Archive for September 10th, 2008
Route 57 project hits a slow spot
ELYRIA — The $20 million state Route 57 reconstruction project will get a little worse before it gets better this week.With intersection repair work going on from Cleveland Street to West River Road, motorists are finding themselves stuck in traffic longer than usual. They aren’t alone. City Engineer Mukund Moghe said he drove the route [...]
Ohio death row inmate denies killing anyone
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio inmate scheduled to be executed next month says he participated in a crime that led to the deaths of two college students but denies he was the one who beat them to death. Richard Cooey says he committed kidnapping, robbery and other crimes leading to the slaying of the [...]
Ohio governor sees new $540 million budget shortfall
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Ted Strickland ordered $540 million in cuts and other budget adjustments Wednesday because of revenue shortfalls but vowed to protect an expansion of children’s health care and a tuition freeze for students attending state colleges. The latest moves are on top of $733 million in cuts he ordered in late [...]
Terry Boose audio interview
Terry Boose, Republican candidate for the State House from the 58th District. (To hear the audio, click on the play button at the bottom left of the Flash Player above.)
Browns safety to have knee surgery, expected to miss a month
BEREA – A rough start to the season got even worse for the Browns on Wednesday, as coach Romeo Crennel announced safety Sean Jones will have arthroscopic knee surgery Thursday. Jones is expected to miss at least a month. The Oct. 13 Monday night game against the Giants, which follows a bye week, would [...]
Indians 6, Orioles 1: Sowers, Hafner propel Tribe to win
BALTIMORE — The Cleveland Indians were doubly rewarded for their patience: Jeremy Sowers and Travis Hafner both put on a performance reminiscent of their past. Sowers pitched eight innings of four-hit ball and Hafner had two singles in his long-awaited return from the disabled list to lead the Indians over the Baltimore Orioles 6-1 [...]
High school volleyball: Elyria bests Strongsville
ELYRIA — Getting the ball to your setter could be considered the most important task in the sport of volleyball. Tuesday, Elyria High used that strategy to perfection in knocking off Northeast Ohio Conference rival Strongsville in four games, 25-19, 25-15, 23-25, and 25-11. The Pioneers improved to 5-2 overall and 2-0 in NEO play [...]
Ohio State: Beanie Wells cleared to play against USC
COLUMBUS — Ohio State will have its Beanie back for Southern California. Buckeyes tailback Chris “Beanie” Wells has been given the OK to play in the showdown at No. 1 USC on Saturday night. Wells, who rushed for 1,609 yards and 15 touchdowns a year ago, went down with a foot injury in the second [...]
Lorain officer found guilty
ELYRIA — Suspended Lorain Police Officer Stanley Marrero will have to spend two months in the Lorain County Jail, but he no longer has two federal lawsuits hanging over his head. Marrero, 44, was found guilty Tuesday of misdemeanor charges of intimidation, dereliction of duty and public indecency by Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Edward [...]
Bascule Bridge still out
LORAIN — The Charles Berry Bascule Bridge won’t be coming down anytime soon. Work on the bridge, which was expected to be completed by early September when it closed June 9, has taken longer than expected. The bridge might not be open again until late this month or early in October, Brian Stacy, a spokesman [...]
Browns analysis: Win over Steelers close to a must-one
Must-wins don’t exist in Week 2. But Sunday night versus the Steelers is about as close as it gets. The Browns can’t afford to start the season 0-2, with both losses at home. They can’t afford to fall two games behind the Steelers. They can’t afford to lose all the confidence and excitement accumulated through [...]
Elyria finds $440K gap in budget
ELYRIA — Fire Department overtime, increases in the cost of fuel and utilities, and a budgeting mishap mean that city budgeters must squeeze another $440,000 from the general fund to carry the city to the end of the year. Auditor Ted Pileski said the figures are above and beyond what already has been appropriated in [...]
Couple close N.R. bar, plan Elyria restaurant
ELYRIA — From barkeeps in North Ridgeville to restaurateurs in downtown Elyria, a local couple is embracing a tastier phase of their lives in a place that is familiar to many. In roughly three weeks, hungry patrons will be able to walk into the former Zaki’s restaurant at the corner of Broad Street and East [...]
Obama says he`ll double charter school funding
RIVERSIDE, Ohio — Barack Obama promised Tuesday to double funding for charter schools, pay teachers based on performance and replace those who aren’t up to the job, embracing education proposals normally more popular with Republican candidates. The Democratic presidential nominee says both parties must work together to improve education in a pitch to independent voters [...]
Three injured in two-car crash
OBERLIN — A two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon sent three to the hospital. Dorothy Bowsher, 79, of Amherst, was eastbound on Russia Road at 12:30 p.m. when she failed to stop for another eastbound vehicle making a left turn at the intersection of Oberlin and Elyria roads, according to the Elyria post of the State Highway [...]
Oberlin man faces trial for pamphlets
OBERLIN — Mark Chesler will go on trial for posting pamphlets opposing a downtown housing and commercial project in May 2007. The 9th District Court of Appeals overturned an Oberlin Municipal Court decision throwing out a misdemeanor charge of advertising on public property against the 50-year-old Chesler. Oberlin Municipal Court Judge Thomas Januzzi had ruled [...]
2008 high school soccer: Youth hasn’t hurt EC yet
ELYRIA — Soccer fans at Gulf Road and Poplar Street have been whining for months about all the talent that graduated from Elyria Catholic in June. Nothing back from last year’s fine 13-4-1 team but a few seniors and a bunch of undersized freshmen. Lo, the poor Panther? Scarcely. The seniors and all those little [...]
No questions allowed as Palin sticks to her campaign script
LEBANON — GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is sticking to a greatest hits version of her convention speech on the campaign trail and steering clear of questions until she’s ready for a hand-picked interviewer later this week. That basic script is all anyone has heard from her publicly, and her only interaction with the [...]
Mom hit biking with kids
AVON LAKE — A 35-year-old Avon Lake woman was hurt when a woman accused of drunken driving plowed into her bicycle during a Monday night family. Tara Dorsey-Ward was peddling in the northbound lane of Avondale Avenue at 7:20 p.m. when a northbound Dodge Stratus struck her bike from behind. She was thrown by the [...]
N.R. delays housing vote
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The City Planning Commission on Tuesday has again postponed a vote on preliminary site plans for a Planned Community Development. The 281-acre, 370-unit development — one of the larger such projects to seek approval from city officials in recent years — was put on hold for 30 more days to give the [...]
Oberlin/Wellington blotter: September 10, 2008
Wellington police Wednesday, Sept. 3 5 a.m. – 100 block AB Court, woman reported threatening phone calls. Saturday, Sept. 6 12:36 a.m. – 200 block N. Mill St., Steven E. Pritt, 36, arrested on a warrant. 9:57 p.m. – 400 block W. Herrick Ave., bike found on lawn. Sunday, Sept. 7 2:55 a.m. – East [...]
Oberlin/Wellington roundup: September 10, 2008
Slave rescue commemorated Residents of Oberlin and Wellington will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Oberlin-Wellington Slave Rescue on Friday and Saturday. A documentary and dinner requiring tickets on Friday will be followed by a free program Saturday on Tappan Square. The rescue of John Price from slave catchers on Sept. 13, 1858, led to [...]
Trade old stuff for new at plant swap
WELLINGTON — If you have a garden, you likely encounter two problems each year — how to mix things up so your garden doesn’t become the same old thing year after year, and what to do with all of those plants, flowers and trees that have multiplied throughout the growing season. The biannual plant swap [...]
‘They crunched together pretty good`
ELYRIA — Mellisa Kuzela said she had just picked up her young son from school Tuesday afternoon and was driving away when a school bus behind her smashed into a Ford Ranger. “I looked up in my rear-view mirror just as they hit,” she said. “They crunched together pretty good.” She said it looked like [...]
Angeline Zgonc
Angeline “Angie” Zgonc, (nee Tomazic), entered eternal life Tuesday, September 9, 2008. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Gluvna-Shimo-Hromada Funeral Chapel, Lorain.