Archive for May 4th, 2009
Today is Election Day
SHEFFIELD TWP. – It`s not a presidential election, but Lorain County elections board officials were still working hard Monday to prepare for today`s primary. “It`s kind of a light election,” elections board Director Jose Candelario said. The county won`t even have all of its 235 precincts open, he said, because communities such as Avon, South [...]
Independents file for November
SHEFFIELD TWP. – There will be at least one new face on the Wellington Village Council starting next year. Longtime Councilman Harold Sumpter did not file to run for re-election Monday, the deadline for independent candidates to file for and get a place on the November ballot. Sumpter, who won re-election by three votes four [...]
Elyria budget to hit zero
ELYRIA – The city`s general fund is expected to be nearly wiped out by the end of the month, city Auditor Ted Pileski said Monday. Pileski had been saying for weeks that the $1.1 million in reserves the city had to begin the year would be at or near zero by the end of May, [...]
A moving farewell
Vietnam wall concludes visit to Elyria
Flu tests turn up no new cases
ELYRIA — Test results on the remaining patients who possibly had swine flu have come back negative, and the Lorain County Emergency Operations Center has curtailed operations. The center and staff remain on standby and are ready to activate again if the situation warrants, according to a news release. The H1N1 Flu Hotline shut down [...]
Amtrak plan would skip Elyria stop
COLUMBUS — Amtrak recommends restoring passenger rail service among Ohio’s major cities by bypassing the grandest train station left in the state. Getting new passenger trains into Cincinnati’s Union Terminal, a 76-year-old landmark known for its bold Art Deco style and enormous rotunda, would require extensive capital improvements and add to freight congestion already in [...]
Sheffield Lake firefighters’ Web use under investigation
Unsecured router may have made city information vulnerable
Threat empties Avon Lake High
AVON LAKE — Avon Lake High School dismissed students 40 minutes early Monday after a threat was discovered written on a bathroom wall. Superintendent Robert Scott would not say what the threat was but said it was clear that it was written by a student with a plan. “It was written on a bathroom wall [...]
CORRECTIONS: May 5, 2009
The additional operating levy on the ballot in Kipton will raise $14,000 over the course of five years. The information was incorrect in a story Wednesday. The Marine Corps band scheduled to play at the Avon Lake High School Performing Arts Center on Sunday is not “The President’s Own” band that has played at presidential [...]
Judge delays decision on Chrysler asset transfer
NEW YORK (AP) — A bankruptcy judge on Monday postponed his decision on whether Chrysler LLC can start the process of transferring its assets to a new entity partnered with Italian automaker Fiat. Judge Arthur Gonzalez delayed the issue until Tuesday afternoon because Chrysler did not file its motion until late Sunday and people with [...]
LeBron James earns MVP honors
AKRON – LeBron James will become the first player in Cavaliers history to earn NBA Most Valuable Player honors today at a 4 p.m. news conference. James, who led the Cavaliers to a league-best 66-16 record during the regular season and a first-round sweep of the Detroit Pistons, has chosen to receive the [...]
Minor league baseball: Local players take their swing at pro ball
AVON — While many of the 44 baseball players who showed up at Avon Middle School left the tryouts disappointed, the Lake Erie Crushers did offer one pitcher a contract on the spot and asked 11 others to travel to today’s Frontier League tryouts to compete for the Crushers’ two draft spots. Crushers manager John [...]
Swimming: EC’s Heidersbach picks Ohio State
Many college swim programs would be a great fit for Evann Heidersbach, but the Elyria Catholic senior finally decided Ohio State was the perfect fit. Heidersbach orally committed to Ohio State on Thursday and announced her intentions at the Elyria Sports Hall of Fame banquet Saturday. Heidersbach plans to sign her letter of intent at [...]
NBA Playoffs: Cavaliers ready to start up again, vs. Atlanta on Tuesday night
INDEPENDENCE — The Cavaliers finally have an opponent and a complete schedule for the second round of the playoffs. Atlanta, which routed Miami in Game 7 of their first-round series Sunday, will visit Quicken Loans Arena on Tuesday at 8 p.m. for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Central Division rivals will play [...]
Indians: Vintage Verlander vanquishes slumping Tribe
DETROIT — The Cleveland Indians learned what the New York Yankees discovered six days earlier: Justin Verlander is back to his dominant form. Verlander struck out 11 and Curtis Granderson delivered another go-ahead hit as the Detroit Tigers beat the Indians 3-1 Sunday. Verlander (2-2) allowed one run and two hits in seven innings, finishing [...]
Minor league baseball: Family, friends offer support to those trying out
AVON — The Lake Erie Crushers tryout Sunday morning drew a small crowd to the Avon Middle School bleachers. The fans watched as many former area baseball standouts ran the 40-yard dash, performed fielding drills and played a little more than an hour of live baseball. The players — who have to be under the [...]
Golf: No collapse this time for O’Hair, who wins Quail Hollow
Standing on the 18th tee, Sean O’Hair asked his caddie where he stood in the Quail Hollow Championship and got word that he had a one-shot lead. “Over who?” O’Hair replied. It wasn’t Tiger Woods. It might not have mattered. Five weeks after blowing a five-shot lead at Bay Hill against the world’s No. 1 [...]
Motorsports: Marlowe gets first E-Mod win of season at Lorain County Speedway
SOUTH AMHERST — Week 3 of the Lorain County Speedway season produced new faces in the winner’s circle Saturday night. Jason Knox won the 25-lap feature in the visiting Legend Cars event. In E-Mods, 2008 champ Matt Marlowe earned his first victory of the season. Joe Courson went virtually unchallenged in the Limited Late Model feature. [...]
NBA Playoffs: Hawks rout Heat in Game 7
ATLANTA — Joe Johnson was tired of all the double- and triple-teaming. So he put up a shot before Miami could get an extra defender on him. From about 30 feet away. Swish. After a mostly disappointing series, Johnson finally showed up when the Hawks needed him most, making six 3-pointers and scoring 27 points [...]
New swine flu cases in confirmed in U.S.
MEXICO CITY — The swine flu epidemic spread deeper into the United States, Europe and Latin America — and in Canada, back to pigs — even as Mexico’s government hinted Sunday it may soon be time to reopen businesses and schools in the nation where the outbreak likely began. The virus spread to Colombia in [...]
School bus driver volunteers her kidney to a co-worker in need
ELYRIA — Tony Belfiore and Brenda McNeal share the same job — driving school buses. They also share a bond both feel was ordained by a higher power. Come June 8, they’ll share something else. That’s the day the two Elyrians will undergo surgery at Cleveland Clinic so McNeal can donate a kidney to Belfiore, [...]
Company buys Spring Valley Golf Course
ELYRIA — Angelo Enterprises bought the struggling Spring Valley Country Club, which was owned by its members, for $2 million Thursday. “We finally got a free and clear title Thursday,” said Bob Corna, whose wife, Lucinda, owns Angelo Enterprises. The Cornas also own Spring Valley Management, which had managed the golf course for the past [...]
Former presidential hopeful John Edwards investigated
RALEIGH, N.C. — His once-prominent political career is buried and the turmoil of his marriage is playing out in public. Now, John Edwards is facing a federal inquiry. The two-time Democratic presidential candidate acknowledged Sunday that investigators are assessing how he spent his campaign funds — a subject that could carry his extramarital affair from [...]
Man accused of threat to torch home
LORAIN — Police caught a man holding a cigarette lighter and lighter fluid and threatening to burn his house down Saturday night. Police were called to a home in the 1700 block of Lexington Avenue about 4:30 p.m. and found Samuel Weaks, 43, holding the items while standing in his garage. He was ordered out [...]
Avon Lake bedroom destroyed by fire
AVON LAKE — An upstairs bedroom was destroyed by fire early Sunday. Firefighters were called to a home in the 32900 block of Webber Road about 6:54 a.m. and spent the 15 minutes extinguishing the blaze. The fire was likely caused by a lit cigarette the owner of the home had left unattended, Lt. John [...]