Archive for October 20th, 2008
Elyria Woman`s Club celebrates a century
ELYRIA — Formed in 1908 to discuss women’s suffrage, the Elyria Woman’s Club Inc. is steeped in the history of the city. For 100 years, members have fed the hungry, improved the spirits of the troops and labored over various civic projects. While their efforts may not be as visible today as they were during [...]
Browns look like old, sloppy selves in loss to Redskins
LANDOVER, Md. — Well, it was fun while it lasted. The revitalized Browns who re-energized Northeast Ohio with a thrilling “Monday Night Football” win over the Giants were nowhere to be found Sunday outside the nation’s capital. In their place were the sloppy Browns from September. The ones that started 0-3 and crushed a town’s [...]
Browns notes: Cribbs has up-and-down day
LANDOVER, Md. — Joshua Cribbs felt just about everything Sunday at FedEx Field. He felt excitement to be playing in his hometown. He felt joy to score his first career touchdown from scrimmage. He felt disappointment to lose a 14-11 heartbreaker. And he felt intense pain — twice. Cribbs, the kick returner/receiver, grew up in [...]
Colin Powell bucks GOP, endorses Obama
WASHINGTON — Colin Powell, a Republican and retired general who was President Bush’s first secretary of state, broke with the party Sunday and endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president, calling him a “transformational figure” while criticizing the tone of John McCain’s campaign. The former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman said either senator is qualified to [...]
Food prices stay stuck on the ceiling
Worries over a global recession have pushed the price of oil to its lowest in over a year. Don’t expect the same for a bottle of beer or a tube of toothpaste. You can blame “sticky” prices. That’s what analysts call it when companies slap higher prices on products and keep them there even though [...]
Democrats bank on early voting
WASHINGTON — Two weeks before Election Day, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is busily banking every early vote he can get in key states. Republican nominee John McCain is more selectively working to lock in the early votes of his most iffy supporters, figuring the rest will make it to the polls sooner or later. [...]
Man to cop: ‘Here, man, hold my weed’
LORAIN — Asking a stranger to hold your weed when you spot a police car is never a good idea. Asking a stranger, who happens to be an off-duty police officer, is probably the definition of a bad idea. Yet Saturday night outside the Broadway bar Dimacchia’s on the Corner, that’s what police say 35-year-old [...]
Toy store owner tries again in Elyria
ELYRIA — Despite a sluggish economy that forced the owner of the All-Ohio Train, Toy, Bear and Doll Collectibles stores in Wellington and Carlisle Township to close up shop, Mark Fundak said he is taking another go at the business. This time Fundak said he will reopen in Elyria in the Grafton Road store that [...]
Winslow upset with Browns GM Savage
LANDOVER, Md. — Tight end Kellen Winslow was upset Sunday night, but the 14-11 loss to the Redskins wasn’t the primary reason. “It’s bigger than the game right now,” he said. Winslow expressed his anger with general manager Phil Savage for the way his “undisclosed illness” was handled by the team over the last two [...]
Roundup: Oct. 20, 2008
Elyria to hold meeting on tax issue ELYRIA — The city of Elyria will host a town hall meeting on Thursday to give residents an opportunity to ask questions ahead of next month’s election when the city’s income tax renewal will once again be on the ballot. Mayor Bill Grace said the 7 p.m. meeting [...]
Rays rally past Red Sox in ALCS Game 7
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Down to their last chance, the Tampa Bay Rays left no doubt they were World Series-worthy, after all. The young Rays completed a stunning run to their first pennant, holding off the defending champion Boston Red Sox 3-1 Sunday night behind Matt Garza’s masterful pitching in Game 7 of the AL [...]
Blotter: Oct. 20, 2008
Elyria police Saturday, Oct. 18 8:35 a.m. – 200 block Barres Lane, lawnmower reportedly stolen from business. 10:46 a.m. – Woodford Avenue, bottle of hydrocodone reportedly taken from resident. Sunday, Oct. 19 4:15 a.m. – Allen Street and Melvyn Lane, John L. Terry, 18, Elyria, charged with underage consumption. Lorain police Saturday, Oct. 18 6:12 [...]
An unlikely pair make up this World Series
When Evan Longoria homered off Cole Hamels under a sunny sky in spring training, hardly anyone could’ve imagined they’d meet up again this fall. In the World Series, of all places. Yet now they’re set: Longoria, B.J. Upton and the upstart Tampa Bay Rays against Hamels, Shane Victorino and the eager Philadelphia Phillies, beginning Wednesday [...]
Ohio State-Penn State could be for Big Ten football title
EAST LANSING, Mich. — The Big Ten lacks a championship game. The Penn State-Ohio State game, however, probably will end up deciding who wins the title. “It’s either ours or Penn State’s world and we’ll find out next week,” Buckeyes guard Jim Cordle said. “We like our chances with the momentum we’ve got going into [...]
Hopkins answers critics by handing Pavlik first boxing loss
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — After thoroughly confusing and dominating previously unbeaten Kelly Pavlik, Bernard Hopkins walked to the edge of the ring and stared at some of his detractors in the media. The message was obvious. Don’t ever doubt me again, even at 43 years old. “I’m tired (of having to prove himself),” Hopkins said. [...]
Jimmie Johnson closes on third straight NASCAR series title
Jimmie Johnson is on a roll again, and whether he’s willing to admit it or not, while everyone else in NASCAR is chasing him, he’s chasing history. Johnson led 339 laps Sunday as he and his Hendrick Motorsports teammates again dominated at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va., and the two-time defending Sprint Cup champion padded [...]
Papers urge support for payday lending limits
CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Enquirer and Akron Beacon Journal are urging Ohio voters to keep a cap on interest rates for payday lenders, and the Enquirer is also telling readers they should reject a proposed casino in southwest Ohio. Both newspapers in Sunday editorials suggest a “yes” vote on Issue 5, which would keep the [...]
Report: Voting records full of problems
CINCINNATI — Ohio’s voter rolls include people who list their address as the middle of the Ohio River, more than 6,000 people who are registered twice and hundreds who are not even old enough to cast a ballot, a newspaper reported Sunday. The state’s voting records are full of glitches and duplicates, even including people [...]
More women counted among homeless veterans
DAYTON — Carisa Dogen is an Army veteran. She’s also homeless, and has slept in parks and scavenged for food in trash cans. “It’s real tough, especially on nights when it’s cold and rainy,” Dogen, 38, said as she sat inside The Other Place, a homeless shelter. “I got accosted a couple of times by [...]
Mary Jane Smith
Mary Jane Smith, 87, of Lorain, passed away Friday, October 17, 2008 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home. She was born July 16, 1921 in Wichita, Kansas and resided in Lorain for 58 years. Mrs. Smith was a sales clerk at the Ted Jacobs Department Store for many years. She enjoyed crafts. She is survived by [...]
Big newspapers split on presidential endorsements
COLUMBUS — Two of Ohio’s largest papers published their presidential endorsements Sunday, splitting support for John McCain and Barack Obama. The Columbus Dispatch urged readers to support Republican McCain’s presidential bid, citing his lifetime of service. The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer’s editorial board wrote that readers should take a chance on Democratic candidate Obama despite his [...]
White offenders get drug charges dropped more often than blacks
CLEVELAND — White defendants facing felony drug charges in Ohio’s most populous county were much more likely than blacks to have their charges dismissed if they completed a treatment program, a newspaper’s analysis of cases from 2007 has found. The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer looked at 364 drug possession cases from last year for a story [...]
Avon/Avon Lake Notebook: October 20, 2008
Memorial fund for crash victim A memorial fund has been established to benefit the children of Robert Bueck, who was killed in a crash Oct. 10 on Stoney Ridge Road. Bueck was a network administrator for the Avon Schools and his children attend the Avon Lake Schools. Contributions may be made at any KeyBank branch [...]
Loretta M. Norman
Loretta M. Norman (nee Dye), 58, of Elyria, died Saturday, October 18, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born June 9, 1950 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was a resident of Lorain County for most of her life. Loretta was a member of Harvest Ridge Assembly of God Church in [...]
Communities are overrun with Canada geese
It’s fall, and the birds of Lorain County — and particularly Avon and Avon Lake — are heading south for winter. Or most of them, anyway. One species lagging behind is the Canada goose, which graces parking lots and neighborhood ponds in the area year-round. That was not always the case. “The Canada goose was [...]