Archive for February, 2009
Elections office closing Fridays to save money
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Beginning Feb. 20, the Lorain County Board of Elections office at 1985 North Ridge Road will be closed six Fridays in a row in an effort to save money. Elections workers are owed some $215,000 in compensatory time or overtime, County Board of Elections Director Jose Candelario said. The office needs to [...]
Mabel Thomas
Mabel Thomas (nee Dixon), 82, formerly of Lorain, passed away Monday, February 2, 2009 in Gulfport, Mississippi, following a lengthy illness. She was born February 26, 1926 in Cleveland and resided in Lorain until moving to Gulfport in 2005. She was a member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lorain and Bethel Lutheran Church in [...]
North Ridgeville teens spend the night homeless
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — No iPods, cell phones, BlackBerrys or PSPs. That might sound like a prison sentence to some teens, but for Kelsey Veliconia and 27 others, going a night without being connected to the universe was the least of their problems. The teens agreed to give up more than that when they took [...]
North Ridgeville Notebook: February 5, 2009
Shipwrecks and genealogy The Great Lakes played a major role in the settlement of Ohio’s Lake Erie coastline and exerted substantial influence on our ancestors. Part of that settlement was tied to shipping on the lakes. Learn how shipping and settlement were linked when Carrie Sowden presents a program for the Lorain County Chapter of [...]
Thomas S. Schultz, Jr.
Thomas S. Schultz, Jr., 78, Humane Officer and Patrolman with North Ridgeville Police Department, passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at University Hospital, Cleveland following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced in the Friday, February 6, 2009 edition of the Chronicle Telegram by David Bogner Family Funeral Home, 36625 Center Ridge Rd., North [...]
Paul Dreyer
Paul Dreyer, 78, of Lancaster, passed away Monday, February 2, 2009 at the Fairfield Medical Center. He was born November 12, 1930 to the late Paul C. and Mildred M. Dreyer. He graduated from Wellington High School in 1948. Known as being small in stature but mighty in spirit. Paul played baseball, basketball and football [...]
Annamarie S. Ganczarski
Annamarie S. Ganczarski (nee Soennecken), 72, of North Ridgeville, passed away Thursday January 22, 2009 at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, following a brief illness. Arrangements will be announced by Liston Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Clark F. Hunter
Clark F. Hunter, 88, of Elyria, died Tuesday February 3, 2009 at Community Health Partners in Lorain, following a long illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Bauer-Laubenthal-Mercado Funeral Home of Elyria, (440) 322-4626.
Elyria girl dies from shooting
CLEVELAND — An 8-year-old, whose mother described her as the “perfect little girl,” died Tuesday morning at a Cleveland hospital, where she had been since being shot Sunday by her 10-year-old brother. Najia Boone, a third-grader at McKinley Elementary School in Elyria, died at 9:07 a.m., according to officials at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. [...]
Nancy Smith free on bond
ELYRIA — Nancy Smith, the former Head Start bus driver who was convicted in the 1990s of sexually molesting children in her care, went home with her family today for the first time since she was imprisoned. Smith walked out of the county jail at 12:40 p.m. after an earlier court appearance during which Lorain [...]
Power restored at Avon East Elementary School
AVON –Avon East Elementary is back in business after power was restored to the school about 10:30 a.m. It had been knocked out at about 8 a.m. today — after the school’s students already were en route. Instead of sending them home, school officials bused the students to Heritage North Elementary School to wait for [...]
Another record night: Cavaliers set team mark with 23rd straight home win; LeBron youngest to reach 12,000 points
CLEVELAND — No. 23 did it at both ends of the floor as the Cavaliers notched their franchise-record 23rd straight win at Quicken Loans Arena. LeBron James scored 33 points and recorded an amazing block against good friend Chris Bosh as Cleveland defeated the Toronto Raptors 101-83 Tuesday night. James, who will play in Madison [...]
Cavs notes: Injury to Magic’s Jameer Nelson could land Mo Williams in the All-Star Game
CLEVELAND — The Orlando Magic’s loss could very well end up being the Cavaliers’ gain — in more ways than one. Magic point guard Jameer Nelson suffered a torn labrum in his right shoulder Monday night when he was fouled by Dallas center Erick Dampier. Nelson will decide over the next week whether he’ll have [...]
Boys basketball: Clippers get a clear view of first place in the PAC Stripes thanks to big win over Lutheran West
SHEFFIELD TWP. — The winds of change are starting to pick up strength in the Stripes Division of the Patriot Athletic Conference. Clearview, which has looked up to three-time defending champ Lutheran West since the inception of the league three years ago, moved a step closer to succeeding them Tuesday by handing the Longhorns a [...]
Boys basketball: Midview’s Mercado plays Mr. Big Shot in close win over Firelands
HENRIETTA TWP. — Mike Mercado, a Midview senior, made two 3-point baskets and a foul shot Tuesday night. His second three and the foul shot were notable. Mercado said he didn’t know it at the time, but the 3-pointer pulled the Middies into a 51-all tie with Firelands in a West Shore Conference thriller. The [...]
A spoiler for the Boilers: Ohio State upsets No. 12 Purdue with 8-0 run in overtime
COLUMBUS — Purdue coach Matt Painter wasn’t mystified that his team lost 80-72 to Ohio State in overtime Tuesday night. After all, the 12th-ranked Boilermakers didn’t have third-leading scorer Robbie Hummel, while the Buckeyes got huge games from Evan Turner and William Buford. “It’s in the product. Those guys are fantastic,” Painter said. “You can’t [...]
Boys basketball: Wellington pulls out win over Black River thanks to clutch play in fourth quarter
SULLIVAN — Charity often begins at home but when it does the visitors have to take advantage of it. That’s exactly what Wellington did Tuesday night at Black River in making 15 of 17 throws and taking advantage of the home team’s mistakes to win an exciting Patriot Athletic Conference game, 59-55. The Dukes, who [...]
Boys basketball: North Ridgeville finishes what Rocky River starts, wins big despite Pirates’ red-hot first quarter
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Never let a first impression fool you. Rocky River came out on fire in the first quarter Tuesday night against West Shore Conference leader North Ridgeville and it looked like a great game was shaping up. Then everything turned sour for the Pirates and the Rangers ended up with a 64-48 blowout. [...]
Boys basketball: Elyria Catholic held to nine points in first half, can’t come back against Villa Angela-St. Joseph
CLEVELAND — Elyria Catholic quickly found out that there isn’t much difference between perennial Division III state championship contender Villa Angela-St. Joseph and a retooling VASJ. The Vikings, 4-8 entering Tuesday night’s action after three straight trips to the state final four, blitzed the Panthers out of the gate by shooting 59 percent in the [...]
Customers, Denny’s staff alike scramble for free breakfast
ELYRIA — It was so good, John Bardar had to come back for seconds. And he didn’t pay a cent either time.Bardar was among the first people to show up at 6 a.m. Tuesday at the Denny’s on state Route 58 for the national chain’s Super Bowl Sunday-promoted free Grand Slam breakfast. “My Dad and [...]
Many local districts stand to gain from school funding plan
A document explaining the school funding proposal. (Adobe Acrobat Reader required). A chart explaining the school funding proposal. (Adobe Acrobat Reader required). ELYRIA — If Gov. Ted Strickland’s school funding proposal survives the legislative process, the Elyria school district will see a significant jump in the amount of money it receives from the state. According [...]
Automakers hope January signals bottom for industry
DETROIT — Consumers frightened by the prospect of losing their jobs stayed away from auto showrooms again in January and sent U.S. car and truck sales falling 37 percent, a familiar refrain for the struggling industry but an unwelcome start to a critical year for U.S. carmakers. Devastated by an economy in which few [...]
Cops: Lorain man shot during crack run
LORAIN — A drug deal gone bad led to the shooting of a 34-year-old Lorain man early Tuesday, police said. Christopher Lundberg was shot near West 29th Street and Ashland Avenue about 1:30 a.m., Lorain police Sgt. Mark Carpentiere said. Lundberg was listed in critical condition at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland Tuesday night. Lundberg [...]
Even Burge unsure how upcoming resentencing hearing be done
ELYRIA — Nancy Smith’s family doesn’t know what to expect today at what was supposed to be the convicted child molester’s resentencing hearing. “It’s kind of up in the air,” said Amber Bronish, one of Smith’s daughters. “I just don’t know how to feel.” Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge said he plans to [...]
N.R. wants to boost paramedic levy
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Voters will be asked to approve a replacement paramedic and ambulance service levy on the May 5 ballot. First approved in 1994, the 1.75-mill, five-year levy pays for nine paramedics and four ambulances operated by the city Fire Department. If approved, the replacement levy will boost what the city collects to the [...]