Archive for January, 2009
Ernest A. Langin
Ernest A. Langin, 80, of Sheffield, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2009 at the EMH Regional Medical Center, Elyria, following a short illness. Mr. Langin was born November 17, 1928 in Cleveland and had been a resident of Sheffield Lake before moving to Sheffield four years ago. Friends may call at the Busch Funeral Home, [...]
Edward M. Drozdowski
Edward M. Drozdowski, 83, of Sheffield Village, died Friday, January 23, 2009 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. He was born September 15, 1925 in Amherst and had resided in Sheffield Village most of his life. He had lived in Amherst the past few years. Edward attended Amherst schools and was [...]
Clifford Daniel Ledyard
Clifford Daniel Ledyard, 91, of Elyria, Saturday, January 24, 2009 at North Ridge Health Center in North Ridgeville, following a long illness. Mr. Ledyard was born in Elyria on October 10, 1917 and made his home here all of his life. He served in the United States Navy during WWII on the USS Lynx (AK [...]
Carol Simonovich Carroll
Carol Simonovich Carroll, 53, of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania and formerly of Lorain, died Wednesday January 21, 2009 at her home surrounded by family after a remarkably courageous battle with cancer. She was born September 22, 1955 in Lorain and resided in Camp Hill since 1994. Carol graduated from Lorain High School in 1973. While living [...]
Browns: Kokinis finally hired as general manager
BEREA — Coach Eric Mangini got a partner Sunday to help rebuild the Browns. He came highly recommended — by Mangini himself. George Kokinis was hired as general manager, completing an organizational overhaul that began a month ago when owner Randy Lerner fired general manager Phil Savage and coach Romeo Crennel. “He is a tireless [...]
Cavs commentary: Players can earn Brown trip to All-Star Game
Not that the Cavaliers need any more motivation, but here’s some anyway: Do it for Mike. Cleveland coach Mike Brown is locked in a tight battle with Orlando’s Stan Van Gundy for the honor of coaching the East team in the Feb. 15 NBA All-Star Game at Phoenix’s US Airways Center. Orlando is 33-10, while [...]
Figure skating: Abbott breaks through for 1st national title
CLEVELAND — Jeremy Abbott’s “awful” day turned out pretty well. Abbott won his first title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday, ending the five-year stranglehold that Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir had on the top spot. It’s the second major title in as many months for Abbott, who won the Grand Prix final [...]
Super Bowl XLIII: Coaches know each other well, but who has edge?
TAMPA, Fla. — Yes, Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt knows the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense like no one else from another team. He helped design it. He taught Ben Roethlisberger to run it. His system enabled the Steelers to win a Super Bowl three years ago. Edge, Cardinals. Then there’s this angle: No one knows Whisenhunt’s offense [...]
OSU men’s basketball: Angry Spartans too much for Buckeyes
COLUMBUS — There was no Northwestern hangover for No. 7 Michigan State. Durrell Summers made sure of that. Summers had 26 points to almost double his career high, Kalin Lucas came off the bench for 20 and the Spartans dominated the boards Sunday to beat Ohio State 78-67. “As you can imagine, it’s a big [...]
OSU women’s basketball: Defense stifles Purdue in impressive win
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ohio State’s defense dominated the first half, then the 19th-ranked Buckeyes held on to beat Purdue 71-60 on Sunday and move into sole possession of first place in the Big Ten. Purdue made just one field goal in the first nine minutes. The Buckeyes led 35-16 at halftime as Purdue barely [...]
NHL All-Star Game: Kovalev caps perfect Montreal weekend with MVP
MONTREAL — The home of hockey produced an All-Star shootout from start to finish. All that was missing was Rocket Richard. In the city where the NHL was born 92 years earlier, with the All-Star Game as the backdrop, Alex Kovalev gave Montreal and Canadiens fans something new to cheer about in the 100th season [...]
Golf roundup: Perez keeps cool, secures first PGA Tour victory
Remaining calm despite the swirling wind and a tense duel for the lead, Pat Perez finally got his first PGA Tour victory — with a lot of help from Steve Stricker. Perez won the Bob Hope Classic on Sunday in La Quinta, Calif., taking advantage of Stricker’s collapse and holding off John Merrick by three [...]
LeBron great again, as Cavaliers conclude memorable road trip
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After beating the buzzer to give Cleveland a win the night before, LeBron James enjoyed a much less dramatic finish Saturday. The result was the same: The Cavaliers won again and still shared the best record in the NBA. James scored 33 points, pulled down 14 rebounds and was just [...]
Wellington Schools official disputes anti-levy numbers
WELLINGTON — A flier circulating around Wellington has school officials wondering who is spreading inaccurate information about the district’s upcoming special election. The Feb. 3 special election will give voters a chance to reconsider an 8.98-mill bond issue to build a new kindergarten through 12th-grade school. However, before that date, school officials said they will [...]
New president breaks from Bush, mostly avoids controversial issues
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama opened his presidency by breaking sharply from George W. Bush’s unpopular administration, but he mostly avoided divisive partisan and ideological stands. He focused instead on fixing the economy, repairing a battered world image and cleaning up government. “What an opportunity we have to change this country,” the Democrat told his staff [...]
For new college students, the real test is paying for it
CHICAGO — Finding financial aid for college this year promises to be tougher than any final exam. The quest for money that begins for students and parents every January has taken on new urgency in 2009 amid fears that loans and grants will be scarcer than in the past due to the recession. “The financing [...]
Blotter: Jan. 25, 2009
Lorain police Friday, Jan. 23 12:53 p.m. – 3700 block Canton Ave., suspicious behavior in neighborhood where resident reports broken garage window. 1:26 p.m. – 300 block Grove Ave., Heather R. Ramsey, 32, Lorain, charged with speeding and driving under suspension. 4:16 p.m. – 1000 block Meister Road, Belinda Thomas, 46, Lorain, charged with shoplifting. [...]
Paper: Ohio scholarship students often fail tests
CINCINNATI — An analysis of test scores shows that many students attending private schools on taxpayer-funded scholarships fail Ohio’s standardized tests without facing the same consequences as their public school peers. The analysis published Saturday by The Cincinnati Enquirer found that many students in the Educational Choice Scholarship program who took state achievement tests last [...]
Sick Miss Indy wins Miss America pageant
LAS VEGAS — Katie Stam of Indiana was crowned Miss America on Saturday night, fighting off a throat infection, laryngitis and 51 other contestants to win the 88-year-old pageant. The 22-year-old University of Indianapolis student became the first Miss America winner from the Hoosier State. She drew loud applause for her rendition of “Via Dolorosa” [...]
Brazilian model who lost hands and feet dies
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — One month ago, 20-year-old beauty queen Mariana Bridi was living the dream of many young Brazilian women, trading her striking good looks for a modeling career that promised to lift her family out of poverty. Then she contracted a seemingly ordinary urinary tract infection. The bacteria spread quickly and inexorably [...]
Wellington group passes out seeds to promote Feb. 3 school levy
WELLINGTON — You won’t see any yard signs publicizing the Feb. 3 special election giving voters a chance to reconsider an 8.98-mill bond issue to build a new kindergarten to 12th-grade school. There’s just too much snow, said the Rev. Brian Burke, pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ, who is heading the campaign [...]
Figure skating: Czisny fulfills potential, takes national title
CLEVELAND — Alissa Czisny finally has something to show for all that potential: A national title. Czisny made a rebound for the ages Saturday, winning the women’s title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships one year after a dismal ninth-place finish had her re-evaluating herself. When the final results were posted, tears filled Czisny’s eyes [...]
Clinic names head of hospital in Abu Dhabi
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Clinic has chosen the dean of its medical school to head a new hospital in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The Clinic is expected to name Dr. Andrew Fishleder as the chief executive officer of the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in a formal announcement today at a health exhibition [...]
Super Bowl XLIII: Steelers still the model of stability
PITTSBURGH — When Dan Rooney gave his welcome-to-training-camp speech to the Pittsburgh Steelers last summer, the message was different from any he or his late father, Art, previously delivered in the club’s 76-year history. The franchise that has been a benchmark of NFL stability in good times and bad, won five Super Bowls, spawned the [...]
Mother of Baby Grace goes to trial
GALVESTON, Texas — Even the most grizzled investigators were reduced to tears by the details of 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers’ murder. The toddler was dubbed “Baby Grace” in late October and November 2007 when authorities feverishly worked to identify the badly decomposed remains that had been stuffed into a plastic container, dumped into the murky [...]