Archive for May, 2009
Another disaster: Wood can’t close, blows three-run lead, game as Indians fall to Royals in ninth inning
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With two swings, the Kansas City Royals went from another deflating loss to a thrilling victory. The Indians, meanwhile just got another deflating loss out of the deal. Mike Jacobs and Mark Teahen hit back-to-back home runs off Indians closer Kerry Wood and Willie Bloomquist capped the four-run ninth inning with [...]
A forgettable night to remember: Cavs not obsessing on ugly loss to Magic, but they’re not hiding from it either
INDEPENDENCE – April 3, 2009, is a date the Cavaliers remember very well. At the same time, it`s also a date they vow they`ve put behind them. On that Friday night at Orlando`s Amway Arena, Cleveland suffered its worst loss of the season, falling to the Magic 116-87. With the teams scheduled to open their [...]
Cavs notes: Lee returns to Magic starting lineup, meaning Cavs defensive assignments won’t change
INDEPENDENCE – Now that he`s had a few games to inhale after suffering a fractured sinus, Orlando Magic shooting guard Courtney Lee will move back into the starting lineup for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals tonight against the Cavaliers. “We thought that would happen,” Cavaliers coach Mike Brown said Tuesday following another long [...]
District baseball: Bay feasts on Vermilion miscues
LORAIN – In the book of baseball, you`ll find this bromide in one of the very first chapters: The team that makes the fewest errors wins the game. Obvious? Maybe, but it also was true in Tuesday`s Division II district final between Bay and top-seeded Vermilion. The Sailors committed four errors that directly resulted in [...]
High school tennis notes: Division I district qualifiers know their foes, think it will help
The chances of winning your opening match in the district tennis tournament are greatly increased when you win the sectional title and earn a No. 1 seed. It also helps if you know your opponents going in and have time to formulate a strong game plan. Such will be the case for Westlake`s Colton Buffington [...]
High school baseball notes: Vermilion’s Tim Clark on the mend after getting hit by line drive
Tim Clark didn`t make it in time to see his teammate, Anthony Labondono, pitch his beauty of a game against Norton on Monday. While Labondono was tossing a no-hitter and striking out 16, Clark, a senior left-handed pitcher for Vermilion, was busy having 47 staples taken out of his head, the result of surgery he [...]
Wilson execution would use new protocol
If convicted killer Daniel Wilson is executed as scheduled on June 3, it will be under a new set of protocols that are designed to ensure condemned inmates have been rendered unconscious by a sedative before two other fatal – and potentially painful – drugs are administered. The new procedures now require the warden or [...]
Councilman concerned about light poles in median
ELYRIA – State Route 57 will be well-lit when the current reconstruction of the road is completed later this year, but not everyone is convinced that it will make driving on it any safer. City Councilman Larry Tanner, D-1st Ward, said he believes the newly installed median light posts, particularly in the stretch between Cleveland [...]
Tests of digital switch to happen Thursday
If “SportsCenter” or your favorite rerun of “NCIS” goes black Thursday, don`t throw anything at the TV. It`s no accident. More than 25 major TV stations around Ohio, including eight in the Cleveland-Akron market, will interrupt regular programming on all channels to conduct tests designed to let people know whether their sets are ready for [...]
Smith`s next court date is in July
ELYRIA – Former Head Start bus driver Nancy Smith will be back in front of a county judge for her new sentencing hearing July 8. Smith has been free on bond while she awaits the new hearing, which Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge ordered after he ruled that there was a technical flaw [...]
LCCC rebounds from fire with on-time commencement
ELYRIA – It has been three months since a fire ripped through the underground tunnels at Lorain County Community College, but come Saturday a tribute to the college`s determination will be seen as hundreds of students graduate on time. The Feb. 18 fire took the efforts of more than 100 firefighters more than three hours [...]
Obituaries for May 20, 2009
Shea Elizabeth Melvin Mary L. Rousseau Patricia A. Sedlak Vernon D. Myers Joanne M. Horak Cynthia Shawver Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition web site at: http://elyriachronicletelegram.oh.newsmemory.com
First all-city musical puts Lorain in spotlight
Despite the hits that Lorain Schools` fine arts program has taken past few years, this week marks a definite high note – the performance of the first all-city musical production. Behind director of fine arts and producer John Krol, 18 students from the district will be performing “The Wiz,” a musical interpretation of Frank Baum`s [...]
County building getting back to normal
ELYRIA – The Lorain County Administration Building will be almost entirely reopened today following a fire Saturday night. County Maintenance Director Dennis Shawver said the cleanup still isn`t done, but it has reached a point where the fifth floor, which houses the county`s economic development workers and the Lorain County Solid Waste Management District, will [...]
Lorain eyes $9M more to clean up nuisance properties
LORAIN – City officials are applying for as much as $9 million in additional federal funding through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program for a second phase of demolition and rehabilitation of blighted properties, Community Development Director Sandy Prudoff said Tuesday. The city jumped on the opportunity four days ago after the federal government announced that more [...]
Memorial shows Kipton’s passion for patriotism
KIPTON – Residents of this rural village can thank five women for their perseverance when twin monuments honoring veterans are formally dedicated this Memorial Day weekend. “We`re just five patriotic women with a passion for patriotism,” Dolores Whitney said as she glanced around at the freshly paved concrete walkways, sidewalk forms and the twin granite [...]
Students take the lead at awareness seminar
ELYRIA – Area gifted students tried to raise their peers` awareness Tuesday in a seminar at Lorain County Community College about the economic, health and animal rights issues their generation will inherit. Together with adult experts in their fields, 25 students gave informational seminars and offered solutions to weighty problems throughout the morning to Columbia [...]
College offers free summer theater
OBERLIN – In this economy when people are pinching pennies, Oberlin College President Marvin Krislov helped resurrect a tradition of providing free summer theater to the community. Two classic plays will be presented thanks to Oberlin Summer Theater Festival (OSTF), a professional nonprofit theater company led by artistic director Paul Moser. “This is a lot [...]
Wellington & Oberlin notebook: May 20, 2009
Book buddies in Oberlin Usually, classroom readers are adults, but children in the fourth-grade class of Prospect Elementary are the readers at two community preschools and Eastwood`s kindergarten classes. In a recent reading event, the “Book Buddies” spent an hour with their younger friends, sharing books about animals. The student-to-student reading program has been going [...]
New auto emission standards save on oil, but hit the wallet
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama`s new fuel and emission standards for cars and trucks will save billions of barrels of oil but are expected to cost consumers an extra $1,300 per vehicle by the time the plan is complete in 2016. Obama on Tuesday planned to announce the first-ever national emissions limits for vehicles, [...]
Stopping Superman: Cavaliers have to find a way to slow down Dwight Howard, a force at both ends of the court
INDEPENDENCE – They`ll front him and play behind him. They`ll play him straight up and double-team him. They`ll try to push him out of his comfort zone. They`ll hack him a few times and send him to the line. They`ll use Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Ben Wallace and maybe even Joe Smith and Anderson Varejao on him. [...]
Cavaliers vs. Magic: The Matchups
POINT GUARD Orlando`s Rafer Alston (12.8 ppg, 4.7 apg) vs. Cleveland`s Mo Williams (14.8 ppg, 4.5 apg) Alston has been much better than average since being acquired from Houston to replace All-Star Jameer Nelson, who is done for the season with a shoulder injury. When “Skip to My Lou” is pushing the tempo and making [...]
Cavaliers vs. Magic … 5 reasons plus regular-season recaps
5 REASONS THE CAVS WILL BEAT THE MAGIC 1. LeBron James James has been sensational in averaging 32.9 points, 9.8 rebounds and 6.8 assists in the playoffs. Perhaps even more impressive, he`s taking just 19.8 shots a night and averaging 13.1 free throw attempts a game. Want more? The 6-foot-8, 250-pounder is shooting a sizzling [...]
Agent says Cribbs not Josh-in’: Versatile Brown wants to talk new deal or he might skip minicamp
AKRON – The Browns open their first full-squad minicamp under coach Eric Mangini today, but they`ll likely do it without one of their best players. One whose role was expected to expand under Mangini. Special teams ace Joshua Cribbs will skip the “voluntary” three-day minicamp, and another next week, unless the Browns step up negotiations [...]
Dominating day on the mound: Vermilion’s Labondono throws no-hitter, strikes out 16
LORAIN – Anthony Labondono`s day got off to an inauspicious beginning. But the Vermilion junior left-hander ended it by retiring the final 15 batters and threw the first no-hitter of his career, leading the Sailors to a 3-0 Division II district semifinal win over Norton on Monday at Southview High School. It was Vermilion`s first [...]