Archive for January, 2009
Big Ben Roethlisberger driving Steelers this Super Bowl trip
TAMPA, Fla. — Ben Roethlisberger was along for the ride, and he knows it. Some teams win a Super Bowl because of their quarterback. The Pittsburgh Steelers managed not to lose one in Detroit three years ago despite Big Ben’s self-described bad game. Tom Brady, he wasn’t. As nervous as a teenager taking his driver’s [...]
Boys basketball: North Ridgeville opens busy week with easy win over Avon
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The North Ridgeville Rangers outplayed, outhustled and, in the words of Avon coach Jim Baker, outclassed Avon 63-32 in a West Shore Conference game Tuesday, The Rangers jumped on the Eagles early and often as they seized control in the first quarter and rode the momentum to their fifth straight victory. The [...]
Boys basketball: Brookside finds some offense to go with its tough defense against Oberlin
OBERLIN — Brookside balance overcame Oberlin star power Tuesday in a 75-57 win in Patriot Athletic Conference action. Three Cardinals — Nick Jackman (21), Adrian Rivera (17) and Josh Harris (15) — took turns lighting up the offense as Brookside scored 30 points above its season average. Along the way, the Cardinals overcame the usual [...]
Boys basketball: Lutheran West’s height makes sure Black River comes up short
ROCKY RIVER — Both coaches agreed it was size that tipped the scales in Lutheran West’s favor Tuesday night. The larger Longhorns beat Black River 72-42 in a Patriot Athletic Conference crossover game. But it wasn’t only height that allowed Lutheran West (8-4, 7-1 PAC) to score the last 15 points of the third quarter [...]
Northeast Ohio hit hard by salmonella outbreak
The salmonella outbreak affecting the nation has grown to include the recall of more than 180 products containing either peanuts or peanut butter because of their reported link to the food-borne illness. Salmonella is being blamed for 68 reported cases in Ohio — the most of any state. Nearly two-thirds of the state’s cases originate [...]
Family sues manufacturer, Solon peanut butter distributor over salmonella death
MILWAUKEE — The relatives of a 72-year-old woman whose death may be linked to the widespread peanut butter salmonella outbreak have sued the operators of a Georgia peanut butter plant and an Ohio distributor, saying their negligence caused her death. Relatives of Shirley Mae Almer filed the wrongful death lawsuit Monday in Hennepin County District [...]
Economy overshadows Strickland`s address
COLUMBUS — Gov. Ted Strickland heard it from the left and the right Tuesday, a day before he delivers a State of the State address on Ohio’s flagging economy and $7 billion budget deficit. The speech is at noon today. Republican lawmakers said they want to reduce the number of state agencies by more than [...]
Sheriff: Responses to calls will lengthen because of force cuts
BRIGHTON TWP. — It took Lorain County sheriff’s deputies a little more than two hours to respond to check the welfare of a man Monday. By the time they arrived at the Brighton Township home of John Olson, the 40-year-old already was dead, according to the event log of the incident. County Coroner Paul Matus [...]
Council hopefuls line up for battle in May
ELYRIA — With weeks left before candidates have to officially throw their names into the ring, interest in joining the elected body of Elyria is running strong. With all 11 City Council seats up for re-election this year, incumbents and challengers already have started filing petitions with the Lorain County Board of Elections seeking to [...]
Pat Catan`s plans Ridgeville store
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — When store closings and massive layoffs are an almost-daily occurrence, word that a new business is about to open is enough to raise eyebrows. Officials of the Strongsville-based Pat Catan’s chain of arts and crafts stores confirmed Tuesday that the company’s newest store will open in the former Tops supermarket at Lear-Nagle [...]
Police arrest 10 at Vermilion drinking party
VERMILION — A rowdy underage drinking party orchestrated by twin daughters of an absent homeowner ended in the arrest of nearly a dozen juveniles and adults early Sunday. The incident began shortly before 2 a.m. when police were called to a home in the 1400 block of Lexington Drive in response to complaints of noise [...]
Mom tells police teen used gun to detain girls
LORAIN — Police are investigating whether a 14-year-old boy used a gun to keep his sister’s friends from leaving his home Monday night. The mother of two girls, ages 11 and 12, called police at 8:48 p.m. after her daughters returned home and said their friend’s older brother pulled a gun on them and blocked [...]
Jurors weep as ‘Baby Grace` trial opens
GALVESTON, Texas — Jurors wept Tuesday as they heard a mother detail how an attempt to teach her 2-year-old daughter proper manners turned into a daylong torture session in which the toddler was beaten with belts, dunked in a bathtub of cold water and flung across a room so violently that she died from her [...]
Fugitive of the week: Brandi Larkins
The U.S. Marshals Service Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information that would lead to the capture of Brandi Larkins. Larkins is wanted by law enforcement agencies from Texas to Ohio. Larkins is wanted for theft, larceny, grand theft and passing bad checks by Lorain police, Elyria police, Rocky River [...]
More snow expected today
ELYRIA — If you’re just getting up, you might want to put the paper down and clear off your car. An estimated 4 to 6 inches of snow was expected to fall overnight during the beginning of a winter storm warning that may not end until tonight. An additional 3 to 4 inches is expected [...]
Business owner to run for seat on Amherst Council
AMHERST — The owner of a Web site design business and former newspaper reporter has announced his candidacy for one of the city’s four at-large seats, all of which will be up for grabs this year. Phil Van Treuren, 31, said he plans to “run an extremely aggressive campaign” that will draw upon his experiences [...]
Huntington teen wins state speech contest
HUNTINGTON TWP. — An emotional description about how the Sept. 24 death of Army Capt. Michael Medders Jr. in Iraq touched this community won a 16-year-old Huntington Township girl top honors in Ohio in the Voice of Democracy contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Elizabeth Dickerson said she didn’t attend Medders’ funeral but [...]
Students make clothes, from yarn to garment
OBERLIN — Oberlin College student Sasha Vidalon sits comfortably at a loom at the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts and weaves magic. With deft movements of her hands and feet, she turns cotton string that is colored olive, pink and purple into tightly woven, lovely fabric. When her fabric is complete, Vidalon, 21, of [...]
Oberlin/Wellington notebook: Jan. 28, 2009
Student’s model bridge holds 125 pounds When is a balsa bridge nearly miraculous? When it weighs just 100 grams and holds 125 pounds. The precision machine technology and computer design and drafting students at Lorain County Joint Vocational School took part in a friendly competition to build model-sized balsa wood bridges under the direction of [...]
Oberlin/Wellington blotter: Jan. 28, 2009
Oberlin police Tuesday, Jan. 13 1:49 p.m. – Police station, police took harassment complaint. Monday, Jan. 19 1:23 p.m. – 500 block W. College St., domestic complaint. 3:15 p.m. – Woodland Street, police met with individual about theft of property the day before at Philips Gym at Oberlin College. Tuesday, Jan. 20 12:54 p.m. – [...]
Tuff Kinter
Tuff Kinter, 70, of Nova, died Monday, January 26, 2009 at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born in Elyria July 27, 1938 to the late Francis R. and Marietta M. Kinter. Tuff lived in the Wellington and Nova area most of his life. He was an avid outdoorsman who was known for [...]
Sonya L. Weber
Sonya L. "Sam" Weber (nee Stuart), 70, of Lorain, died Monday, January 26, 2009 in New Life Hospice Center of Saint Joseph, Lorain, following a brief illness. She was born November 3, 1938 in Lodi. She was raised in Spencer, and was a graduate of Spencer High School class of 1957. In the early 1960′s [...]
Marilyn L. Klear
Marilyn L. Klear, 65, of Maumee, passed away Monday, January 26, 2009 at the Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg, following a brief illness. Miss Klear’s brother, Thomas Klear lives in North Ridgeville. A memorial mass will be held at a later date and will be announced by Liston Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
June D. Crandall
June D. Crandall, 84, died Sunday, January 25, 2009 at Genesis Eldercare of Severna Park, Glen Burnie, Maryland. She was born June 20, 1924 in Oberlin, and lived in Elyria and Ashland before moving to Glen Burnie, where she has lived the past 42 years. June was a key punch operator at Westinghouse Company. She [...]
Jean E. Davis
Jean E. Davis (nee DeFlorentis), 86, of Avon, passed away, Sunday, January 25, 2009 at her home, following a short illness. Mrs. Davis was born, September 2, 1922 in Altoona, Pennsylvania and had lived in Avon the past 55 years. Mrs. Davis was a homemaker who enjoyed growing roses, wintering in Indian Rocks, Florida, vacations [...]