Archive for October 7th, 2008
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Bernadine E. Page
Bernadine E. Page (nee Taft), 86, of N. Ridgeville, passed away, Monday, October 6, 2008 at New Life Hospice Residential Center, Lorain following a brief illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the David Bogner Family Funeral Home, N. Ridgeville.
Browns facing a Giant hurdle: Ugly preseason loss in New York began season’s downward spiral
BEREA — The slide from up-and-coming team to afterthought started Aug. 18 in the swamps of New Jersey in a sea of ugly brown pants. The Browns entered the Meadowlands eager to show ESPN’s preseason “Monday Night Football” audience they were deserving of a regular-season schedule with five prime-time games. They stumbled out of Giants [...]
Browns notes: Tucker’s return for Giants game looks like a go
BEREA — Ryan Tucker won’t guarantee a return to the lineup Monday night versus the Giants, but all signs point in that direction. He lined up at first-team right tackle Monday in practice and coach Romeo Crennel said he expects him to be “in the mix.” “I’m really excited about being back,” said Tucker, who [...]
So who’s No. 1 at 2 guard? Cavs coach Brown says shooting-guard job is ‘wide open’
INDEPENDENCE — LeBron James will start at small forward tonight, with Zydrunas Ilgauskas at center and probably Ben Wallace at power forward and Mo Williams at point guard. Those four players will also be on the floor when the regular season tips off Oct. 28 in Boston against the defending NBA champion Celtics, but don’t [...]
Girls soccer: North Olmsted scores fast goal on way to shutting out Bay
NORTH OLMSTED — Senior Elise Bluell scored in the third minute Monday night. Erika Wilhelm, her North Olmsted teammate, added another goal 65 minutes later and the Eagles posted a 2-0 non-conference soccer victory over Bay. The teams have been feisty soccer rivals almost since the dawn of time — at least since the days [...]
High school volleyball notes: Upsets abound as area teams head into final week of season
Last week was not kind to most of the region’s better teams. Upsets seemed to be the norm rather than the exception. Fairview knocking off Midview in a West Shore Conference has to be the big kahuna. The loss not only cost Midview sole possession of first place, it also cost the team its head [...]
The Rays amaze: Tampa downs White Sox, goes from 96 losses a year ago to the brink of World Series
CHICAGO — They rushed toward the mound, these remarkable Rays, and immediately formed a circle. Jumping together like fraternity brothers, they resembled party regulars in the postseason. Worst in the majors last year, Tampa Bay will play for a spot in the World Series. “It means everything. We’ve been at the bottom of the barrel [...]
Red Sox still rule postseason: Defending world champs knock out regular-season champion Angels in four games
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox brushed aside the 100-win Angels in four games, dismissing their best-in-baseball regular season as last month’s news. When it turns to October, no one dominates like Boston. Jason Bay scored with a headfirst slide on Jed Lowrie’s two-out single in the ninth inning and the defending World Series champions [...]
Jenna Fryer: What controversy? NASCAR rule says yellow line is always out of bounds
The speech hasn’t changed in the seven years since NASCAR first delivered it during a 2001 driver’s meeting at Daytona. “This is your warning,” race director David Hoots begins. “Do not go below the yellow line. If in NASCAR’s judgment you go below the yellow line to improve your position, you will be black-flagged.” So [...]
Edward J. Westgate
Edward J. Westgate, Sr., 88, of Avon, formerly of Kamms Corners, Cleveland, passed away, Saturday, October 4, 2008 at his home after a brief illness. Mr. Westgate was born March 15, 1920 in Orlando, Florida and came to the Cleveland area as a young child. Mr. Westgate attended West Tech High School in Cleveland and [...]
Dow takes record dive, recovers some
NEW YORK — Wall Street joined in a worldwide cascade of despair Monday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004. The sell-off came despite the $700 [...]
McCain, Palin to make a stop in Strongsville
The dynamic duo of the Republican Party is coming to Strongsville. Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain of Arizona and his vice-presidential pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will attend a rally Wednesday at Strongsville City Commons. Doors for the event open at 2:15 p.m. McCain’s trip to Ohio will come a day after he squares [...]
$50M Spring Valley project gets zoning OK from Council
ELYRIA — Developers of a new housing complex on the grounds of Spring Valley Golf and Athletic Club cleared a big hurdle toward getting the $50 million project off the ground. On Monday night, City Council voted to grant the conditional-use permit needed to get the ball rolling on a plan to build up to [...]
Metro Parks choose contractor for trail connection project in Elyria
ELYRIA — The second phase of the Black River Trail extension project will begin within the month, weather-permitting. It will connect Ford Road in the middle of the Lorain County Metro Parks’ Black River Reservation with the High Meadows picnic area at the southern tip. The mile-long project is the second of four segments connecting [...]
Avon school board names new member
AVON — A longtime supporter of Avon Local Schools will now do more than just attend school board meetings as a concerned parent. Art Goforth, 53, was unanimously appointed to the school board Monday, replacing longtime member Mary Angela Marsiglia. Marsiglia resigned last month after she announced she moved out of the city. Goforth will [...]
Roundup: Oct. 7, 2008
Appeal decision due on fired troopers SANDUSKY — Two Ohio Highway Patrol troopers fired over a prank involving what looked like a Ku Klux Klan outfit will find out soon whether they can get their jobs back. The two troopers filed grievances over their firings in May. A State Highway Patrol spokesman says they should [...]
Detective`s gun taken by thieves
SHEFFIELD TWP. — A gun belonging to the Lorain Police Department was stolen from the home of a police detective during a burglary, according to the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office. A sheriff’s report stated the thief entered the home of Lorain police Detective Ralph Gonzalez through an unlocked rear door and stole three bottles of [...]
Lorain hospital forced to use backup power
LORAIN — Community Regional Medical Center on Kolbe Road was on emergency power most of Monday night, but no patient care was expected to be affected, a hospital spokeswoman said. “All patient areas are fully operational on backup power,” hospital spokeswoman Jennifer Kennedy said. She said the backup power kicked in automatically after an electrical [...]
CORRECTIONS: Oct. 7, 2008
• Todd Schill is not a former Cleveland police officer. The information was incorrect in a story Saturday. • A story Sunday provided the incorrect age for Alexander Ramos of Lorain, who was involved in a crash on North Ridge Road. Ramos is 18. • The phone number of Joan Quintana, the Brighton Township woman [...]
Lawsuit over debris that killed 8-year-old is settled
ELYRIA — The family of an 8-year-old boy crushed by a 600-pound concrete slab as he and his friends were playing on the lakeshore has settled a lawsuit against the property owner and the companies that placed the debris at the site as an erosion-control measure. Attorneys in the case declined to provide specifics of [...]
Ruling lets Silos get back in business
CARLISLE TWP. — The smell of food could again waft from The Silos following a ruling by the Lorain County Prosecutor’s Office that the former restaurant and banquet facility did not lose its conditional-use zoning because it sat empty for several years. The decision delighted owner Mangus Dotson, who paid $105,000 for the 10,365-square-foot facility [...]
North Ridgeville City Council OKs ‘poop` law
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Residents may not be hearing “watch where you step” as often, thanks to Monday night’s passage by City Council of legislation designed to crack down on those who don’t pick up certain deposits left by their dogs. More commonly referred to as the “poop”ordinance during the few months it’s been under consideration, [...]
Former volunteer Wakeman cop found guilty
LORAIN — A former volunteer Wakeman police officer avoided jail time Monday for two encounters with his estranged wife and her friend earlier this year that led to his arrest and resignation from the force. William Hodge, 35, pleaded no contest in Lorain Municipal Court to attempted assault and disorderly conduct persisting. After being found [...]
Turnout a bit light in Ohio early voting window
COLUMBUS — A weeklong period in which Ohioans could register to vote and immediately cast a ballot ended Monday with a turnout that didn’t quite match the expectations of election officials — or the partisan rhetoric that preceded it. Projections were that 4,000 to 5,000 total voters in Ohio’s four largest counties took advantage of [...]