Archive for November 13th, 2008
Robert E. Steele
Robert E. Steele, 89, passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2008. He was the beloved husband of Geraldine (nee Fisher) for 58 years; dearest son of the late Eugene and Bessie (nee Criblez); brother of Fred (Marilyn) and Edward (Nina, deceased) both of Louisville, Kentucky, Howard (deceased) and Marcia (Skip, deceased) Jensen of Windham; uncle of [...]
Phyllis K. Bradley
Phyllis K. Bradley (nee Leonard), 69, of Amherst, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at her home. She was born October 2, 1939 in Lorain and had resided in Amherst since 2003, moving from Lorain. Phyllis was a 1957 graduate of Lorain High School. She enjoyed playing scrabble, traveling, spending time with her family and friends, [...]
Mikel Hunley, Sr.
Mikel Hunley, Sr., 59, of Elyria, died Monday, November 10, 2008 at Parma Community General Hospital after a short illness. He was born October 7, 1949 in Whitesburg, Kentucky and had lived in Mentor before moving to Elyria 17 years ago. He was employed as an electrician with General Motors at the G.M. Plant in [...]
Mary Govich
Mary Govich (nee Pavlovich), 95, of Lorain, died Monday, November 10, 2008 at Avon Oaks Nursing Home in Avon, after a lengthy illness. Mary was a charter member of St. George Serbian Orthodox Church of Lorain, where she was in the choir and was a member and past president of both the Serbian Ladies Circle [...]
Loretta B. Sederis
Loretta B. Sederis (nee Boddy), 82, of Sheffield Village, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at her home. She was born October 18, 1926 in Elyria, where she was a resident until moving to Vermilion in 1984 and Sheffield Village in 2002. Loretta was a 1944 graduate of Elyria High School. She was employed at Fay [...]
Carl Deimling
Carl "Butch" Deimling, 74, of Grafton Township, passed away Saturday, November 8, 2008 in Southwest General Hospital after a short illness. He was born Thursday, June 14, 1934 in Valley City, living in the Medina-Lorain County area all his life. Mr Deimling served in the U.S. Army in the mid 50′s as one of the [...]
Cliff Lee chosen as the AL Cy Young Award winner
CLEVELAND – Cliff Lee wasn’t even guaranteed a spot in the Indians’ rotation when spring training began in 2008. On Thursday, he was named the American League’s best pitcher. Receiving 24 of a possible 28 first-place votes, Lee, a 30-year-old left-hander who went 22-3 with a 2.54 ERA, was chosen as the AL Cy Young [...]
Census Bureau has 5,000 Ohio openings
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau has 5,000 jobs to fill in Ohio as it prepares for the 2010 count. The agency has opened offices in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Toledo and Canton and is ready to start staffing them. The temporary positions pay anywhere from $8.25 to $19.00 an hour, and Census spokeswoman [...]
Mayors, governors prod Congress for financial help
The Associated Press Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, along with the nation’s mayors and other governors, are prodding Congress to jump-start the economy by increasing food stamp payments, extending unemployment insurance and boosting funding for Medicaid. The groups said in separate announcements Thursday that the best way to revive the economy is to increase spending at [...]
Democratic sources: Biden chooses chief of staff
CHICAGO (AP) — Vice President-elect Joe Biden chose as his chief of staff a man who once served in that same role for Vice President Al Gore, Democratic officials said Thursday. Ron Klain also was an adviser for Biden during his Democratic primary bid and helped the Delaware senator prepare for the vice presidential debate [...]
In elite company: Elyria High’s Medvetz reaches her goal, gets named Miss Volleyball 2008
LORAIN — Amanda Medvetz carried on an Elyria tradition when she was named Miss Volleyball 2008 on Wednesday night at Southview High School. The award, sponsored by Burger King, goes to the best senior volleyball player in Lorain County as chosen by a special committee. Medvetz is the 12th Elyria High winner in the 24 [...]
Two matches, two sweeps: Teams 1 and 3 roll to wins in Lorain County Senior All-Star volleyball matches
LORAIN — It was an odd night. That is, the teams with odd numbers were the winners Wednesday in the 2008 Lorain County Volleyball Coaches Association’s Senior All-Star matches at Southview High. In the first match, Team 1 prevailed 25-16, 25-15 and 25-21 over Team 2. Team 3 defeated Team 4 25-23, 27-25 and 25-10 [...]
Crennel says Browns haven’t quit: Coach responds to player criticism of last two losses
BEREA — Romeo Crennel takes pride in being known around the NFL as a players’ coach. That’s why he considered the recent comments by Jamal Lewis and Joshua Cribbs to be a personal insult, specifically their use of the word “quit’’ in describing some of their teammates on the Browns. “When that word ‘quit’ comes [...]
Browns notes: McDonald gets demoted, could lose starting cornerback job to Daniels
BEREA — Defensive back Travis Daniels has spent the entire season waiting for his opportunity with the Browns. It finally arrived Wednesday — at the expense of Brandon McDonald. Coach Romeo Crennel announced that Daniels will split practice time with McDonald this week and could take over as the starting right cornerback when Cleveland visits [...]
College signings: Elyria’s Sito and Keystone’s Dill taking their impressive softball skills to Division I
Two of the best players ever to perform on Lorain County softball diamonds have signed national letters of intent to play at Division I universities. Elyria’s Tess Sito, Gatorade’s Ohio player of the year last spring, and Keystone star hitter-infielder Kara Dill were among five female area athletes to sign Wednesday. Sito had committed verbally [...]
Driving toward catastrophe
DETROIT — Advocates for the nation’s automakers are warning that the collapse of the Big Three — or even just General Motors — could set off a catastrophic chain reaction in the economy, eliminating up to 3 million jobs and depriving governments of more than $150 billion in tax revenue. Industry supporters are offering such [...]
Lorain County’s top cross country athletes share a common trait: A genuine desire to improve
Simple, old-fashioned hard work and determination carried this year’s four Lorain County MVPs to high levels of success. Juniors Marty Coolidge of Elyria Catholic and Erin Schneider of Avon were repeat winners of the Division II-III MVP county award. Amherst senior Kyle Lowry and Avon Lake freshman Katy Link were this year’s Division I MVPs. [...]
It`s not open yet, but bridge starts moving
LORAIN — The bell is ringing, and the Bascule Bridge is finally starting to go up and down in what might be final testing of a $2 million renovation project, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. The bridge opening could occur by Monday, but ODOT is warning everyone to stay away while testing occurs, [...]
Man tells 911 he killed ill wife
AVON — A man told police he killed his 84-year-old wife Wednesday morning in an apparent mercy killing. The man, whose name was not released, placed a call to 911 at 7:22 a.m. and told dispatchers he had “just killed his wife to put her out of her misery,” according to Avon police. The call [...]
Santa coming Saturday to Midway Mall
ELYRIA — The holiday shopping forecast may not be sugar and spice and everything nice given the plunging economy, but it surely will feel that way this year at Midway Mall, where the decor will be all about Christmas sweets. The “Christmas Around the World” decor theme of last year — the kaleidoscope periscope, hot [...]
Men who stormed Elyria home still at large
ELYRIA — Elyria police were continuing their search for the two men who attacked a 67-year-old woman Tuesday and invaded her home. Pung Y Lam Ko was treated and released Tuesday from EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria after complaining of chest and eye pains stemming from the afternoon attack on Hawthorne Street. Elyria police [...]
Lorain won`t rush school levy back onto ballot
LORAIN — Slim though the chance might be, Lorain Board of Education members are still holding out hope that uncounted provisional and military ballots could save the 4.9-mill emergency levy voters rejected on Election Day. There are still several hundred votes to be counted — by law, they are held until 10 days after the [...]
Dan Coughlin: Herb Score always had respect for the game
Indians vice president Bobby DiBiasio liked to say that millions of kids became Indians fans because of Herb Score. “They’d go to bed listening to him on the radio. We lost one of the greatest men in the history of this franchise,” DiBiasio said upon learning that Herb had died Tuesday morning at the age [...]
The honeymoon is far from over: Rays-Maddon marriage rewarded; Cubs’ Piniella wins third Manager of the Year award
NEW YORK — Joe Maddon had a good reason for interrupting his honeymoon. About an hour after he landed in Rome, the newly married Maddon easily won the American League Manager of the Year award Wednesday for guiding Tampa Bay from baseball’s basement to the World Series in one astonishing season. Lou Piniella took the [...]
Sewer work could force Case Road detour
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Closed roads and detours are always a headache for motorists, especially those who have been putting up with traffic backups and delays for months along state Route 57 and elsewhere. Now comes word that drivers who normally take Case Road to get from Center Ridge Road to Burns or Detroit roads may [...]