Archive for January, 2009
House GOP leader calls for tax cuts only
CINCINNATI — House GOP leader John Boehner renewed his call Saturday to stimulate the economy with tax cuts alone, criticizing a Democratic proposal to spend $550 billion as he made the party’s first weekly radio address since President Obama took office. Congressional Republicans are at odds with Democrat Obama over plans to stimulate the economy. [...]
Students get involved in EHS construction
ELYRIA — When the new Elyria High School opens for the 2011-12 school year, about 30 current Easter Heights Middle School students can say they had something to do with it. Students in the group — made up of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders — are members of the Junior Core Team, which took its first [...]
Boys basketball: Unbeaten Admirals make believers out of Whitmer
LORAIN — For anyone still skeptical of Admiral King’s perfect start, Toledo Whitmer coach Bruce Smith has a message: The Admirals are for real. Smith should know. He led the Panthers to the Division I state semifinals last year, where Whitmer fell to eventual state champ Newark. He sees similar potential in Admiral King. “Any [...]
Elyria/Elyria Township notebook: Jan. 25, 2009
EHS grad enters technology education hall of fame A former Elyria High School student is one of the newest members of the South Carolina Career and Technology Education Administrators Hall of Fame. Gordon “Chip” Chipukites, who lives in Oklahoma, is a 1960 graduate of EHS. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame for his [...]
Karen Kay Hannaford
Karen Kay Hannaford, 67, of Tucson, Arizona, formerly of Elyria, died Thursday, January 1, 2009, following an extended illness. Karen was born April 18, 1941, in Elyria. She attended Elyria Public Schools, the Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights and Greenbriar Junior college in White Sulfer Springs, West Virginia. Following her high school graduation, Karen [...]
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 [...]
Girls basketball: Admiral King lets big lead, win slip away
LORAIN — The Admiral King girls were cruising blithely toward their ninth straight victory Saturday afternoon when the implosion occurred. Ahead by 17 points halfway through the third quarter, the Admirals surrendered a three-minute, 15-0 Maple Heights run and collapsed, 72-67, in an important Lake Erie League rematch. They also fell into a first-place tie [...]
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 28, 1928 in Cleveland and moved to Sheffield four years ago, coming from Sheffield Lake, where he resided 49 years. He was a 1947 graduate of West [...]
Lucille B. Fowkes
Lucille B. Fowkes (nee Botamer), 94, of Avon Lake formerly of Melbourne, Florida, passed away Friday, January 23, 2009 at the Good Samaritan Skilled Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Busch Funeral Home, Avon Lake. For more information, go to www.buschfuneral.com
Nicholas A. Anspach
Nicholas A. Anspach, 65, of Powell, passed away January 23, 2009 at OSU Medical Center. He graduated from Sheridan High School, Thornville, OH 1961, Otterbein College and Xavier University with a Masters of Education. He served 40 years as a teacher and administrator at Northern Local schools, Perry County, Columbia schools and Keystone schools, Lorain [...]
Odcar O. LeMasters
Odcar O. LeMasters, 98, of Lorain died Saturday January 24, 2009 in his son’s home following a brief illness. He was born July 2, 1910 in Smithfield, West Virginia. He moved from Mannington, West Virginia in 1940 and had been a Lorain resident since. Mr. LeMasters retired from the paint department of Thew Shovel Co., [...]
Gary Michael Douds
Gary Michael Douds, 23, of Wakeman, died Friday, January 23, 2009 in Oberlin. He was born April 17, 1985 in Oberlin and has lived in the Wakeman area his whole life. He was a 2003 graduate of Western Reserve High School and had worked at the Douds Veterinary Hospital in Oberlin. He had attended The [...]
Boys basketball: Southview rallies in 2nd half, shuts down Brookside
LORAIN — The game that everyone thought was going to be a blowout Saturday night wasn’t. Well, at least not for the first half. Brookside led 31-27 at halftime, led by Nick Jackman’s 18 points. But the upset Cardinals fans were hoping for wasn’t to be as the Saints turned things completely around in the [...]
H.S. Wrestling: 2 titles give Admiral King 2nd place at Firelands Invite
HENRIETTA TWP. — One small win and one big win got Admiral King a second straight second-place finish at the Firelands Wrestling Invitational on Saturday. Freshman 103-pounder Johnny Spinkston and senior heavyweight Quentin Watson won championships for the Admirals, who placed in nine of 14 weight classes en route to scoring 154 points. Maple Heights [...]
Boys basketball: Focused Wellington rebounds for victory
WELLINGTON — It wouldn’t have been a surprise had Wellington come out flat against Western Reserve on Saturday. After all, it was the Dukes’ third game in five days and it followed a tough, physical loss against Clearview on Friday. In other words, there were plenty of excuses just waiting to be used if the [...]
LeBron beats the buzzer: Cavaliers defeat Warriors on James’ last-second jumper
OAKLAND, Calif. — LeBron James tossed up a rare airball from the top of the 3-point arc that showed he’s human. Then he quickly returned to his typical self. James stepped back under pressure from Ronny Turiaf and knocked down a 19-footer to barely beat the final buzzer, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to a wild [...]
Boys basketball: North Ridgeville makes strong statement, wins physical battle with Vermilion to pad conference lead
VERMILION — Anyone who came to the Vermilion-North Ridgeville game Friday night expecting a wide-open, high-scoring affair had to be disappointed. On the other hand, anyone expecting a tough, physical defensive struggle had to leave feeling pretty satisfied. Well, at least the ones cheering for North Ridgeville, anyway. The Rangers gained the upper hand in [...]
Boys basketball: Admiral King’s Casey truly mighty, scores 40 points and pulls down 18 rebounds in win over Shaw
LORAIN — No one surrounding the Admiral King basketball program would have dared to predict that the Admirals would begin the season with 12 straight victories — no one except Adrian Casey. “We could picture ourselves being up this high,” said King’s senior center after scoring 40 points Friday night to lead King to another [...]
Boys basketball: Elyria Catholic breezes past Open Door
ELYRIA — Sometimes, it’s just your night.Sure, Elyria Catholic probably knew that long before Joe Januzzi sank a 46-foot running jump shot just before the first-half buzzer sounded Friday night. After all, the shot gave the Panthers a 41-22 halftime lead and they went on to post a comfortable 67-48 win over Open Door in [...]
Boys basketball: Clearview holds off Wellington’s furious fourth-quarter charge, picks up fifth straight win
WELLINGTON — Take your score after three quarters and double it in the fourth. You’d have to like your chances of winning. Wellington did it Friday night and nearly halted Clearview’s winning streak. The operative word is nearly. The Clippers held on for a 52-47 Patriot Athletic Conference crossover victory, their fifth straight and ninth [...]
Boys basketball: Firelands turns in amazing rally in final minutes to beat Avon
HENRIETTA TWP. — A funny thing happened to Firelands on its way to getting blown out by Avon on Friday night. With 2:32 left in the game, and trailing by 14 points, the Falcons suddenly decided not to get blown out. And not only that, they decided to win. And that’s exactly what they did. [...]
Boys basketball: Keystone’s effort in paint a work of art against Brooklyn
LAGRANGE — Two and a half quarters of dominant baseline play helped the Keystone Wildcats maintain their perfect Patriot Athletic Conference record Friday night via a 59-47 victory over the visiting Brooklyn Hurricanes. With the home team trailing 19-16 with 4:40 to play in the first half, center Matt Herb and wing Matt Osborne took [...]
High school bowling notes: North Ridgeville boys on a real roll, notch season’s best league game
North Ridgeville was on fire Wednesday at Lake Erie Lanes, ringing up the season’s high scratch game in North Shore Bowling Conference competition with a 1,344 en route to a 2,552-1,917 win over Open Door. Junior Joe Sas had a 472 series and senior Justin Harnden a 471 to lead the Rangers, while junior Collin [...]
Court overturns threat verdict
An appeals court has overturned the conviction of an Elyria man accused of threatening the lives of the judge, prosecutor and police detective who worked on the case in which he was falsely accused of throwing a firecracker-like explosive device at a Cleveland Indians game nearly seven years ago. The 8th District Court of Appeals [...]
Mother reports teens in theft case
WELLINGTON — A vigilant mom helped police solve the thefts of a computer, GPS unit, camera, iPod and CDs, Wellington Police Chief Steve Rollins said. Two 17-year-olds and Jordan A. Gallam, 18, all of Wellington, face theft charges, according to police reports. The mother of one of the juveniles came to the police department on [...]