Archive for June 11th, 2009
Duo just dynamic: Two of Lorain County’s best ever, Elyria’s Tess Sito and Keystone’s Kara Dill, share Miss Softball award
AMHERST — Two high school All-Americans are sharing the Lorain County Miss Softball Award for 2009. It goes to Tess Sito, who pitched and batted Elyria to the Division I state championship this season, and Kara Dill, whose hitting and pitching propelled Keystone to still another Division II district crown and regional final. Both are [...]
Big hits carry Blue team by Red in senior all-star softball game
AMHERST — Christa Wodarczyk was thrown only one pitch in Wednesday’s Lorain County Senior All-Star Game. That was all it took. The Columbia second baseman clobbered Morgan Henry’s first offering into left-center field for a two-run triple that snapped a 1-1 tie and helped the Blue team take a 6-3 victory over the Red all-stars [...]
West Shore Conference in Elyria Catholic’s future? School interested in exploring league’s openings
With online forums abuzz with rumors, athletic director Barb Salata confirmed Wednesday night that Elyria Catholic is one of the schools that has submitted a letter of interest about joining the West Shore Conference. “It’s all kind of in the preliminary process right now,” she said. “(The WSC) is looking to see what we have [...]
Back to last place: Ugly loss to Royals ends Indians’ short trip out of the cellar
CLEVELAND — That didn’t last long. A day after moving out of the Central Division cellar for the first time since the beginning of the season, the Indians returned to the familiar confines Wednesday via a 9-0 shellacking from the Kansas City Royals, who moved a half game in front of Cleveland in the standings. [...]
Tribe notes: Trainer gives breakdown on the broken down
CLEVELAND — As has been the case far too often for the Indians’ liking this season, head trainer Lonnie Soloff met with reporters prior to Wednesday’s game to give updates on players currently on the disabled list: ♦ Grady Sizemore (left elbow inflammation) — Soloff said Sizemore has responded well to rest and could begin [...]
Strong pitching paying off as Knights shut down BlueSox
Joel Hammond The Chronicle-Telegram LORAIN — With players from points near and far, summer-league baseball teams often are good places to find good team chemistry. With little else to do but bond with teammates and play baseball, friendships quickly are formed and players can feed off each other. Prospect League batters beware: If the NorthCoast [...]
Phil Mickelson makes emotional return to PGA Tour
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — An emotional Phil Mickelson returned to the U.S. PGA Tour on Wednesday, trying to regain some normalcy in a life shaken by fear with the discovery that his wife has breast cancer. Mickelson has always felt like he was in control, even if his golf at times suggested otherwise. Now he feels [...]
Former Vermilion star Andy Oliver set for big decision after being drafted by Tigers; Cubs pick Brookside grad Steve Grife
For the second time in three years, former Vermilion baseball star Andy Oliver has a decision to make in regard to his pro career. The Detroit Tigers selected the left-handed pitcher in the second round of the MLB Draft on Tuesday night, a considerable upgrade from when the Minnesota Twins picked him in the 17th [...]
Court KOs residency requirement
In Amherst, the city’s Fire Department is staffed with part-timers who have to meet one caveat: to live in the city. Or at least, they used to. On Wednesday, the Ohio Supreme Court struck down city rules that require employees to live where they work. Amherst Fire Chief Wayne Northeim is the department’s only full-timer, [...]
Light-duty: Elyria’s million-dollar fire truck often parked because of low staffing
ELYRIA — The brand-new ladder truck the city spent $900,000 to purchase and another $300,000 to equip is not in service, although it arrived in the city in April. Parked in a bay at Fire Station 2 on East Broad Street, the truck is out of service and will remain that way until the Fire [...]
Budget woes erase Elyria’s Fourth fireworks display
ELYRIA — Last year, on the day before Independence Day, some 20,000 people went to West Park for the city’s annual fireworks extravaganza. It was the first time the location was chosen as city safety officials refused to sign off on the event if it was held in Cascade Park. With a bigger show that [...]
Spitzer unloading leftover Chryslers to other dealers
ELYRIA — Spitzer Management is in the process of selling more than 200 Chrysler automobiles to other dealers as the company runs out of options to stop Chrysler from breaking franchise agreements with nearly 800 dealers. Spitzer lost seven Chrysler franchises, including Spitzer Autoworld in Sheffield and four others in Northeast Ohio, which is the [...]
Deal cuts electric bills for some in county
ELYRIA — Residents in Lorain County communities that participate in the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council should see a drop in their electric rates as soon as this summer. A newly inked deal NOPEC has signed with an independent supplier will translate into a 12 percent reduction in the electric generation portion residents will see [...]
Roundup: June 11, 2009
Men from late-night crowd arrested LORAIN — Two men were arrested when police were called shortly after midnight to West 18th Street and Oakdale Avenue to investigate a report of a large group of men with pit bull dogs. No dogs were mentioned in the report, but Duane Richardson, 19, of Lorain, was charged with [...]
Drive-in, sports park face off in court over lights
ELYRIA — The Aut-O-Rama Twin Drive-In Theatre boasts the biggest movie screen in Ohio — 118 by 50 feet. But some patrons out to enjoy a double feature claimed their movie-going experience was spoiled by shadows and glare produced by lights at the nearby Ohio Sports Park. “The picture was very faded and washed out,” [...]
Camp a four-day career test drive
OBERLIN — More than 200 students from area schools are embarking on a four-day journey through the labs of the Lorain County Joint Vocational School as part of this year’s ExCEL program. Any student from 13 affiliated schools entering ninth or 10th grade next school year had the chance to sign up to learn about [...]
Appeals judge upholds Joseph Allen’s release
ELYRIA — An appeals court has thrown out the challenge prosecutors had mounted to Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge’s decision to resentence convicted child molester Joseph Allen. Burge freed Allen, who was serving five consecutive life sentences, in April because of a technical flaw in Allen’s 1994 sentencing entry. Burge has also freed [...]
Lorain works to save center, and its tenants
LORAIN — City officials in Lorain are approaching the impending closing of St. Joseph Community Center from two directions: They’re helping the center’s tenants find new locations in the city of Lorain, while at the same time trying to find new tenants for the facility in the hopes it won’t have to close. South Shore [...]
County considering deal to reduce dump fees
ELYRIA — Lorain County officials are considering an agreement with Allied Waste that effectively would reduce the fees the waste hauler pays on trash it dumps at its New Russia Township landfill. Allied has cut the amount of trash it’s dumping at the landfill because it says the tipping fees — $4 per ton of [...]
Obituaries for June 11, 2009
Zachary J. Faddis Margaret L. Eicher William W. Williams Thomas James Wosicki Charles W. Price Leona Mae Partin Judith Read DeMarino Loretta M. Terrion Joseph Rozmarynowycz Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://elyriachronicletelegram.oh.newsmemory.com
North Ridgeville museum honors firefighting history
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Losing everything in a fire is unthinkable. Today, most of us can count on professional firefighters to race to the scene, and, in many instances, save our homes and precious belongings, to say nothing of our lives. That’s a far cry from the colonial times of Benjamin Franklin, during which you paid [...]
North Ridgeville notebook: June 11, 2009
’09 valedictorian wins scholarship Kristen Nicole Rohrer, valedictorian of the class of 2009 at North Ridgeville High School, was among 108 seniors statewide to receive a 2009-2010 Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship. The federally funded, state-administered program recognizes exceptional high school seniors who show promise of continued excellence in post-secondary education. Scholarships are awarded equally [...]