Archive for June, 2009
Free, confidential HIV testing Friday
ELYRIA — The Lorain City Health Department will be conducting free, anonymous HIV tests Friday at the Spitzer Conference Center at Lorain County Community College. The tests are part of the Lorain County AIDS Task Force’s and Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center’s Prevention Project and will be administered 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s [...]
Senator introduces new bill for expanded lunch program
About 150,000 more Ohio schoolchildren could benefit from the national school lunch program under new legislation announced Wednesday by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Avon. Some 700,000 Ohio schoolchildren are enrolled in programs for free and reduced-price lunches, but Brown contends that his bill would ensure additional children receive benefits. A recent Department of Agriculture report [...]
Obituaries for June 25, 2009
Frank W. Stumphauzer Harriet Jolly Allen H. Pollard Albert H. Grimm William R. Williams Patricia A. Verhovitz Bobby Eucker Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://elyriachronicletelegram.oh.newsmemory.com
Burge tosses convictions in Head Start case
Lorain County Common Pleas Court Judge James Burge today made a stunning decision: He tossed out the cases of convicted Head Start bus driver Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen. The pair, whose convictions have been questioned over the years as they sat in prison with little of hope of release, have been freed since Burge [...]
Doctor in dramatic South Pole rescue dies at 57
BOSTON (AP) — Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole, has died. She was 57. Her husband, Thomas FitzGerald, said she died Tuesday at their home in Southwick, Mass. Her cancer had been in remission until it returned in August 2005, he [...]
State OKs Liberty Gas USA liquor permit
ELYRIA — Liberty Gas USA can sell beer and wine again. With its newly issued permits in hand, the gas station at 824 Middle Ave. is well on its way to adding the new items to its inventory. Inside the station, empty beverage coolers signify what is to come for the establishment. “We want to [...]
Rash of shootings kills 2 in Lorain
LORAIN — Two Lorain residents were killed and three other people wounded in three separate shootings in a central Lorain neighborhood during the past three days, officials said Tuesday. Christopher Hill, 16, of Lorain, died Tuesday afternoon at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, a hospital spokesperson said. Marquis McCall, 18, of Lorain, was pronounced dead [...]
Family: Victim was casualty of turf war
LORAIN — Marquis McCall had just begun a summer job and was on track to graduate high school next June before he was cut down by gunfire Monday night. The 18-year-old was pronounced dead on arrival at Community Regional Medical Center in Lorain, the victim of what his parents believe is part of an ongoing [...]
A sense of relief, sort of: Indians survive another shaky performance by their bullpen to beat Pirates, snap six-game losing skid
PITTSBURGH — During another horrid ninth inning by a bullpen that can’t be trusted with a lead of any size, manager Eric Wedge probably thought he was watching yet another game get away from the Indians. Maybe his job, too. Only this time, and the Indians aren’t exactly sure how they pulled it off, this [...]
Wedge issues: Indians manager not discussing his job status
PITTSBURGH — Eric Wedge talked about center fielder Grady Sizemore’s return from the disabled list. He commented on Tony Sipp’s latest call-up to the Cleveland Indians’ bullpen and Asdrubal Cabrera’s rehabilitation assignment. What the Indians manager didn’t discuss Tuesday before the start of what might be an important three-game interleague series in Pittsburgh was his [...]
Guardian Angels group to host meeting in Lorain
LORAIN — At least one Lorain resident says she’s fed up with crime and has called in reinforcements to take her city back. Denise Caruloff has invited the Guardian Angels, a group that received national acclaim for working to rid crime from New York City neighborhoods in the early 1980s, to come speak with residents [...]
Track and field: Mack back? Olympic pole vault champ in 2004, Westlake’s Tim Mack expecting big things at outdoor championships
Tim Mack isn’t the favorite to win the men’s pole vault at Saturday’s U.S.A. Outdoor Track and Field Championships, but he’s fine with that. He knows he’s in the hunt because his season is on the upswing. The 2004 Olympic gold medalist from Westlake is the No. 6 seed. He recently cleared 18-8¼ (5.7 meters) [...]
County jobless rate climbs again
The jobless rate for Lorain County and its two largest cities was up again in May, putting an even bigger strain on local food pantries. “It doesn’t look good,” said Julia Chase-Morefield, executive director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio. In Lorain County, May unemployment hit 11.4 percent — up from [...]
Junior golf: Area players thrive in first round of SAP Open
AVON — Prior to the start of the SAP Junior Open at Red Tail Golf Club, the American Junior Golf Association put out a list of six players to watch. Of the six, three — Beau Titsworth, Kyle Kmiecik and Mike Opsitnick — are from Avon. After Tuesday’s first day of action, the locals to [...]
Rough landing injures rookie pilot
CARLISLE TWP. — A plane crash at the Elyria Municipal Airport sent the pilot to the hospital Tuesday night. The pilot, a student, was taking her first solo flight with an instructor watching on the ground. She already made one successful landing and was coming in for her second about 7:15 p.m. when the back [...]
American Legion baseball: Struggling Elyria gets thumped by Wayne County
LORAIN — Lew Chenoweth said there wasn’t much to say, so he didn’t say much. He didn’t have to. The score — a 20-5 victory for Wayne County over Chenoweth’s Elyria Post 12 in a non-league American Legion game Tuesday at the Pipe Yard — was enough. “We’re just not playing well right now,” Chenoweth [...]
Northern Lorain will will see first use of NSP funds
LORAIN — The first homes targeted for purchase and demolition using Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds were approved for purchase by the city’s Board of Control. The Community Development Department asked for $85,000 plus an estimated $750 per home in closing costs to buy six vacant properties in the northern part of the city. Three of [...]
Ross: Giant pink cloud ‘harmless’
EATON TWP. — The white steam rising over Ross Incineration Services Inc.’s Giles Road facility turned pink Tuesday morning. The unusual colored cloud of steam was harmless, company spokeswoman Maggie Kelch said, and was caused by iodine in hazardous waste being burned in the 2,000 degree incinerator at the facility. “We were burning a waste [...]
Federal judge upholds ‘no touch’ strip club law
CLEVELAND — A federal judge has upheld Ohio’s “no-touch” law for strip clubs. U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. in Cleveland says the state law that bans exotic dancers from touching patrons or each other does not violate First Amendment or other constitutional rights of the business owners. The Buckeye Association of Club Executives, a [...]
South Amherst cop will not face charges
LORAIN — A South Amherst police officer who was accused of threatening to shoot a store clerk who carded her for a bottle of wine Saturday after her shift will not be charged. Lorain City Prosecutor Barry Motsch said Tuesday that his review of the evidence gathered by Lorain police didn’t show any criminal actions [...]
Obituaries for June 24, 2009
Roger W. Easton Janice Ann Waite Andrea Tourlakis Mildred A. Lukenic Catheryn Riddle Kingery Donald J. DiLuciano, Sr. Frank W. Stumphauzer Joseph J. Kovar, Jr. Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://elyriachronicletelegram.oh.newsmemory.com
Democrats pressure Cleveland party leader to resign
CLEVELAND — Gov. Ted Strickland and Ohio’s Democratic leader are pressuring the party’s longtime county chairman in Cleveland to quit his political post amid a wide-ranging public corruption investigation of his work as an elected county commissioner. “It has become apparent to me that your effectiveness to lead the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party has been [...]
Carson sidekick Ed McMahon dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ed McMahon, the loyal “Tonight Show” sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding “H-e-e-e-e-e-ere’s Johnny!” for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86. McMahon died shortly after midnight at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded by his wife, Pam, and other family members, said his publicist, [...]
What was that giant pink cloud?
EATON TWP. – A massive pink cloud of steam visible for miles hung over Ross Incineration Services Inc. on Giles Road this morning. Company spokeswoman Maggie Kelch said the steam was harmless and the unintended result of waste the company was burning that contained iodine. “We were burning a waste stream that caused our steam [...]
Finding her stride: Elyria’s Tianna Madison has a new coach and a new attitude as she prepares for outdoor track nationals
Tianna Madison’s world is much different than it was a year ago as she prepares for this week’s U.S. Track and Field National Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. The most significant change for the 2003 Elyria High graduate is her coach. Madison left Bobby Kersee in Los Angeles after last year’s Olympic Trials [...]