Archive for July, 2009
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
400,000 homeless after earthquake in mountainous region of China
BEIJING — More than 400,000 people need to be relocated after an earthquake rocked southwestern China, destroying thousands of homes, state media said today. Thursday’s magnitude-6.0 temblor, centered in Yunnan province’s Yao’an county, killed one person and injured 325 others, 24 seriously, the Xinhua News Agency said. Nine aftershocks have followed the quake, with the [...]
Indians 10, White Sox 8: Shoppach connects, Wood finally comes through
CHICAGO — On his last visit to Chicago, Kerry Wood was a two-time loser. So he enjoyed coming back to his old hometown and succeeding — even if he had to do a little extra. A one-time Cubs phenom who blew two consecutive games against his former club last month, Wood earned his first four-out [...]
Browns rank low, just don’t tell fans — Scott Petrak
ESPN The Magazine just came out with a ranking of all 122 franchises in the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB. The overall criterion: how much teams give back to fans for all the emotion, money and time fans invest. The Browns rank … drumroll, please … No. 114. I know what you’re thinking. Yes, there [...]
Loyalty pays for Cavaliers’ Varejao
CLEVELAND — Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess set the financial bar for power forwards, then Anderson Varejao soared right over it. In a depressed market for free agents, Varejao cashed in big with a six-year, $42.5 million contract from the Cavaliers. The mop-topped Brazilian will be in town today to sign the deal, which runs [...]
Ohio may defy order to change softball pitching distance
After more than 10 years of debate and speculation, the high school softball pitching distance will move from 40 to 43 feet by 2011. Or will it? The National Federation of State High School Associations, of which the OHSAA is a member, says it will. The OHSAA and the state coaches association say maybe not [...]
Columbia, Spencer roll to Class C OGSO district titles
WELLINGTON — Christine Lyzen pitches sparingly but effectively for Columbia’s Class C softball team. The smoke-throwing ninth-grader, whose fastball has been clocked at 64 mph, struck out 13 Wellington Lightning batters Thursday night and pitched a one-hitter in a 9-3 victory. The win, Lyzen’s fifth of the season, secured a Lorain-Medina OGSO district championship and [...]
Grizzlies 10, Crushers 7: Final rally falls short
AVON — Trailing by one in the bottom of the ninth and stranding 11 runners on base through eight, the Lake Erie Crushers had a batter get hit, had an infield pop fly dropped, had an infield single and won a play at the plate Thursday night. Thanks to that bizarre turn of events, the [...]
Murder charge dropped, but Lorain man still a suspect
LORAIN — Prosecutors on Thursday dropped a murder charge against Marlo Sanford, who had been accused of gunning down 16-year-old Christopher Hill last month. However, Lorain police Sgt. Mark Carpentiere said Sanford remains a suspect in Hill’s death. “We had witnesses come forward, but they’ve refused to testify to the grand jury,” he said. Sanford, [...]
State stops payments to child care providers
ELYRIA — Child care provider Chris St. Peter was stunned when she received a letter this week saying the state has no money to pay her for taking care of children of low-income parents in June. “To be honest, I threw up,” St. Peter said. “My husband works at Invacare, but this money (from child [...]
Transit cuts approved by Lorain County commissioners
ELYRIA — There still won’t be Sunday bus service, but bare-bones Saturday service survived additional cuts to Lorain County Transit approved Thursday by county commissioners. The transit cuts were less severe than feared two weeks ago, when officials were discussing dealing with an $880,000 shortfall in LCT’s budget. That changed when President Barack Obama signed [...]
Police seize crack, guns within reach of kids; Lorain man charged
LORAIN — When Lorain police raided the home of a 27-year-old Lorain father Thursday, they found a loaded gun and crack cocaine within easy reach of the man’s two young children, officials said. Levi Springer Jr., of the 1500 block of West 24th Street, was charged with possession of crack cocaine, trafficking in crack cocaine, [...]
Amherst Schools, teachers reach deal
AMHERST — The Amherst school board and teacher’s union came to terms on a new contract that will save the district about $400,000 for the 2009-10 school year. The contract enacts a wage freeze on base salaries for teachers and raises the cost of co-pays for their prescriptions and doctors visits about $10. The health [...]
Police log for July 10, 2009
Lorain police Wednesday, July 8 10:53 a.m. — 2300 block Livingston Ave., Narrvin Jewells, 47, of Lorain, charged with breaking and entering, resisting arrest and possession of criminal tools after witnesses told police Jewells and another man broke two windows on a vacant house and fled when neighbors called police. Jewells has a prior 1986 [...]
Corrections for July 10, 2009
Jody McKinney’s driver’s license was suspended for 50 years. He was fined $10,000 and ordered to pay the family of the woman he killed in a motorcycle crash $5,200 in restitution. The information was incorrect in a story Thursday. Grafton H&R Block’s Lauren Landers struck out 14 and hurled a three-hitter in a 12-4 win [...]
Local roundup for July 10, 2009
Buy Crusher tickers, help Big Brothers AVON — Big Brothers Big Sisters is sponsoring a day at the ballpark on Sunday during the 5 p.m. game between the Lake Erie Crushers and River City Rascals at All Pro Freight Stadium in Avon. If ticket vouchers are purchased ahead of time, proceeds will be donated to [...]
Neglected Grafton Township animals improving
GRAFTON TWP. — The starving mare and steer calf rescued Wednesday from a barn containing dead animals were able to stand and eat on their own Thursday with a little coaxing. Both animals were extremely dehydrated and hungry, according to caretakers. Watch video of the animals’ rescue. The mare drank 25 to 30 gallons of [...]
Former Lorain officer Earl, ex OK restraining orders
ELYRIA — Former Lorain police Officer Corey Earl and his ex-girlfriend agreed Thursday to mutual civil protection orders that will require them to stay at least 500 feet away from each other. Nadine Glass had obtained a temporary civil stalking protection order last month after reporting months of harassment by Earl, who has denied any [...]
Gambling interests swarm Ohio statehouse
COLUMBUS — As state leaders previously opposed to gambling struggled to balance an ailing state budget, lobbyists representing gambling interests swarmed the Ohio Statehouse promising that money from their devices would help plug the deficit. Legislative records reviewed by the Associated Press show racetracks, lottery vendors, casino developers, bowling alleys and tavern game operators all [...]
Burned Carlisle Township man in critical condition
CARLISLE TWP. — A 20-year-old man burned in a fire Wednesday has been placed in a medically induced coma at a Cleveland hospital. Troy Piroch, 2021 West River Road, Carlisle Township, was listed in critical condition at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, a hospital spokesperson said. The cause of the fire that injured Piroch, who [...]
94-year-old Lorain woman killed in crash
LORAIN — A 94-year-old Lorain woman was killed Tuesday when the minivan she was a passenger in was struck by another vehicle on Kolbe Road. Louise Battistelli was taken to Community Regional Medical Center and then flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, where she died. Battistelli was riding in a minivan driven by Elizabeth [...]
Keystone grad flies into a new career
Matt Botos’ hobby of piloting remote-controlled airplanes and helicopters, which morphed into a career, has now won him a measure of fame, as he was featured in the March issue of RC Heli Magazine. Botos — a 1991 graduate of Keystone High School — began flying remote control airplanes with his father, David Botos, when [...]
Grafton, LaGrange & Columbia Station notebook: July 10, 2009
Columbia Chamber meeting The Columbia Chamber of Commerce will hold a general membership meeting 6 p.m. Wednesday at Columbia Hills Country Club, 16200 East River Road (proper business casual dress — no jeans). Dinner is at 6 p.m., and at 6:45 p.m., the guest speaker, Lynne Lisner with Visit Lorain County, will give a presentation. [...]
Grafton & LaGrange calendar: July 10, 2009
Saturday Standard first aid, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Lorain County Chapter of the American Red Cross offices, 2929 West River Road N., Elyria, adult CPR is also included. A certificate good for one year will be issued upon successful completion of the course. For information, call (440) 324-2929. Adult CPR, 9 a.m. to 1 [...]