Archive for August 21st, 2008
Kim L. Welch
Kim L. Welch, 51, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria, following a brief illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wyers Funeral Chapel of Sheffield Township.
Olympics: Bolt jolts history with world record-setting win in the 200 to go with his gold in the 100
BEIJING — Usain Bolt’s eyes darted to check the numbers on the trackside clock once, twice, three times, more. For the only time in eight races at these Olympics, Bolt was really trying — gritting his teeth, pumping his arms, churning his golden spikes with those long, long legs. In the closing steps of the [...]
Browns not happy about ugly loss to Giants, but they’re not ready to panic yet either
BEREA — Disappointed? Yes. Disheartened? No. The Browns returned to practice Wednesday, less than 48 hours after a 37-34 preseason loss to the Giants on Monday night that featured a 30-3 deficit after 16 minutes. The scheduled two-hour practice stretched into hour No. 3. The laughter, common throughout training camp, was nowhere to be found. [...]
Browns notes: Third preseason game becomes a non-starter this year
BEREA — The third preseason game is the one in which the starters get the most playing time as a dress rehearsal for the regular season. The Browns (0-2), however, will be without many of their starters when they head to Detroit on Saturday. Running back Jamal Lewis (hamstring) was added to the injury list [...]
Indians use long ball to power past Royals
CLEVELAND — The Indians are a win away from sweeping the last-place Royals with Cy Young candidate Cliff Lee on the mound today. Break out the brooms. Cleveland finds itself in the prime position thanks to another win over the Royals on Wednesday night, an 8-5 decision powered by four home runs, which gave the [...]
High school football: Oberlin’s Thornton chooses Illinois
The day before the start of the high school football season, the area got its second Big Ten player commitment and this one comes from a player who hasn’t officially played one down here. Oberlin senior tackle Hugh Thornton has orally committed to play for Illinois — following Vermilion tight end Derek Hoebing’s decision last [...]
High school football 2008: Experienced and deep North Olmsted should be a factor in the Southwestern Conference
NORTH OLMSTED — Last year’s North Olmsted team was probably the fastest of the eight Southwestern Conference members. The Eagles are still very fast, maybe the speediest in the conference again. But it’s the Eagles’ experience that is really making people look at North Olmsted as a legitimate contender for a conference championship and a [...]
Boys golf: When the coach is away, Elyria Catholic plays … quite well, in fact, as win at Pioneer Invitational attests
ELYRIA — Who needs a coach on match day in high school golf? Just let the players tee it up and do their thing after their coach did his thing during practice rounds. Elyria Catholic golf coach Tom Porter was miles away Wednesday when his Panthers won the Pioneer Invitational at Forest Hills Golf Course [...]
Girls soccer: Amherst whips Wellington in season opener for both teams
WELLINGTON — A strong start in each half had Wellington’s girls looking good on Wednesday. Looks can be deceiving. The Lady Dukes couldn’t follow through and the Comets rolled to a 7-1 non-conference soccer victory that launched the season for both teams. Amherst used a mix of experienced players and newcomers to take a 3-0 [...]
Elyria Schools just short of effective
ELYRIA — Gaining the fraction of a percentage point needed to move Elyria Schools from continuous improvement to effective didn’t come last school year, placing the district in roughly the same spot as it was in 2007, school officials said. That’s the news the Ohio Department of Education will officially release Tuesday when the report [...]
Lorain Schools consider 3-step plan
LORAIN — When it comes to building a huge new high school or two smaller ones, a Lorain Board of Education subcommittee decided it would recommend a three-part course for a Lorain Schools remedy. The Lorain Schools Facilities Review Committee’s recommendation starts with asking the school board to go back to the state and try [...]
Oberlin to start school tipline
OBERLIN — If you’ve ever seen bullies picking on a kid, now you can do something about it. The Oberlin school district is starting a hot line so people can call in anonymous tips about problems in the district. Superintendent Geoffrey Andrews said the Oberlin Schools will use the system on a trial basis for [...]
Lorain cops find beating suspects
LORAIN — Police have tracked down the two “vertically challenged” brothers and their juvenile cousin involved in the alleged beating of a 49-year-old Lorain man. Diraus Wagner, 18, his 16-year-old brother and their 13-year-old cousin, all of Lorain, admitted to the Aug. 6 beating of a 49-year-old man who told police at the time that [...]
Pioneer Days canceled over dropping attendance
VERMILION — The Lorain County Metro Parks has canceled this year’s Pioneer Days event. “We’re going to take a step back and evaluate the festival,” said Sarah Sharp, the Metro Parks’ public information officer. “We’d like to bring something back that’s bigger and better.” The annual event had been held at the Mill Hollow area [...]
Summer in the fast lane
Ridgeville sophomore is stoked for stock cars NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Morgan Dyer, a sophomore at North Ridgeville High School, will have a great “what I did on my summer vacation essay” this year. Morgan, 15, won the super stock car division of the National Derby Rallies soap box derby championships held in Saginaw, Mich., on [...]
North Ridgeville Notebook: August 21, 2008
So you wanna be a star? Olde Towne Hall Theatre will hold auditions 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and Monday for the three-person comedy “Wally’s Café.” The story centers on Wally and his wife, Louise. The couple age over the course of the show from their late 20s/early 30s in 1940 up until 1981. The [...]
Lorain law director charged with 4th DUI
This time he’s charged with hitting a house, leaving the scene Lorain Law Director Mark Provenza was picked up on his fourth drunken driving charge early Wednesday after police said he rammed his wife’s minivan into the front porch of a Lakewood house and drove away. In a Lakewood police video taken from a dashboard [...]
Gorilla his dreams? Kinda
Nestled in the back of the fairgrounds, next to the Yo-Yo ride and across from ubiquitous carnival games, is a plain gray tent with a white trailer sticking out of it. You almost wouldn’t notice it at all, except for the giant yellow signs out front advertising the spectacle within: Gabora the Gorilla Girl. A [...]
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones dies of brain hemorrhage
EAST CLEVELAND — Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died Wednesday after a brain hemorrhage, a Cleveland Clinic official said. Tubbs Jones, 58, died at 6:12 p.m. from a hemorrhage caused by an aneurysm that burst and left [...]
Wal-Mart coming to Lorain`s Lighthouse Village
LORAIN — Wal-Mart is planning to land a store in Lorain, and this time voters can’t do anything about it. The 200,000-square-foot supercenter is slated to arrive at Lighthouse Village by early 2010 and will bring up to 400 jobs with it, according to developer Tom Kuluris. “We’ve been talking (to Wal-Mart) on and off [...]
School`s student-bought playground goes up in flames
SHEFFIELD TWP. — The Vincent Elementary School playground built from $35,000 in pupil-collected pennies was destroyed in a fire Wednesday afternoon. Sheffield Township Fire Chief Joe Bandagski said shredded rubber mulch under the school’s jungle gym caught fire about 2:15 p.m. He said the cause of the fire is not yet known but it is [...]
Paul R. Dennis
Paul R. Dennis, 80, passed away August 20, 2008. He was the beloved husband of Eleanor; loving father of Mark and the late Bernadette Clark; brother of Rosemary Pflug and the late Richard, Donald and George; dear grandfather of six and great-grandfather of seven. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, August 22, 2008, [...]
Anne Dulick
Anne Dulick (nee Dudiak), 88, formerly of Lorain, passed away peacefully Sunday evening, August 17, 2008, at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., following a brief illness. She was born on December 2, 1919, the first child of Ilko and Mary Dudiak, Ukrainian immigrants who married and settled in Lorain. After graduating from Lorain High School [...]
Robert L. Washka
Robert L. Washka, 78, of Amherst, passed away Monday, August 18, 2008, at Amherst Hospital, following a lengthy illness. He was born in Cleveland, October 17, 1929, and had been a resident of Lorain County for most of his life. He graduated from Amherst High School and attended Heidelberg College. He was a veteran of [...]
Elifford Radabaugh
Elifford Radabaugh, 85, of Elyria passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria. Arrangements will be announced by Busch Funeral Home of Elyria.