Archive for September 13th, 2008
No ‘Beanie’ for Buckeyes: Ohio State star running back’s foot injury to keep him out of tonight’s battle with No. 1 USC
LOS ANGELES — Ohio State running back Chris “Beanie” Wells will not play for the fifth-ranked Buckeyes against No. 1 Southern California tonight because of his injured right foot. Ohio State coach Jim Tressel made the announcement late Friday afternoon after the team went through a 40-minute walkthrough at the Los Angeles Coliseum. “We won’t [...]
Offense gives Lee a boost: Hitters do the job against Royals pitching, as Indians lefty easily picks up 22nd win of season
CLEVELAND — Cliff Lee has been picking up his hitters all season. It was only fair that they returned the favor. With Lee offering up a less-than-dominant start for one of the few times this season Friday night, the Indians’ offense still got their Cy Young front-runner another win — his 22nd — slugging their [...]
Tribe notes: Thanks to Buckeyes game, attendance could be sparse for second game of tonight’s doubleheader
CLEVELAND — All eyes will not be on the Indians tonight when they entertain the Royals in the second game of a day-night doubleheader at 7:05 — at least not in the Cleveland area. With Ohio State and USC clashing in a major college football showdown (8 p.m.) on the same night, local fans are [...]
Anderson up to the task? Browns quarterback gets another chance to prove he can deliver in big games
BEREA — The last time Derek Anderson played in a game this important, it was Week 16 of last season and the Browns needed a win to make the postseason. He threw four interceptions, the Browns lost at Cincinnati and they missed out on the playoffs. This week, it’s the Steelers, their confusing zone blitzes, [...]
Browns notes: Pool says he’ll be ready to go Sunday against Steelers, but he won’t change the way he plays the game
BEREA — Safety Brodney Pool declared himself recovered from a concussion and ready for the Steelers game. “I’m fine,” he said Friday. “I’m gonna play.” Pool was injured Aug. 18 against the Giants when he took a Brandon Jacobs knee to the head. It was Pool’s third concussion in his four years with the Browns. [...]
Deal makes West happy: Cavaliers guard feels wanted, even though his role on team will change
NDEPENDENCE — Delonte West finally feels loved again. The 6-foot-4, 180-pound guard signed a multiyear contract with the Cavaliers on Friday, and he couldn’t be happier about it. “This is the first time since I was offered a scholarship at St. Joe’s that I feel like I am valued as a person and a player,” [...]
Two men, two ways of doing things: Tressel, Carroll both big winners, but with vastly different styles
One springs practical jokes on his team, oozes charisma and sprinkles his conversation with the word “dude.” He’s been called an “aging hipster dad.” The other wears sweater vests, refers to his players as “young champions” and appears to part his hair with a laser pointer it’s so straight. Even those closest to him marvel [...]
Area motorsports: Weather postpones tonight’s MSA event at Sandusky Speedway
The MSA-Oswego Wing Challenge Series event that was set for tonight at Sandusky Speedway has been postponed due to weather. It has been reset for Saturday, Sept. 27. Two supermodified drivers whose careers have taken them as far as the Indy 500, Davey Hamilton and Joe Gosek, are expected back for the rescheduled show. Tonight Reed’s [...]
Mayor: Sheffield Lake to buy, then likely demolish, Shoreway shopping center
SHEFFIELD LAKE — Make way for the wrecking ball — some major changes are coming to Sheffield Lake.The city will officially take control of the defunct Shoreway Shopping Center in November, after signing a $2.8 million deal Friday to purchase the property from majority owner the Levin Family Trust. The deal comes just one day [...]
Downtown Elyria properties up for sheriff’s sale on Wed.
ELYRIA — A sheriff’s sale is set Wednesday for two parking lots and a downtown building owned by JGT Enterprises Inc., and more auctions are on the horizon for the company led by Jay G. Tokar, the man once referred to as the king of Elyria’s downtown. Occupants of buildings involved in the sales said [...]
Browns receiver ticketed for 120 mph on I-90
AVON — Braylon Edwards’ speed is seldom overlooked on the football field, but an Avon police officer was reprimanded Friday for neglecting to cite the Cleveland Browns wide-out for going 120 mph last month on Interstate 90.Edwards was traveling nearly twice the 65-mph speed limit in his 2005 Bentley when he was pulled over at [...]
Amherst student recovering from meningitis
ELYRIA — A 15-year-old Amherst student is in the hospital, recovering from a viral form of meningitis that his parents said struck suddenly and first showed itself as a debilitating headache. Debra Schneider said her son, Drew Schneider, is improving although doctors have not said he is completely out of the woods yet. “Everything is [...]
Police: Man made lewd comments to teens
LORAIN — Lorain police charged a former Community Health Partners employee with importuning and telephone harassment for allegedly making sexually explicit phone calls to young children from a hospital phone. David Figueroa, 39, of Lorain, turned himself in to Lorain police on Thursday morning after Community Health Partners and Lorain and Amherst police departments discovered [...]
North Ridgeville sued by rejected sludge bidder
ELYRIA — A Norwalk construction firm is suing the city of North Ridgeville for awarding a $1.4 million project to a rival bidder. According to papers filed Friday in county Common Pleas Court, Mark Haynes Construction wants a very dirty job — sludge relief and site restoration at the French Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. The [...]
BLOTTER: Sept. 13, 2008
County sheriff Tuesday, Sept. 9 3:42 p.m. – 18500 block Baird Road, Camden Township, a 15-year-old boy was cited with unruliness and domestic violence. He allegedly pushed his mother down a set of steps and several days later jumped out of his mother’s van and ran away. Wednesday, Sept. 10 4:31 p.m. – Broadway Gas, [...]
Judge OKs release of juvenile records
ELYRIA — Lorain County Juvenile Court Judge David Basinski on Friday agreed to release most of the court records sought by attorneys for accused killer Neil Simpson. Basinski said he would release a psychological report, court documents and Probation Department records stemming from a 2001 juvenile robbery and theft case in which Simpson, now 25, [...]
Strickland hopes high for Hillary`s Ohio touch
Gov. Ted Strickland is still excited that the woman he backed for president earlier this year is coming back to Ohio. Only this time, Sen. Hillary Clinton is hitting the campaign trail for Barack Obama and not trying to garner votes for herself. Strickland said he’s hopeful that Clinton will help convince Ohio voters — [...]
City`s GOP, Dems join forces for income tax renewal
ELYRIA — Two longtime benefactors of Elyria are heading up the committee to get the income tax renewal passed by voters in November. Dan Bragg, co-chair of the Elyria 2015 committee, and Dan Graves, former chairman of the Elyria Republican Party, have been asked by Mayor Bill Grace to lead the campaign. “We’re not doing [...]
Wellington honors its ‘Slave Rescue` history
WELLINGTON — Several hundred people marched behind Wellington’s “Spirit of ’76” drum and fife corps to dedicate a historic marker commemorating the Sept. 13, 1858, rescue of slave John Price and other historic events in Wellington. Raindrops didn’t quell the spirits of fourth-graders who created American flags bearing words like “freedom,” or the voices of [...]
Lorain/Sheffield Notebook: Sept. 13, 2008
County correctional institution staff donates to Lorain elementary The Lorain County Correctional Institution made a donation of school supplies and clothes Tuesday to Palm Elementary School in Lorain. Warden Marc Howk and two correctional officers, David Maldonado and David Harper, dropped off more than $480 worth of donations as part of the effort. The Lorain [...]
Richard Ladd McCracken
Richard Ladd McCracken, Sarasota, died Sept. 7, 2008, after a long illness. Richard and family moved to Sarasota in 2001 from Elyria. He graduated from Grafton High School in 1952 and served in the Air Force for nine years. He served during the Korean War and was stationed in Japan for several years. H worked [...]
Lorain County transit cuts scrapped, for now
ELYRIA — Proposed cuts to Lorain County Transit have been scrapped, at least for now, thanks to an infusion of cash from the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency.The transportation planning agency’s executive board voted unanimously Friday to give LCT $645,431. “We don’t have to cut services or raise rates this year,” said Lorain County Commissioner [...]
Mary Jane “Mitzi” Kraly
Mary Jane "Mitzi" Kraly (nee Rastovski), a resident of Lorain, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2008 at New Life Hospice Residential Center in Lorain, following a five-year illness. Mary Jane was born November 10, 1930 in Lorain and has been a lifetime resident. She was employed as a remittance clerk at the Social Security Administration, [...]
Mary Ann Shanko
Mary Ann Shanko (nee Novak), 76, of North Olmsted, passed away Friday, September 12, 2008 at her residence following a long illness. She was born in Logans Ferry Heights, Pennsylvania on January 13, 1932. Mrs. Shanko had been a North Olmsted resident since 1973 and had previously lived in Cleveland. She was a 1950 graduate [...]
Melvin R. Rice
Melvin R. Rice, 87, of Elyria, died Thursday, September 11, 2008 at The New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home of Elyria, 322-4626.