Archive for November 12th, 2008
Avon’s O’Rourke, Lutheran West’s Fackler named All-District top players
Avon turned in a perfect 10-0 regular season, captured its first West Shore Conference title and plays Saturday night for a Division III regional championship. So, it’s no surprise that the Eagles are littered all over the 2008 Associated Press All-District teams, led by senior quarterback Ryan O’Rourke’s selection as the Offensive Player of the [...]
LeBron scores 41 as Cavs down Bucks, 99-93
CLEVELAND — It was Mo Williams’ first game against his former team, but LeBron James, as he does so often, ended up stealing the show. Scoring 41 points for the third time in the last four games, James led the Cavaliers to their fifth straight victory, a 99-93 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday [...]
Disgruntled Browns fans set up Web site supporting the hire of Cowher
As Romeo Crennel’s seat gets increasingly uncomfortable, an Elyrian is helping to turn up the heat. Sam Lambert is one of two Browns fans who launched the Web site Cowher09.com to show their support for hiring former Steelers coach Bill Cowher as the next Browns coach. Of course, that’s under the presumption Crennel isn’t around [...]
Ohio State now has goal of winning fourth straight Big Ten title
COLUMBUS — Ohio State’s darkened team bus was on its way back from the airport to campus Saturday night when word spread that unbeaten Penn State was on the ropes at Iowa. The Buckeyes, on the last leg of a trip back from a lopsided win at Northwestern, took notice. The bus driver had a [...]
No. 14 Ball State improves to 10-0 in college football
OXFORD — For the first time, Ball State is a perfect 10. Nate Davis threw for a touchdown and ran for another in a quick-strike offense, and the 14th-ranked Cardinals stayed unbeaten by wearing down the Miami RedHawks for a 31-16 victory Tuesday night that made a little bit of school history. Ball State improved [...]
San Francisco’s Lincecum wins NL Cy Young Award
NEW YORK — Tim Lincecum was a big winner on a woeful team, which fit him perfectly. Firing 97 mph fastballs from his miniature frame, the National League Cy Young Award recipient is an anomaly in almost every way. Lincecum joined Mike McCormick (1967) as the only San Francisco Giants to win the Cy Young, [...]
Love III’s latest win could earn him ticket to golfing Hall
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — So much for that notion the Fall Series on the PGA Tour is meaningless. On the surface, Davis Love III winning at Disney might have looked that way. He scrambled for pars on the last two holes to hold off a rookie (Tommy Gainey) who was 228th on the money list, [...]
Cleveland Clinic has big plans for Avon
AVON — Cleveland Clinic wants to bring four stories of doctors’ offices and a two-story outpatient surgical center to Avon, along with 300 to 500 jobs. City officials have been working with Cleveland Clinic for the last six months to map out an 181,000-square-foot facility east of Nagel Road, just north of where the new [...]
College notes: Elyria’s Everhart is all set with Youngstown State
Communication is a key to success, especially in team sports. Making sure athletes understand each other’s expectations and skills can be the difference between a successful team and one which struggles to compete against top teams. Volleyball is no exception. On serve-receive, it is important to know who will take the ball and how she [...]
Former Indians pitcher, announcer Herb Score dies
CLEVELAND — Herb Score, the Cleveland Indians pitcher and former broadcaster whose promise on the mound was shattered by a line drive, died Tuesday. He was 75. Score died at his home in Rocky River the team said in a statement. He had been in a wheelchair since suffering a stroke in 2002, four years [...]
Robbers invade restaurant owner’s home
ELYRIA — From across the street, the encounter looked like nothing more than a couple of salesmen on a door-to-door call. But police say the two men who knocked on the door of a Hawthorne Street home had something more sinister in mind: They forced their way into the home of the 67-year-old woman, beat [...]
VFW commander surprised with Veteran of the Year
ELYRIA — Commander Gene O’Quinn sent three men into a crowd of more than 150 Tuesday night to pull the VFW Post 1079 Veteran of the Year up on stage. Everyone held their breath to see who would receive the post’s most prestigious honor. The person’s identity was kept a tightly-guarded secret. After making a [...]
Iraq veteran shares combat experience with Lorain students
LORAIN — For many students, Veterans Day is a difficult holiday to classify — it’s like Memorial Day but without the day off of school. But for Johnna Wood’s social studies classes, it was a day to learn about the war from someone who experienced it firsthand. Wood invited Bret Brown, 27, a Marine who [...]
Pelosi calls for auto industry bailout
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for “emergency and limited financial assistance” for the battered auto industry on Tuesday, and urged the outgoing Bush administration to join lawmakers in reaching a quick compromise. Five days after dismal financial reports from General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co., Pelosi backed legislation to make the automakers [...]
Roundup: Nov. 12, 2008
Pair wanted in robbery found in Pa. WAYNESBURG, Pa. — Two Lorain men wanted in connection with an armed robbery were arrested Tuesday a state away. Jason Boggs, 25, and Josh Workman, 24, were apprehended by the Pennsylvania State Police after a joint hunt by the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force, Ohio Adult Parole [...]
Payday lenders seek options after defeat
CINCINNATI — The payday loan industry, which lost a ballot fight to overturn tough restrictions on the interest rates it can charge costumers, is searching for other ways to do business in Ohio as consumer advocates worry that lenders are finding a way around the election results. Lenders are focusing more on services like pawn [...]
Preacher steps in to spotlight city government
ELYRIA — A local church is hoping to fill the void left by the hiatus of “The Mayor’s Roundtable” and the public’s hunger for televised City Council meetings with a new Internet radio program geared toward city government. Slated to begin at 7 p.m. Nov. 29, “Elyria City Government Online” will air on third Saturday [...]
Ohio GOP offers prevailing wage plan
COLUMBUS — Republicans will offer developers clear rules for when to use union-scale prevailing wages on state construction projects, clearing up confusion created by the governor, a state lawmaker said Tuesday. The proposal by Republican state Sen. John Carey of Wellston, which has the support of Senate President Bill Harris, is scheduled to be presented [...]
Elyria man shot
ELYRIA — An Elyria man was shot in the arm early Tuesday morning as he walked along Middle Avenue. Damon Battles, 28, suffered a gun shot wound to his left arm around 3 a.m. Police say he was near his home along the 900 block of Middle Avenue. Elyria police Lt. Andy Eichenlaub said Battles [...]
Rochester church celebrates 175 years
ROCHESTER TWP. — On Sunday, the congregations of Rochester United Methodist Church will meet not just to praise God, but also to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Rochester church’s founding. The service will be a joint service with Brighton United Methodist Church, which shares a pastor with Rochester. “It’s entitled ‘The Letter’ because we’ve [...]
Oberlin/Wellington blotter: Nov. 12, 2008
Blotter bite OBERLIN — A resident of the 100 block of Groveland Street in Oberlin shot a skunk on Friday that had been causing a stink. The man told police he had a skunk living under the porch and was bothered by the odor. Police told him animal control would have been a better choice. [...]
Oberlin/Wellington notebook: Nov. 12, 2008
‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ writer speaks Best-selling author and 1984 Oberlin College graduate Tracy Chevalier, who wrote “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” will speak at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Oberlin Science Center’s West Lecture Hall, 119 Woodland St. Chevalier speak at a free public talk, “Does History Really Matter? Writing About the Past.” Chevalier, [...]
Walter M. Morris
Walter M. Morris, 86, of Avon Lake died Tuesday November 11, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Bauer-Laubenthal-Mercado Funeral Home, Elyria. 322-4626
Ruth S. Sheldon
Ruth S. Sheldon (nee Stafford), 81, of Lorain, died Monday, November 10, 2008 at EMH Regional Health Center, after a three and a half year illness. She was born February 18, 1927 in Cleveland and had been a Vermilion resident 32 years. She had recently lived eight months in Lorain and had raised her family [...]
Thieves steal from teen attending own benefit
BELLVILLE — Authorities in northern Ohio are looking for burglars who stole a widescreen TV and video game console from the bedroom of an ailing teen while he was the guest of honor at a fundraiser. Sixteen-year-old Sam McCready of Bellville has lost both kidneys to Goodpasture’s syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease, and now makes [...]