Archive for August 13th, 2008
Cavaliers pick up point guard Mo Williams in three-team trade
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers are getting some help for LeBron James. Cleveland has acquired Milwaukee Bucks point guard Mo Williams in a six-player, three-team trade to be completed Wednesday, the Akron Beacon Journal reported on its Web site citing an unnamed NBA executive. The Cavaliers declined comment on the report. The newspaper says the Cavaliers [...]
Haul of fame: Phelps adds two more golds to become winningest Olympian ever with 11 career gold medals
BEIJING — A daily double. Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals — and five world records in five events at the Beijing Games. A day after etching his name alongside Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis with gold No. 9, Phelps set a [...]
Little League softball: Elyria East bounces back from opening loss in World Series, pounds Netherlands, 13-0
What a difference a day makes. Elyria East Little League rebounded from a heartbreaking 3-2 loss in Monday’s first game of the 2008 Junior Softball World Series with a 13-0 trouncing of Windmill Den Bosch, a team from the Netherlands, on Tuesday in Kirkland, Wash. Cynthia Woodard hit a grand slam and a three-run homer [...]
Indians win fifth straight: Offense comes through again, stages late rally to down Orioles
CLEVELAND — Here’s something that hasn’t been said often if at all this season: The Indians are on a roll. On the same day they waved goodbye to another one of their veteran players — pitcher Paul Byrd — the Indians again showed their post-trade resiliency by hanging a 7-5 loss on the Orioles on [...]
Bye, bye Byrdie: Indians trade veteran pitcher to Boston
CLEVELAND — Paul Byrd, one of the more classy players in the Indians clubhouse, is taking his act to Boston. In a move to send the veteran right-hander to greener pastures while saving money in the process, the Indians traded Byrd to the Red Sox on Tuesday for a player to be named and cash. [...]
Toxic spill sparks panic at gas station
AVON — Potentially lethal fumes sent a trucker to the hospital and closed down a gas station Tuesday after 35 gallons of a toxic, syrupy liquid leaked out of a New Jersey-bound semi. Emergency crews evacuated everyone in a 165-foot radius from the back parking lot of the Pilot station on state Route 611 near [...]
Lorain County Health and Dentistry could close after missing out on grant
LORAIN — Lorain County Health and Dentistry, a safety net for the poor and uninsured, is in danger of closing its doors after it was denied a highly competitive federal grant worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The announcement Monday sent organization officials into a panic as they questioned whether they could continue without the [...]
Business lands $40M NASA contract
ELYRIA — A downtown Elyria business got a huge boost recently when NASA awarded it a contract that could reach $40 million. Information Dynamics, a management and technology consulting firm that helps to coordinate business objectives with information technology solutions, beat out a group of larger competitors to secure the contract, which could hit $40 [...]
Mom won`t have to return kids to dad in Mexico
A Columbia Township mother who fled from Mexico with her four children to escape from her husband won’t have to return. Following an appeals court ruling, U.S. District Judge Christopher Boyko last month reversed an earlier order that would have required Claire Simcox to return to Mexico with two of the children. Boyko already had [...]
Woman hits guardrail after wrong-way ride
SHEFFIELD — An elderly woman’s wrong-way trip Tuesday night down state Route 2 ended with her car crushed up against a guardrail, Sheffield police Sgt. Brian Clark said. Martha Gomersall, 78, of Bay Village, was found in her wrecked 2005 Hyundai Accent about 9:45 p.m. just west of the state Route 611 interchange. Clark said [...]
Don’t call me Tonya: New Browns receiver Stallworth taking some ribbing for putting Edwards on the sideline
BEREA — The locker room is a tough place to be the butt of a joke. It’s even worse when the ribbing includes comparisons to Tonya Harding. “I’ve gotten that already from the guys,” receiver Donte Stallworth said Tuesday. Stallworth spoke to the media for the first time since inadvertently stepping on the back of [...]
Teens attack boy, steal his bicycle
LORAIN — A teenager punched an 11-year-old in his face Monday, and then robbed him of his bike. The 11-year-old was riding his bike around 10:20 p.m. in the area of Pawlak Park at West 14th Street and Washington Avenue when a group of five boys all around the age of 16 confronted him, according [...]
Boy rides, not walks, down hill, then flies to hospital
ELYRIA — A 9-year-old boy was flown to Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland Monday after taking a nasty tumble at Cascade Park. Dwight Kimble was playing with his friends when the boys decided to ride their bikes down the park’s sledding hill. The hill is so steep that a sign nearby even warns bicyclists [...]
Murder convict’s lawyers seek new trial
ELYRIA — Attorneys for a convicted killer trying to clear his name say a county judge and prosecutors erred when they told a key witness that he could face perjury charges if he recanted the testimony that sent Alfred Cleveland to prison. William Avery Jr. was prepared to testify in January that he lied about [...]
Browns notes: PGA contender and former Kent State star Ben Curtis pays buddy Derek Anderson a visit at camp
BEREA — Less than 48 hours after tying for second in the PGA Championship, Ben Curtis stopped by training camp Tuesday morning to check on his favorite team and visit with a friend, quarterback Derek Anderson. Curtis, an Ohio native who went to Kent State and has a house in Stow, was the third-round leader [...]
State: County agency used grant money improperly
LORAIN — The Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Lorain County was improperly using a federal grant to pay the rent-to-own lease on its Oberlin Avenue building, a state audit has concluded. According to the audit, released Tuesday by Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor, the board paid $21,333 on the building in 2007 and had [...]
OSU president inspires local scholars
LORAIN — Kiara Smith is thinking about becoming a Buckeye. Kiara is an OSU Young Scholar, an elite group of middle and high school students who focus their studies on college preparatory classes as a way of fast-tracking their way into The Ohio State University. And on Tuesday, she was among a group of students [...]
Man sues fair board for ATV accident injuries
WELLINGTON — A Greenwich man injured in an ATV accident during the county fair two years ago has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Lorain County Fair Board and others allegedly responsible for the crash. Craig Hignett was riding on the back of an ATV driven by Kelly Schwarz, whom the lawsuit accuses of [...]
Several injured in 2 accidents
Two accidents on Tuesday sent people to hospitals in Elyria and Lorain, but no one suffered serious injuries. In Elyria, an eastbound car on Leo Bullocks Parkway ran a red light at Gateway Boulevard and struck a southbound pickup, which flipped and landed on its roof, according to Elyria police. Douglas Borrer, 52, was able [...]
Farmer donates produce to protest war
OBERLIN — A local farmer has taken anti-war protests in a new direction this summer and declared that he’s not selling anything until the United States stops fighting wars. Bob Williams’ farm, on the corner of Route 20 and Quarry Road, is “closed for peace.” Williams, who calls himself “Bushel Bob,” decided to suspend his [...]
Oberlin/Wellington notebook: Aug. 13, 2008
‘Oberlin Goes Back to School’ If you are the parent or guardian of a student in the Oberlin Schools, you are invited to Langston Middle School, 281 N. Pleasant St., 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 21 for “Oberlin Goes Back to School.” Free school supplies will be available, as will free hot dogs and information [...]
High school football 2008: A couple of healthy Brandons could do wonders for Amherst this season
AMHERST — If a couple of fellows named Brandon can remain healthy, the Comets could have a very good season. Amherst is coming off a hard-luck year, made that way because Brandon Kish, the team’s super sophomore of 2006 with more than 1,900 yards rushing, pulled a hamstring in the second quarter of Game 4 [...]
Oberlin/Wellington blotter: Aug. 13, 2008
Blotter bites WELLINGTON — Somebody has been flinging condiments at buildings in Wellington. Barbeque sauce was thrown on the back patio and west side of a house in the 100 block of Jones Street, and mustard was squirted on the south and east sides of McCormick Middle School. Both incidents were reported Friday. Police blotters [...]
High school golf: Lutheran West captures Grey Hawk Invitational with three golfers in the 70s
LAGRANGE — With three golfers shooting in the 70s, Lutheran West made a big improvement over its first outing of the 2008 high school golf season the day before by capturing the Fifth Annual Grey Hawk Invitational title Tuesday afternoon at Grey Hawk Golf Club. The Longhorns, a regular area golf power, shot 309 to [...]
Willie Frank Williams
Willie Frank Williams, 84, of Litchfield, Arizona and formally of Lorain, passed away Saturday August 9, 2008 peacefully in his home. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, coming to Lorain in 1968. He was employed as an Assembly Line Man for Ford Motor Co. in Lorain and was a Quality Water Controller at Ford. He [...]