Archive for August 6th, 2008
NFL notes: Reports say Favre traded to Jets
Brett Favre left Green Bay on Wednesday, most likely for good. While he has gone home to Mississippi for the time being, he could end up in New York very soon. Fox Sports reported on its Web site late Wednesday night that the Packers have traded the quarterback to the Jets. The report said the [...]
Goats slip past security fence near NYC bridge
NEW YORK (AP) — It was a report calculated to send chills through those charged with anti-terrorist vigilance in New York City: Bearded intruders secretly penetrate heavily guarded transportation site. But it turned out the would-be trespassers were goats imported by the National Park Service to clean up poison ivy and other unwanted weeds at [...]
Preacher stole, then killed to cover his tracks
HICKMAN, Calif. (AP) — Friends of an elderly millionaire who was killed by a local pastor sensed something was wrong long before his death. The agricultural museum that the Rev. Howard Douglas Porter had promised to establish using the old man’s life savings wasn’t being built, so one day Les Orr drove 85-year-old Frank Craig [...]
Fire Department overtime down, but not by enough, some say
ELYRIA — Almost a year after staffing levels dropped from 17 to 14 firefighters at the city’s four fire stations, and weeks after the city saw its largest industrial fire in history, overtime costs in the Fire Department have dropped only $50,000, city figures show. Dropping minimum manning requirement was a decision Mayor Bill Grace [...]
Passer-by puts out house fire
NEW RUSSIA TWP. — Michelle Polen and her family were camping at Mohican State Park over the weekend when their house caught fire. An empty house plus a fire spells disaster. Unless some guardian angels are standing by, that is. Strangers driving by their house saw the smoke, called 911, pounded on the door, grabbed [...]
Mall gets a bite from Wasabi
ELYRIA — The owners of a new Japanese restaurant are turning up the heat on the hibachi grills at Midway Mall. Mall officials confirmed Tuesday that Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse is moving into the mall in the same location as the defunct Tokyo Steakhouse, between Harry Buffalo and Best Buy. The restaurant, complete with sushi bar [...]
State Supreme Court says couple has right to land with their fence
COLUMBUS — Forty-one years ago, William and Roselyn Evanich of Elyria made a mistake and put up a fence and landscaping on their neighbors’ property. The blunder went undiscovered until 2002, when the neighbors had the land surveyed — and, finding out it was theirs, wanted it back. On Tuesday, the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously [...]
Heckler badgers Obama in Berea
BEREA — A man who wore press credentials and took photographs from a platform interrupted Barack Obama’s town-hall meeting Tuesday by shouting complaints that the Democratic presidential candidate had not called for the audience to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Obama invited the heckler to lead the audience in the pledge, and he did. Attendees [...]
Booger the pitbull commercially cloned by South Korean company
SEOUL, South Korea — Booger is back. An American woman received five puppies Tuesday that were cloned from her beloved late pitbull, becoming the inaugural customer of a South Korean company that says it is the world’s first successful commercial canine cloning service. Seoul-based RNL Bio said the clones of Bernann McKinney’s dog Booger were [...]
Greek restaurateur to open chain`s 11th on West Erie
LORAIN — Stratos Kyrkos got a little dreamy-eyed Tuesday evening talking about the olive oil, tomatoes and oregano he remembers eating as a boy in Greece. “It’s the healthiest diet in the world, and nothing tastes better,” he said, chuckling in the dining room of his new West Erie Road restaurant, Stratos on the Lake. [...]
Blotter: Aug. 6, 2008
Elyria police Monday, Aug. 4 10:12 a.m. – 800 block Hartford Drive, burglary. 10:57 a.m. – 200 block Bond St., window broken at Cascade Elementary School. 11:44 a.m. – 300 block Broad St., theft from vehicle. 2:33 p.m. – 500 block Ternes Ave., utility trailer stolen. 7:46 p.m. – 100 block Ridge Circle, gun found [...]
Man says he lets dog chase neighbor
ELYRIA — An Elyria man told police he got a kick out of letting his pit bull chase his neighbor around the neighborhood. Willie Taylor, 60, of the 200 block of Warden Avenue, was charged with failure to confine his dog, obstructing official business and resisting arrest Monday after police confronted him about the near [...]
Roundup: Aug. 6, 2008
Attacker bites teen at South Rec ELYRIA — A 16-year-old Elyria boy was bitten by an unknown attacker Monday while playing basketball at South Park Recreation Center. The boy was playing basketball with his friend and a girlfriend when another man, thought to be 17 and 25 years old, punched the boy from behind. A [...]
Money trickles in to help woman save house
ELYRIA — The effort to help Elyria resident Catherine Taylor save her home — which is scheduled to be sold at sheriff’s sale Aug. 20 — is continuing. Ken Reddinger Sr., president of Buckeye State Welding & Fabricating in Elyria, who set up a fund last week at Buckeye Community Bank in the Centre of [...]
Schools to let out early on Tuesdays
LORAIN — School will be dismissed an hour early on Tuesdays this school year so teachers can have an hour of professional development training every week, said Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson. Last year, students did not have to attend class on professional development days, but Atkinson said weekly hourlong sessions will provide more regular assistance. “Teachers [...]
West Nile virus found in Lorain County mosquitoes
Two batches of mosquitoes in Grafton and Columbia Township have tested positive for West Nile virus. Jim Boddy, Lorain County director of environmental health, said that test results for mosquito samples collected in June and July came back positive and the department is planning a spraying program. If there is no rain or high winds [...]
Browns: Cribbs wants team to restructure contract
BEREA — Joshua Cribbs was “blessed” to receive $5,000 for signing with the Browns as an undrafted rookie in 2005. He was ecstatic in November 2006 when he got a $2 million signing bonus as part of a six-year extension worth just less than $6 million. He’s no longer satisfied. Cribbs confirmed Tuesday that agent [...]
Pay child support, get your license back
The Lorain County Child Support Enforcement Agency plans to collect unpaid child support by trading parents a partial payment for a driver’s license. The initiative, called the Driver’s License Reinstatement Program, is part of the county and state’s Child Support Awareness Month, designated by both the Lorain County Commissioners and Gov. Ted Strickland. For the [...]
Browns notes: Baxter comeback hits a snag
BEREA — Gary Baxter’s attempt at a historic comeback hit a roadblock Tuesday that could prove too difficult to overcome. Baxter experienced swelling in the knee last week and underwent arthroscopic surgery Tuesday to remove cartilage. No timetable was given for recovery, but linebacker Antwan Peek had a similar surgery last week and is expected [...]
Oberlin grad composes Olympic tunes
When 4 billion people tune in to the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on Friday, they will hear music by composer Zhiyi Wang, who graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music four years ago. Wang, 27, arranged four programs for orchestra and choir and co-orchestrated the theme song. Wang, who is from [...]
Focus group to college kids: What do you want?
OBERLIN — As college students everywhere gear up to return to campus, a select few have the opportunity to help decide what will be available in college bookstores everywhere. Whether it’s more collegiate gear, more tech products or more entertainment, the students’ opinions mattered as they participated in a National Association of College Stores focus [...]
Oberlin/Wellington blotter: Aug. 6, 2008
Oberlin police Saturday, July 12 2:33 a.m. – 38 S. Main St., police investigate complaint man exposed himself to employees of Downtown Pizza. Tuesday, July 15 5:55 a.m. – 38 S. Main St., police investigate break-in at Downtown Pizza. 8 a.m. – 400 block E. Lorain St., police investigate break-in at Locke’s Garden Center. Wednesday, [...]
Rays 8, Indians 4: Tampa goes deep to beat Tribe
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Evan Longoria had another memorable at-bat during his outstanding rookie season. Longoria, Dioner Navarro and Cliff Floyd homered to help the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Indians 8-4 on Tuesday night. Longoria’s two-run drive in Tampa Bay’s four-run seventh was his 22nd of the season, setting [...]
Robert D. Bozman
Robert D. Bozman, 57, of Lorain, died Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at his home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel, Lorain.
Richard R.Kreason
Richard R. Kreason, 72, of Lorain, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at the Cleveland Clinic surrounded by his loving family, following a brief illness. Mr. Kreason was born in Cleveland November 16, 1935 to the late Kenneth E. and Mary D (nee Easler) Kreason. He was a 1953 B graduate of Lorain High School. [...]