Archive for August, 2009
Wellington Schools cuts millage request for a new school
WELLINGTON — School officials are hoping that a significant drop in the overall cost and tax burden for a proposed school building project will encourage voters to back it. Voters in November will vote on two issues totaling 4.94 mills to build and maintain a $32.6 million school for grades three to 12. If the [...]
Second Elyria teen accused in party beating enters plea
ELYRIA — A second Elyria teenager has pleaded no contest to assault and underage drinking charges stemming from the beating of two fellow Elyria High School students at a March garage party. This is the second time that Nicholas Miranda has entered the plea to the charges that could net him more than six months [...]
Avon Lake Schools delays about levies for a week
AVON LAKE — The school board has pushed back until next week its decision on whether to place two bond issues for classrooms, a bus garage and refurbished football stadium on the November ballot. The board spent about two hours Tuesday night discussing the bond issues, but members did not feel they could make a [...]
Police log for Aug. 12, 2009
Lorain police Monday, Aug. 10 2:19 a.m. – 5500 block W. Erie Ave., John Gaal, 47, Lorain, charged with theft of a motor vehicle, obstructing official business and driving under suspension for taking his neighbor’s car without permission and fleeing from police. 6:42 p.m. – 3000 block Vine Ave., a woman reported a 2-year-old boy, [...]
New pool opens at Splash Zone
OBERLIN — Work is proceeding at a rapid pace on a $2.5 million expansion of the Splash Zone Aquatic Center, and a four-lane indoor lap pool geared toward water exercise and lessons opened Monday. The new pool is 20 yards long — five yards shorter than the 25-foot regulation size of the other indoor pool [...]
Oberlin & Wellington notebook: Aug. 12, 2009
Cruise-in in Oberlin Welcome Nursing Home will have a car cruise-in/fundraising event 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at its Hamilton Street parking lot, 417 S. Main St., Oberlin. Families are welcome to bring their cars and kids. There will be a disc jockey, burgers and a bake sale to benefit the Resident Activity Fund. Basket [...]
Oberlin & Wellington police log: Aug. 12, 2009
Oberlin police Sunday, July 19 10:55 p.m. – Union Street, damage to car. Thursday, July 23 9:58 p.m. – 100 block S. Pleasant St., vandalism reported. Friday, July 24 4:54 p.m. – state Route 58, Keith Howells, 49, Norwalk, charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to reinstate. 9:27 p.m. – [...]
Browns camp update: QB Ratliff trying to be more than an afterthought
Brett Ratliff isn’t a contender to win the starting quarterback job, but he won’t let the coaching staff forget about him. He followed a solid scrimmage Sunday by leading the first-team offense to a touchdown in a two-minute drill Tuesday morning at practice. Coach Eric Mangini said he wanted to see Ratliff and fourth-stringer Richard [...]
Obituaries for Aug. 11, 2009
Albert P. Graovac Ruth M. Broschk Eva Mae Rimbert Kenneth E. Wisnieski Verna Lee Trent Steven E. Brown Edwin Allen Wood Herb L. Brandt, Jr. Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Elyria rolls into softball semis with third straight mercy-rule win
ELYRIA — It took longer than usual, but Elyria’s Little League Juniors posted their third straight mercy-rule victory Monday. They defeated Indiana, 14-0, as pool play concluded in the Central Regional tournament for softball players ages 13 and 14 at West Park. Elyria, with a first-place finish in the American pool, advances to a semifinal [...]
Browns have a handful of possibilities at receiver
The Browns have question marks across the roster, but no position has less certainty than wide receiver. There’s Braylon Edwards and … a handful of possibilities. Rookie second-round picks Brian Robiskie and Mohamed Massaquoi are locks to make the team, but their roles are far from defined. The coaching staff would love one to win [...]
High school football preview: Oberlin Phoenix
OBERLIN — It seems like ancient history, those days when Oberlin was lucky to win just one football game a season. Since Dave McFarland took over the program after two successful stints at Elyria Catholic, the Phoenix has won four and six games, respectively, in his two seasons. Going 6-4 (3-4 in the Patriot Athletic [...]
Elyria police looking for burglary suspect
ELYRIA — Elyria police arrested two individuals this morning for break-ins in the area of Hartford and Sherwood drives, off of Abbe Road, and are looking for a third person who got away. Police are looking for a light-skinned thin black male wearing a white tank top and a red and black hat. The other [...]
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, JFK’s sister, Special Olympics founder, dies at 88
BOSTON — President John F. Kennedy’s sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family’s public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died early Tuesday surrounded by relatives at a Hyannis hospital. She was 88. Shriver had suffered a series of strokes in recent years and [...]
Golfer’s business is booming … drives
ELYRIA — “Wow,” exclaimed golfer after golfer Monday when Mike Zeigler smacked a drive down the fairway on the 10th hole at Elyria Country Club. A number of the drives cleared the green 415 yards away and several landed right on the green. Zeigler, 36, was just doing his thing, this time for the 19th [...]
Coy leads Shoregals to golf tournament title
NORTH OLMSTED — Taylor Coy shot a 42 for second place to lead Avon Lake’s girls to the team championship at the North Olmsted Invitational on Monday. The Shoregals totaled 177, four strokes better than runner-up Avon in season-opening action at Springvale Country Club. “It was really nice to see our girls do so well,” [...]
Shooting outside Lorain bar under investigation
LORAIN — Details are sketchy about who’s responsible for a shooting late Sunday night in the parking lot of a Lorain bar that sent three people, including a bar employee, to the hospital. By Monday morning, all three had been treated and released from MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. Melanie McDougal, 50, of Elyria, a [...]
13 vie for 7 Oberlin City Council positions
OBERLIN — Two members of Oberlin City Council are not running again, but there are 13 candidates for seven seats, including five incumbents. One incumbent, Ronnie Rimbert, won’t be in the running because of term limits. If he wants to run again, he’ll have to wait an election cycle. “I think it’s a good thing,” [...]
Lawsuits mean more trouble for Ohio Sports Park
ELYRIA — Ohio Sports Park in North Ridgeville, which was sued by a drive-in over its bright lights, now is being sued for more than 600,000 that a landscaping firm and electrical company contend is owed to them. The separate suits filed by South Shore Electric and Don Mould’s Plantation both were assigned to Common [...]
Amherst cops search for ‘childish’ vandals
AMHERST — Police are trying to end a vandalism streak in which residents’ cars and vehicles are defaced with images of male genitalia. The most recent episodes occurred last week when vandals applied window paint and shave cream to vehicles at some 14 residences on Valley Drive, Hickory Hollow, Green Forest and South Lake Street. [...]
Amherst man arrested for fourth time
AMHERST — A local man who police said had a history of domestic violence arrests and convictions was again charged over the weekend following an incident in which he assaulted his live-in girlfriend and her son. Greg Hardwick, 38, was charged with felonious assault and two counts of domestic violence. He was being held without [...]
Elderly driver plows into Alltel store; no one injured
ELYRIA — An elderly Avon Lake woman trying to find parking for a doctor’s appointment instead ended up right in the middle of the Alltel store near Midway Mall. Really in the middle — as in straight through the glass window and stopping right in the middle of the small cell phone store. Ellen Gulling, [...]
Teen gets 30 to life in 2005 shooting
ELYRIA — Justin Chapman could have been out of prison at the age of 21 for a botched robbery that left a friend dead and a small-time drug dealer with six bullets in his body. Instead, he will serve 30 years to life in prison after rejecting three plea deals and fighting charges in two [...]
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake teachers union threatens to strike
SHEFFIELD — About 130 teachers and supporters wearing neon green T-shirts and warning of a strike demanded answers from the school board Monday night regarding the status of teacher contract negotiations. Teachers have been operating under their old contract since it expired in February, and both sides have been negotiating since the first week of [...]
Local business to help students pack their bags
ELYRIA — Cutting hair and talking about life. For a lot of barbers, a day’s work is filled with both. For Rick Helm, owner of Mr. Rick’s Barber Shop and Salon on Lake Avenue, on one such day the conversation turned to how expensive it is to send a kid back to school with new [...]