the track in Eugene, Ore. Running in Lane 7, Gay was speeding to the lead in the first turn, but on his 14th stride, something went [...]
Twins 12, Indians 3: Byrd bombed in Tribe’s sixth straight loss
MINNEAPOLIS — Delmon Young and Nick Punto are starting to get comfortable in their roles. Young hit a three-run home run and had a season-high four RBIs, Punto homered and also had four RBIs, and the surging Minnesota Twins beat the free-falling Cleveland Indians 12-3 on Friday night. Young got off to a slow start [...]
Indians: Borowski designated for assignment
CLEVELAND — Like many of their fans, the Indians have seen enough of Joe Borowski. The beleaguered closer was designated for assignment Friday, most likely ending his tenure in Cleveland, which began last season when the right-hander led the American League with 45 saves, but owned a 5.07 ERA. Borowski, 37, was never even able [...]
Elyria’s Madison focuses on 2012 after failed long jump bid
Long jumper Tianna Madison blew kisses and waved to the crowd in a classy gesture as she exited her competition at the Olympic Trials on Thursday. It wasn’t an easy thing to do with a broken heart and broken dreams. Madison missed an Olympic berth to Beijing by only 5½ inches at Oregon’s Hayward Field. [...]
Wimbledon: Federer vs. Nadal in finals again
WIMBLEDON, England — Add up all of Roger Federer’s greatness on grass courts, and the numbers are striking: 40 wins in a row at Wimbledon, 65 overall on the surface. Now he seeks an additional victory, a victory that would make him the first man since the 1880s to win six consecutive Wimbledon titles, a [...]
WAR STORIES: From the homefront to the front lines
March 20, 2003. That’s the day the United States launched cruise missiles into Iraq — beginning a war that to date has seen 4,113 U.S. soldiers killed. As many as 93,000 Iraqi civilians also have died. Here in Lorain County, we’ve seen our friends, our sisters, our brothers, and even our mothers and fathers travel [...]
Wimbledon: Williams sisters to meet in finals today
WIMBLEDON, England — Venus and Serena Williams have a busy schedule today. First they’ll be on opposite sides of the Centre Court net, each trying to beat the other for the Wimbledon singles title — their seventh all-in-the-family final at a Grand Slam tournament, but first since 2003. Then they’ll pair up to play side-by-side [...]
Winner makes right decision at Bay Days 5-miler
BAY VILLAGE — High gas prices proved costly to at least one runner at the 34th annual Bay Days 5-miler — three-time defending champ Rick Bement. The rising cost of fuel caused Fred Kieser to think twice about making his annual road trip down to Canfield, with the 37-year-old Cleveland resident opting for Bay Days [...]
Area softball: OGSO district tourney begins today
The annual Ohio Girls Softball Organization (OGSO) district tournament opens today. But don’t head for the four-diamond Wellington Community Park, where it has been held. It has been moved to LaGrange Community Park, which hosts the OHSAA’s Division II district tournament and which has five diamonds. The colorful weeklong tournament attracts more than 60 teams [...]
Elyria fire crews remain vigilant at blaze site
Hot spots at General Industries building smolder; fire’s cause still to be determined
Motorsports: Mid-season titles on line at Sandusky
Mid-Season Championships are on the line tonight at Sandusky Speedway for all divisions. The green flag drops at 6:30 p.m. Pit gates open at 1 with hot laps and grandstand admission at 2. Qualifying is set for 4:30. Admission is $10, $5 for ages 6-12 and free to those ages 5 and younger and to [...]
Conservative icon Jesse Helms dies at 86
RALEIGH, N.C. — Former Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86. “It’s just incredible that he would die on July [...]
Community Days are calling
SHEFFIELD LAKE — Sitting around, talking to neighbors, visiting with residents who had long since moved away and enjoying a cool breeze off of Lake Erie on a warm summer day — that was the first Sheffield Lake Community Days festival held 47 years ago. The rides were primitive — city construction vehicles were brought [...]
Woman says she was struck in road-rage incident
ELYRIA — A woman told police she was hit twice Thursday night by a sport utility vehicle with an enraged driver behind the wheel on state Route 113 near state Route 57. Laura Hensley, 35, of Lorain, said her ankle was injured and her back hurt after a road rage run-in with a Ford Explorer [...]
Lorain/Sheffield Notebook: July 5, 2008
Sheffield Village Historical Society The Sheffield Village Historical Society will hold its quarterly meeting 7 p.m. Thursday at French Creek Nature Center, 4530 Colorado Ave., Sheffield. At the meeting, Brian Redmond, curator of archaeology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, will present a program discussing the preliminary results of archaeological excavations at Sheffield’s Burrell [...]
Leonard F. Wise
Leonard F. "Len" Wise, 83, of Elyria died Wednesday July 2, 2008 at his home following a long illness. He was born March 6, 1925 in Elyria and was a lifelong resident. He graduated from Elyria High School in 1943 and was a 1951 Bowling Green State University graduate. Len worked in the repair department [...]
Man’s fake heart attack scheme flatlines
WAUKESHA, Wis. — A 52-year-old Milwaukee-area man has been accused of faking heart attacks to avoid paying restaurant bills and cab fares. Police say the Waukesha man took a cab to a mall Monday and pretended to have a heart attack. The cab driver left unpaid. Authorities say the man then ran up a $23 [...]
Ellen F. Eddy
Ellen F. Eddy, 75, of Vermilion, passed away on Friday, July 4, 2008 at Kingston of Vermilion, after a lengthy illness. She was born on February 27, 1933 in Lorain and attended Lorain High School. She lived in Elyria before moving to Vermilion in 1964. Ellen raised her family in Vermilion and was married for [...]
Marion M. Traxler
Marion M. (nee Bulloch) Traxler Kniffin LaVriha, 90 of Athens, formerly of Lorain died Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Schwartz, Spence, Boyer & Cool Home For Funerals, 1124 W. 5th Street, Lorain, OH 44052.
Theodore Perusek
Theodore "Ted" Perusek died at home, in Lorain on Wednesday July 2, 2008 after a year long struggle with cancer. A passionate lover of the Great Lakes and the outdoors, he was deeply knowledgeable of Great Lakes history lore and shipping. Having a fine tuned sense of justice, he was passionate about environmental and social [...]
Hilda Wagner
Hilda Wagner, (nee Erber), 83, of Elyria died Friday at her home following a long illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home, Elyria. 322-4626