Archive for July, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: Victor Martinez to traded to Boston
CLEVELAND — The Boston Red Sox agreed to a deal Friday to acquire All-Star slugger Victor Martinez from the Cleveland Indians. The Indians got right-hander Justin Masterson and minor league pitchers Nick Hagadone and Bryan Price. The trade came shortly before the 4 p.m. deadline to complete deals without waivers. The 30-year-old Martinez has split [...]
VIDEO: Lorain County Jail inmates growing their own food
While it looks minuscule compared to the acres of bean fields that surround the Lorain County Jail, there will be plenty of good use coming out of a new garden planted on the jail grounds. It took five inmates about 120 hours to complete it, but in June, the 45-by-100 foot garden was tilled and [...]
BREAKING NEWS: House votes to triple ‘cash for clunkers’ funding
WASHINGTON — The House voted overwhelmingly Friday to rush $2 billion into the popular but financially strapped “cash for clunkers” car purchase program, heeding calls from consumers eager to keep taking advantage of thousands of dollars in trade-in incentives. House members approved the measure 316-109 within hours of learning from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood that [...]
2 women taken to the hospital after chain-reaction crash
LORAIN — A semi driver making a delivery in South Lorain apparently misjudged a tight turn resulting in a chain reaction accident that sent two women to the hospital this afternoon. Shortly after noon, the semi driver, from Smith Dairy in Orrville, Ohio, struck a black Nissan 200SX SE-R that was waiting in line for [...]
Plan your weekend! Here’s what’s going on around Lorain County
Family Fun Fair Main Street Oberlin’s Family Fun Fair is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday throughout downtown Oberlin. Events include a car show on West College Street, roaming entertainers, a variety of musical acts, crafts, face painting and games and more. Tour the grounds of the Oberlin Heritage Center, make your own taffy-covered apple [...]
11 cars broken into overnight in North Ridgeville
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — A number of North Ridgeville residents in the Meadow Lakes subdivision woke up this morning to find someone had gone through their vehicles, according to police Capt. Allan Dent. Police responded early in the morning to several calls of cars being broken into and found nu-merous other vehicles that looked as if [...]
QB or not QB: New regime, but quarterback battle remains top issue
Players, and fans, won’t need long to recognize the difference of an Eric Mangini-run training camp. There’s a good chance that when camp opens Saturday morning at 8:45 the first significant drill will be a full-contact tackling test. Two players will line up 20 yards apart, run at each other full speed and see what [...]
Robiskie aboard, signs with Browns for 4 years
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns have all their campers under contract. With coach Eric Mangini set to hold his first workout Saturday, the Browns agreed to terms on a four-year contract with rookie wide receiver Brian Robiskie, the club’s last unsigned player. Robiskie’s agent, Joel Segal, said the sides reached agreement Thursday. Financial terms were [...]
No more Cy Young winners? Fans sigh
CLEVELAND — Looking ahead, here’s a safe prediction for the 2009 season: The Cleveland Indians won’t trade a Cy Young Award winner. They don’t have any left. They may soon be low on All-Stars, too. Faced with the potential of losing ace Cliff Lee as a free agent after next season and desperate to cut [...]
Report: Ortiz, Manny tested positive in 2003
NEW YORK — Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz became the latest star implicated in baseball’s ever-growing drug scandal, acknowledging Thursday that the players’ union confirmed he tested positive in 2003. Shortly after hitting the go-ahead home run that beat Oakland 8-5, Ortiz responded to a story on The New York Times’ Web site that [...]
Knights 5, RiverRats 0: Lean lineup, heavy hitters
LORAIN — NorthCoast Knights coach Andy Jarvis likes the lineup he’s been consistently fielding, which is a good thing: He doesn’t have too many options. With only 10 position players remaining on the roster after a season of player shuffling, the Knights have found consistency on the lineup card and at the plate, the latter [...]
Elyria police chief wants city to pay his legal bills
ELYRIA — Police Chief Michael Medders wants the city to pay the legal bills he incurred while defending himself in a federal lawsuit that was filed by one of his officers. Medders said his attorney fees are more than $20,000, and the city should pick up the entire bill. Medders asked the City Council’s Finance [...]
Bride and groom say their pastor ditched them at the beach
ELYRIA — A glass of wine nearly derailed Erin Kuhns’ dream of a beach wedding. That’s because her minister of choice, Gillian Kresila, refused to perform the service after learning that Kuhns had toasted the wedding with her bridesmaids in the limousine on the way to Lakeview Beach, where the wedding was to be held. [...]
Extra pay for Lorain police chief is legal, auditor says
LORAIN — Lorain police Chief Cel Rivera has been cleared by state auditors of wrongdoing for receiving extra pay. Rivera received about $44,000 in extra compensation from cashing in an extra 240 hours he was given each year beginning in 1999, as well as a lump sum payment of $15,000 in 1998. Rivera stopped cashing [...]
Charges expected in ODOT vendor conspiracy case
Charges are expected to be filed today in Cleveland against nine former Ohio Department of Transportation workers and vendors who did business with the state agency’s Garfield Heights office. Among those possibly facing charges is Mark O’Donnell, owner of Elyria-based North Shore Door Co., whose name was featured prominently in a report released last year [...]
Oberlin conservatory will host international competition next summer
OBERLIN — For the first time in 14 years, you won’t hear the sound of piano music this summer coming from an international competition at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. The competition has been sidelined this year due to renovations at Warner Concert Hall and the construction of the $24 million Phyllis Litoff Building for [...]
Corrections for July 31, 2009
Elyria City Council voted to put a 0.5 percent permanent income tax issue on the November ballot. The measure will be a new tax and will not replace the current 0.5 percent temporary tax. An explanation of the tax issue was incorrect Thursday.
Local roundup for July 31, 2009
Audit firm gives Lorain an all clear LORAIN — Lorain got an unqualified, or “clean,” opinion by an independent Cleveland-based accounting firm, which means the city is doing what it’s supposed to be doing with its money. The state auditor’s office released the audit Thursday which had no findings but did recommend a few policy [...]
5-month-old thrown from vehicle is doing better
BROWNHELM TWP. — The condition of a 5-month-old baby thrown from a minivan during an accident on the Ohio Turnpike was upgraded Thursday from critical to serious. Kevin Green Jr. was the only child to survive a horrific crash early Wednesday near the Baumhart Road exit that killed his two siblings, 5-year-old Jamel El-Armin and [...]
Westshore fire project voting heats up on final day
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The Westshore Regional Fire District project, a proposal for regional fire department services to serve seven Lorain and Cuyahoga county communities, including North Ridgeville, has jumped from fourth to first place entering the final day of public voting to determine which three of nine projects will end up with $300,000 in grant [...]
New funeral center reflects changing attitudes toward death
AMHERST — In one room stands a large, back-lit soft drink machine facing a coffee station and a kid’s play area with games, books and DVD player tucked into an alcove. The same room also sports a big, wall-mounted flat-screen TV for catching up on the news, keeping tabs on the game and provides Internet [...]
Wellington Schools to place smaller bond issue on November ballot
WELLINGTON — After two defeats at the polls, the Wellington school district plans to ask voters in November for a smaller bond issue to build a new school. The district is seeking approval to build a $32.6 million school for grades three to 12, Superintendent Francis Scruci said Thursday. Earlier bond issues for a $47 [...]
Sheffield company gets loan to build wind turbine gearbox
ELYRIA — A Sheffield company has received a $130,000 loan from the Lorain County Solid Waste Management District to help it build a prototype of a wind turbine gearbox. ADI Wind is the third company to receive a loan under a Solid Waste program designed to encourage recycling. Solid Waste Director Dan Billman said ADI [...]
Midview High senior gets hands-on experience in criminal science
GRAFTON — Blood-splatter interpretation, dusting for fingerprints and collecting DNA were all in a day’s “work” for 17-year-old Jaime Windsor. From June 14 to 26, Jaime, who will be a senior at Midview High School in the fall, attended “CSI: College Science Investigation,” a forensics academy for high school juniors and seniors. The program was [...]
Eaton Township woman celebrates a century
Orena Mary Thiery Beavor of Eaton Township has achieved a status not many in the United States have lived to tell — she is a centenarian. Beavor was born July 27, 1909, to Ted and Mary Thiery in Reed, Ohio. She was the sixth of six children. In 1934, she married Charles Beavor, who died [...]