Archive for August, 2009
Avon mail routes altered
AVON — Avon residents are likely to notice a change in the time their mail is delivered beginning today. As part of a national effort to stem financial losses due to lower mail volume, the Avon post office is changing its routes. Portions of some routes will be consumed by other routes, which means residents [...]
Elyria’s Club 57 closes for good
ELYRIA — The music and dancing have stopped at Club 57. The controversial strip club closed Saturday as part of an agreement owner David Shapiro reached with city officials to stop the city’s efforts to have him held in contempt of court for allegedly allowing strippers to expose more of themselves than a judge’s order [...]
Job and Family Services expects 10-15 job cuts
About 10 to 15 child support enforcement workers at the Lorain County Department of Job and Family Services could lose their jobs because of an expected cutback of some $420,000 in state funding. The budget bill passed last month by the Ohio Assembly and signed by Gov. Ted Strickland allocated $20.7 million for child support [...]
2009 back-to-school dates
Amherst: Aug. 25 Avon: Aug. 24 Avon Lake: Aug. 25 for grades one through 12; kindergarten starts Aug. 27 Clearview: Aug. 25 Columbia: Aug. 31 Elyria: Aug. 31 for pre-K through eighth grade Firelands: Sept. 1 for grades one through 12; kindergarten starts Sept. 3 Keystone: Sept. 2 Midview: Aug. 31 North Ridgeville: Aug. 25; [...]
No cash? Elyria High students can pay with their finger
ELYRIA — For lunch Monday, Elyria High School served up pepperoni pizza to the students who came back for the first day of classes. But instead of students handing over cash, some placed their index fingers on small scanners and walked away with their lunches. “I’m just really glad I don’t have to remember a [...]
Health Department to crusade against skin cancer in Avon Lake
AVON LAKE — The Lorain City Health Department will continue its efforts to educate Avon Lake youths about the dangers of overexposure to the sun. Health Commissioner Terry Tomaszewski told City Council on Monday night his office plans to again deliver programs about skin cancer prevention after a study showed a greater occurrence of young [...]
Elyria Alltel store hit by car won’t reopen
ELYRIA — When an elderly Avon Lake woman crashed into the Alltel store near Midway Mall, she inadvertently expedited plans to close that store permanently in the wake of Verizon’s acquisition of Alltel, officials said Monday. The Alltel store at 1531 West River Road N. will remain closed, Verizon spokeswoman Laura Merritt said. The store’s [...]
Corrections for Aug. 18, 2009
The Jewel of the Port benefit for the Lorain Light House will be at 6 p.m. Aug. 28 at DeLuca’s Place in the Park. A story in Saturday’s paper listed an incorrect date. An Elyria woman who said she was asked to leave a meeting where U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Copley Township, was meeting said [...]
Local news roundup for Aug. 18, 2009
Man pleads guilty to assaulting girlfriend The son of a Lorain woman pleaded guilty today in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court to tying his hearing-impaired girlfriend to a bed and assaulting her for several days while living with her and her 6-year-old daughter. Efrain Solis, 30, of Cleveland, could be sentenced today for up to [...]
Police log for Aug. 18, 2009
Elyria police Sunday, Aug. 16 12:32 p.m. – 600 block Midway Mall Blvd., an employee at Red Roof Inn reported finding a 9 mm handgun under a pillow in one of the rooms. 12:52 p.m. – 800 block East Ave., a man reported someone stole his red 1994 Saturn. 1:36 p.m. – 300 block Clinton [...]
Captains’ homes offer walk into history
VERMILION — Whether it’s maritime history, architecture or simply a walk with a view that interests you, the Vermilion Ohio Walking Tour of Captains’ Homes offers a little bit of everything. “You’d be surprised by how many people come into town, or even people who live here, who are interested in the maritime history of Vermilion,” [...]
Obituaries for Aug. 18, 2009
Cosby E. Winningham Roberta Jane Bulan Calvin N. Hartman Veronica Delores Mencl Daniel L. Leiby Leonard M. White Joella Boos Jacquelyn Teri Jones-Felton Carl S. Grasa Emma A. Harkey Houston Anderson Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Amherst & Vermilion notebook: Aug. 18, 2009
Aug. 25 Adult CPR, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Lorain County Chapter of the American Red Cross offices, 2929 West River Road N., Elyria. CPR certification for one year will be issued upon successful completion of the course. Gift certificates for birthdays and holidays are available. For information, call (440) 324-2929. Aug. 25 & 27 [...]
Amherst police log: Aug. 18, 2009
Amherst police Monday, Aug. 10 9 p.m. — 400 block Washington St., an employee with Powers Elementary School reported two broken windows. Tuesday, Aug. 11 4:36 a.m. — 700 block N. Leavitt Road, Brittany Yates, 23, Vermilion, charged with DUI, disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct while intoxicated for leaving her van parked at a [...]
Browns camp update: Mangini no closer to naming a starting QB
Sorry, Brady Quinn fans. Coach Eric Mangini isn’t prepared to name the fan favorite the starting quarterback. Quinn was one of the relative bright spots in Saturday’s brutal 17-0 preseason loss to the Packers, but Mangini wants to let the quarterback competition run its course. He wouldn’t name a starter for Saturday’s game against the [...]
ODOT weekly construction report: Aug. 17, 2009
State Route 2 between state Route 58 and Baumhart Road is reduced to one lane of traffic in each direction between 6 p.m. each night and 5 a.m. the following morning for a resurfacing project. Work is expected to be completed Sept. 15. State Route 58 between Meister Road and Cooper Foster Park Road is [...]
Olmsted Township police log: Aug. 17, 2009
Olmsted Township police Aug. 4 A male driver was arrested for speeding, driving under suspension and possession of marijuana after he was pulled over traveling 46 mph in a 25 mph construction zone on Stearns Road. While police searched his car, they found two burnt marijuana cigarettes, resulting in the drug possession charges. He was [...]
Obituaries for Aug. 17, 2009
Daniel L. Leiby Manuel Milner Donna May Hardway Edward I. Bair Herman D. Dull Jane E. Richard James W. Fogarty Veronica Delores Mencl Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Avon Lake teen helps register bone marrow donors
AVON LAKE — Inspired first by her mother and then by the opportunity to help one of her brother’s classmates, Magnificat High School senior Annie Martinez of Avon Lake has participated in several local campaigns to register potential bone marrow donors into the “Be The Match Registry.” She participated in drives at St. Joseph Catholic [...]
Avon & Avon Lake notebook: Aug. 17, 2009
Marching Shoremen to perform season’s first show The Avon Lake High School Marching Band invites the community, family and friends to the 2009 Preview Night Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. More than 100 band members, including instrumentalists, majorettes, the guard/flag team, drum major and field commander, will be in uniform to perform music selections for [...]
Avon & Avon Lake calendar: Aug. 17, 2009
Ongoing American Red Cross blood drives at Avon Donor Center, 2100 Center St., Avon. Appointments are preferred; call (800) GIVE-LIFE. 2 to 8 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays Adult and teen fitness classes offered by YMCA of Greater Cleveland at Liberty Business Park 1, 1260 Moore Road, [...]
New year, same old ugly play for Browns — Scott Petrak
The Mangini Effect was nonexistent Saturday night at Lambeau Field. The first two weeks of Browns training camp under new coach Eric Mangini were night and day from the camps of Romeo Crennel. The tackling was live, the hitting hard and penalties were followed by punishment laps. Everything done to sharpen the focus and heighten [...]
High school football preview: Wellington Dukes
WELLINGTON — The 2009 high school football season kicks off in less than two weeks, but for Wellington the season started in January. Aside from the normal offseason program, a group of players gathered every Tuesday morning before school to work on speed and agility drills. The group became known as the Band of Brothers [...]
Elyria team starts Little League Junior World Series with lopsided win
Back to blowouts. After winning their first four games in Central Regional play by a combined 65-0, the Elyria Little League All-Stars opened play in the Junior World Series on Sunday in Kirkland, Wash., and promptly blew away Santa Clara, Utah, the West champs, 11-1. The game ended in the fifth inning by mercy rule. [...]
Indians 7, Twins 4: Blasts carry Tribe
MINNEAPOLIS — By playing more relaxed, the Cleveland Indians are giving their AL Central opponents something to worry about. Kelly Shoppach and Luis Valbuena hit back-to-back homers and Grady Sizemore added a two-run shot in a six-run third inning as Cleveland beat the Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Sunday. Shoppach homered on the first pitch of [...]