Archive for January, 2009
Marilyn L. Klear
Marilyn L. Klear, 65, of Maumee, passed away Monday, January 26, 2009 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg, following a brief illness. She was born in Toledo on February 3, 1943. Marilyn was a graduate of St. Ursula Academy and Mary Manse College, both in Toledo. She taught in the Lima City Schools for [...]
Irene Ann Bartoto
Irene Ann Bartoto, 99, of Oberlin, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2009 in her home after a long illness. She was born March 15, 1909 in Lorain and had lived in the Pittsfield Oberlin area for 79 years. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oberlin for 79 years and a [...]
Dana Marie Care
Dana Marie Care, 17, passed away suddenly Monday, January 26, 2009. Dana was a Senior at St. Joseph Academy. She was the catcher for her high school varsity softball team and a member of the Ohio Emerald’s Fast Pitch Softball Team. Dana had the most beautiful smile and her warmth, kindness and amazing bravery were [...]
Constance Barak
Constance Barak (nee Davis), 53, of Oberlin, suddenly passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2009. Connie received her Child Development Associate Degree in December and was a beloved teacher at the Oberlin Early Childhood Center. She was the beloved wife of Donald Barak; loving mother of Victoria Carrier, Francescsa DeNardo, and Robert Caraballo; step-mother of Erica [...]
Alta Coultrip
Alta (Busek) Coultrip, 87, of Wakeman, died Thursday morning, January 28, 2009 at her home. She was born June 11, 1921 in Lorain, and has lived in the Wakeman area since 1933. She was a 1939 graduate of Wakeman High School. She was a member of the Colorado Ranger Horse Association and the Appaloosa Horse [...]
Magic 99, Cavaliers 88: Cavs falter late in loss at Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic are looking more and more like a contender in the Eastern Conference. Dwight Howard had 22 points and 18 rebounds, Hedo Turkoglu added 19 points and 11 rebounds, and the Magic took advantage of LeBron James’ shooting struggles to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 99-88 on Thursday night. Rashard Lewis [...]
NBA: LeBron only Cavs player making All-Star trip
NEW YORK — The Cavaliers began Thursday night with the best record in the NBA at 35-8, but that didn’t help them get more than one All-Star Game selection. Point guard Mo Williams was not among the seven reserves selected by Eastern Conference coaches, meaning starter LeBron James will be Cleveland’s only representative in the [...]
High school wrestling: Clearview shines at PAC quad
OBERLIN — Clearview received good news prior to the Patriot Athletic Conference quad wrestling match at Oberlin on Thursday night. The Clippers had their 160- and 189-pound wrestlers back in the form of Jacob Champion and David Cooper. Though it was the first time since before Christmas that all 14 of the top wrestlers were [...]
Super Bowl XLIII: Steelers owner Rooney a pioneer of NFL minority hiring
TAMPA, Fla. — A small group gathered for a closed-door meeting at NFL headquarters two years ago in December, as it had regularly since 2003. The topic: identifying minority candidates for coaching jobs. The session was led, as always, by Steelers owner Dan Rooney. The hottest name during the discussions — Mike Tomlin. Soon after, [...]
Super Bowl XLIII: Cards’ Fitzgerald one of the great ones?
TAMPA, Fla. — Larry Fitzgerald soars above the outstretched arms of defenders, caresses the football with his fingertips, and clings to it as he comes back down to earth. The scene is all too familiar to his teammates and coaches, and now the 25-year-old receiver’s amazing skills are the talk of the Super Bowl. He [...]
High school basketball notebooks: Ridgeville closing in on WSC title
As the defending champions of the West Shore Conference, the North Ridgeville Rangers knew that winning the conference for a second straight season would be no easy task. After all, if the bull’s-eye on their backs wasn’t a big enough concern, having teams such as Division II regional qualifier Vermilion as well as rivals Midview [...]
High school wrestling notebook: Elyria wraps up NOC dual-meet title
The Elyria Pioneers wrapped up a perfect Northeast Ohio Conference regular season a week ago, rallying against Mayfield for a 32-24 dual-meet victory and the Valley Division dual meet championship. “It was an amazing match, really cool,” Pioneers coach Erik Burnett said. “Dual meets are integral to the sport and I think we really need [...]
High school roundup: Ridgeville wrestlers improves dual record to 5-0
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Five pins and a pair of forfeits helped North Ridgeville go to 5-0 in the West Shore Conference with a 51-21 victory over Avon on Thursday. 103: Rex Rozar (NR) pinned Cole Ramsey, 4:47. 112: Marc Carasella (NR) won by forfeit. 119: David Evans (NR) pinned Ayoub Kirresh, 5:04. 125: Matt Zepp [...]
CORRECTIONS: Jan. 29, 2009
Elyria City Councilman Garry Gibbs will be running for Council as a Republican this May. His party affiliation was misidentified Wednesday. Lorain County Community College’s tuition waiver program covers courses that will run from now though April 7 at LCCC’s outreach centers in the County Administration Building in downtown Elyria, the Learning Center in Lorain, [...]
Obama touts equal-pay bill at signing ceremony
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signed an equal pay bill into law today, declaring that it’s a family issue, not just a women’s issue. The president picked the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act for the first piece of legislation to sign as president. He appeared before a packed East Room audience for a ceremony, [...]
Family dead in Ohio, likely murder-suicide
WHITEHALL, Ohio (AP) — A man who shot and killed his wife and their two children left a suicide note before shooting himself, police said Thursday. All four bodies were found Wednesday in the family’s home in Whitehall, a suburb of Columbus. It appears to be a murder-suicide and that the father was the gunman, [...]
Governor proposes revamp of state public schools
COLUMBUS — Gov. Ted Strickland proposed a dramatic reinvention of Ohio’s public schools Wednesday, from classroom learning to teacher preparation to the way districts are funded. The plan he laid out in his third State of the State speech to the Ohio Legislature will be accompanied by a $925 million increase over current estimated education [...]
Local legislators back governor’s plan but want specifics
Local legislators had high praise for Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s State of the State address, although they want to see more specifics of the programs he’s laid out. Strickland promised a balanced budget without new taxes and to reform the state’s school systems, but also warned that there would be cuts to government. “I do [...]
County’s jobless rate is the highest since 1992
Lorain County’s average unemployment rate in 2008 was 7.4 percent, higher than any year since 1992. The rate peaked twice in 2008, in July and September, at 8.3 percent. In December it was 7.9 percent, up from November’s 7.3 percent. The average jobless rate in 1992 was 9.5 percent. The figures come from the Ohio [...]
Greetings from Elyria Day in Fort Myers, Fla.
Not all Elyrians were digging out from under a foot of snow Wednesday. More than 70 of them from all over Florida crawled out of air-conditioned cars into 80-degree temperatures to get together for Elyria Day in Fort Myers. It was the 30th year these snowbirds of a feather have flocked together in their sunny [...]
Back home, enough snow’s enough
Life goes on — including construction work —as snow continues to pile up in what could be the snowiest January in years. On Wednesday, construction workers still were toiling inside the temporary lumber and plastic enclosure surrounding the new $11.3 million baseball field going up in Avon, said Chuck Polinko, construction administrator for the city. [...]
Trial begins for Cleveland man suspected of rape
ELYRIA — A registered sex offender from Cleveland accused of kidnapping a Lorain bartender in November 2007 and forcing her to strip and perform oral sex on him went on trial Wednesday. Reginald Roberson, 55, could receive up to 50 years in prison if convicted of the rape, aggravated robbery, kidnapping, gross sexual imposition and [...]
BLOTTER: Jan. 29, 2009
Elyria police Monday, Jan. 26 9:03 a.m. – 260 block Burns Road, an employee of KS Associates reported a picture window on the south side of the building was shot. 10 a.m. – 100 block Delaware Circle, a woman reported a home health care worker helping her care for her husband may have stolen some [...]
Man sues Lorain police over Taser incident
ORAIN — A man is accusing Lorain Police Chief Cel Rivera and the city of negligence and personal injury, saying the actions of the police officers who arrested him two years ago were “extreme and outrageous.” According to a lawsuit filed by Charles Bowyer of Lorain on Wednesday in Lorain County Common Pleas Court, the [...]
Lorain man charged with domestic violence
LORAIN — A Lorain man was charged with domestic violence Wednesday after allegedly beating up his wife and shoving a lit cigarette into her mouth. When police responded to a frantic 911 call about 6:25 a.m. at an apartment in the 1300 block of F Street, they found a woman sitting on a couch inside [...]