Archive for February, 2009
Guards don’t let Cavaliers down: Mo Williams, Daniel Gibson catch fire, lead fourth-quarter rally while LeBron rests
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Super Sunday lived up to its billing for the Cavaliers in Detroit. Mo Williams and Daniel Gibson took over the game with LeBron James on the bench, combining for 19 fourth-quarter points in rallying Cleveland to a 90-80 win over the Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Gibson scored seven [...]
Cavs notes: Delonte West could be back before All-Star break
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The Cavaliers got starting center Zydrunas Ilgauskas back in their lineup three days ago. Shooting guard Delonte West may join him within two weeks. West, who suffered a fractured right wrist Jan. 15 in Chicago, said he expects to have his hard cast removed Thursday and will begin shooting exercises later [...]
Super Bowl XLIII: No play like Holmes’; game-winning catch lands Steelers’ record sixth title
TAMPA, Fla. — The winning play of the Super Bowl was right out of a schoolyard. Scamble right, scramble left, find someone open. The perfect unscripted ending to a game of improbable swings. Their Steel Curtain shredded, Ben Roethlisberger and Santonio Holmes improvised the 6-yard touchdown with 35 seconds left that gave the Pittsburgh Steelers [...]
Tim Dahlberg: Glory Days? Steelers and Cardinals make sure these will do after playing a game for the ages
TAMPA, Fla. — By the time fireworks exploded over the Super Bowl as the Pittsburgh Steelers celebrated making history, James Harrison and his meandering rumble to the end zone seemed but a distant memory. In his place were new heroes, one replacing another until Ben Roethlisberger fired one toward the corner and Santonio Holmes made [...]
Super Bowl XLIII: Steelers’ Holmes hauls in game-winning catch, MVP award
TAMPA, Fla. — Santonio Holmes sat on the grass alongside the end zone — legs outstretched, head bowed, arms wrapped tightly around the ball. He’d come too far to let go. The kid who once sold drugs on a street corner had grown up to become MVP of a most remarkable Super Bowl. Holmes, who [...]
Super Bowl XLIII: Steelers’ QB Ben Roethlisberger proves once again he knows how to come through in the clutch
TAMPA, Fla. — A schoolyard or the Super Bowl, it’s never mattered to Ben Roethlisberger. Give him a game to win and he’ll find a way to do it, even if it means throwing out the playbook and making up plays on the fly. Roethlisberger calls it playground ball: his Pittsburgh Steelers down or tied [...]
Super Bowl XLIII: Cardinals come so close, but can’t get it done in the end
TAMPA, Fla. — The Arizona Cardinals were achingly close. They needed to hang on for just 2½ minutes to complete a stunner of a Super Bowl comeback. It wasn’t to be. This miracle of a season would have no perfect ending. Kurt Warner and Larry Fitzgerald, the pass-and-catch combination that was so spectacular in the [...]
Nadal surfaces as true king of tennis: Hard-court major win over Federer at Australian Open cements No. 1 status
MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer had nowhere to hide. Rod Laver was about to present the cup to Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal. Federer stood on the court, having just missed his first chance to equal Pete Sampras’ record 14 Grand Slam singles titles. He was sobbing. He couldn’t speak. “In the first moment you’re [...]
Ballpark construction goes undercover in Avon
So what do you do when you have a big construction project under way and winter throws you a curveball? Get yourself some lumber and heavy-duty plastic. It’s working for the city of Avon, which is trying to finish a baseball stadium for opening day on June 2. An enclosure has been built around the [...]
County farmers eligible for loans
Low-interest emergency loans are available for farmers who were affected by drought last summer, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA designated 47 Ohio counties as primary agricultural disaster areas. While Lorain County is not one of the 47 counties, farmers here are still eligible because Lorain County is contiguous to Erie and [...]
8-year-old girl shot in head by brother
ELYRIA — An 8-year-old girl was shot in the head by her 10-year-old brother Sunday, according to police. The girl was in an upstairs bedroom in her home on the 100 block of Lexington Avenue with her brother where the two were struggling over a .22-caliber pistol. It was later learned that the brother had [...]
Lorain County teens ace Rock Off Final Exam
ELYRIA — Cleveland might be the “Rock ’n’ Roll City,” but its most talented musicians are clearly in Lorain County. Three county high school teens won the Rock Off battle of the bands competition Saturday night at the House of Blues, beating out close to 70 other bands from all over Northeast Ohio. It was [...]
Wellington tax foes take to the streets
WELLINGTON — Peggy Wooten and Frances Brooks say they’ve never been politically active in their lives. But the two women and some other citizens have emerged to vocally oppose the 8.98-mill bond issue to build a new kindergarten-through-grade-12 school in the Wellington Exempted School District. They picketed Sunday to oppose the 27-year bond issue, which [...]
Swimmer Phelps admits to using pot pipe in photo
Olympic great Michael Phelps acknowledged “regrettable” behavior and “bad judgment” after a photo in a British newspaper Sunday showed him inhaling from a marijuana pipe. In a statement to The Associated Press, the swimmer who won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Games did not dispute the authenticity of the exclusive picture published [...]
Teen cited after crash in New Russia Twp.
NEW RUSSIA TWP. — An Oberlin teen has been cited for his involvement in a crash Tuesday that caused a Chevy Cavalier to roll over on Hallauer Road. Gilbert Harris Jr., 17, was charged with a right of way violation after he attempted to pull out of a private driveway in the 14800 block of [...]
Blotter: Feb. 2, 2009
Elyria police Friday, Jan. 30 1 p.m. – 900 block Elywood Drive, laptop computer, Xbox, Nintendo Wii, and video games stolen. The computer and game systems were valued at $950. 2:45 p.m. – Fuller Road and East Avenue, James A. Yug, 26, Elyria, charged with criminal trespass. The charges stemmed from a previous incident in [...]
Avon Lake`s police shop for motorcycle
AVON LAKE — It can lead funeral processions or wind through congested streets. It’s loud but can go unnoticed if used correctly. For these reasons and more, the motorcycle has been depended on by police departments across the country for the last 100 years. Now, Avon Lake wants one. Avon Lake Police Chief David Owad [...]
Avon/Avon Lake notebook: Feb. 2, 2009
‘Lundy Listens’ State Rep. Matt Lundy, D-Elyria, will be in Avon Lake and Avon later this year for his “Lundy Listens” sessions. The sessions allow residents a chance to voice their concerns to Lundy, who represent’s Ohio’s 57th House District. “I promised to keep residents informed and to listen to their concerns,” Lundy said in [...]
Richard A. Palmer
Richard A. Palmer, 66, of Oberlin, died Saturday evening, January 31, 2009 at New Life Hospice in Lorain. He was born February 13, 1942 in Hinton, West Virginia, and has lived in the area for over 40 years. He was retired from the Lorain Ford Plant. He liked working on old cars and hanging out [...]
Mary Baranchik
Mary "Baba" Baranchik (nee Yuhas), 96, of Elyria, died Sunday, February 1, 2009 at Center Ridge Health Campus, North Ridgeville, following a lengthy illness. She was born April 1, 1912 in Pleasant City, Ohio, and she has been a resident of Elyria for the past 68 years. Mary worked as an inspector for Western Automatic [...]
Janice M. Ashworth
Janice M. "Sissy" Ashworth, 48, of Eaton Township, passed away Sunday, February 1, 2009 at home, following a long illness. She was born May 4, 1960 in Cleveland and had lived in Eaton Township most of her life. A 1979 graduate of Midview High School, she was employed as a welder at Beckett Gas in [...]
Gregory A. Shannon
Gregory A. Shannon, 55, of Avon Lake, passed away Saturday, January 31, 2009 following a sudden illness. Arrangements will be announced by the Busch Funeral Home, Avon Lake.
Frances L. Robinson
Frances L. Robinson (nee Frazier), 80, of Elyria, went home to the Lord Friday, January 30, 2009 at EMH Regional Medical Center, following a short illness. Prior to living in Elyria, Mrs. Robinson had lived for a few years in Cleveland, where she and her family had moved from Page, West Virginia. She had worked [...]
Edward D. Monschein
Edward D. Monschein, 63, of Eaton Township, died Saturday, January 31, 2009 at EMH Regional Medical Center, following a brief illness. He was born August 20, 1945 in Elyria and grew up in North Ridgeville, before moving to Eaton Township. Ed worked as a laborer at Ross Incineration Services in Eaton Township and formerly worked [...]
Super Bowl XLIII: An unlikely meeting of opposite franchises
TAMPA, Fla. — Dynasty vs. doormat. The Pittsburgh Steelers have signified success in the Super Bowl era with their stable ownership, brilliant coaching and throwback style. A victory today will give them a record sixth Super Bowl title, and they are 6½-point favorites to get it against the Arizona Cardinals. Yes, those Cardinals — a [...]