Lorain/Elyria, OH
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 [...]
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 compromise [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. After [...]
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 she’d won [...]
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 [...]
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 Amherst [...]
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 years [...]