Archive for July 11th, 2009
Happy together: Anderson Varejao doesn’t want to play for anyone else, which suits the Cavaliers just fine
Brian Dulik The Chronicle-Telegram INDEPENDENCE — Anderson Varejao is a naturally upbeat person, as anyone who has watched him play power forward for the Cavaliers can attest. His grin, though, was a little wider and his eyes a little brighter than usual Friday afternoon — despite having taken an all-night flight from South America. Varejao [...]
Familiar story: Indians ace Cliff Lee has another solid outing, but gets no run support in loss to Tigers
DETROIT — Edwin Jackson tuned up for his first All-Star game with another strong outing for the Detroit Tigers. Jackson pitched seven sharp innings to help the Tigers beat Cliff Lee and the Cleveland Indians 5-1 on Friday night. Marcus Thames hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning for Detroit, which has won three [...]
Plenty of reasons for Crushers loss to Rascals
AVON — Erratic pitching, inconsistency at the plate, wild pitches, passed balls and errors all cost Lake Erie on Friday night, but the Crushers really couldn’t pinpoint a major reason for their 8-6 loss to the River City Rascals at All Pro Freight Stadium. Manager John Massarelli didn’t have any problems with his team’s offensive [...]
No Big Unit? No-no problem: Giants’ Jonathan Sanchez throws first no-hitter of season
SAN FRANCISCO — Jonathan Sanchez, an unlikely candidate, pitched the majors’ first no-hitter this season Friday night, dominating the San Diego Padres with an array of pitches in the San Francisco Giants’ 8-0 victory. The 26-year-old left-hander returned to the rotation after a nearly three-week demotion to the bullpen — and he only got the [...]
Softball notes: Nitros’ season just perfect so far
When Mike Beetler said his Amherst Sliman’s Nitros have been focused this season, he wasn’t kidding. The Nitros wrapped up an OGSO Class B district championship Wednesday night and carry an undefeated record into the state quarterfinals next Saturday in Lordstown. “They came in, they were focused and they had goals to prove as individuals [...]
Westlake’s Kevin Houser takes cash hit: Ex-Saint among those who lost money on film studio investment
NEW ORLEANS — Former Westlake High and Ohio State football star Kevin Houser is among a group of current and former New Orleans Saints that is out nearly $1.9 million after the head of a Louisiana movie studio failed to repay the players’ investment in the studio. The studio head says he intends to repay [...]
Man accused in murder leaves town
LORAIN – A Lorain man who saw murder charges dropped against him Thursday has left town, fearing for his safety, his attorney said. Mike Duff declined to say where Marlo Sanford, 20, has gone. Sanford had been accused in the June 22 shooting of 16-year-old Christopher Hill, who was shot as he sat in a [...]
City drops house upkeep charge against lawyer
ELYRIA – The city has dropped a misdemeanor charge accusing Lorain defense attorney Mike Duff of failing to maintain a Woodland Avenue home he owns. Duff was given the property at 519 Woodland Ave. as payment for defending its former owner, Paul Hashman, against attempted murder and felonious assault charges for shooting his neighbor. Hashman, [...]
Avon Lake man sentenced to two years for role in burglary
An Avon Lake man was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for his role in a North Royalton burglary last year that ended with the house being blown up. Robert Rothrock, who turns 47 today, was found guilty of burglary by a Cuyahoga County jury last month but was cleared of arson and possession [...]
Grafton vies for a stop on the passenger train route 3-C
GRAFTON – The 3-C corridor – the proposed passenger train route between Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati – should include a stop in Grafton, according to a communitywide coalition including village officials and Joe Filipiak, chairman of Grafton Railroad Historical Society. Grafton is easily accessible to major highways and is close to Oberlin College and prisons [...]
Electric co-op schedules annual meeting for July 21
WELLINGTON – Climate change legislation and the cost of energy will be the hot topics at the Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative annual meeting on July 21 at the Lorain County Fairgrounds. The get-together – which includes free dinner to members – includes entertainment and a business meeting. A crowd of more than 2,000 members and [...]
Durling eighth-grader chosen to attend leadership forum
LORAIN - Kaelyn Brown, 13, is looking forward to next year when she’ll be making her first trip to Washington, D.C. The Durling Middle School eighth-grader was recently selected by her principal, Jerome Davis, to attend the People to People World Leadership Forum in Washington March 22 to 27. Kaelyn was chosen as a forum [...]
Lorain/Sheffield/Sheffield Lake notebook: July 11, 2009
Lorain educators honored Lorain Schools held its first excellence awards ceremony at the end of the school year and Stacey Vore, Lorain Southview High School, was named District Teacher of the Year. Vore will represent the district at the state level. The following teachers also received awards recognition: Head Coach of the Year – Pam [...]
State budget deal reached
COLUMBUS — Gov. Ted Strickland will authorize racetrack slots by executive order and lawmakers will provide him legal protection under a stalemate-ending budget compromise struck Friday. The order is the linchpin of a compromise with Senate Republicans, who have in turn agreed to include language in the $54 billion, two-year state budget that clarifies that [...]
Local representatives vow to speed through payments for child care
ELYRIA — Low-income parents who depend on publicly funded child care breathed a sigh of relief after Democratic and Republican legislative leaders broke a state budget stalemate Friday afternoon. “That sounds great!” said Erin Day, who depends on All-Aboard child care center in Columbia Township for care of her 14-month-old daughter, Aaliyah. Day, 23, of [...]
Victim in Carlisle Township fire dies
CARLISLE TWP. — A 20-year-old man burned in a fire this week died at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland on Thursday night, where he’d been in a medically induced coma since the fire. Troy Piroch, 2021 West River Road, was found sitting between his home and a neighbor’s house around noon Wednesday with burns. Neighbors [...]
Lorain police officer disciplined
LORAIN — A Lorain police officer was briefly suspended and his duties limited while his superiors investigate allegations involving a “personal issue” with a police dispatcher. Lorain police Capt. William Engle said that Officer Zachary Iannantuono will also have to complete a “fitness for duty review” before he is allowed to return to patrolling. Engle [...]
Elyria Schools sued over EHS project
ELYRIA — A subcontractor contends that it performed nearly $425,000 worth of work on the new Elyria High School but hasn’t received a dime for its effort. Sitetech, a Grafton-based excavation company specializing in commercial, industrial, athletic and municipal site work, filed a lawsuit Friday in Lorain County Common Pleas Court against Energy America Geothermal, [...]
BLOTTER: July 11, 2009
Lorain police Thursday, July 9 11:40 a.m. – A woman reported the mother of her boyfriend is harassing her and threatening her because the boyfriend was arrested for hitting the girlfriend. 12:45 p.m. – 900 block W. 17th St., a woman reported she saw a man take what looked like a shotgun out of brush [...]
Obituaries: July 11, 2009
Eugene F. Dvorak Harry F. Debevec Edward T. Shepherd Robert John Wuensch Fred Chaney Hickman Emma Lee Mitchell Beulah Mae Rucker Richard C. Mongello Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://elyriachronicletelegram.oh.newsmemory.com