Archive for September 22nd, 2008
Matt Lundy audio interview
Matt Lundy, Democratic incumbent for the State House 57th District. (To hear the audio, click on the play button at the bottom left of the Flash Player above.)
A wreck of a start: Browns’ season already in jeopardy after falling to Ravens for their third straight loss
BALTIMORE — A season on the brink went over the edge in 10 minutes during the third quarter Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium. Picture a 21-car pileup in slow motion at the bottom of a canyon. When the metal stopped crunching and the smoke cleared, the Browns had lost 28-10 to the Baltimore Ravens to [...]
Elyria’s Nakamura fitting right in with Ravens
BALTIMORE — Haloti Ngata, Terrell Suggs, Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Haruki Nakamura. The last name in the roll call may not be familiar in many households nationwide, but it definitely belongs. Nakamura, an Elyrian, earned his spot on the Ravens’ Pro Bowl-filled roster and has already made a contribution on special teams. Nakamura played a [...]
Browns notes: Team in turmoil after third straight setback; Crennel hints personnel changes could be coming
BALTIMORE — Coach Romeo Crennel told the Browns after a 28-10 loss to the Ravens on Sunday that every position is being looked at for a possible personnel change, and that includes quarterback. “I said all positions,” Crennel said. “We’re going to try to do what we think is best and try to improve this [...]
Ravens 28, Browns 10: Breaking it down
THUMBS UP Ray Lewis, Ravens linebacker He may be 33 years old, but he has more energy than most 18-year-olds hopped up on Red Bull. Lewis finished with four tackles, a quarterback hit, two passes defensed and the hit that changed the game. On a third-and-3 from the Browns 17-yard line, Derek Anderson found Kellen [...]
Grand finale: Indians go out with a bang, defeating Tigers in last home game of the season
CLEVELAND — Their final impression was a good one and it’s going to have to last. The Indians waved goodbye to their fans Sunday, treating them to a resounding 10-5 victory over the Tigers in the final game of the season at Progressive Field. A crowd of 36,957 fans showed up to pay tribute to [...]
Tribe notes: Scott Lewis shows he can handle adversity
CLEVELAND — Scott Lewis’ streak of consecutive scoreless innings came to an end at 15 Sunday, with the left-hander allowing a run in the second inning of the Indians’ 10-5 victory over the Tigers. His perfect record remained intact. Lewis, whose scoreless-innings streak to begin a big league career is the longest by a Cleveland [...]
U.S. finally gets Ryder Cup back: New players, captain and attitude pay off in first win since 1999
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — U.S. captain Paul Azinger sprinted up the stairs to the clubhouse balcony and grabbed the biggest bottle of champagne he could find to join an American celebration he felt was a long time coming in the Ryder Cup. They didn’t need a miracle putt or an amazing comeback like their last victory [...]
Motorsports: Biffle 2-for-2 in Chase, wins late three-way battle of Roush teammates at Dover International
Greg Biffle stayed perfect in the Chase for the championship, making another late pass — this time with nine laps to go — and holding off Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards on Sunday. Roush Fenway Racing teammates Biffle, Kenseth and Edwards engaged in a thrilling run over the final 20 laps at Dover (Del.) International [...]
Apple Fest attracts 125,000
ELYRIA — A weekend of wonderful weather — and bringing all of the activities back to downtown — made the 28th Apple Festival one of the biggest and best ever, said chairwoman and co-founder Linda Brown. For the past three years, the festival was divided between downtown and the Riverwalk, but the two locations made [...]
Squawk therapy: Helping students with a cockatoo
ELYRIA — Move over therapy dogs, there’s a winged one in town. Max, a 1½-year-old medium sulfur crested cockatoo, makes monthly visits to Ely Elementary School in Elyria along with his owner, Bre Crum, an intervention specialist for Elyria Schools. Crum, 33, works with 19 sixth-grade students who are learning disabled, cognitively delayed, medically fragile [...]
Man shoots his friend in gun mishap
SHEFFIELD LAKE – A 21-year-man was being held Sunday on charges he accidentally shot his friend in the back while handling a handgun. Christopher Goins, 21, had showed his friend Michael Gaal the gun at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday when it discharged, according to Sheffield Lake police Capt. Anthony Campo. Gaal, 18, also of Sheffield [...]
‘Mad Men` and ‘30 Rock` win top Emmys
LOS ANGELES — The sleek ‘60s drama "Mad Men" made Emmy history Sunday as the first basic-cable show to win a top series award, while the sitcom "30 Rock" and its stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin also emerged as big winners. "We’re all so very grateful to have jobs in this turkey-burger economy," Fey [...]
Patty M. Varner
Patty M. Varner (nee Clark), 68, of Grafton, died Sunday, September 21, 2008 at her home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home of Elyria (440) 322-4626.
Avon/Avon Lake Notebook: September 22, 2008
Detroit Roadwidening begins The Detroit Road widening project starts today and is expected to take a year to complete, according to the office of Avon Mayor Jim Smith. Access to all local businesses will be maintained throughout the entire project. However, motorists should expect periodic delays, some of which could mean lengthy waits. The $2.8 [...]
Leslie M. Tomsik
Leslie M. "Shelly" Tomsik, 43, passed away September 18, 2008. She was the loving wife of John M.; devoted mother of Jeffrey M. Tomsik and Jessica M. Tomsik; loving sister of Michael Ziegelmeyer (Judy), Kathy Schlessinger, Denise Knox, Timothy Ziegelmeyer (Belinda) and Kris Schwartz (Todd); cherished daughter-in-law and "adopted daughter" of Milton and Beverly Tomsik; [...]
Lose yourself in a field of a-maze-ment
PITTSFIELD TWP. — Beginning today, you can lose yourself in the eerie quiet of stalks of corn at Brasee’s Corn Maze, where an intricate design has been cut into 6½ acres. Dead ends abound to confuse and muddle the senses, although a smaller children’s maze is less scary and has no dead ends. This is [...]
Paulson urges quick action on $700 billion bailout
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration insisted Sunday that Congress must move quickly to approve what one lawmaker called the "mother of all bailouts" — a $700 billion proposal to buy a mountain of bad mortgage debt in an effort to unfreeze the nation’s credit markets. Congressional leaders endorsed the plan’s main thrust, saying passage might [...]
Dominick V. Peduzzi
Dominick V. Peduzzi, 77, of Elyria, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2008 at his residence. He was born November 10, 1930. Mr. Peduzzi is survived by his wife, Mary (nee Grove); three daughters; one son; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He is also the brother of four. He was preceded in death by his parents; [...]
Thousands turn out for LaGrange Engine Show
WELLINGTON — Imagine baling hay by hand — or with a team of horses. It would have been a lot of work. That’s why machinery such as the 1910 International Hay Press was such an innovation in its time. Matt Mole and a crew of helpers Sunday demonstrated the machine drawn by an old steel-wheeled [...]
Poll shows McCain has slight edge in Ohio
A poll giving John McCain a slight edge in Ohio found a majority of likely voters who say things are worse today than four years ago. McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, leads Democrat Barack Obama 48 percent to 42 percent, according to the Ohio Newspaper Poll released Sunday. The poll found voters mostly lining up [...]
Bring your appetite to the Great Pizza Bake Off
AVON LAKE — If you think Chicago or New York has the best pizza pies around, you haven’t been to the Great Pizza Bake Off of Avon and Avon Lake. The second annual event, presented by the Avon-Avon Lake Rotary Club, features the best of the best when it comes to a slice. Nine pizzerias [...]
Robert L. Palmer
Robert L. Palmer, 76, a lifelong resident of Elyria, died Sunday, September 21, 2008 at his home, following a long illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Bauer-Laubenthal Funeral Home of Elyria, (440) 322-4626.
Eaton trustee`s husband charged with menacing
EATON TWP. — The husband of a township trustee was charged with misdemeanor menacing after admitting he confronted another township trustee last week. Roger Morrison, 52, the husband of trustee Linda Morrison, was ordered to appear in Elyria Municipal Court Sept. 25 on the charge that he harassed trustee President Douglas Edwards. Neither Morrison nor [...]