Archive for November 1st, 2008
High school football: Clearview’s regular-season perfection fades fast in lopsided loss to Ottawa-Glandorf
SHEFFIELD TWP. — The joyful feelings surrounding Clearview’s perfect regular season turned sour Friday night as the Clippers couldn’t get going on offense, couldn’t stop Ottawa-Glandorf on defense and fell apart on special teams. Mistakes mounted and the frustration flowed as the Clippers were handed a 56-12 loss by the Titans in a Division IV [...]
Special teams another edge for Ottawa-Glandorf in playoff win over Clearview
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Kicking off thrice from Clearview’s 45-yard line — after identical roughing-the-kicker penalties on extra points — Ottawa-Glandorf kicker Nolan Croy each time failed to split the uprights. That, however, was about the only thing the Titans’ special teams units did wrong Friday night in their 56-12 runaway victory over the Clippers. Ottawa-Glandorf, [...]
High school football: Avon Lake’s struggling start helps bring loss to Highland, bad ending to season
GRANGER TWP. — Dave Dlugosz was right. “We probably had more total yards than they had,” Dlugosz said. “But the numbers on the scoreboard are what matter.” And the figures on the board weren’t pretty for Dlugosz and his Avon Lake team. The Shoremen were on the slender side of a 35-23 score in a [...]
Stopped cold, then frozen out: Fourth-down failure helps derail Avon Lake in playoff loss
Ken Coleman GRANGER TWP. — If there was a defining play in Friday’s Region 6 quarterfinal, it might have come with 7:07 to play in the third quarter. That was when Avon Lake, which had driven from its 20-yard line to the Highland 37 in 11 plays, was faced with fourth down and 7 yards [...]
Ravens finding options: Former Buckeye QB Troy Smith adds new wrinkle, gives Browns defense something to think about
BEREA — The Ravens spoiled the surprise. If they would’ve waited another week, they could’ve sprung Troy Smith on an unsuspecting Browns defense in his Cleveland homecoming. Instead, Smith made his debut as a “slash” option Sunday in a 29-10 win over the Raiders. He joined starting quarterback Joe Flacco on the field for a [...]
Browns notes: Red-zone failures giving offense the blues
BEREA — Offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski had an extra item on his to-do list this week, and it was an important one. Fix the goal-line offense. “We’ve talked quite a bit about it. Obviously it was something that was disappointing,” he said Friday. The Browns have reached the opponent’s 1-yard line three times in the [...]
Special delivery: O’Rourke’s ability as a passer and leader has put Avon on top
WHO: Avon (10-0) vs. Defiance (8-2) WHAT: Division III, Region 10 quarterfinal WHEN: Tonight, 7 o’clock WHERE: Avon Stadium RADIO: WEOL 930-AM, WDLW 1380-AM They call them Playstation numbers. They’re the kind of stats you normally rack up playing video games with the setting on “Easy” and using cheat codes to make your wide receivers [...]
Amherst’s Morgan is one feisty, fighter
WHO: Amherst (8-2) vs. Twinsburg (8-2) WHAT: Division I, Region 2 quarterfinal WHEN: Tonight, 7 o’clock WHERE: Twinsburg Tiger Stadium RADIO: WOBL 1320-AM When Kevin Fell was new to his job at Amherst, he saw something he couldn’t remember ever having seen before in his more than 20 years of coaching high school football. [...]
Early voters wait to do their civic duty
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Still haven’t voted? If you plan to, carrying a lawn chair to the polls might not be such a bad idea. That’s the tough lesson Roy Spaw of Carlisle Township learned Friday afternoon when he went to cast his vote early at the county Board of Elections on North Ridge Road. “I [...]
Move over plumber, area’s ‘Joe the Teacher’ gets national press
“Joe the Plumber,” meet “Joe the Teacher.” While it’s doubtful that he’ll attain the status of epitomizing America’s struggling everyman as Ohio’s Joe the Plumber has for John McCain’s presidential campaign, veteran North Ridgeville Middle School language arts teacher Joe Post is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame thanks to a national Associated Press story [...]
November surprise? AP reports Obama aunt in U.S. illegally
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama’s aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, The Associated Press has learned. Zeituni Onyango, 56, referred to as “Aunti Zeituni” in Obama’s memoir, was instructed to leave [...]
Magistrate grants protection order against Lorain policewoman
ELYRIA — A county magistrate on Friday granted a Lorain woman’s request for a civil stalking protection order against a Lorain police officer. According to Magistrate Kristen Mackintosh’s order, Officer Tabitha Angello, 31, must stay at least 500 feet away from Natalie Zapolski and cannot have any contact with her. In her request for the [...]
Elyria firm helps move gondola to museum
For years, the 10,000-pound gondola was home to crew and passengers floating serenely through the skies beneath one of the airships in the storied fleet of Goodyear blimps. On Friday, the gondola was moved 17 miles from the company’s Wingfoot Lake flight operations center near Kent to the Akron-Canton International Airport at Canton, where it [...]
Former secretary of judge faces drug charges
ELYRIA — The former secretary of a county judge has been indicted on felony and misdemeanor charges for her alleged involvement in a drug distribution ring. Olga Velez, 59, is charged with complicity to money laundering, complicity to trafficking in drugs and falsification. Velez, who officially retired Friday from her job as secretary to Lorain [...]
Diamonds taken from mall display
ELYRIA — Two diamonds worth almost $50,000 combined were stolen Tuesday from an exhibit at Midway Mall, according to an Elyria police report. The diamonds were part of a showcase at Roger’s Jewelers. One was a 1.03-carat oval worth $14,018, and the other was a 1.87-carat round valued at $34,290. At the end of the [...]
Additional cash available for area heating help
LORAIN — Some forecasters are saying Northeast Ohio is in for a harsh winter, so it’s good news that an additional $116,000 in heating assistance funding will be available this year to Lorain County residents. Altogether there will be $566,000 for heating programs administered by Lorain County Community Action Agency, according to a news release [...]
BLOTTER: Nov. 1, 2008
Elyria police Thursday, Oct. 30 11:30 a.m. – 700 block 18th St., a man said a neighbor threatened him. 12 p.m. – 300 block Gull Drive, a woman said someone stole $7,000 worth of jewelry from her last summer, and the person would be coming from California to Ohio in November for a court appearance. [...]
Collector is all buttoned up for the big election
ELYRIA — People sporting items in support of their favorite presidential candidate is nothing new. The practice dates to the medallions, coins and ribbons of George Washington’s time. It continues today, especially in the world of political campaign button collecting — something Elyrian Joseph Vondruska knows a lot about. An assistant reference librarian at the [...]
Detention home corrections officer retires with pride
ELYRIA — A corrections officer at the Lorain County Girls Detention Home made history as the first black officer to retire from the county’s courts system with full benefits. The officer, Robyn Newton-Wright, 54, received a plaque during a ceremony Thursday that recognized her service, devotion, and commitment to the organization. “I was totally floored,” [...]
Officers bust crack operation in Lorain
LORAIN — Lorain police narcotics and SWAT officers busted up a mid-level crack cocaine operation Friday. James Lind, 26, of Lorain, was charged with trafficking crack cocaine, possession of crack cocaine, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and having weapons under disability after Lorain police broke down the door of his Massachusetts Avenue residence about [...]
Music critics cry foul over newspaper`s decision
CLEVELAND — The reassignment of a newspaper reviewer critical of Cleveland Orchestra conductor Franz Welser-Moest left a dissonant trail of questions about censorship and the risk of panning a hometown arts icon. The move of Donald Rosenberg off The Plain Dealer’s orchestra beat doesn’t trump talk about the Browns football team or basketball superstar LeBron [...]
Lorain Rotary gives the gift of words
Dic.tion.ar.y n., pl. – ies 1. A reference book having an explanatory alphabetical list of words, with information given for each word, including meaning, pronunciation, etymology, and often usage guidance. Smile n. 1. The expression on 800 little faces when the Lorain Rotary and the Lorain Schools teamed up to give every third-grade student in [...]
Lorain/Sheffield Notebook: November 1, 2008
Girls’ soccer team to benefit cancer The Erie Futbol Club girls’ soccer team, made up of area high school girls throughout Lorain, Erie and Cuyahoga counties, will take on the county’s HealthSource Chiropractic and Progressive Rehab crew to benefit a local Relay for Life cancer-fighting team. The event will be played from 3 to 6 [...]
Nicola M. Bogojevich
Nicola M. Bogojevich, Sr., 88, of Avon Lake, died Friday, October 31, 2008 at Hearthstone at Lorain following a brief illness. He was born August 12, 1920 in Macedonia, Europe living in Amherst most of his life. He and his late wife, Vera were the former owners of the Amherst IGA, they were in the [...]
Lois Ann Kelling
Lois Ann Kelling (nee Tufford), 85, of Lorain, died Thursday, October 30, 2008 at Anchor Lodge Nursing Home, following a lengthy illness. She was born June 27, 1923, in Lorain, where she was a life resident. Lois was a 1941 graduate of Lorain High School. Lois was employed at Lorain Products and was a waitress [...]