Archive for November 28th, 2008
Girls basketball season tipoff: Keystone’s Irish got skills from talented father
There’s a laidback game of one-on-one taking place in the Keystone gym. The big guy is on defense. He moves in from behind his driving opponent, stuffs an attempted layup and the ball goes out of bounds. He and the offensive player laugh about it, because the big guy has a slight advantage. He’s Colin [...]
Romo heats up to keep Cowboys sizzling
IRVING, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys are ready for December. On the verge of collapse just a few weeks ago, Tony Romo, DeMarcus Ware and the Cowboys guaranteed they will be a team to watch in the final month by crushing the Seattle Seahawks 34-9 Thursday for their third straight victory. Romo got it rolling [...]
Titans roll over winless Lions
DETROIT — The Tennessee Titans wanted to re-establish the run to get back on track after losing for the first time. The Detroit Lions were very accommodating. Chris Johnson ran for 125 yards and scored twice in the first quarter and LenDale White had two touchdowns in the second and finished with 106 yards rushing, [...]
McNabb leads Eagles to rout of Cardinals
PHILADELPHIA — Donovan McNabb got pulled for Kevin Kolb again. This time, he earned a seat on the bench with a superb performance instead of a stinker. McNabb threw four touchdown passes, Brian Westbrook tied a team-record with four scores and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Arizona Cardinals 48-20 on Thursday night. Just four days [...]
BCS picture getting messy again
Remember the dramatic end to last year’s college football season? The national title chances for Ohio State and LSU looked doomed, until a series of unexpected upsets resurrected those teams and eventually matched them in the national title game. If you liked last year’s twists and turns, chances are that this year will see even [...]
No. 4 Texas rolls over Texas A&M in college football rout
AUSTIN, Texas — All Texas and Colt McCoy can do now is wait. McCoy passed for two touchdowns, ran for two more and No. 4 Texas snapped a two-game losing streak to rival Texas A&M with a 49-9 victory Thursday night, a performance that may or may not have been impressive enough to boost McCoy’s [...]
Cavs roll over Thunder for best start in club history
CLEVELAND — If this had been a pickup game, the Oklahoma City Thunder would have demanded new sides to be chosen. Possessing nine of the top 10 players in uniform, the Cavaliers did anything and everything they wanted – and they did it with remarkable ease – in cruising to a 117-82 victory Wednesday night [...]
Iraqis ratify pact; U.S. troops to leave by 2011
BAGHDAD — The long, costly story of American military involvement in Iraq moved closer to an end Thursday when Iraq’s parliament approved a pact that requires all troops to be out in three years, marking the first clear timetable for a U.S. exit since the 2003 invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. The vote for the [...]
Shoppers camp out for Best Buy deals
ELYRIA — Deeply discounted laptop computers at Midway Mall’s Best Buy inspired a few dozen hardcore deal seekers to camp in front of the store Thursday night despite temperatures in the low 30s. Today, also known as Black Friday, is the official start of the holiday shopping season. The first to pitch his tent was [...]
Mom, daughter support each other in cancer battles
HURON — Less than six months after learning she had a rare form of brain cancer called adenoid cystic carcinoma, Dawn MacLean-Patterson began living every mother’s worst nightmare. Her 16-year-old daughter, Taylar MacLean, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. MacLean-Patterson, 49, immediately put her own treatment, and her self-pity, on hold to make sure her daughter [...]
Light Up Lorain takes place on Saturday
LORAIN — The annual Light Up Lorain holiday event returns this weekend with more cheer than ever before. More entertainment, more decorations and more food are just a few of the changes to this year’s festivities. For the first time, Mayor Tony Krasienko will help Santa flip the switch to turn on the lights and [...]
Carlisle park hosts holiday light display
CARLISLE TWP. — While the weather outside has the potential of being frightful, the twinkling lights will be delightful at the seventh annual Holiday Lights display at the Carlisle Visitor Center. This year’s display is better than ever with inside and outside scenes to stimulate your holiday senses. As you drive into the Carlisle Reservation, [...]
BLOTTER: Nov. 28, 2008
Elyria police Wednesday, Nov. 26 9:00 a.m. – 400 block East Ave., theft of $650 in cash and $131 in cash from the 1930s to 1950s from the offices of Taylor and Breunig Co., LPA. 9:05 a.m. – 900 block Clark St., woman reported theft of her wallet from vehicle. 3:40 p.m. – 100 block [...]
Local politics comes to Internet radio
ELYRIA — Saturday’s debut production of “Elyria City Government Online” on WCANradio.com will feature two at-large council members as the show’s first guests. Councilman Tom Callahan, D-at large, and Councilman Kevin Brubaker, D-at large, both will answer questions from listeners while serving up a dose of city politics on the hourlong show slated to begin [...]
Leaders stand behind state tax reform
COLUMBUS — A tax reform package passed in 2005 is compounding state budget difficulties during a tumultuous economic period, but both Republican and Democratic leaders say the changes are necessary for Ohio’s future. Republican leaders in 2005 passed a package that included a 21 percent reduction in the state’s income tax over five years and [...]
State’s new schools chief gets high marks
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS — Ohio’s new schools chief gets good grades from colleagues and parents for a high-energy, innovative approach to her work, which includes extensive experience dealing with underperforming youngsters from poor families. Deborah S. Delisle, 55, superintendent of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights district, takes office Monday as Ohio’s superintendent of public instruction. She will [...]
LaGrange Lions Club spreads cheer boxes
LAGRANGE — The LaGrange Lions Club will soon be spreading holiday cheer throughout the community. For more than 15 years, the LaGrange Lions Club has been providing the less fortunate families in the Keystone School District with “Holiday Cheer Boxes.” And with the poor economic conditions, LaGrange Lion Holiday Cheer Box chairwoman Kay Hegadore is [...]
Grafton/LaGrange/Columbia Notebook: November 28, 2008
Cookie fundraiser What do hammers and Christmas Cookies have to do with each other? Nothing at first glance, but when you look a little closer you will see that the North Eaton Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) youth sell homemade Christmas cookies to help fund their summer mission trip. The North Eaton Christian Church High School [...]
William J. Simonovich
William J. Simonovich, 83, of Lorain, died Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at his residence while under the care of New Life Hospice, following a brief illness. Bill was born December 20, 1924 in Lorain and had been a life long resident of the city. He was a graduate of Lorain High School, as a member [...]
Patrick Kyer
Patrick Kyer, 62, of Cleveland, died Monday, November 24, 2008 at Louis A. Stokes VA Medical Center in Cleveland. He was born July 3, 1946 in Elyria. He was a U.S. Navy Vietnam Veteran from 1963 to 1967. Patrick is survived by his wife, Valerie (nee Workman); children, Scott (Carol), Sherry (Randy) Hardy, Tessy (Bill) [...]
Kathryn J. Dillon
Kathryn J. Dillon (nee Ocheltree), 83, of Oberlin, formerly of Sheffield Lake, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at New Life Hospice Center of Saint Joseph, Lorain. Kathryn was born February 27, 1925 in Braxton County, West Virginia, and had lived in Oberlin the last 15 years. Kathryn worked at a local Greenhouse and Worthington [...]
Jennifer Jean Mansfield
Jennifer Jean Mansfield, 31, of Elyria, died Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at the Cleveland Clinic, following a long battle with kidney failure. She was born May 30, 1977 in Elyria and was a 1999 graduate of Elyria High School. She also attended Murray Ridge School and worked at Murray Ridge Workshop. Jennifer is the daughter [...]
Grace G. Cunningham
Grace G. Cunningham, 86, of Grafton Township, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center. She was born December 17, 1921 in Cleveland and had lived in Grafton since 1995. Grace was a member of the Belden United Methodist Church and was retired from Walker Heat Treating in Cleveland. She was [...]
Gladys A. Gentry
Gladys A. Gentry (nee Smith), 85, of Elyria, died Thursday, November 27, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center, following a short illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home, 327 Cleveland St., Elyria, OH 44035.
Gilbert Anthony Shank
Gilbert Anthony Shank, 61, beloved son, brother and uncle, of Bradenton, Florida, died Thursday, November 13, 2008 after a brief illness. He was a 1965 graduate of Lorain High School and attended Central Michigan University. Gilbert was a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the Air Force as an Air Controller, a professional musician [...]