Archive for August, 2009
ROUNDUP: Aug. 29, 2009
Former security worker cleared of robbery charge A former police officer who lives in Amherst has been cleared of charges he robbed a Cleveland beverage store in December. Mark Hogg, 45, was found not guilty by a Cuyahoga County jury of aggravated robbery, kidnapping and felonious assault charges following a week-long trial, said Michael Stepanik, [...]
Aussie import an exotic add to fair’s animals
GRAFTON — It doesn’t take long for anyone to see why Stella may steal the show as far as small animals are concerned at this year’s Lorain County Fair. The pint-sized marsupial native to Australia definitely can elicit the wow factor. At least that is what 16-year-old Veronica Vena hopes when she unveils her sugar [...]
Faces at the fair: Thursday night
A cooler and overcast Thursday didn’t keep the crowds away from the Lorain County Fair. 4-Hers flocked to Junior Fair Night, complete with an awards ceremony and parade. And spectators packed the grandstand for a horse pull competition. Fairgoers filled the midway, snacking on fair food and racing from ride to ride. See if you [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Tornado warning issued for Lorain County
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for northern Lorain County, effective until 4 p.m. At 3:20 p.m. the National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado. This dangerous storm was located six miles southeast of Amherst or six miles southwest of Elyria and was moving 25 [...]
Veteran rooster crower, first-time turkey caller win
A first-time turkey caller and a veteran rooster crower took home top honors today at the Lorain County Fair. Emily Pohorence, 13, of Huron, also won first place for rooster calling in 2007 but didn’t place last year. She said she spent fair week so far “practicing in the chicken barn.” Asked how the chickens [...]
Lorain County Fair horse pull draws a crowd
The horse pull drew a crowd to the grandstand Thursday night at the Lorain County Fair. The spectators oohed and ahhed as the large animals were brought out, two at a time, and hitched to a large sled of concrete blocks. More than once the horses failed to cooperate, sending a murmer through the crowd, [...]
Inland Seas Museum moving to Toledo
VERMILION –Lorain County was dealt a double whammy Friday with the announcement that the Inland Seas Museum won’t move to Lorain as planned and instead will relocate from Vermilion to Toledo. Toledo Lucas County Port Authority and Boyer/Riverfront Inc. have entered into a memorandum of understanding that should result in the signing of a lease [...]
Junior Fair celebrates with parade, awards
The Junior Fair celebrated as their events for the week are nearly wrapped up with the Junior Fair awards ceremony and parade Thursday night. Fair royalty was escorted in to the reviewing stand, awards were announced, and the parade began. First in the parade were animals, and their owners, in costume. Among the fan favorites [...]
Obituaries for August 28, 2009
Angela M. Phillips William M. Blabey, Jr. Jeanette J. Williams Nunzio P. Catania Norma J. Rofe Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Calendar defrays pay-to-play costs
GRAFTON - They may not exactly be models, but the Midview High School football players and cheerleaders gave it their best shot, and it’s all for a good cause. After the November failure of the school levies, the Midview School District increased the fees for its pay-to-play policy, and it stopped publishing a school calendar. [...]
Grafton/LaGrange notebook: August 28, 2009
Flea market Do you have the fall cleaning bug? Well, why not try turning your stash into cash? The Midview Women’s Club is sponsoring a flea market 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 19 at Willow Park in Grafton. Cost is $15 to rent one table or $25 to rent two tables. Register by Sept. [...]
Young fairgoers show off their treasures
WELLINGTON — The Lorain County Fair’s youngest attendees got their moment to shine Thursday morning as those as young as 2 years old showed judges everything from ducks to kittens to a papier mache head. Four-year-old Lucas Secrist of LaGrange brought a papier mache head of the “Nightmare before Christmas” character Jack Skellington. Lucas told [...]
Retiring health commissioner to be rehired
LORAIN — The Lorain City Board of Health has agreed to rehire Health Commissioner Terry Tomaszewski after he retires next week. Tomaszewski will start under a new, two-year contract Sept. 1 and make $62,253 each year. His new salary will be about $20,000 less than he currently makes, but as a retiree, he’ll be able [...]
Marco’s owner attacked, robbed
SHEFFIELD TWP. — The owner of the Marco’s Pizza on North Ridge Road was attacked in the store’s parking lot early Wednesday morning, sprayed in the face with a chemical, beaten and robbed of the day’s receipts. Steve Griffith left his business at 1 a.m. Wednesday and saw he had a flat tire. When he [...]
Grafton/LaGrange blotter: August 28, 2009
LaGrange police Monday, Aug. 17 3:45 a.m. – Union Street, a 17-year-old girl was charged with underage consumption. Grafton police Tuesday, Aug. 18 3:47 p.m. - 900 block Chestnut, damage done to a glass top table. Wednesday, Aug. 19 2:45 p.m. – Main Street, McDonald’s, the manager requested an officer to speak with the juveniles [...]
Medders to recommend city jail close
ELYRIA – Given a choice between closing the city jail and laying off police officers, police Chief Mike Medders said he will recommend to City Council that the jail should close – and soon. The budget crisis in Elyria has reached the point where closing the 55-bed city jail is becoming a stronger possibility, and [...]
Former cop, wife plead guilty to hacking
ELYRIA — An Amherst police officer and his wife took a plea deal Thursday to misdemeanor charges for hacking into an Amherst police dispatcher’s personal e-mail account in 2006. Kurt Oehlstrom Sr., and Stephanie Oehlstrom, both 32, entered guilty pleas to attempted unauthorized use of property, which carries a maximum sentence of six months in [...]
Man, 62, falls into waters off RRI Energy while fishing and drowns
AVON LAKE – A 62-year-old East Cleveland man drowned while fishing Thursday in the shallow waters of the discharge channel behind RRI Energy Inc. near Miller Road Park on Lake Road. David C. Morrow and three friends were in the water in an area marked with a warning about dangerous currents, Avon Lake Police Chief [...]
Lorain law director OK’d for Nov. ballot
SHEFFIELD TWP. – In a 2-1 decision along party lines, the Lorain County Board of Elections on Thursday voted to put Lorain Law Director Pat Riley’s name on the November ballot. Riley, a Democrat, had been in danger of being kept off the ballot because paperwork from the Lorain Democratic Party naming him their candidate [...]
High school football Week 1: Avon Lake has plenty of punch in its line
A deep bomb or a breakaway touchdown run will always get a high school football crowd on its feet, while the pancake block or huge hole that was opened to allow such a play barely gets noticed. It’s for that reason, that it takes a special kind of athlete with a unique kind of mentality [...]
Crash heavily damages garage
ELYRIA – Kurt Provenza has never been in a war zone, but he said he sure felt like he’d been early Thursday after a speeding car smashed into the garage of his parents’ house on Fuller Road. “It was like a bomb going off,” said Provenza, 42, of the sound of the impact that awoke [...]
High school football 2009: Lutheran West to challenge Clearview for Stripes title?
ROCKY RIVER — During Clearview’s run to a perfect regular season, it had to travel to Lutheran West for a key Patriot Athletic Conference matchup. The Longhorns hung with the Clippers all game, but Clearview came away with a 21-19 victory, the closest they came to losing during their 10-0 run. “We seem to play [...]
Broad Street fire station to close within month
ELYRIA — Fire Department officials are all but abandoning the Broad Street fire station, which rarely is used. Fire Chief Rich Benton said he is in the process of moving his office and the Fire Prevention Bureau to the Cedar Street fire station, where officers and administrators will have to co-exist. “We have to cut [...]
Assistant fire chief charged with drunk driving
ELYRIA – A routine traffic stop earlier this month led to the arrest of an assistant Elyria fire chief who state troopers say was driving after drinking when he was stopped near his Elyria home. Assistant Fire Chief Ron Brlas was arrested shortly before 1 a.m. Aug. 19 by a state trooper after he failed [...]
Girls soccer: Elyria, Brooklyn battle to scoreless tie
ELYRIA — Both Elyria and Brooklyn coaches considered themselves underdogs Thursday afternoon at Pioneer Field, and therefore weren’t unhappy at all in the scoreless tie their girls soccer teams put up in the non-conference season opener for each. “Any time you come close to beating a Cleveland team it is special,” said second-year coach Venera [...]