Archive for September 24th, 2008
FBI raids judges’ chambers in Cleveland
CLEVELAND (AP) — The FBI said Wednesday it raided two judges’ chambers as part of a public corruption investigation that began with earlier raids on the offices and homes of two elected county officials. Agents executed search warrants around 8 p.m. Tuesday on the courtrooms of Cuyahoga Count Common Pleas Judges Bridget M. McCafferty and [...]
Crennel: Anderson to start Sunday
BEREA – Browns coach Romeo Crennel announced Wednesday morning that Derek Anderson will remain the starting quarterback for Sunday’s game in Cincinnati. Crennel had been considering a switch to former Notre Dame star Brady Quinn, but decided to stay with Anderson – at least for the time being. If Anderson struggles early against the Bengals, [...]
Scott Petrak: Changing quarterbacks now is not the right move for Browns
I understand the frustration. I get the text messages during the game calling for Brady Quinn. I read the Monday e-mails demanding Romeo Crennel be fired immediately. I know Browns fans are searching for answers, and the first places to look are coach and quarterback. Let’s save Crennel for another day. He’s not getting fired [...]
Browns QB in the crosshairs: Anderson knows what’s at stake if he continues to struggle
CLEVELAND — Maybe it was fitting that Derek Anderson spent his day off at an adoption center for cats and dogs. Cleveland’s starting quarterback is on a short leash. With his team off to a disturbing 0-3 start, Browns coach Romeo Crennel is considering personnel changes and may bench Anderson for popular backup Brady Quinn. [...]
High school golf: Firelands, Elyria Catholic and Bay advance to district; Avon’s Opsitnick shoots 72 to win individual title
COLUMBIA STATION — Finishing birdie, birdie, Andrew Northheim shot a season-low 73 Tuesday afternoon at Mallard Creek Golf Club to spark Firelands High to a second-place finish in the Division II sectional golf tournament. The low four teams along with the four low individuals on non-qualifying teams advanced to next Wednesday’s district tournament at Windmill [...]
Another off night: Indians lefty Lee struggles again, suffers third loss of season as Red Sox clinch playoff berth
BOSTON — Tim Wakefield has been in Boston long enough to compare celebrations, a two-time World Series champion who is returning to the playoffs for the fifth time in six years. For Jason Bay, it’s all new. “I feel like a kid, jumping around spraying champagne with all these guys,” said Bay, a midseason acquisition [...]
Ohio State football: ‘Beanie’ Wells likely to return to action Saturday against Minnesota
COLUMBUS — Tailback Chris “Beanie” Wells is likely to return for No. 14 Ohio State against Minnesota. “It adds to our arsenal,” coach Jim Tressel said Tuesday, shortly after announcing that Wells was probable for Saturday’s game. Wells has been out of action since injuring his right foot early in the second half of the [...]
High school volleyball: Lake Catholic’s serving serves it well in sweep of Elyria Catholic
ELYRIA — Just about the time everyone was settling in for a competitive volleyball match Tuesday at Elyria Catholic, Lake Catholic sophomore Audry Lucha decided to spoil the fun. Lucha served 10 straight points to start the second game and Elyria Catholic never recovered as the Lady Cougars swept the North Coast League match 25-22, [...]
High school soccer notes: Big names gone, but Wellington boys carrying on just fine
Mark Mazzone graduated from Wellington in 2007 and Christian Huelsman and Greg Stawicki picked up their diplomas in June. They’re all together again at Ohio Northern this fall. But that does nothing for Dukes fans’ outlook about the future. For the program also lost the services of veteran coach Bill Little, who resigned last spring [...]
Madison new man for Elyria High track: Father of former Pioneer stars hired as boys coach
ELYRIA — Elyria High has hired a person whose name is synonymous with its track and field program to be its new boys coach. Robert Madison, whose daughters Tianna and Christina helped lead the Pioneers to the 2003 girls Division I state championship, has been hired to replace Daryl Nalle. Nalle stepped down to spend [...]
Ex-county official investigated for extra vacation
ELYRIA — Former Lorain County Chief Deputy Recorder Phil Betleski is under investigation for allegedly crediting himself with more vacation time than he was entitled to under county policy. Betleski’s former boss, county Recorder Judy Nedwick, requested the investigation during a Sept. 16 meeting with county Prosecutor Dennis Will, according to notes from that meeting. [...]
Quarry project may have resort, luxury day spa
LORAIN — The quarry project on the county’s west side may have an anchor in the form of a day spa and resort hotel, Industrial Realty Group President Stuart Lichter said Tuesday. In a speech to the South Lorain Merchants Association, Lichter, whose company plans to build the $500 million quarry project and continues to [...]
Girl sent flying after darting in front of SUV
LORAIN — A 13-year-old girl was thrown 60 feet Tuesday after darting into the path of a sport utility vehicle in Lorain, police said. Just before 4 p.m., Rochelle Fracchione ran into the West 21st Street crosswalk at Leavitt Road, Lorain police Sgt. Marty Carreon said. “She was with some friends, and they were saying, [...]
Oberlin College to shuttle students to vote
OBERLIN — Beginning next week, buses will cart hundreds of Oberlin College students to the Lorain County Board of Elections office in Sheffield Township so they can cast their ballots early. Within 24 hours of an e-mail notice of the buses, 500 students had signed up, said Scott Wargo, college spokesman. The college is paying [...]
New LCCC library to be dedicated today
ELYRIA — Designed as the new front door to the Lorain County Community College campus, the Barbara and Mike Bass Library/Community Resource Center will roll out the welcome mat today when the 86,000-square-foot facility is dedicated. Community and regional leaders are expected to attend the event, including LCCC President Roy A. Church, Elyria Public Library [...]
Carlisle officials repay township for extra salary
CARLISLE TWP. — Township trustees and former fiscal officer Barbara Van Meter were required to repay a portion of their salaries after auditors found they received more than they should have. Auditor of State Mary Taylor on Tuesday released the 2004 and 2005 audit results of the township’s books and said her office found “many [...]
Hit-skip driver aimed for victim, Lorain police say
LORAIN — A Lorain man suffered a severe broken leg Monday after a driver allegedly ran him down. Calvin Johnson, 53, had left Long Avenue Market along West 18th Street and Long Avenue when police say a vehicle driven by 24-year-old Patrick Guggenbiller, of Amherst, struck Johnson’s parked vehicle and then him. Johnson was listed [...]
South Amherst needs more space for fire truck
SOUTH AMHERST — The village has added another fire truck to its fleet. Now, all it has to do is build a bigger fire station to house it. Village Council is considering two options for expanding the Main Street fire station, which was built in the 1940s and was last added onto in the 1970s, [...]
Elections Board blankets county with absentee ballot applications
The Lorain County Board of Elections sent out absentee ballot applications to all of its 196,000 registered voters a few days ago, and its officials are unsure how many would opt to vote absentee. Elections Board Director Jose Candelario said voters have until Nov. 1 to return the applications, and with 80 percent of registered [...]
Lorain`s $4.8M bond not due, but its interest rate is upped
LORAIN — The city of Lorain was able to sell a bond valued at more than $4.8 million, which would have been due early next month, but now faces paying back more over time because of higher interest rates. The city will pay an extra $50,000 for each of its annual $500,000 payments for the [...]
‘Superbug` fear is false alarm at detention home
ELYRIA — A 15-year-old girl being held at the county Detention Home does not have an antibiotic-resistant staph infection as initially suspected, according to a county official. “The tests were negative. There was no infection of the girl or anyone else,” said Doug Messer, administrator of Lorain County Domestic Relations Court. The juvenile, who was [...]
Avon Penney`s to open Saturday
AVON — With its extra-bright lights, hip colors, glittering polished tile and super-wide aisles, the inside of the new JCPenney store looks like $10 million. It should — that’s how much the company has invested in its 104,000-square-foot building on state Route 83, which unofficially opens Saturday. “I’m turning away potential customers every day,” manager [...]
Oberlin/Wellington blotter: Sept. 24, 2008
Patrolman spots fire while heading home WELLINGTON — Police Patrolman Michael Kobasher was driving by a home at West Herrick Avenue and West Street 11 p.m. Saturday when he spotted the rear of the home on fire. Kobasher asked dispatchers to contact the Fire Department while banging on the door and using his fire extinguisher [...]
Roundup: Sept. 24, 2008
Elyria’s fourth ward invited to meeting ELYRIA — Councilman Mark Craig, I-4th Ward, and Councilman Tom Callahan, D-at large, will host the first ever 4th Ward Town Hall meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the St. Jude Church social hall. Residents are encouraged to voice their concerns and discuss the issues that will make the [...]
Oberlin/Wellington notebook: Sept. 24, 2008
‘Death of a Salesman’ wows local crowds Sellout crowds came to Hall Auditorium at Oberlin College over the weekend to see Avery Brooks portray one of American theater’s most tragic figures, Willy Loman, in an multiracial interpretation of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman.” Brooks, who has portrayed Malcolm X and Paul Robeson on the [...]