Archive for July, 2009
JUST RELEASED: Lorain County unemployment up slightly
Lorain County’s jobless rate is up slightly, 11.5 percent in June compared to 11.4 percent in May, according to figures released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. In Elyria, unemployment was actually down slightly, 11.9 percent in June versus 12 percent in May. The city of Lorain saw an increase in [...]
TNBA on way to another girls basketball title
AVON — What could be better than winning a national championship? Easy … winning two national championships. That’s the answer coach Kevin McNamara and his TNBA West Elite 15U team can give after defending their USSSA basketball national title in Tampa, Fla., earlier this month. “The nice thing about (the titles) is that I had [...]
Tribe’s Huff showing positive signs after tough start
CLEVELAND — It’s been on-the-job training this season for the youngest member of the Indians rotation, 24-year-old left-hander David Huff. So far, the San Diego Calif., native, hasn’t been laid off, producing results that are typical of a young pitcher who has been forced to the big leagues prematurely. “I think he’s going through everything [...]
Amherst graduate soaring with Knights
LORAIN — When Amherst graduate Evan Melendez signed up to be a part of the NorthCoast Knights, he had no idea the Prospect League had an All-Star game, let alone a home run derby. He also didn’t hold visions of grandeur about the possibility of taking part in not just one, but both of the [...]
Cavs tickets going paperless at Q
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers will expand paperless ticketing to all seats and events at Quicken Loans Arena beginning in October, dropping use of Ticketmaster four months after a settlement was reached with the ticketing giant to end a lawsuit. The club announced Monday that Veritix’s Flash Seats paperless ticketing technology will be used for [...]
New TV show: Shaq vs. world’s best
CLEVELAND — Shaquille O’Neal would deluge Michael Phelps in a cannonball competition. What about a race across the pool? We’ll see. The NBA superstar will star in “Shaq Vs.,” a TV series where the 15-time All-Star center will challenge top athletes in their respective sports. During one episode, which debuts Aug. 18 on ABC, Shaq [...]
Old Grafton mill finally comes down
GRAFTON — It took several days to happen, but a sizable chunk of an old flour mill at Town and Country Co-op tumbled to the ground Monday afternoon. A crowd oohed and ahhed including 13-year-old Shaun McBennett, who had predicted the front of the building “would come down hard.” Shaun, of Clearwater, Fla., is visiting [...]
Strickland promises fairer school funding is on the way
ELYRIA — Gov. Ted Strickland told a group of teachers and school administrators Monday that education in Ohio is going to change. Those changes won’t materialize overnight, Strickland said during an appearance at Elyria High School, but as they’re rolled out over the next 10 years, the governor said, they will improve education and address [...]
Man still wants school policy on pledge
OBERLIN — Pledge of Allegiance proponent Shawn Marcin is still asking the Oberlin school board to pass a pledge policy, saying an amendment in the state budget bill does not settle the issue once and for all about whether the pledge will be said in the schools. The amendment states that decisions about the pledge [...]
Police log for July 21, 2009
Elyria police Sunday, July 19 11:41 a.m. — Apples Grocery Store, Madeleine Maier, 31, 500 block S. Abbe Road, charged with theft of Pop Tarts, tuna, cheese and salmon filets. 5:28 p.m. — 500 block Georgetown Ave., miscellaneous change stolen during home burglary. 6:29 p.m. — 400 block Courtland St., bicycle stolen from garage. 8:57 [...]
Lorain City Council delays blight vote
LORAIN — City Council declined to vote Monday night on legislation for an urban renewal area. Council members were expected to decide whether downtown property along Broadway and the Black River would be included in the urban renewal area. Councilwoman Melanie Szabo, I-1st Ward, said after the meeting Council wanted to wait until AMCOR meets [...]
Lorain mayor defends trip to China
LORAIN — Mayor Tony Krasienko Monday defended his recent trip to China as a first step in bringing foreign investment to Lorain. Some have been critical of Krasienko’s trip and his decision to charge his $1,200 airplane ticket to the city. While some claim his trip was a taxpayer-paid vacation, Krasienko said the trip was [...]
Record still stands, divers vow they’ll return
ELYRIA — They came, they saw, they didn’t quite break the record. About 13 Lorain County residents were part of a massive effort Saturday at Gilboa Quarry near Findlay to break the Guinness world record for most divers submerged at one time. Only 794 people participated, short of the 958 people who submerged themselves for [...]
Rail boosters meet in Grafton
GRAFTON — The trip from Cleveland to Columbus can be grueling, especially during rush hour. Juan Ogrodnik, of Elyria, has a son who attends The Ohio State University and has been stuck in traffic on Interstate 71 for more than five hours on two occasions when going to visit him. “It’s really a nightmare,” he [...]
Court sides with Oberlin Schools over superintendent’s evaluations
ELYRIA — An appeals court has sided with the Oberlin Schools in a fight over whether the district has to release preliminary evaluations of Superintendent Geoffrey Andrews. Shirley R. Johnson, a public records activist, requested the preliminary evaluation forms completed by school board members last year, arguing that they were a public record. The district [...]
South Amherst writer a winner for comic book
SOUTH AMHERST — It was more than a little fitting that Michael San Giacomo was showing some relatives the newly refurbished Cleveland home of “Superman” co-creator Jerry Siegel when he got a phone call from a reporter wanting to talk about his “Tales of the Starlight Drive-In” bagging top honors in the Comics Buyer’s Guide [...]
Amherst & Vermilion notebook: July 21, 2009
Vermilion officials hold meeting on bus service Vermilion Mayor Jean Anderson will hold a another public hearing from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday to gauge interest in a circulator bus serving major points in the downtown area and throughout the city. The session, held at Kingston of Vermilion retirement community at 4210 Telegraph Lane, will [...]
Amherst & Vermilion police log: July 21, 2009
Amherst police Tuesday, July 13 11:01 a.m. — Church Street at Cleveland Avenue. A 14-year-old boy cited for lack of bicycle lights after police saw him ride through a red light at the downtown intersection. Wednesday, July 15 3:19 p.m. — Dollar Tree Store, 2249 Kresge Drive. Daniel Rosemark cited for disorderly conduct after police [...]
Amherst & Vermilion calendar: July 21, 2009
Monday Amherst Public Library Board of Trustees meet at 6 p.m. at the library, 221 Spring St. July 28 Child immunization clinic, 1:30 to 4 p.m. at Amherst VFW, 165 Cleveland St., Amherst, for families with children age birth to 18 years of age. There is a fee for each immunization. However no one will [...]
Obituaries for July 21, 2009
Leon Hogg Mabel L. Fitzpatrick Andy J. Higgins Rita Malensky Eileen L. Lampen Geri Lynn Williams Pishner Robert J. Steffen Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
BREAKING NEWS: Gov. Strickland touts education plan at Elyria High
ELYRIA — Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland was in Lorain County this afternoon, visiting Elyria High School and talking to a group of about 30 teachers and administrators in the school’s media room. Strickland was in town as part of a tour of Ohio schools, where he has been discussing the education reform plan included in [...]
Chroniclet.com back up after technical problems this morning
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BREAKING NEWS: Grafton landmark meets the wrecking ball
GRAFTON — A historic Grafton building that crews have been working for weeks to bring down is meeting the wrecking ball right now, according to Chronicle-Telegram photographer Bruce Bishop, who is on the scene. The 1920s-era concrete building once housed flour mills for Sunshine Biscuits and more recently housed the Grafton grain location of Town [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Mother, father and son help police chase down robber
ELYRIA TOWNSHIP — A man allegedly breaking into cars this morning along Lake Avenue didn’t get very far, thanks to one very alert and very determined Elyria Township family. About 8:15 a.m. Ann Gerhart spotted a man breaking into a car in the driveway of a neighbor’s house across the street. She immediately called 911, [...]
Residents forced from home, 2 firefighters hurt after Lorain fire
LORAIN — A fire late last night forced a South Lorain man and his mother from their home and resulted in minor injuries to two firefighters. The home, 1829 E. 36th Street, was fully engulfed in smoke and flames when the Lorain Fire Department arrived at 11:45 Sunday night, according to fire Capt. Jeff Fenn. [...]