Archive for January, 2009
Avon/Avon Lake notebook: Jan. 19, 2009
Crushers seeking interns The Lake Erie Crushers are looking for team players who are quick on their feet, multitalented and willing to work hard. No, Avon’s new professional baseball team isn’t looking for people to swing the bat, the organization is scouting for college students and recent graduates who are passionate about working in the [...]
Pittsburgh uses defense to down Baltimore in AFC championship
PITTSBURGH — Tough and mean, like the original Steel Curtain. These Pittsburgh Steelers delivered too many hard hits and their quarterback was steady enough to outplay the kid and the rest of the Baltimore Ravens. With Troy Polamalu ending any chance Baltimore had for a comeback with a 40-yard interception return, the Steelers bullied their [...]
Litke: Tomlin’s showing his steely side
PITTSBURGH — The guy Mike Tomlin was hired to replace didn’t just win lasting respect, a lot of games and a Super Bowl. He had a face practically sculpted for this steely town and a fierce personality to match. But no one sees what’s inside a coach until he gets pushed. Tomlin rarely yells, doesn’t [...]
Ronald R. Loescher Sr.
Ronald R. Loescher Sr., 61, of Grafton died Friday January 16, 2009 at his home following a brief illness. He was born June 12, 1947 in Elyria and was a lifelong Grafton area resident. Ron was employed at Trio Products in Elyria in the shipping Department. for 30 years, retiring in 2006. He served in [...]
Mary Polansky
Mary Polansky, 95, of Valley City, went to her heavenly home on Sunday, January 18, 2009. She was born on September 8, 1913 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Mary moved back to the old country of Russia with her family for many years before arriving back in the states and lived in Brooksville, Florida for over [...]
Andrew P. O’Connor
Andrew P. O’Connor, 38, of Elyria died Sunday January 18, 2009, following a 14 month illness. The Bauer Laubenthal Mercado Funeral Home Rt. 57 and Chestnut Ridge Elyria will announce arrangements.
Albert E. Love
Albert E. Love, 83, of Vermilion, passed away on Friday, January 16, 2009 at the Ohio Veteran’s Home in Sandusky, following a long illness. He was born in Lorain on February 17, 1925. He graduated with the Lorain High School class of 1944A. Al was drafted with only one semester remaining until graduation. He was [...]
Arizona downs Philadelphia to win NFC championship
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Down and out for decades, the Arizona Cardinals have turned a bad joke into a Super Bowl-bound team. Yes, the Cardinals, founding members of the NFL, but historically among the most dysfunctional of franchises, are heading for the championship game in Tampa, Fla. Capitalizing on Larry Fitzgerald’s three first-half touchdown receptions, then [...]
Dahlberg: Losing isn’t in these Cards
GLENDALE, Ariz. — It was never going to be easy, no matter how many times Kurt Warner and Larry Fitzgerald hooked up for touchdowns in the first half. It couldn’t be, because these were the Cardinals, and nothing has come easy for them since long before they moved to the Arizona desert. Those who filled [...]
NFL playoff notes: Suggs keeps streak alive
Terrell Suggs maintained his streak of never missing an NFL game, starting at linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night in the AFC championship game despite being hampered by a strained right shoulder. It took a while, however, for Suggs to display the form that enabled him to have a [...]
Ivanovic, Roddick net Day 1 wins at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — After struggling in her first match at the Australian Open since losing last year’s final, Ana Ivanovic finished with a flourish in a 7-5, 6-3 win over Julia Goerges early today. Top-ranked Jelena Jankovic, who lost the U.S. Open final to Serena Williams and is yet to win a major title, had [...]
Boys basketball: Perfect King rules Lorain, sinks Saints
LORAIN — Admiral King and Southview couldn’t have looked more similar through two quarters of the crosstown rivals’ first meeting of the season Saturday afternoon at the Shot Palace. In the third quarter, the teams couldn’t have looked more different. The game was tied at 37 at the break, before the Admirals blitzed Southview, ran [...]
Nixon cedes stage to Obama: Inauguration to be simulcast at pair of Palace theaters
Cleveland’s Palace Theatre had to get permission from “Nixon” to let the public witness Obama’s historic inauguration Tuesday. This ironic case occurred at the Palace Theatre in Cleveland’s Playhouse Square, where officials had to ask producers of the critically acclaimed stage play “Frost-Nixon” for an OK to lower a 50-by-23-foot movie screen over the play’s [...]
Girls basketball: Admiral King dominates Southview, stretches pair of streaks
LORAIN — Admiral King’s fast and physical girls basketball team has two streaks going at the moment. The Admirals beat crosstown rival Southview, 65-36, in a Lake Erie League lunchtime rout Saturday for their seventh straight win after opening the season 2-3. And it was the sixth time in a row they’ve defeated the Saints [...]
Clearview student to learn leadership skills, rub shoulders with elite in Washington, D.C.
LORAIN — A Clearview High School junior will be hobnobbing with some impressive politicians while in Washington, D.C., for Barack Obama’s inauguration. Allyson Czarney, who turns 17 today, will be attending the inaugural festivities thanks to her participation in the Congressional Youth Leadership Council. She was nominated for the group by a sixth-grade teacher during [...]
McKinley Elementary teacher turning inauguration into ultimate civics lesson
ELYRIA — A teacher at Elyria’s McKinley Elementary School has held back nothing in her quest to convey the significance of Barack Obama’s inauguration. For her students, watching the inauguration on television — huddled together as a group with all eyes glued to the screen — will be about more than just a lesson in [...]
Chill chokes water supply
AVON LAKE — Several communities have been asked to conserve water through the end of today after ice from Lake Erie clogged pipelines Saturday, causing water shortages and reduced pressure throughout Lorain and Medina counties. John Knipper of the Avon Lake Water Department said residents in Avon, Avon Lake, Sheffield Lake, Sheffield Village, North Ridgeville [...]
Mom, baby go to hospital after colliding with fire truck
LORAIN — A 42-year-old woman and her infant son were taken to the hospital Saturday after the SUV she was driving collided at Elyria Avenue and East 35th Street with a Lorain fire truck returning from the scene of a blaze. Kellie Glenn, of Cleveland, was treated and released from Community Regional Medical Center, a [...]
Israel calls unilateral cease-fire in Gaza
JERUSALEM — Israel implemented a unilateral cease-fire early today in its 22-day offensive that turned Gaza neighborhoods into battlegrounds and dealt a stinging blow to the Islamic militants of Hamas. But Israeli troops will stay in the Palestinian territory for now and Hamas threatened to keep fighting until they leave. In announcing the cease-fire late [...]
Boys basketball: North Ridgeville uses defense to defeat Perkins
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — North Ridgeville brought out its pressure defense for the second night in a row, only this time it was in the fourth quarter. Holding Perkins to just six points in the quarter while scoring 15, the Rangers pulled out the non-conference win Saturday night, 61-47. It was the fifth win in a [...]
Don’t eat peanut butter or things containing peanut butter, FDA says
WASHINGTON — Federal health authorities on Saturday urged consumers to avoid eating cookies, cakes, ice cream and other foods that contain peanut butter until authorities can learn more about a deadly outbreak of salmonella contamination. Most peanut butter sold in jars at supermarkets appears to be safe, said Stephen Sundlof, head of the Food and [...]
H.S. Hockey: Plenty of penalties, little scoring, a North Olmsted win
NORTH OLMSTED — Both defenses and both goaltenders played extremely well, as much because of necessity as desire. “That was an interesting game, to say the least,” Olmsted Falls coach Brian Thompson said of his team’s Southwestern Conference tournament game against North Olmsted on Saturday. What made it that way were penalties — 16 of [...]
Ohio wants to cut state workers` pay, hours
COLUMBUS — The administration of Gov. Ted Strickland is seeking a 5 percent pay cut from workers in the state’s largest union as the state faces a $7.3 billion budget deficit, Ohio media outlets reported Friday. The state also seeks to reduce work hours from 40 to 35 per week and eliminate paid holidays and [...]
Midview High School busing coming to an end
GRAFTON — When students return to Midview High School on Tuesday, most will arrive by car or on foot. The district has eliminated busing for 771 of 1,100 students in grades nine to 12 who ride the bus at least part of the time. School Superintendent Howard Dulmage said the change may result in traffic [...]
Midview starts school earlier, adds parking
In addition to eliminating busing, there are several other changes at Midview High School starting next week. — The school day at Midview High starts at 7:15 a.m. instead of 7:30 a.m. Doors open at 6:45 a.m. for students; they must report to and remain in the library. The day ends at 2:15 p.m. rather [...]