Archive for November 14th, 2008
Senate will debate $25 billion auto bill Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to rescue the troubled auto industry with $25 billion in emergency loans inched forward Friday when Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Senate will begin debate Monday and hold a test vote two days later. Supporters scrambled for votes to break an expected filibuster. They expect to need 12 to [...]
Dominant Lee: Indians left-hander’s amazing turnaround from 2007 results in American League Cy Young Award
CLEVELAND — Comebacks don’t come any bigger than this. Thanks to season on the brink in which he was demoted to the minors in 2007, Cliff Lee wasn’t even guaranteed a spot in the Indians’ rotation when spring training opened in ’08. On Thursday, he was named the American League’s best pitcher. Receiving 24 of [...]
Defense makes the difference: Cavaliers wake up in second half, shut down Nuggets for sixth straight win
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers ended a five-game skid and extended a five-game streak. And they did it with defense in the second half. Cleveland, which had lost five games in a row to Denver, recorded its sixth straight victoryl Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena, defeating the Nuggets 110-99 in front of a sellout crowd [...]
Cavs notes: It’s a miracle … LeBron really does have some Barry Manilow songs on his iPod
CLEVELAND — LeBron James had good buddy Jay-Z playing on his headphones upon meeting with the media prior to Thursday’s game against the Denver Nuggets. “Music’s always been a big part of my life,” the Cavaliers small forward said. “I listen to all kinds.” James rattled off hip-hop, R&B and alternative as his favorites, but [...]
No stranger to the spotlight: Playing quarterback for Notre Dame prepared Browns’ Quinn for the big stage
BEREA — Wherever Brady Quinn turned, the NFL Network cameras were already there. He stretched and they filmed. He jogged and they taped. He threw warm-up passes and they recorded. All the attention would’ve been enough to fray the nerves of most 24-year-olds making their first NFL start. Not Quinn. Not in his starting debut [...]
Browns notes: Crennel says Winslow has to stay focused, ignore physical defenses
BEREA — Tight end Kellen Winslow has been called for a pass interference penalty in each of the last two losses — both in the fourth quarter as the Browns tried to avoid blowing large second-half leads. After the most recent defeat to Denver, Winslow said he gets penalized once a game and doesn’t understand [...]
Unexpected drive: Dominic Jones didn’t plan to be a mixed martial arts professional, but he’s well on his way to being one
If Dominic Jones had his way, he might be a spectator tonight at Superior Cage Fighting’s “War in the Heartland” event at the Roll Arena in Elyria. “After my first fight I didn’t even want to do it any more,” Jones said. “I thought it was just going to be one fight and that was [...]
Ohio State’s mission against Illinois: Put the squeeze on ‘Juice’
COLUMBUS — Ohio State had a perfect season spoiled a year ago — and almost had the same thing happen a year earlier — by quarterback Juice Williams and Illinois. Now, with so much to play for and so few games left, the Buckeyes are taking steps to see that Williams and Co. don’t ruin [...]
College signings: Wellington’s Gleisner to play softball at Akron; Vermilion’s Clark to play baseball at Cleveland State
Bob Daniels The Chronicle-Telegram WELLINGTON — Cassie Gleisner, whose red-hot bat carried Wellington into a state final in June, will attend Division I Akron University on a softball scholarship. Gleisner, an outfielder and pitcher, stroked 14 hits in 22 tournament at-bats, a .636 average, as the Dukes advanced to a state championship game for the [...]
Call describes ‘mercy killing’
To listen to the 911 audio, follow this link. AVON — Between deep sighs, 85-year-old Robert Shaw spoke wearily into the phone from his Avon home Wednesday morning. He needed police assistance, he told the dispatcher, but he hesitated when asked why. Finally, he confessed. “I just killed my wife,” Shaw said on a 911 [...]
State law treats ‘mercy killings’ as homicides
Love and compassion are strong motivators for ending a person’s life. In Ohio, though, it’s still considered a crime —sometimes even murder. The apparent mercy killing of an 84-year-old ailing woman in Avon by her 85-year-old husband will undoubtedly raise questions of whether Robert Shaw’s action constitutes a crime. From a legal standpoint, the answer [...]
Hospices offer caregiver support
Hopelessness. Despair. Denial. All are strong emotions and often commonplace in the life of a caregiver for a terminally ill loved one. It’s a road no one wants to travel, but one the Hospice of the Western Reserve often walks as it aids patients and their families in the transition to the end of life. [...]
Union to grill REP CEO over layoffs
LORAIN — Steelworkers are seeking answers from Republic Engineered Products President and CEO Jaime Vigil about the 300 to 400 layoffs looming as REP’s Lorain plant prepares to shut down its only operable blast furnace next month. Don Golden, president of United Steel Workers Local 1104, said he’ll sit down today with Vigil and ask [...]
Prosecution says Head Start driver’s filing without merit
ELYRIA — County prosecutors took aim Thursday at former bus driver Nancy Smith, attacking her attorney’s attempt to get a court to re-examine her 30- to 90-year prison sentence because of a technicality. Smith, 51, was convicted in 1994 of molesting children while she was a Head Start bus driver. But her attorney, Jack Bradley, [...]
Three Amherst students expelled over ‘hit list’
AMHERST — The school district has expelled three freshmen from Marion L. Steele High School who were responsible for creating a “hit list” that contained the names of nearly 20 high school students. The three boys, whose names and ages were not released by school officials or police, will be expelled for 80 days, the [...]
ROUNDUP: Nov. 14, 2008
County seeks funds for transport hub ELYRIA — County commissioners are hoping to snag $3 million for its Transportation Center project as part of the latest federal economic stimulus package. The money would allow the county to complete renovation of the old New York Central Railroad Station in downtown Elyria and “churn $10 million in [...]
Pet gator not allowed in Calif. bar
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Heard the one about the guy who walked into a bar with an alligator? At Johnny’s Saloon in Orange County, it was more than a joke early Saturday when a man arrived with his 3-foot pet gator on a leash. By the time police and animal control officers arrived at Johnny’s, [...]
Lorain to spend funds on blighted buildings
LORAIN — The city wants to focus more than $3 million in federal funding on rehabilitating or demolishing blighted structures throughout the older areas of Lorain. Ohio cities hard-hit by foreclosures learned in September that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development would dole out more than $258 million to improve run-down areas. Lorain’s [...]
Midview students get a lesson in germs
EATON TWP. — After examining slides of salmonella, a bacteria that lives in the intestine and looks like a hairy jelly bean, Gage Thomas was enthralled. “I never knew about this stuff, and my mom’s a doctor,” he said, carefully drawing a picture of the germ and writing down the name. It was all part [...]
Annexation clears way for development in Oberlin
PITTSFIELD TWP. — A 28-acre parcel near the Wal-Mart in Oberlin is a step closer to development. The county commissioners on Thursday approved the annexation of the land from Pittsfield Township to Oberlin. Attorney Erik Breunig said his client, David L. Hanmer, trustee of the Merle Hanmer trust, would like to sell the land to [...]
Csincsak subject of petition for ‘Bachelor`
AMHERST — When Amherst Marion L. Steele grad Jesse Csincsak met the parents of Greek beauty DeAnna Pappas in the final round of ABC-TV’s reality series “The Bachelorette” last spring, her father told the professional snowboarder he had to promise to cut his long, wavy locks. Well, Jesse can keep his hair. As sometimes happens [...]
Show your support for the Avon Eagles
AVON — Fans are invited to help send off the 2008 Avon Eagles football team Saturday afternoon as players head to the regional finals in Ashland. Avon school officials are asking the community to line the streets near the middle school, where the high school team’s bus will leave at 4 p.m. Everyone is invited [...]
Carlisle Township boy has sights set on dragster
CARLISLE TWP. — For more than 16 years, Paul Prunty has been living life in the fast lanes. Now, 9-year-old P.J. plans to follow his father’s footsteps and hopes he can keep up with the pace on the race track. Paul, 39, began drag racing nearly 24 years ago. “I went to Norwalk Raceway [now [...]
Grafton/LaGrange/Columbia Notebook: November 14, 2008
Church hosts gospel singer Gospel singer Lori Long will perform at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Grafton United Methodist Church, 973 Mechanic St. “Singing for the Lord is my passion,” Long said. “Jesus Christ was born to save us, and sharing that message with others is the greatest blessing.” For more information, call the church at [...]