Archive for August, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: Elyria City Council Meeting
Watch live video of the Elyria Council Finance Committee’s Monday, Aug. 31, meeting. Video Stream is no long available.
Junior Fair livestock auction champion results
Lorain County Sheriff Phil Stammitti reset his own Lorain County Fair record for the grand champion single fryer rabbit. Stammitti paid $800 for Jacqueline Squires of Vermilion’s grand champion rabbit. The previous record price was $725, which Stammitti paid in 2004 for Greg Showalter’s rabbit. Here are the rest of the results for champion animals: [...]
Renegade Ohio ex-lawmaker to be freed Wednesday
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Renegade ex-congressman James A. Traficant Jr., who delighted in “Star Trek” references and polyester suits, is to be released Wednesday from a federal prison in Minnesota after serving seven years for corruption. The longtime Democratic lawmaker, now 68, will return to a hometown that has ample evidence of the federal aid [...]
Take survey and give your fair feedback
Visit the Lorain County Fair Web site, www.loraincountyfair.com, starting today to give your feedback on the 2009 Lorain County Fair. For the first time, the fair is conducting an online survey for fairgoers. “We’re looking for feedback to improve fairs in the future,” said Charisse Nikel, office manager for the Lorain County Fair. “We want [...]
Fair food: Wellington band doughnuts
Just about everyone I talked to at the fair told me I couldn’t leave without taking a dozen of the famous Wellington band doughnuts home with me. I decided I had to see what all the fuss was about. “Your doughnuts are legendary,” I greeted band director Toni Novotny when she emerged from the back [...]
Source: Browns lineman Tucker had knee surgery last week
Browns offensive lineman Ryan Tucker had arthroscopic knee surgery Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the situation. Arthroscopic surgery is usually performed to remove torn cartilage or scar tissue and isn’t nearly as serious as reconstructive surgery. The recovery time can be as short as two weeks, but it seems doubtful Tucker will be [...]
Slow year for fair sees 113,299 attend
Fair attendance for 2009 was down a little more than 7,000 people from last year but topped 2007 — just barely. A total of 113,299 people attended over the fair’s seven days. Last year saw 120,628 and 2007 saw 112,428. This year’s total is the second lowest since the fair began verifying attendance figures about [...]
Man trapped beneath cherry picker after semi crash
LORAIN – Two people were injured this morning after a semi loaded with coiled steel hit a cherry picker at East 28th Street and Seneca Avenue. Lorain fire Capt. Tom Sultzer said firefighters had to extricate a man from beneath the cherry picker after the 8:30 a.m. accident. That man was taken by helicopter to [...]
Chronicle to webcast city budget meeting
Tensions will likely run high at 6:30 tonight when the City Council Finance Committee meets and will hear Mayor Bill Grace outline a plan to keep the city’s general fund in the black for the remainder of the year. The meeting will be shown live via webcam on www.chroniclet.com. Running in the red by year’s [...]
VIDEO: Raucous, wildly popular demolition derby rounds out slow year for fair
WELLINGTON — Call it his swan song. After picking up his eighth title in 26 years of demo derbying, Henrietta Township native Chris Zurcher said it may be time for him to bow out. His was the last remaining car of more than 130 that participated in three heats and the feature, but Zurcher said [...]
Allen Memorial Art Museum to close for renovations
OBERLIN – Around the end of the year, the exhibition lights will be turned off at the Allen Memorial Art Museum for a $10 million renovation of its mechanical systems. It won’t reopen for more than a year, which pains art enthusiasts such as William Curry. “I’m quite sad,” Curry said during a visit to [...]
Blotter: Aug. 31, 2009
Elyria police Friday, Aug. 28 11 a.m. – A woman came to the lobby to report someone who’d bought a necklace she’d advertised on craigslist.org sent her a cashier’s check for $3,650 more than the bid price, asked her to cash the check and wire him the $3,650 difference because he was out of the [...]
Roundup: Aug. 31, 2009
Couple buys senior housing facility LORAIN – The Firelands Retirement Center Apartments are under new ownership. Ken Humbard and Kathy Burkin-Humbard of Fremont recently purchased the HUD Section 8 residence, which rents to low-income elderly residents. The facility has 77 apartments, and many have been renovated and include new carpeting and appliances. Immediate plans by [...]
Obituaries for Aug. 31, 2009
Kenneth E. Marshall Sharrene G. Buga Lyle Witherell Virginia Dunstan Ruth M. Mulica Janet M. Serfozo Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
High school volleyball: Coach Whitsel, daughters sparking Brookside
A coach who coaches his or her own child is always in a delicate situation. There are, however, always conditions that can ease the sensitivity. Winning, of course, is a wonderful way to defuse any tension. It’s even better when the program in question never had a whole lot of success before the coach and [...]
Fulton sparks Westlake past Avon Lake in girls soccer showdown
CLEVELAND — Someone said Sunday afternoon that Julia Fulton has spent hour after hour practicing her left-footed shot in the backyard. Fulton, a senior midfielder on Westlake’s girls soccer team, denied it steadfastly. She called the information “erroneous.” Erroneous information or not, Fulton put a left-footer into the Avon Lake net for what became the [...]
Petrak: Quinn should be Browns’ QB
It’s time. While I highly doubt Browns coach Eric Mangini will end the suspense and announce his starting quarterback today, he should. The regular season is less than two weeks away, the Browns have only two practices this week and the goal of the preseason finale is to not get anyone hurt. So the quarterback [...]
Browns’ OL Tucker has knee surgery
Browns offensive lineman Ryan Tucker had arthroscopic knee surgery Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the situation. Arthroscopic surgery is usually performed to remove torn cartilage or scar tissue and isn’t nearly as serious as reconstructive surgery. The recovery time can be as short as two weeks, but it seems doubtful Tucker will be [...]
Orioles 5, Indians 2: Rookie pitcher Matusz blasts Indians
BALTIMORE — Brian Matusz was perplexed. Sure, pitching in the big leagues is supposed to be tough, yet the Baltimore Orioles rookie refused to believe the step up in competition was the sole explanation for his 6.46 ERA. A film study and a mental journey to a happier time provided the answer, and the results [...]
Fair food: Italian meatball sandwich
Well, it’s been a while since I posted on the fair food I’d been checking out, but, trust me, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been eating. A couple days ago some perfectly innocent — and I’m sure perfectly delicious — fried green tomatoes put me over the edge. I just happened to be eating these [...]
Avon / Avon Lake blotter: Aug. 31, 2009
Avon police Friday, Aug. 7 5 p.m. — 3700 block Stoney Ridge Road, PlayStation 3, four video games and $200 stolen in home burglary. Friday, Aug. 14 4:39 p.m. — Wal-Mart, Andrew Shoemaker, 23, Sheffield Lake, charged with theft of Xbox 360 accessories and possession of marijuana. 7:45 p.m. —Kohl’s, Melissa Studebaker, 37, Elyria, charged [...]
Avon / Avon Lake notebook: Aug. 31, 2009
Greyhound fundraiser AVON — Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie … and greyhounds? The North Coast Greyhound Connection & Adoption of Ohio is sponsoring a fundraiser by offering tickets for the Lake Erie Crushers game at 7:05 p.m. Sept. 5 at All Pro Freight Stadium. Tickets for the game are $6 for general admission and $9 [...]
Commissioners ‘getting the word out’ on tax hike
ELYRIA – The Lorain County commissioners and other supporters of a sales tax hike that went into effect in April have launched a campaign to convince voters to make the increase permanent when the issue goes to the ballot in November. A campaign committee has been formed, and fliers explaining the commissioners’ reasons for imposing [...]
4-Hers’ steers earn big bucks at auction
WELLINGTON – 4-Hers paraded their steers Saturday afternoon during the market steer auction and hoped to see their college accounts grow. Lamar Horton, 12, of Grafton, had the Grand Champion Dairy Beef Cross, which weighed in at 1,363 pounds and sold for $2.20 per pound – 35 cents shy of a fair record. That’s $2,998.60 [...]
Blotter: Aug. 30, 2009
County sheriff Thursday, Aug. 13 12:45 a.m. – 50200 block Austin Road, Camden Township, a man reported that someone in a truck parked next to his pole building with its lights off drove off when he went to investigate noise he heard. He also told deputies an unknown man ran out of the building into [...]