Archive for January, 2009
Bulls 102, Cavs 93: West injured in overtime loss
CHICAGO — Luol Deng scored 22 points and Derrick Rose finished with 16 after a slow start to lead the Chicago Bulls to a surprising 102-93 overtime victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night after LeBron James missed a jumper at the end of regulation. Tied at 87 through regulation after James’ 18-footer banged [...]
NFL: Elyria’s Nakamura on verge of trip to Super Bowl
Haruki Nakamura can’t help himself. “Sometimes you get caught up thinking about playing in the Super Bowl your rookie year,” he said Thursday by phone. “Some people don’t play in a Super Bowl in a 10- or 12-year career. To be this close is an honor.” Then Nakamura stops himself. “I don’t even want to [...]
Indians: Hafner says he’s healthy, ready to bounce back
CLEVELAND — Travis Hafner will return to the batting cages soon for the first time since undergoing surgery on a problematic right shoulder. He and the Indians are hoping he finds his hitting stroke. Once a prolific slugger, Hafner has been a shell of his former self the past two seasons, with the ailing shoulder [...]
High school wrestling: Middies make coach happy
AVON — When Midview coach Dave Caramell got word that school was cancelled Thursday his mind started racing in a direction that made him uneasy. “It was a little scary when they called school off,” said Caramell. “I was worried all night and day about the kids making weight. For them to be home with [...]
NFL: OSU DB Washington joins NFL exodus
Mark Sanchez dropped some bad news on Southern California. Defending national champion Florida said goodbye to one star while welcoming back another. The deadline for underclassmen to make themselves eligible for the NFL draft was Thursday. Sanchez made the biggest news, deciding to go pro after starting only 16 games for USC. Versatile receiver Percy [...]
High school wrestling notebook: Avon making noise in WSC
Avon has been making some noise in the West Shore Conference this season, and we’re not even talking about the Eagles’ football team — though several football standouts have contributed greatly to the wrestling team’s success. Most notably, seniors Alex Tabar and Matt Kiessling — who were standout defensive players for the Avon football team [...]
Boys basketball notebook: Lorain rivalry a fun one
It’s a crosstown rivalry that transcends the definition of one. Both teams want to grab the win on the court but not at the expense of what exists off of it — respect and friendship. The coaches and players have ties to one another and the games are intertwined like the cords of a basketball [...]
Girls basketball notebook: Demon has angelic voice
Even if you don’t like basketball, go to the Westlake gym before a girls game and stick around for “The Star Spangled Banner.” If it’s your lucky day, you’re in for a treat. The anthem might be sung, entirely a cappella, by non-player Ashle Williams, a senior whose voice borders on angelic. Except for her [...]
CORRECTIONS: Jan. 16, 2009
The headline and scoreline on the First Baptist vs. Christian Community boys basketball game story were incorrect Wednesday. First Baptist won the game, 56-44. The story had the correct information. The rape Thomas Kiley was convicted of took place in 2008. A headline Thursday was incorrect. A chart in Wednesday’s paper that accompanied a story [...]
SCHOOL CLOSINGS: Jan. 16, 2009
Amherst Exempted Villagen Arts Academy Children’s Development Center Christ Lutheran Nursery School Christian Community — Lorain Country Day School — preschool closed / day care open Elyria Catholic High School Elyria City School First Baptist Christian School Lake Ridge Academy LCCAA Head Start Elyria Life Skills Center Lorain Academy of Arts & Science Lorain City [...]
Elyria library levy a go for May
Council committee OKs appearance of 1.9-mill request
PolyOne cuts 30 jobs in Avon Lake
AVON LAKE — PolyOne Corporation announced Thursday it will lay off 8 percent of its global workforce, including 30 employees at its Avon Lake headquarters. The local layoffs are limited to office staff and will not affect the engineer materials and vinyl plants also in Avon Lake, a company spokeswoman said. About 370 positions around [...]
Abbe widening project in line?
Officials want road project ‘shovel-ready` for area near LCCC if stimulus is passed
Bad times? Not for liquor stores
Sales in Ohio were $719M in 2008
County residents blast possible tax hike
ELYRIA — Lorain County commissioners have yet to sell Oberlin resident Kenny Yancey on the need for a sales tax increase that they say is necessary to deal with a budget crisis that has already led to $6 million in budget cuts and laying off more than 75 county workers. “I don’t think it’s possible [...]
Bush defends tenure in farewell speech
WASHINGTON — Unpopular but unbowed, President George W. Bush defended his tumultuous two terms in a farewell address to the nation Thursday night, claiming a hard-won record of achievement. Reaching back to the Sept. 11 attacks, when the public rallied behind him, Bush declared the United States will “never tire, never falter and never fail.” [...]
Man reports threatening e-mail to police
LORAIN — Police believe a Lorain man may not be the only one who received an e-mail warning the victim of a plot to kill him. The 59-year-old Lorain man went to the police station Wednesday afternoon to report he had received an e-mail from “Dan Blast,” a name he didn’t recognize. When he opened [...]
Quarry developer refiles annexation request
The developer of the $500 million quarry project briefly dropped its request to annex 442 acres of land in Amherst Township into the village of South Amherst on Monday. But on Thursday, California-based Industrial Realty Group refiled it. Rich Govitz, the project manager for IRG, said errors in the original filing prompted the decision to [...]
When it`s cold, some folks must keep moving
ELYRIA — From postal carriers to firefighters to meter readers, they all say the same thing: If you have to work outside in the extreme cold, the trick is to keep moving. On Thursday, when it was deemed too cold for many students to go to school and anyone who possibly could stayed inside, there [...]
Wrong-way chase ends in DUI arrest
CARLISLE TWP. — A Wellington man was arrested Thursday for drunken driving after a 6-mile chase in which he drove the wrong way on U.S. Route 20 at speeds reaching 50 mph. Sheriff’s Capt. Rich Resendez said Terrence Lyon put a lot of people’s lives at risk. “He endangered not only himself but the officer [...]
Cleveland police find dead baby
CLEVELAND — Cleveland police have found the body of a baby girl in a trash bin near a shopping plaza as they searched for a missing 6-month-old girl. There was no immediate identification of the body found Thursday on the city’s west side. But police Lt. Thomas Stacho says it’s believed to be the missing [...]
Birthday girl seeks presents for animals
COLUMBIA STATION — While most first-graders request toys for their birthdays, Copopa Elementary School student Karlie Smick is hoping her birthday presents go to the dogs. Karlie, who will turn 7 on Tuesday, has enough toys, but she knows some animals don’t have any, and that is why she wants to help Love-A-Stray. Love-A-Stray rescues [...]
Grafton/LaGrange/Columbia Notebook: January 16, 2009
LaGrange youth soccer meeting LaGrange Youth Soccer will hold registration for the upcoming spring season 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 24 and 31 at LaGrange Municipal Building. New players must bring a copy of their state-certified birth certificate. Player who did not play in the fall 2008 season and who were born before July [...]
Nan Shryock Boylan
Nan Shryock Boylan passed away Monday, January 12, 2009. She was born June 21, 1921 in Elyria to the late Robert Arnold Shryock and Sara Campbell Shryock. Mrs. Boylan’s education began at Lake Avenue School and continued at McKinley School and Elyria High School, where she graduated in 1939. She attended Flora Stone Mather College [...]
Robert L. Miller
Robert L. Miller "Bob", 68, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital, following a short illness. Mr. Miller served as a Deacon, Liturgist and usher for the United Church of Christ in Elyria and had also been a Deacon for the United Church of Christ in Sheffield Lake, prior [...]