Archive for July, 2009
Mariners 5, Indians 3: Indians hit road after losing 3 of 4 to Mariners
CLEVELAND — The best thing that can be said about the Indians’ homestand to open the second half of the season is that it was brief. Looking pretty much like the team that owned the American League’s worst record at the All-Star break, the Indians dropped three of four games to the Mariners — the [...]
Oberlin on track for 4th straight OGSO state title
LORDSTOWN — Only one area team remains in the OGSO state tournament, and the survivor is no surprise. Oberlin’s undefeated Ohio Action Images, which has won state titles the last three summers, hung on for a 3-0 Class D semifinal victory over South Amherst on Sunday. The Oberlin girls get a shot at their fourth [...]
NR Rockers roll to win Class G Hot Stove title game
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Ten champions were crowned in Classes H, G and F as the Lorain district portion of the Ohio Hot Stove tournament continued Sunday. Each of the 10 champions advances to a regional semifinal, beginning Saturday. In addition, five teams in Classes EE and E won first-round regional games and advanced to regional [...]
Knights walk off with a win
LORAIN — NorthCoast Knights catcher Kevin Roundtree wasn’t too proud to admit just how dominating Quincy Gems starter Richie Derbak was at The Pipe Yard on Sunday. “He made me look like a fool,” said Roundtree, a rising sophomore at the University of Southern California who struck out and popped up to short in his [...]
Cavs give Moon offer sheet
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers’ basketball galaxy features two huge stars, but is still missing a moon. Perhaps not for long. Cleveland has signed Miami restricted free agent Jamario Moon — one of the NBA’s highest-flying forwards — to a two-year offer sheet, Heat officials confirmed Sunday to The Associated Press. Miami is expected to formally [...]
PHOTO SLIDESHOW: Hamilton family is home at last
GRAFTON TWP. — The Hamilton family is home. After a fire destroyed the house on Oct. 30, 2005, Duane and Cheryl Hamilton and their six children were left homeless. For the first time in three and a half years, the Hamiltons was able to sleep in their own beds last night in their six-bedroom, four-bathroom, [...]
Boy barely hurt after terrifying plunge down Cascade Park embankment
ELYRIA — A 10-year-old boy who fell down a 45-foot embankment into Cascade Park was released from the hospital Sunday with only scrapes and soreness. The boy, Darrian, was in the back of a baby sitter’s home on Parkview Court when he began to climb down the embankment Saturday afternoon. “I was climbing down and [...]
82 kids and teens fill cast of Lorain Youth Theater’s ‘Peter Pan’
LORAIN — While only Peter Pan and a few others will actually be zooming through the air during the Lorain Youth Theater’s performance of “Peter Pan” this weekend, director Valerie Farschman says everyone in attendance will be soaring out of the theater. “Not only will the kids who are wired be flying, people will probably [...]
Off-duty cop on scooter says driver made threat
LORAIN — An off-duty Elyria police officer said he was shoved in the chest by the driver of another vehicle who said he was driving too slow. Hetzel See, 47, told police he was driving motor scooters with his family July 12 west on Cooper Foster Park Road when a Ford Focus raced up behind [...]
Police log for July 20, 2009
Elyria police Thursday, July 16 5:49 p.m. – Harry Buffalo, Midway Mall, a car window broken theft and of $400 GPS unit and $800 set of golf clubs. 11: 30 p.m. – Infirmary Road, Larry Murray, 41, Elyria, charged with drug abuse and possession of drug abuse paraphernalia. 11:34 p.m. – state Route 113 and [...]
Saddle Club rides on with Hay Day for the disabled
Balance, trust and responsibility are just a few of the things that children and adults with disabilities might get out of “Hay Day,” a family event coming to Avon Lake in September. The Avon Lake Saddle Club, which began in the late 1960s, will be holding its third annual Hay Day 10 a.m. to 2 [...]
Avon & Avon Lake notebook: July 20, 2009
Avon Lake looking for volunteers The Avon Lake Public Service Committee is seeking volunteers to contribute to a Renewable Energy Taskforce. The new organization will evaluate renewable energy plans for the city and review wind and solar developer proposals that the committee will recommend to City Council for implementation. Qualified candidates are those who have [...]
Avon police log: July 20, 2009
Avon police Thursday, July 9 9 p.m. — 2900 block Creekview Lane, vehicle spray painted black on trunk lid. Sunday, July 12 2:41 a.m. — 37500 block N. Doovys St., Nicholas Bommer, 20, 100 block Shakespeare Lane, charged with DUI. 8:59 a.m. — 37200 block Detroit Road, mail box damaged. 3:27 p.m. — 1500 block [...]
Avon & Avon Lake calendar: July 20, 2009
Today Live entertainment, 2 p.m. at Avenue Assisted Living, 400 Community Drive, Avon Lake. John Kowalski will present an afternoon of singing and fun. For reservations, call (440) 930-6700. Tuesday & Thursday Baby-sitting basics, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Avon Lake Public Library, 32649 Electric Blvd. The Lorain County Chapter of the American Red [...]
Obituaries for July 20, 2009
Ethel C. Kannenberg Virginia Marie Urban-Edwards William T. Simmons Robert Steffen Rita Malensky Robert Ernest Gerber Ethel V. “Bunt” Larkins-Hale-Blackwell Andy J. Higgins Scott A. Forthofer Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Forever young? Tom Watson, age 59, leads British Open by a stroke with 18 holes left to make history
TURNBERRY, Scotland – Tom Watson took three practice swings without a club in his hand, then looked toward the green and pictured the shot he needed to play. Standing on the edge of the fairway, a marshal who had seen Watson work his magic at Turnberry for three decades whispered in his thick Scottish brogue, [...]
Mariners 3, Indians 1: Ohka OK, but support lacking
CLEVELAND – With their pitching rotation in tatters, the Indians were hoping for a big game out of starter Tomo Ohka against the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night. Ohka gave up just four hits through seven innings, but one of those hits was a two-run home run by former Indian Franklin Gutierrez, which sparked the [...]
Chris Assenheimer: Chris-tal ball sees Yankees over Phillies in World Series
We’re into the first week of the second half, and nothing has been decided in the American League, where the largest division lead belonged to the Boston Red Sox – three games over the second-place Yankees in the East through Friday. The National League division races are pretty much unresolved as well, with the Dodgers’ [...]
Tribe notes: Could Carmona be back this week?
CLEVELAND - The Indians had an ominous “TBD” under their half of the probable pitchers for Thursday’s game at Toronto in Saturday night’s game notes. They are expected to possibly have David Huff or Fausto Carmona in the lineup for that start, but will again need a starter for Saturday’s game in Seattle. “We’re just [...]
OGSO state tournament: Five area teams advance
LORDSTOWN – Grafton’s little girls and Oberlin’s big kids dominated their quarterfinal games as the OGSO state tournament got under way Saturday morning at Lordstown Village Park. H&R Block of Grafton and Oberlin’s Ohio Action Images posted 8-0 victories in Classes A and D, respectively, and move on to the semifinal round this afternoon. Both [...]
Little League Seniors: Joe Voelz drives in five to lead Elyria Northwest to district title
ELYRIA – After scoring just two runs in the first game of the best-of-three Seniors Little League district championship series, Elyria NorthWest brought out their bats and pounded Elyria East with a mercy-rule 19-6 win at West Park on Saturday. Leading the attack was left fielder Joe Voelz with a two-run home run and a [...]
Hot Stove baseball: Seven RBIs simply heaven for Devin Cunningham, who leads Miller Farms over Columbia
Matt Florjancic Devin Cunningham had a game he and his Valley City Miller Farms teammates will remember for a long time on Saturday. It was also a game Columbia Morton’s Landscaping would like to forget. Cunningham drove in seven runs in a 14-7 win over Columbia in Class F (ages 13-14) Hot Stove district tournament [...]
Gems 5, Knights 4: Calls questioned in close loss
LORAIN – Knights manager Andy Jarvis didn’t want to start blaming the umpires for his team’s 5-4 loss to Quincy on Saturday night at The Pipe Yard. However, the more he talked, the more he started to. “I’m not going ever blame anything on an umpire, but the guy who was picked off of second [...]
Corrections for July 19, 2009
Zoe Beetler’s name was misspelled in a story in Saturday’s sports section. Beetler is a pitcher for Amherst Sliman’s in the Ohio Girls Softball Organization.
Consultant’s report: Elyria fire chief not ready to lead
ELYRIA — Civil Service Commission rules are tying the hands of city officials, making it impossible to change patterns of poor leadership in the Elyria Fire Department, according to the report produced by the McGrath Consulting Group. Therefore, newly promoted Fire Chief Richard Benton – a “nice individual who has little experience in dealing with [...]