Archive for July 12th, 2008
Shining brightly: Cliff Lee notches 12th win, makes strong case to start All-Star Game
CLEVELAND — Cliff Lee made his closing argument Friday night to start for the American League in the upcoming All-Star Game. It added to an already strong case from the left-hander. In his final outing prior to the All-Star break, Lee continued his brilliant bounce-back season, pitching the Indians to a 5-0 victory over Tampa [...]
Tribe notes: Carmona gets go-ahead to begin rehab
CLEVELAND — Fausto Carmona has been cleared to begin a rehab assignment. “By all accounts, everything was good from (Thursday),” said Indians manager Eric Wedge of Carmona’s simulated game at Progressive Field. “He should be good to go early next week.” Carmona, who has been on the injured list with a strained left hip since [...]
Little League baseball: Elyria opens strong, rips Miami in Big League state tournament opener
ELYRIA — Even without the strong hitting and the gifts handed to it, Elyria would have been tough to beat in Friday’s first-round game of the Big League state tournament at George Day Field. Seth Harshberger was the reason. Harshberger, a senior at Elyria High School, scattered six hits over six innings as Elyria throttled [...]
OGSO district finals: Midview’s Stone throws perfect game, outduels Ridgeville’s Andrews, who fires one-hitter in loss
LAGRANGE — It was the game of the tournament to this point and one that neither team should have had to lose.But in a memorable pitchers’ duel, Midview Royal Sports scored an unearned run in the top of the seventh inning to nip North Ridgeville 1-0 in an OGSO Class B (ages 12 and under) [...]
Arena Football League: Redemption is Gladiators’ goal in conference final battle with Philadelphia
CLEVELAND — Who would have thought a piece of advice in a song written for his band’s 2000 Crush CD might come back to haunt Jon Bon Jovi a little more than eight years after its release? Bon Jovi’s hit “It’s My Life” talks about people who rise up in the face of opposition to [...]
Mixed Martial Arts: Elyria’s Washington gets draw, then collapses from “extreme fatigue,” according to manager
SHEFFIELD — Marcus Washington fought out of a pair of arm bars, a deep triangle choke and a third round filled with flurries of punches to come away with a technical draw during Round 2 of the Quaker Fight Series on Friday night. Washington, a 170-pound fighter with Elyria’s Team Powerhouse, dominated the first two [...]
Softball notes: SunDogs piling up the state tournament titles
The Elyria SunDogs, who won the ASA state championship last month, added the NSA state title last weekend in Cincinnati. They didn’t know it at the time, but the ’Dogs had all the runs they needed when they scored twice in the first inning of the championship game. They held on for a 2-1 win [...]
Little League Juniors baseball: Elyria East feasts on fast start, downs Elyria West for district title
ELYRIA — Yogi Berra used to say, “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” West’s All-Stars may want to subscribe to Yogi’s philosophy following Friday’s 12-6 Juniors (ages 13-14) Little League district championship loss to East at Vic Janowicz Park. But Yogi was also quoted as saying “it gets late early,” and when East scored six [...]
Oct. 14 execution date set for Cooey
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The Ohio Supreme Court on Friday scheduled an Oct. 14 execution date for convicted killer Richard Cooey.That’s a day that cannot come soon enough for Bob McCreery of North Ridgeville, whose daughter, Dawn McCreery, was one of Cooey’s victims. “I’ll definitely be there. I want to see him get the needle put [...]
William Robert Cooley
William Robert “Bob” Cooley, 85, of Lake Wales, Fla., passed away Saturday, June 7, 2008, at the home of his granddaughter, Sharon Smulin, in Winter Haven, Florida. Bob was born February 7, 1923, in Oberlin. He graduated from Elyria High School in 1941. He moved to Lake Wales, Fla., from Vermilion 20 years ago. He [...]
Man critically injured in head-on Route 58 crash
PITTSFIELD TWP. — An 83-year-old Wellington man was critically injured Friday when his vehicle slammed into a sport utility vehicle carrying a family of four on state Route 58. The four people in the SUV were treated for minor injuries. CHUCK HUMEL / CHRONICLE A Life Flight helicopter transports a patient from the accident to [...]
Thornton Eugene Payne
Thornton Eugene “Gene” Payne, 79, of Lorain, died Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at his residence in Lorain following a lengthy illness. He was born July 12, 1928, in Dayton, and lived in Portsmouth and Charleston, W.Va., before coming to Lorain in 1947. He worked for Preston in Elyria as a truck driver. Prior to that [...]
Ruth Lenola Heiden
Ruth Lenola Heiden, 99, of Pittsfield Township, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2008, at Allen Community hospital, after a short illness. She was a lifelong resident of Pittsfield. Ruth was a member of the Pittsfield Community Church and Farm Womens club in Pittsfield and Russia townships. She was a 1927 graduate of Wellington High School. [...]
O-H-I-O loves its O-R-E-Os
Avon woman and her daughter twist and dunk way to contest prize
Robert Edward Crayton
Robert Edward Crayton, 90, of LaGrange, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2008, in his home, following a six-month illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home, 1021 Main St., Grafton.
Philip Nowfel
Philip Nowfel, 86, of Grafton, died Friday, July 11, 2008, following a short illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home.
Nancy V. Szwaja
Nancy Veryl “ Nan” Szwaja, 78, died Saturday, June 21, 2008, in Oberlin. She was born to the late Wendla and Harry Wilfred “Biff” Bills on November 16, 1929, in Evanston, Ill. She was a 1947 graduate of Evanston High School and attended Oberlin College, where she met her husband, Joseph Szwaja, and married in [...]
Joseph J. Antolich
Joseph J. Antolich, 74, of Vermilion, died Friday, July 11, 2008, in Lake Pointe Health Center, Lorain, after lengthy illness. He was born February 21, 1934, in Walhonding, Ohio, and had been a Vermilion resident for the past 22 years, moving from Elyria. He was a veteran of the Army and worked as a carpenter [...]
Joseph G. Balint
Joseph G. Balint, 76, of Westlake, formerly of Elyria, passed away, Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at Fairview Hospital. He was a graduate of Ohio State University. Joseph worked as an estimator for Nagle Manufacturing Co. until his death. He loved the Florida Keys and fishing. He is survived by his daughters, Julie Weitzel and Jody [...]
Asbestos removal at Elyria fire site
ELYRIA — Hundreds, if not thousands, of truckloads of debris will have to be hauled from the site of the former General Industries plant. That prediction by Mike Settles, spokesman for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, gives a clue as to how massive the cleanup could be. The question is: Who’s going to pay for [...]
Gordon D. McDaniel Jr.
Gordon D. McDaniel Jr., 67, of Vermilion, died Thursday, July 10, 2008, in EMH Regional Health Center after a sudden illness. He was born February 17, 1941, in Cherokee, Kan. He has been a Vermilion area resident for the past 18 years moving from Zanesville and growing up in Cumberland. He was a sheet metal [...]
Cops say litterer threw his trash at the wrong car
ELYRIA TWP. — An Elyria man apparently didn’t look before he littered, authorities said. John Blackburn, 26, of Elyria, is accused of tossing a bag of fast food garbage from his car window as he drove by the county garage on Russia Road at 1:17 p.m. Thursday. Apparently, he somehow missed seeing the sheriff’s deputy’s [...]
Chinese government: Fido’s off the menu during Olympics
BEIJING — Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month’s Beijing Olympic Games. Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants, and Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage consumers from ordering dishes made from dogs, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday. Waiters and [...]
Elyria Relay for Life takes place at EC today
ELYRIA — Between 200 and 300 volunteers will be making laps around the Elyria Catholic High School track for 18 hours starting 9 a.m. today to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The annual Elyria Relay for Life aims to raise $85,000. Last year, volunteers collected almost $80,000 for cancer research and support services. [...]
Roundup: July 12, 2008
EMH nursing alumni open house is today ELYRIA — An open house 2 to 4 p.m. today will celebrate the 100th anniversary of EMH Regional Medical Center and the contribution the M.B. Johnson School of Nursing has made to its legacy. Graduates of the nursing school, which stood on the EMH campus from 1908 to [...]