Archive for July 13th, 2008
James A. Campisi, Sr.
James A. Campisi, Sr., 77, of North Ridgeville, died Saturday, July 12, 2008 at St. John West Shore Hospital, following a sudden illness. He was born December 10, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He had resided in North Ridgeville the past 16 years having moved from Westlake. He previously lived in Atlanta, Buffalo and New Jersey. [...]
Arthur E. Bigrigg
Arthur E. Bigrigg, 78, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at Center Ridge Nursing Home, North Ridgeville, following a long illness. Arthur was born in California, Pennsylvania, on February 4, 1930. He was the son of the late, Arthur D. Bigrigg and Viola Garrison. He was a 1947 graduate of Centerville High School [...]
Pitcher in a pinch: Former Vermilion star sues over suspension
Former Vermilion baseball star Andy Oliver just wants to clear his name and get back on the mound, according to the lawyer who filed a lawsuit for him last month. But the suit also opens a window on a power struggle between groups interested in representing a talented and potentially very rich young man and [...]
Garko helps Indians win again vs. Tampa Bay
CLEVELAND — A visit from Tampa Bay appeared to be a death sentence for the Indians, who entered a four-game series against the major league-leading Rays riding their longest losing streak — 10 games — since 1979. If anything, it’s breathed life into them. Finding a strange cure to its losing ills, last-place Cleveland is [...]
Tribe notes: Wedge isn’t ready to give up on season
CLEVELAND — Call him delusional, but Indians manager Eric Wedge still says this season is all about winning. His comments prior to Saturday’s game against Tampa Bay were in direct contrast to those from general manager Mark Shapiro, who said after the team traded ace CC Sabathia to the Brewers on Monday that the rest [...]
Money designated for kids` meals goes unused
CLEVELAND — Millions of dollars designated to provide meals for needy Ohio children are going unused, and social service providers are unaware the money is available, activists said. About 600,000 Ohio children take part in a federal program that provides meals during the school year. But less than a tenth of them stay in the [...]
North Korea shuns talks with South
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s state media says the country rejects South Korean president’s proposal to resume reconciliation talks. The North’s main newspaper Rodong Sinmun said in a commentary Sunday that South Korean President Lee Myung-bak should stop resorting to a “deceitful” tactic to avoid responsibility for aggravated ties between the Koreas. Lee offered [...]
Assenheimer: The Indians get their midseason report card
It’s that time again. With the Indians a day away from pulling into the All-Star break, the midterm report cards are in the mail. Not surprisingly, the majority of Indians players will be running to the mailbox to intercept them before their parents. (Statistics through Friday) 3B/1B Casey Blake .279, 9 HRs, 51 RBIs Grade: [...]
EMH hallway dedicated to nursing history
Halls normally filled with bustling nurses were clogged with about 500 of them Saturday as EMH Regional Medical Center honored the contributions of the former M.B. Johnson School of Nursing. The school opened in 1908 and closed in 1987 due to competition from similar medical programs at Lorain County Community College, EMH spokeswoman Kristen Davis [...]
Elyria police nearly make ‘Wonka’ performance go wonky
ELYRIA — You know the story: Charlie finds a golden ticket, tours a magical chocolate factory, meets Oompa-Loompas and then the Elyria police walk in. At least that’s how it almost went Friday night, when a training exercise nearly intruded on a production of “Willy Wonka Junior” at the Stocker Arts Center. Elyria police Lt. [...]
Teen struck by car returns home
ELYRIA — An ambulance gave Amber Johnson a ride home Saturday afternoon from MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, where she’s been recovering for the past month and a half. The 13-year-old girl’s muscles were severed from her tailbone June 3 when she was hit by a truck and thrown against the jagged steel support beams [...]
Residents ask, can trees and power lines coexist?
CINCINNATI — Maureen O’Neill and her neighbors watched despairingly this spring as contractors chopped trees to protect power lines near their suburban Blauvelt, N.Y., homes. When they threatened her beloved white pines, O’Neill joined residents battling the power company about its pruning and felling of trees near transmission lines. Residents complained to town officials that [...]
Coughlin: Summer rentals can lead to bad burns
The old summer rental is a tantalizing temptation. The Washington Nationals probably would not be the worst team in the National League now if they had not succumbed to the allure of a midseason trade. In July 2002, several years before they moved to Washington, D.C., the Montreal Expos were in the hunt in the [...]
Elyrian D’Orazio helps oust Gladiators from AFL playoffs
PHILADELPHIA — Matt D’Orazio had himself a good week. The quarterback, who was born in Elyria, engineered a last-second, game-winning drive, won the Arena League’s Most Valuable Player award and capped it off by throwing eight touchdown passes to lead the Philadelphia Soul to its first appearance in the Arena Bowl with a 70-35 win [...]
Hot Stove district tournament hit with rain
A pair of heavy rainstorms Saturday afternoon curtailed opening-round action in the Ohio Hot Stove Baseball Tournament for the Lorain District. The first wave of storms hit shortly after 1 p.m., halting action at Grafton Reservoir Park and Keystone Penfield for the remainder of the day. Action resumed at North Ridgeville’s Palmer Field and the [...]
Packers won’t release Favre, won’t give him starting job
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Packers aren’t about to let Brett Favre become a free agent. And while he’s now free to return to Green Bay for another season, there’s no guarantee he’ll be the Packers’ starting quarterback if he does. In an interview with The Associated Press on Saturday, Packers general manager Ted Thompson [...]
Former Bush press chief Tony Snow dies
WASHINGTON — Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfully sparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stint as President Bush’s press secretary, died Saturday of colon cancer. He was 53. “America has lost a devoted public servant and a man of character,” President Bush said in a statement from [...]
Man flown to hospital after car flips in Penfield
PENFIELD TWP. — A 33-year-old LaGrange man was trapped upside-down in his car Saturday afternoon after it flipped. Wellington firefighters pried Timothy Hughes from his 2004 Ford Taurus about 4:30 p.m. after the crash on Nickel Plate Dia-gonal Road just south of Webster Road, Ohio Highway Patrol Trooper Shawn Kline said. The road was closed [...]
Elyria Notebook: July 13, 2008
LCCC names new deans Lorain County Community College has named new deans to head two academic divisions. Palanivel Manoharan was named dean of the science and mathematics division, and Francis Ward was named dean of the allied health and nursing division. For the past five years, Manoharan has been the freshman and sophomore math coordinator [...]
Theresa Toth
Theresa Toth (Nee Petkovsek), 93, passed away at the Elyria Wesleyan Village, on Saturday, July 12, 2008, after a long illness. She was born March 4, 1915 in Lorain, where she made her home for most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of the Hungarian Reformed Church in Lorain. She is [...]
Dahlberg: Let Favre cry by himself this time
The tears alone were worthy of a spot in the Hall of Fame. Brett Favre shed them, and all of Wisconsin cried along with him. The rest of the country got a bit teary-eyed, too, and who could blame us. His storybook run to the Super Bowl may have come up just short, but Favre [...]
Elyria’s south side is a fresh stop
ELYRIA — The small parking lot of the south side’s Save Our Children organization doesn’t seem like the typical spot to pick up fresh produce, but one day each week, local teens are bringing something special to the neighborhood. The teens are working this summer as interns for Teens in Action, and each Thursday they’ve [...]
Maxine Parsons
Maxine Parsons (nee Bennett), 86, passed away Friday, July 11, 2008 at Center Ridge Nursing Home in North Ridgeville. Funeral arrangements under the direction of Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home, Elyria, will be announced at a later date.
David Constantine Flint, Jr.
David Constantine Flint, Jr., 65, of Lorain, passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2008 at Lake Pointe Nursing Center in Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born on June 22, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and had resided in Lorain since the age of 13. He worked at the Lorain Ford Plant as a General [...]
Elizabeth “Betty” Palermo
Elizabeth "Betty" Palermo, 84, of Lorain, passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. She was born May 9, 1924 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Betty worked at Western Electric in New Jersey from 1942 to 1954 before moving to Lorain. She then joined the Ohio [...]