Archive for November 21st, 2008
GM’s Lordstown plant affected by cutbacks
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Corp. will extend its holiday shutdown or make other production cuts at five factories at as it deals with a continued U.S. auto sales slump and fights to stay solvent. Also Friday, the company announced changes at five other factories that could increase production of some models, all based on [...]
Quinn gets OK to play: Broken finger not expected to sideline Browns quarterback Sunday against Texans
BEREA — Quarterback Brady Quinn doesn’t plan on letting a broken bone in his finger knock him out of the starting lineup. Not after a year and a half waiting for his chance. X-rays taken Wednesday night revealed a small fracture at the tip of the index finger on his right (throwing) hand. Quinn will [...]
LOL? Not over Browns GM Savage’s e-mail response to fan
BEREA — The bumpy season for Browns general manager Phil Savage hit a new and unusual pothole this week. Savage sent an e-mail response to a fan early Tuesday morning that included an implied profanity. He later apologized. “It happened after the game,” Savage wrote Thursday in an e-mail to The Chronicle-Telegram. “We have since [...]
Ohio State-Michigan rivalry rough on rookies, but Buckeyes expect freshman phenom Pryor to handle the pressure
Ohio State tight end Rory Nicol didn’t think there was anything special about rivalries — until the opening kickoff of his first game against Michigan. “I was a freshman and Ernest Shazor knocked me into, probably, the third week of my junior year,” he said, wincing at the thought. Nicol’s story may provide some insight [...]
All-Ohio soccer: Ten players from area honored
Firelands’ Rachael Melendez, Ohio’s leading goal scorer — boys or girls — and Avon’s Megan Repas, who led Avon to a second straight regional semifinal, are Division II first-team All-Ohio soccer players. They are among 10 area players to receive all-state recognition from the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association. Their selections are posted on the [...]
New season means a bunch of new players for Matta, Ohio State basketball team
COLUMBUS — Ask Thad Matta to talk in detail about his Ohio State Buckeyes and he falters. “Ummmm,” he says. “I would say, uh, let’s see …” It’s hard to describe somebody you hardly know. And for the third year in a row, Matta has a collection of players who are primarily first- and second-year [...]
Ohio State dominates Delaware State in season opener
COLUMBUS — After all of those practices, the Ohio State Buckeyes wanted to beat up on somebody else for a change. Jeramie Simmons hit two 3-pointers in a 15-3 run at the outset and Ohio State never trailed in beating Delaware State 70-42 Thursday night in its season opener. David Lighty and last year’s high [...]
Steelers’ defense shuts down Ocho Cinco-less Bengals
PITTSBURGH — The Steelers honored defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau with a pregame ceremony for his 50 years as an NFL coach and player. His league-best defense found the best possible way to pay tribute to him. The Steelers limited the depleted Bengals to six first downs following an early touchdown drive and found just enough [...]
Distraught teen talked down at Wellington High
WELLINGTON — Law enforcement and school officials talked down a distraught male high school student who climbed into the rafters of the Wellington High School gymnasium and threaten to jump. School officials stopped short of saying the teen was suicidal when he climbed up on Thursday morning. “He just needed to talk,” Superintendent Francis R. [...]
Experts: Adults must be aware of signs of teen depression
The emotional stresses of teenage life can sometimes lead to thoughts of suicide, but parents and adults play a key role in preventing tragedy. Before teenage angst morphs into emotional distress, signs of impeding danger always are there, said Sherrell Conrady, vice president of the Lorain County Schools Crisis Counseling Team and a guidance counselor [...]
Jim Litke: Honesty could prove costly to Hayes, but he insists it’s not only the best policy, but the only one for pro golfers
The moment J.P. Hayes looked down at the golf ball on the floor in his hotel room, he knew there were only two options. Keep his mouth shut and his chances of playing full-time on the PGA Tour next season alive. Or pick up the phone and disqualify himself. Ten days later, the only thing [...]
With deficit projected, county sales tax hike considered
ELYRIA — Lorain County workers might have to be laid off to help erase a $10 million deficit next year, according to the county commissioners.Commissioner Betty Blair said the dire budget projections might call for a combination of layoffs and new revenue, most likely an increase in the sales tax. She said the commissioners might [...]
County engineer’s office to offer buyouts
ELYRIA — County commissioners approved offering buyouts to as many as 10 people working for County Engineer Kenneth Carney. There are 17 members of his 83 employees who are eligible, and 10 have indicated they may accept. If that happens, the buyouts will save about $900,000 over two years, he said. The workers would not [...]
Bridge to open? Not so fast, says ODOT
LORAIN — That long-awaited reopening of the Charles Berry Bascule Bridge that was supposed to happen today? It might not. “There is still a chance that it may open (today),” said Joyce Miller, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Transportation, which is in charge of the bridge’s repairs. “We aren’t as sure. The testing, unfortunately, [...]
Woman killed crossing Route 83
EATON TWP. — An 83-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car Thursday evening while crossing state Route 83 south of Cooley Road. Victoria Milczanek was going from her mailbox across the street to her house in the 11300 block of Avon Belden Road about 5:56 p.m. when she was hit by a Buick [...]
Treasury Department earmarks $25.2M for Lorain National Bank
LORAIN — A local bank has preliminary approval to receive $25.2 million from the U.S. Treasury Department as part of the $700 billion bailout plan passed by Congress last month. The money is part of the TARP (Troubled Assets Relief Program) Capital Purchase Program, a voluntary program designed to help healthy institutions build capital and [...]
Attorney General Mukasey collapses during speech
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense former federal judge who took over the Justice Department after Alberto Gonzales resigned in disgrace, collapsed during a speech Thursday night and was rushed to a hospital after losing consciousness. “The attorney general is conscious, conversant and alert,” Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said after doctors admitted [...]
CORRECTION : Nov. 21, 2008
Free holiday meals will be offered from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Lorain County Community College in the Spitzer Conference Center, Elyria, and from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Andrew Episcopal Church, 300 Third St., Elyria The times for both events were incorrect in a list Thursday.
BLOTTER: Nov. 21, 2008
Elyria police Monday, Nov. 17 1:33 p.m. – Market Drive, Jessica Ann Cofield, 21, Elyria, charged with theft for allegedly taking $139.79 in food from Giant Eagle without paying. Tuesday, Nov. 18 8:11 a.m. — 600 block Delaware Ave., theft of bike from residence. 5:23 p.m. — Victoria’s Secret at Midway Mall, an employee reported [...]
Wilnora V. Vinson
Wilnora V. Vinson, 89, of Lorain, passed away Saturday, November 15, 2008 in the New Life Hospice of Lorain, following a long illness. She was born in Erin, Tennessee, coming to Lorain in 1956 from Cincinnati. She was employed in the house keeping department at the Park Lane Hotel in Cincinnati. She was a member [...]
Roger L. Saladin
Roger L. Saladin, 57, of Florence Township, died Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center, following a longtime illness. Roger was born in Amherst, October 27, 1951, to the late Glenn and Geraldine Wiegand. He was a 1970 graduate of Marion L. Steel High School, Amherst. Following high school, he worked in service [...]
Michael Costin
Michael "Pete" Costin, 85, of Sheffield Township, died Thursday, November 20, 2008 at the New Life Hospice of St. Joseph Center in Lorain, following a brief illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wyers Funeral Chapel.
Mary Frances Fitzpatrick
Mary Frances Fitzpatrick, 69, passed away Friday, November 14, 2008 in Modesto, California after a short illness. She was born in Oberlin 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 groups [...]
Martin H. Blaine
Martin H. Blaine, 86, of Grafton, died Thursday, November 20, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center, following a brief illness. Arrangements will be announced by the David Bogner Family Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Danny Ross
Danny Ross, 57, of North Ridgeville, died Thursday, November 20, 2008 at St. John Westshore Hospital, following a sudden illness. Arrangements will be announced by the David Bogner Family Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.