Archive for August, 2009
State champ EHS softball team recognized at Tribe game
CLEVELAND — Elyria High’s Division I state champion softball team has already received plenty of recognition since wrapping up a magical 2009 season. But Wednesday night, the Pioneers got some more — big league style. In a ceremony at Progressive Field prior to the Indians’ game with the Texas Rangers, Elyria’s softball team was honored [...]
Bicentennial mural shows off North Ridgeville landmarks
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The city is kicking off its bicentennial celebration early with a new mural depicting landmarks with varying degrees of renown. Medina native Richard Doyle, who now writes and paints in Wadsworth, produced the 11-by-14-inch collage-style watercolor, which contains 33 images of city landmarks. Some of those landmarks, such as the white frame [...]
State grant to be used to reduce jail crowding
ELYRIA — An extra $210,000 the state is giving to the Lorain County Adult Probation Department will help the county fend off the need for a new jail. The money will allow Chief Probation Officer Bart Hobart to hire a case manager to work on reducing the population at the chronically overcrowded county jail and [...]
North Ridgeville notebook: Aug. 13, 2009
Police academy Applications are now being accepted for the North Ridgeville Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy starting Sept. 24 and running through Nov. 18. Classes will be held from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays at the police department, 7307 Avon Belden Road. This annual series of classes is offered free of charge to anyone who [...]
Teen in Basinski break-in sentenced to state custody
ELYRIA — A 16-year-old Elyria boy who robbed a judge’s wife during a daylight home invasion in February sobbed Wednesday after he was sentenced to two consecutive terms with the Ohio Department of Youth Services. The boy could remain in state custody until his 21st birthday, but Visiting Judge Thomas Heydinger told the boy that [...]
Economic report: Area lagging but signs of good things to come
CLEVELAND — Northeast Ohio’s economic health is not robust, and while it continues to lag behind many metropolitan areas nationally, there are signs of good things to come, such as the recent announcement of a $24.6 million investment in a major electric car battery factory planned for Elyria. That’s one of the pluses cited by [...]
Police log for Aug. 13, 2009
Lorain police Tuesday, Aug. 11 4:18 a.m. – 3400 block Colorado Ave., ATM kiosk pried open and $3,500 damage done. 8:27 p.m. – 200 block W. 13th St., a 17-year-old Lorain boy reported his uncle spat on him and hit him. 10:45 p.m. – 2800 block Broadway, Dairy Mart, employee reported a young man came [...]
Elyria Schools placing renewal on November ballot
ELYRIA — The Elyria Schools Board of Education voted Wednesday to place a tax renewal on the November ballot. The renewal, which will not increase taxes, would raise slightly more than $8.25 million a year for the next five years and at 7.96 mills would continue to cost the owner of a $100,000 home $278.60 [...]
Rangers 5, Indians 0: Hunter sets trap for Tribe
CLEVELAND — Within 10 games of Central Division leader Detroit and on the verge of winning their sixth series in seven tries, the Indians fizzled out Wednesday night at Progressive Field. All it took was a dominant pitching performance by Rangers starter Jimmy Hunter, who led his team to a 5-0 victory to even the [...]
Healthy Derek Anderson back to fun-loving, carefree ways
BEREA — The goofy grin has returned. So have the hearty laugh and playful spirit. In other words, the old D.A. is back. “You have to run around and be a dummy sometimes,” Browns quarterback Derek Anderson said Wednesday. Anderson wasn’t himself during spring minicamps. He had been mentioned in offseason trade rumors, was deemed [...]
Browns camp update: The real deal on latest quarterback ‘controversy’
The latest Browns quarterback “controversy” is much ado about nothing. After the intrasquad scrimmage Sunday, Derek Anderson said Brady Quinn — his competition for the starting quarterback job — told the defense the offense’s hand signals so it would know which play Anderson was running. Anderson was having fun with Quinn, but ESPN.com mentioned his [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Elyria softball team headed to Little League World Series
Elyria’s Little League Juniors softball team won the Central Regional softball championship game today and advance to the Little League Junior World Series starting Monday in Kirkland, Wash., outside Seattle. Elyria beat Poland, Ohio’s state champion, 4-1 in eight innings. Elyria was behind for several innings, an unfamiliar position for the a team that cruised [...]
Hundreds line up in hopes of free shoes at Elyria Salvation Army
ELYRIA — Several hundred people are lined up inside and outside the Elyria Salvation Army on Broad Street in the hopes of getting a voucher to buy shoes. But with only 200 vouchers to give away, the Salvation Army says there won’t be enough for everyone. The $30 vouchers for Payless come with some stipulations, [...]
Fish falls from sky, breaks woman’s windshield
MARBLEHEAD — A woman in Ohio is telling a fish story about one that got away — from a bird, and damaged her car. Authorities in northwest Ohio say a Lake Erie freshwater drum, known as a sheepshead, smashed a car windshield Tuesday when an eagle dropped the fish from a height of about 40 [...]
Obituaries for Aug. 12, 2009
Donna Mae Owens Herb L. Brandt, Jr. Albert P. Graovac Dave Ursi, Sr. Eric James O’Neal Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Elyria softball team cruises to fourth-straight mercy-rule win
ELYRIA — What’s left for Elyria’s Little League Juniors? There’s the Central Regional softball championship game at 2 p.m. today against Poland, Ohio’s state champion. With a victory this afternoon, there’s a trip to Kirkland, Wash., and a berth in the Junior World Series next week. But there’s not much left to accomplish statistically. The [...]
Browns’ forgotten QB Ratliff just wants a job
BEREA — In mid-April, Brett Ratliff was preparing to battle Kellen Clemens to be the starting quarterback of the New York Jets. Four months later, he’s the forgotten man in the latest Browns quarterback drama. Ratliff admits to being stunned by the draft-day trade that allowed the Jets to pick USC’s Mark Sanchez, but is [...]
Indians 5, Rangers 0: Tribe thriving since roster shakeup
CLEVELAND — It was “Dollar Dog Night” at Progressive Field on Tuesday night, and the Indians and Aaron Laffey stayed hot. With Laffey offering up his second consecutive gem, Cleveland opened a three-game series against Texas with a 5-0 victory — the Indians’ seventh win in 10 games and 13th in the last 19. Laffey, [...]
Elyria golf team’s depth makes big difference in win to open season
ELYRIA — Grant Billings came through big time Tuesday afternoon with a sparkling, career-low 77, which contributed greatly to Elyria High’s winning their own season-opening Pioneer Invitational at Forest Hills Golf Club. Elyria and Midview both finished with a four-man team score of 313. The Pioneers took first by virtue of a tiebreaker, when their [...]
High school football preview: Midview Middies
As many West Shore Conference teams scrambled this offseason to find replacements at quarterback, running back or wide receiver, the Midview Middies brought back the bulk of their skill-position players and could be one of the most explosive teams in the league this year. “We’re really excited about having the main skill positions coming back,” [...]
Protesters flock to Sutton speech at St. Joseph center
LORAIN — Two small groups protested Tuesday outside Lorain County Health & Dentistry during a visit by U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton, who was speaking at the center for National Health Center Week. VA office protest One group of protesters consisted of local veterans upset at the possibility of losing the Veterans Administration offices currently housed [...]
Stimulus funding to keep Health & Dentistry’s doors open
LORAIN — Lorain County Health & Dentistry’s doors remain open thanks to federal stimulus funds, clinic President and CEO Stephanie Wiersma told a crowd Tuesday. The center opened its doors 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday and offered free health screenings and testing as part of its celebration of National Health Center Week. Keynote speaker U.S. [...]
Township lowers landfill fee
ELYRIA — New Russia Township officials have temporarily cut the fee Allied Waste must pay to the township to dump trash at the township’s landfill. But the fee reduction, down to $1 per ton from the $1.54 per ton Allied was paying before township trustees agreed to the change last week, will expire at the [...]
Firelands Schools hold out for more money
SOUTH AMHERST — Voters in the Firelands School District won’t be deciding a bond issue for a new high school before next year. The school board voted Monday night not to put a $24 million bond issue on the November ballot. The vote was 4-0. Board member Ken Kudela was absent due to out-of-town business [...]
Elyria library announces 11 layoffs; branch hours to be cut
ELYRIA — Eleven employees of the Elyria Public Library are being laid off to balance the books after the state drastically cut the library’s funding. Two of the system’s libraries also will see their hours of operations cut. The layoff notices were distributed Tuesday to two library administrators and nine members of the Office and [...]