Archive for November 20th, 2008
Savage loses cool in e-mail with fan
Scott Petrak The Chronicle-Telegram BEREA – Browns general manager Phil Savage sent an e-mail response to a fan early Tuesday morning that included an implied profanity, the team acknowledged Thursday. The fan, who didn’t give his name, told WKNR 850-AM that he had sent Savage an angry e-mail ripping the GM and the coaching staff. [...]
Bipartisan group works to revive auto bailout
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aides to a bipartisan group of auto-state senators, including Ohio Republican George Voinovich, say they have reached a compromise to speed emergency loans to Detroit’s Big Three car makers. Republicans and Democrats plan to present the proposal at a mid-afternoon news conference Thursday. But it was not immediately clear whether the [...]
Quinn fractures finger on throwing hand; still will start
BEREA – Browns quarterback Brady Quinn suffered a small fracture on the tip of his right index finger Monday night in the 29-27 win over the Buffalo Bills, but will start his third straight game Sunday against the Houston Texans. Quinn practiced Wednesday, the finger was sore and he had X-rays after practice. They revealed [...]
Cleveland Museum of Art returning artifacts to Italy
ROME — The Cleveland Museum of Art agreed Wednesday to return 14 ancient treasures ranging from Etruscan jewelry to a Medieval cross that authorities say were looted or stolen from Italy. Italian Culture Ministry officials and the director of the Cleveland museum signed a deal in Rome to transfer the artifacts within three months in [...]
Nonprofits submit their grant wish lists
ELYRIA — Local nonprofit groups already are chiming in — hoping the city will give them a chunk of cash from the city’s allotment of Community Development Block Grant money. For many of the agencies, receiving even a small percentage of the anticipated $775,000 pot will mean the difference between shuttering programs and staying afloat. [...]
Woman loses $3K in mail scam
ELYRIA — An Elyria woman was bilked out of more than $3,000 in an international mail scam, police said. Barbara Moore, 58, told Elyria police Tuesday she wired $3,300 to a Western Union terminal in Ottawa, Canada, because she believed she’d won $125,000. Moore received a $4,875 check and a letter from Canada telling her [...]
Stocker Foundation awards $974,000 in grants
LORAIN — The Stocker Foundation met last week and approved 67 grants totaling $973,915 to support programs in the areas of arts and culture, community needs, education, health, social services and women’s issues. Thirty-one grants totaling $643,415 will directly benefit Northeast Ohio. Grant awards benefiting the region include: • Adoption Network Cleveland: $15,000 toward the [...]
North Ridgeville Notebook: November 20, 2008
Police ticketing cut-through drivers North Ridgeville police are asking motorists waiting in traffic at Stoney Ridge and Center Ridge roads not to cut through the parking lot of the Animal Clinic Northview complex. That’s right — some folks have tried, and police already have handed out tickets to impatient drivers who have cut through the [...]
Ruth Hilda Beyer
Ruth Hilda Beyer (Chappell), 73, a resident of Amherst, was called home by her Lord to be with her daughter and husband on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at Golden Acres Nursing Home in Amherst. She was born January 18, 1935 in Barnesville. She has been a resident of Amherst since 1952. Ruth was employed at [...]
Russ Schrader
Russ Schrader, 87, of Elyria, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at The Abbewood in Elyria. He was born December 25, 1920 in Elyria and graduated from Elyria High School in 1938 and Oberlin School of Commerce in Business Administration in 1940. He was employed in business administration and management for several companies, retiring after 14 [...]
Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis, 58, passed away Sunday, November 16, 2008 in Seattle, Washington. Arrangements will be announced by Brown-Robinson Funeral Home in Lorain.
Mary Frances Fitzpatrick
Mary Frances Fitzpatrick, 69, passed away Friday, November 14, 2008 in Modesto, California after a short illness. She was born in Modesto, California May 23, 1919 and lived there for quite some time to be near her grandchildren. She worked as a teacher assistant for the Murray Ridge School in Elyria, where she enjoyed taking [...]
Gertha Lean Cunningham
Gertha Lean "Gert" Cunningham, 67, of Elyria and formerly of Cleveland, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, November 15, 2008 at the New Life Hospice of Lorain, following a long illness. She was born in Hope, Arkansas, coming to Cleveland in 1961 and to Elyria in 1995. She was employed in the printing [...]
Edward Alan Burcl
Edward "Al" Alan Burcl, 58, and a resident of Lorain, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2008, at Community Health Partners in Lorain following a sudden illness. He was born March 1, 1950 in Lorain. Al was raised in Amherst and graduated from Amherst High School where he played in the marching band. He received his [...]
Donald G. Hyatt, D.D.S.
Donald G. Hyatt, D.D.S., 85, of Elyria, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008, at his home, following a brief illness. He was born October 30, 1923 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to South Amherst in 1940 and then to Elyria in 1950. Dr. Hyatt attended Hiram College, the Ohio State University and graduated from Western Reserve [...]
Election board reports three fraud cases
More than 1,700 ballots were tossed out from vote
School issues have a chance with absentee count
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Between now and Tuesday, there will be more than a little waiting and worrying by Wellington Schools Superintendent Francis Scruci and Lorain Schools Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson. They are hoping that an extra 4,000 to 7,000 absentee votes and an extra 1,300 newly approved votes that contained minor flaws might turn the tide [...]
Area events mean sour economy doesn`t have to ruin Thanksgiving
ELYRIA — For the American Legion Post 12 leaders, offering a free Thanksgiving Day meal next Thursday to those in need in the community stemmed from one simple question.Post Commander Bill Knapp just wanted to know where he could tell less-fortunate veterans to go for a hot meal. However, he soon found out there weren’t [...]
Accuser in officer stalking case testifies for second day
ELYRIA — A tearful Sarah Long returned to the stand Wednesday to continue her testimony against Jesus Sanchez, the Lorain police officer accused of stalking her for nearly two years.Long’s story immediately came under fire from one of Sanchez’s attorneys, Terry Gilbert. When Long fumbled with the timeline of when certain encounters with Sanchez took [...]
Fired Lorain officer seeks unemployment benefits
LORAIN — Former Lorain police officer Stanley Marrero filed for unemployment Tuesday — two months after he was terminated after a judge convicted him of three misdemeanor charges. Marrero, 44, was notified that he was fired on Sept. 25, while he was serving two months in the Lorain County Jail as a result of a [...]
Officer suspended for abusing sick time
LORAIN — A Lorain police officer was suspended for 10 days without pay for violating the department’s attendance policy. Orlando Cruz was suspended for 10 working days this month after abusing the department’s sick-time policy, according to Safety Director Phil Dore. Dore said a 10-day suspension was sought to address the frequency of the problem. [...]
AUTO INDUSTRY CRISIS: Senate cancels vote on bailout
WASHINGTON — A Democratic Congress, unwilling or unable to approve a $25 billion bailout for Detroit’s Big Three, appears ready to punt the automakers’ fate to a lame-duck Republican president. Caught in the middle of a who-blinks-first standoff are legions of manufacturing firms and auto dealers — and millions of Americans’ jobs — after Senate [...]
AUTO INDUSTRY CRISIS: Local UAW leader urges support in letter
The following is a letter sent to The Chronicle-Telegram by Nick Gallogly, UAW Local 2000 chairman at Ford’s Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake: As a union leader for many years, I feel I must respond to some recent remarks that have been made about union autoworkers. Despite the opinions of the talking heads on [...]
Pistons 96, Cavaliers 89: Cavs win streak ends at eight games
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The Detroit Pistons are starting to show their potential with Allen Iverson, beating two of the NBA’s best teams in less than a week. Iverson scored 23 points, and Rasheed Wallace had 10 of his 21 points during a fourth-quarter surge that gave Detroit a 96-89 victory over Cleveland on Wednesday [...]
ROUNDUP: Nov. 20, 2008
Man indicted for striking man with car ELYRIA — A Lorain man has been indicted on attempted murder and felonious assault charges for allegedly running down a man who is accused of attacking him last year. Ralph Rivera, 21, struck Jeremy Carr, 21, with a car in Lorain on Oct. 5, knocking him unconscious and [...]