Archive for June, 2009
Pujols has the power: Cardinals slugger’s two home runs, key double doom Indians
CLEVELAND — It was the Albert Pujols show Saturday at Progressive Field, and the majority of paying customers were not entertained. Neither were the 25 players wearing Indians uniforms. With Pujols putting on his patented power display — two home runs and a double — the Cardinals evened their three-game interleague series with the Indians [...]
Chris Assenheimer: Martinez likely to be lone Indians All-Star this season
For the first time since 2006, the Indians look as though they’ll be one and done in the All-Star department. In last place for the majority of the season and with one of the worst records (28-36) in the American League, Cleveland can’t ask for much more. And the Indians’ lone All-Star representative won’t be [...]
Tribe notes: Wedge says Carmona came to camp out of shape
CLEVELAND — Prior to Saturday’s game, Indians manager Eric Wedge may have shed some light on the problems Fausto Carmona has encountered this season. “I don’t think he came in in the condition you need to come into spring training, which means you’re not in the condition you need to be when you leave spring [...]
Offense and defense let Crushers down in loss to Wild Things
AVON — Paul Fagan pitched a gem Saturday night. Unfortunately for the Crushers, their anemic offense – they stranded 13 runners — coupled with a poor fielding inning by shortstop Jodam Rivera, made that gem just about worthless. The left-handed Fagan allowed six hits, four strikeouts, one walk and one earned run in 71/3 innings, [...]
Huge brawl erupts at Wilkes Villa
ELYRIA – Dozens of people filled the intersection of Pratt Boulevard and Bohannon Court in Wilkes Villa about 10:30 Saturday night when a fight broke out in the street, drawing more than a dozen police cars from at least four different departments to the scene. Wilkes Villa resident Douglas Counter, 32, said he was inside [...]
Cities start rewarding recyclers
AMHERST – Going green is about to start paying off. A new program launched for Allied Waste customers in Amherst and Amherst Township will offer rewards to customers who recycle using the green containers provided by the company. “A computer (chip) mounted onto the recycling cart records the address for the participating household, and when [...]
Sky clears, balloons rise for second annual event at county fairgrounds
WELLINGTON – Crowds lined the fence and filled the field at the Lorain County Fairgrounds on Saturday to watch 14 hot air balloons take flight during the second annual Wellington Balloon Festival. The event raises money for the Lorain County Office on Aging, which offers Meals on Wheels, transportation to doctors’ appointments, small home repairs [...]
Pilots pour time, money and love into ballooning
WELLINGTON – What makes people want to float a couple hundred feet in the air with nothing between them and the ground but a wicker basket? “Every time I go up, it’s something different,” said Stephen Russell of North Canton. Russell has been a licensed hot air balloon pilot for 15 years. “My wife and [...]
Church honors late members during Taste of South
ELYRIA – Second Baptist Church members honored two of its departed parishioners Saturday at the church’s annual Taste of the South event. Robert Callaway and Collier Corn were remembered for “their outstanding community service and commitment to Christian values.” Callaway, 45, died in January. Corn, 71, died in October. Lorain County Community College employees praised [...]
Blotter: June 14, 2009
Lorain police Tuesday, June 9 3:57 p.m. – 2100 N. Reserve Circle, a woman reported a family friend stole around $600 from her daughter, who has a learning disability. 4:48 p.m. – 2300 block W. 29th St., a woman reported her daughter’s school-issued laptop computer was stolen from their home. 7:33 p.m. – 2100 block [...]
Retailers ramp up anti-theft efforts
CINCINNATI — With shoplifting on the rise — including organized teams sweeping through stores and lifting scores of items in minutes — retailers are beefing up plainclothes patrols and video surveillance, and competitors are working together to prevent crime. Stores are running online stings and sending security guards onto sales floors posing as customers. The [...]
Obituaries for June 14, 1009
Merwin Charles Bridges Lawrence S. Riddell, Jr. Patricia Ann Dugan Lillian E. Graeff Tyler Carl Bieske-Hallauer Elisabeth Yos Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://elyriachronicletelegram.oh.newsmemory.com
Illness doesn’t stop determined girl
ELYRIA – Don’t tell Erie Elementary School student Elna Wright that there’s something she cannot do. Elna, who is 10 and who will be studying at Westwood Middle School this fall, has cerebral palsy, a condition associated with disturbances in sensation, perception, cognition and communication. She relies on the aid of an advanced augmentative and [...]
Elyria/Elyria Township notebook: June 14, 2009
EHS class of ’39 hosts 70th reunion The Elyria High School Class of 1939 is getting together for a 70th class reunion noon Saturday at Wesleyan Village. Twenty-two graduates and their spouses will attend the luncheon and share memories from their heyday, when they were members of EHS’s history marking graduating class. At the time [...]
Canton again mourns a tragic slaying
CANTON — Residents of a Northeast Ohio community are grieving another tragedy together, just two years after hundreds of volunteers joined forces to search for a missing pregnant woman. In June 2007, Canton police officer Bobby Cutts Jr. was arrested in the death of Jessie Davis, his girlfriend, who had been missing for a week [...]
ROUNDUP: June 14, 2009
Hindu father objects to son’s taco meal CINCINNATI — A Hindu father from Ohio has filed a complaint with the Justice Department claiming his son was forced to eat a beef taco in the school cafeteria. Ashish Gandhi said the taco incident occurred at the Academy of World Languages, a public magnet school in Cincinnati. [...]
Volunteers help enforce rules at Cuyahoga Valley park
AKRON — John Newby wasn’t being a busybody when he politely told the man and woman to put leashes on their unrestrained dogs. That’s his job. Newby is trained to be on the lookout for such hazards in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The 63-year-old doesn’t get a dime for his vigilance. He’s one of [...]
Heavenly seventh: Indians score three runs in crazy inning to break game open against Cardinals
CLEVELAND — It was a wild bottom of the seventh for the Indians on Friday night, but for all the right reasons. The Tribe sent nine men to the plate, had two hits, one forceout at the plate and four walks, one with the bases loaded in the inning, and drove three pitchers out of [...]
Tribe notes: Bird is still the word day after fowl finish
CLEVELAND — A day later, “A Flock of Seagulls” was still a prime topic at Progressive Field. And it wasn’t the 1980s one-hit-wonder band of that name that was getting all the attention. After the Indians beat the Royals 4-3 Thursday night on a seagull-assisted single by Mark DeRosa in the 10th inning, first baseman [...]
Role could grow: Browns running back Jerome Harrison getting positive reviews from new coach
BEREA — Normally a comparison by the new coach to one of his favorite former players would elicit a broad smile, a lively step or a puffed-out chest. But this is running back Jerome Harrison’s fourth year in the NFL and he’s been the subject of offseason hype before. So he’s not getting his hopes [...]
Browns notes: Hobbling Derek Anderson sits out afternoon minicamp session
BEREA — Quarterback Derek Anderson missed the afternoon practice Friday with what appeared to be a leg injury. He worked with trainers and watched team drills as Brady Quinn took all the snaps with the first team. Anderson and Quinn are competing for the starting job. Coach Eric Mangini met with the media between practices, [...]
Stanley Cup Finals: Penguins beat Red Wings in Detroit to capture third title, first since 1992
DETROIT — Slide over Super Mario and make room on the Stanley Cup for a new batch of Pittsburgh Penguins. Max Talbot scored two second-period goals, and the Penguins overcame the loss of captain Sidney Crosby to beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 7 and win the Cup on Friday night. [...]
Lorain County All-Star football game: Some West players want better finish; East renewing old friendships
VERMILION — West coach Frank Horvath said he searched the county to find players for tonight’s 28th annual Lorain County All-Star football game. He or his assistants went to every West-eligible school, looking for players to fill the roster. While the West does have 27 players from seven different schools, it’s not surprising that nearly [...]
Softball notes: 2009 was a season to remember for teams, players
A last look back . . . Another high school softball season is in the books, and it’s one Lorain County fans will remember for a long time. Area schools produced a long list of accomplishments. Elyria won its second state championship. Elyria, Keystone and Wellington won district titles for the second year in a [...]
High school track notes: Southview shakes things up at state meet, has good run
Southview didn’t bring home any medals, but it did turn in two respectable performances last Friday in the semifinals of the Division I state track and field meet at OSU’s Jesse Owens Stadium. Both the girls and boys relay teams tried some different things to increase their chances of making the finals. The Southview girls [...]