Archive for May, 2009
H.S. Track: Avon has strong showing at West Shore meet
GRAFTON – It was the Avon specialists against Rocky River depth in the West Shore Conference track meet Friday, and this time the deeper Pirates won both the boys and girls championships. The Eagle boys had four multiple winners – including Garrett Gronowski`s four in the long jump, 200-meter dash and the 400 and 800 [...]
H.S. Track: Nageotte sets Division I state pole vault record at SWC meet
BROADVIEW HEIGHTS – The North Olmsted boys won their first conference track championship since 1982 and Midpark`s girls won their first-ever league crown, but Friday`s Southwestern Conference meet belonged to Olmsted Falls pole vaulter Katie Nageotte. Nageotte set a Division I state record with a vault of 12 feet, 10 inches, topping the record of [...]
Sectional softball: Brookside surprises Avon, takes title
AVON – In the shocker of the softball season, Brookside bounced Avon in a Division II sectional final Friday afternoon. Favored Avon entered the game with a 17-4 record. With its 2-0 victory, Brookside improved to 11-8 and took home the school`s first softball sectional championship in 15 years. The Cardinals advance to a LaGrange [...]
Sectional softball: Hillsdale too much for Elyria Catholic
JEROMESVILLE – The Hillsdale softball field has a big sign out front, listing the five state championships the school has won, along with all the other times it reached the state Final Four. So, Elyria Catholic knew it had a tough obstacle to overcome in order to win a Division III sectional championship Friday. The [...]
Sectional baseball: Admirals put up fight, but fall to No. 1 Strongsville
STRONGSVILLE – When you`re facing the state`s top-ranked Division I team – which won a state title just three years ago – you`re probably going to be an underdog. And when you have a 5-14 record compared to your opponent`s 20-3 mark, you`re going to be a major underdog. But despite all that, Admiral King [...]
GM delivers bad news, but no county dealerships say they`ll close
General Motor Corp`s Lorain County presence will remain strong as local dealerships have seemingly escaped the sharp blade of the automaker`s reorganization plan. One day after Chrysler Corp. announced in a detailed federal bankruptcy filing its plan to close nearly 800 dealerships nationwide, GM made a similar announcement Friday that 1,100 of its dealerships would [...]
Boy who fell down stairs dies
ELYRIA – The 3-year-old boy who fell down the stairs at his residence at College Park Townhomes on Wednesday died Friday afternoon at MetroHealth Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said. Aiden Mshabbek had been rushed to EMH Regional Medical Center about 3 p.m. Wednesday and then flown to MetroHealth. On Thursday, family members communicated through [...]
H.S. Softball notes: Area gearing up for long tourney runs
Now it gets really good. District play opens next week and at least five Lorain County schools have the potential to play deep into the softball tournaments. Up first is a Division I doubleheader at North Ridgeville that could lead to a showdown between two of the state`s top three Division I teams. In the [...]
Family Court clerk accused of spending spree on school`s tab
ELYRIA – A Lorain County Family Court clerk arrested on theft charges Tuesday is accused of stealing about $40,000 while she was the finance director of the Linden School in Elyria. Jacquelyn Morales, 38, is charged with two counts of theft for taking money in several different ways while she worked at the private early [...]
Local coaster enthusiasts pay top dollar for summer`s first ride on Cedar Point`s Magnum
SANDUSKY – Lorain County will be well represented when the first riders leave the station aboard Cedar Point`s Magnum XL-200 roller coaster this morning. Four Lorain residents, along with a former Lorain man, will be among the ride`s first passengers as Cedar Point opens for the 2009 season. Each was among the 36 high bidders [...]
Blotter: May 16, 2009
Lorain police Thursday, May 14 1:30 p.m. – 1000 block W. 12th St., a woman reported the father of her child broke into her house, smashed her cell phone, beat her and hit her with an ironing board before locking her in her bedroom and standing outside the door for an hour refusing to let [...]
Lorain National Bank names new vice president
LORAIN – Lorain National Bank has named a new vice president and investment services manager. Gary Mendelow, who was formerly regional vice president of Genworth Financial, was named to the post Friday, according to a news release from the Lorain-based bank. Mendelow, a certified financial planner who lives in Bay Village, also has previously worked [...]
Westlake residences evacuated because of suspected bombs
WESTLAKE – A bomb squad removed nine suspected explosive devices from a home on Taylors Mill Turn on Friday night after police officers responding to a domestic violence report discovered there might be bombs in the house, Westlake police Capt. Guy Turner said. The neighborhood was evacuated for about four hours, and people were allowed [...]
Sutton backs bill to expand federal fire assistance
The efforts of U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton to save the jobs of local firefighters – which included a meeting with President Barack Obama – seem to be paying off. Firefighters in Elyria and Lorain could be rehired or retained as a result of a supplemental appropriations bill including language to expand the SAFER (Staffing for [...]
Officials struggle to save Lorain call center
LORAIN – As many as 32 Lorain jobs are at stake as the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services considers a recommendation to close the Lorain Unemployment Call Center. Lorain County Commissioners Lori Kokoski, Ted Kalo and Betty Blair submitted a letter to Gov. Ted Strickland`s Cleveland office arguing against moving the call center [...]
Three arrested in Lorain drug sting
LORAIN – Three alleged drug dealers were snatched off the street Friday afternoon in a sting funded through a federal Project Safe Neighborhood grant, a Lorain police narcotics officer said. Marqua King, 24, was arrested at West 22nd Street and Beach Avenue, Sgt. Roger Watkins said. King, of Lorain, was charged with trafficking a counterfeit [...]
Teen to be tried as adult in break-in at judge’s house
ELYRIA – A 17-year-old will be dealt with as an adult for a February break-in at the home of Lorain County Family Court Judge David Basinski. William Brown-Nettles is one of three teens charged with forcing their way past the judge`s wife, Ellen Basinski, and into the couple`s Columbus Street home in Elyria. A fourth [...]
Ohio Edison rates to drop
COLUMBUSÂ – Ohio regulators say FirstEnergy Corp. will cut its Ohio customers` rates as the result of an auction. In a ruling Thursday, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio called for a 12.6 percent reduction for FirstEnergy’s Toledo Edison customers, a 16 percent cut at Ohio Edison and a 7.4 percent reduction from the Cleveland [...]
Westlake residences evacuated because of suspected bombs
WESTLAKE – A bomb squad removed nine suspected explosive devices from a home on Taylors Mill Turn on Friday night after police officers responding to a domestic violence report discovered there might be bombs in the house, Westlake police Capt. Guy Turner said. The neighborhood was evacuated for about four hours, and people were allowed [...]
Obituaries: May 16, 2009
Catherine F. Gentile William W. Greene Johnnie D. Poulton Oreda Rogers Juanita Taylor Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition web site at: http://elyriachronicletelegram.oh.newsmemory.com
Chrysler announces dealer cuts – four affected locally
As the dust settled Thursday from the momentous announcement by the Chrysler Corp. of the nearly 800 dealerships it plans to close following a merger with Italian carmaker Fiat, reactions from area dealers ranged from elation at being spared, to a vow by another to fight any decision to take a brand away. In Elyria, [...]
Foreclosure filed against Elyria Holiday Inn
ELYRIA – The Elyria Holiday Inn may have lost its right to be a Holiday Inn and is facing foreclosure, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday. The lawsuit, filed by a Plano, Texas, bank, says that Ely Associates LLP, the listed owners of the Lorain Boulevard hotel, borrowed $6.3 million to buy the property in [...]
Lorain Fire Department OT overrun will result in stations being closed
LORAIN – The ability of all four Lorain fire stations to remain open every day is at risk now that the Fire Department has depleted its budgeted amount for overtime pay, officials said Thursday. Lorain Fire Chief Tom Brown said he would hate to be the first chief in more than 20 years to be [...]
Court clerk indicted on theft charges
ELYRIA – Deputy U.S. Marshals arrested a Lorain County Family Court clerk Tuesday while she was working at the County Justice Center. Jacquelyn Morales, 38, was arrested on a secret indictment that accuses her of two counts of theft. Family Court Administrator Doug Messer said the charges against Morales have nothing to do with her [...]
Embattled Lorain cop gets ‘last chance’
LORAIN – A veteran Lorain police officer with a string of disciplinary problems has agreed to take a 60-day layoff instead of going through a disciplinary process that may have resulted in him being fired. Officer Thomas Toothman began his unpaid leave Monday after reaching a “last-chance agreement” with the city. Toothman, who has been [...]