Archive for July 2nd, 2009
Ron Artest new focus? Cavaliers turn their attention to volatile veteran after Charlie Villanueva opts for deal with Pistons
INDEPENDENCE — In the wacky world of NBA free agency, Charlie Villanueva quickly went out of the picture, while the Cavaliers’ interest in veteran swingman Ron Artest started coming into focus. The colorful and often volatile Artest, who earned $7.4 million last season while playing for the Houston Rockets, is an unrestricted free agent with [...]
Another off night: After 14 losses in 17 games, Indians happy to finally get a day off
CLEVELAND — The off day today couldn’t come at a better time as far as the Indians are concerned. In the midst of one of their worst stretches of the season — and that’s saying something — the Indians are well on their way to producing a highly forgettable homestand after a 6-2 loss to [...]
Tribe notes: Site of Fausto Carmona’s next outing still up in the air, but it won’t be with the Indians
CLEVELAND — Fausto Carmona took another positive step, but it wasn’t a big enough one to return to the Indians rotation. Carmona, a former 19-game winner who was demoted to rookie ball in Goodyear, Ariz., after extended struggles on the big league level, worked his second straight impressive rehab appearance Tuesday — one run on [...]
Knights rally in ninth, falter in 10th in loss to Sliders
LORAIN — What started Wednesday night at The Pipe Yard as a starting pitchers’ duel turned into a game of whose bullpen could do its job. Despite a ninth-inning hiccup, the Slippery Rock Sliders’ relievers proved better equipped for the challenge. The NorthCoast Knights surrendered an early 3-0 lead only to send the game to [...]
High school volleyball: Oberlin hires Elyria grad as new coach
OBERLIN — Keith Jenkins is going to find out if you can, in fact, go home again. Jenkins is returning to the area from Tennessee to become the varsity volleyball coach at Oberlin High. An Elyria High graduate, Jenkins took Fairley High in Memphis from winless to the third round of postseason play last year. [...]
A relieved Andy Roddick makes first Wimbledon semifinal since 2005
WIMBLEDON, England — This one meant so much to Andy Roddick. Because of the stakes: a return to Wimbledon’s semifinals. Because of the opponent: 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt. And because of the circumstances: a five-set grind that began under a bright sun and concluded in shadows, 3 hours, 50 minutes later. When it was over, [...]
Grant comes through for Elyria to help ARNCO expand
ELYRIA — The city of Elyria secured a $580,000 state grant that it needed to help keep ARNCO Corp. from leaving the city. Awarded through the Ohio Department of Development, the grant will be used to demolish a building on the former Progressive Products site at 856 Garden St., one of the final obstacles to [...]
‘Iron Chef’ open for business in Avon Lake
AVON LAKE — Just two hours into its grand opening, about 100 people gathered in the lobby of Bar Symon. It was a two-hour wait for a table, but with celebrity chef and Cleveland’s resident foodie, Michael Symon, cooking in the kitchen, no one seemed to mind. “We’ve been to all his restaurants, so we [...]
Someone dumping trash in park in Lorain
LORAIN — An illegal dump site behind Riverside Drive in Lorain may lead to felony charges against those responsible for throwing everything from tires to household garbage over a cliff and into the Black River Metro Park Reservation, a part of the Lorain County Metro Parks system. Sheriff’s Capt. John Reiber said Wednesday the investigation [...]
Justice Center changes policy on police carrying guns
ELYRIA — A controversial policy that bars police officers not assigned to courthouse security from bringing their guns into the Lorain County Justice Center has been scrapped. A new policy that went into effect Wednesday now allows uniformed police officers entering the building on official business to continue to carry their firearms. It also allows [...]
Deal falls through to save St. Joseph Community Center
LORAIN — More than a year of looking for a way to keep St. Joseph Community Center open ended unsuccessfully Wednesday and may leave the city and the county holding the bag on more than $1 million in loans on a vacant building. Lorain County Commissioner Ted Kalo, Lorain Service Director Robert Gilchrist and Community [...]
Man guilty of forcing himself on girl
ELYRIA — A jury cleared Tyrone “T.C.” Price of rape charges Wednesday that could have sent him to prison for life, but Price could still get up to 20 years behind bars on the gross sexual imposition charges for which the jury did convict him. The 26-year-old Louisiana man was accused of forcing himself on [...]
Man’s cellmate takes the stand in murder trial
ELYRIA — Rennell Malone’s former cellmate said Wednesday during the second day of Malone’s murder trial that Malone had confessed to him that he killed Diane Utsey-Henderson. Malone, 47, has denied that he killed his 44-year-old ex-girlfriend by beating her and then stabbing her to death in June 2001 in her Amherst Avenue home in [...]
Water trail ready for paddlers
VERMILION — This week’s official opening of the 27-mile Vermilion-Lorain Water Trail — which stretches from the Vermilion River Reservation along the shoreline of Lake Erie to Lorain and up the Black River to Elyria — should thrill the state’s growing number of canoeists and kayakers. “Canoeing and kayaking is the fastest-growing segment of Ohio’s [...]
Fourth of July fireworks listing
Even though Elyria isn’t having a fireworks display this year in honor of Independence Day, there are others to attend in Lorain County over the holiday weekend. They are: Friday North Ridgeville Fireworks will begin at dusk at South Central Park. Saturday Avon A fireworks show will follow the Lake Erie Crushers game at All [...]
Baby sitter on trial for rape
ELYRIA — A 19-year-old Lorain man went on trial Wednesday on charges he forced himself on a 6-year-old girl last summer. Dennis Calhoun Jr. could get life in prison if convicted of the rape and gross sexual imposition charges. The alleged victim in the case, now 7, testified that Calhoun would take her into her [...]
Quaffers Cafe opens in Lorain City Hall
LORAIN — The smell of food wafted through Lorain City Hall again Wednesday as Quaffers Cafe opened for business on the ground floor. “The mayor came down this morning and welcomed us and bought a cheese danish,” co-owner Maria Silva said of Mayor Tony Krasienko’s visit. “It was our first dollar, and I’m going to [...]
Ex-cop says former girlfriend stole his washer, dryer
LORAIN — Former Lorain police Officer Corey Earl has accused his ex-girlfriend of stealing his washer and dryer from his Lorain apartment while he was hospitalized last May after suffering a series of strokes. The ex-girlfriend, Nadine Glass, obtained a civil stalking protection order against Earl, 47, last week. Glass, 38, has accused Earl, who [...]
Two Girl Scouts win Gold Award for their community service project
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — For Girl Scouts Morgan Rogers and Caitlyn Tipple, earning their Gold Award has been a project 10 years in the making. Morgan and Caitlyn, students at North Ridgeville High and good friends since joining the Scouts, decided to work together on their Gold Award project to build a two-mile walking and running [...]
North Ridgeville notebook: July 2, 2009
Corn Fest coming up Corn dogs, ears of corn, a corn-shucking contest and sack races will again be part of the 35th annual North Ridgeville Corn Festival set for Aug. 7 to 9 off Bainbridge Road and in South Central Park. To mark the anniversary of the event begun in 1974 — the city’s single [...]
North Ridgeville blotter: July 2, 2009
North Ridgeville police Saturday, June 20 8:41 p.m. — 9200 block of Root Road. Sandra J. Kinsinger, 47, of North Ridgeville, charged with not having a dog license or rabies vaccination after police said a neighbor reported being bitten by Kinsinger’s dog. Tuesday, June 23 9:18 a.m. — 35215 Center Ridge Road. Akin & Akin [...]
Obituaries for July 2, 2009
Francisco Gonzalez III Quntion Utsey Ryan G. Gosciejew Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://elyriachronicletelegram.oh.newsmemory.com