Archive for September, 2009
Vets rally for St. Joe’s in Lorain
LORAIN — Veterans marked the annual POW-MIA National Recognition Day with a solemn ceremony Friday in the shadow of St. Joseph Community Center and its Veteran’s Administration clinic, which could close by the end of the year if the largely vacant St. Joe’s is shut down. The names of Ohio’s 79 soldiers who remain missing [...]
Former POWs honored at Elyria VFW post
ELYRIA — Don Maybaugh of Wellington will never forget the terrible sight through the slats of a railroad boxcar as he and other POWs traveled to a prisoner of war camp in Austria during World War II. “We looked out through the slats of the boxcars, and there were naked bodies hanging for five miles [...]
ROUNDUP: Sept. 19, 2009
Motorcyclist taken to EMH after crash ELYRIA — An accident involving a motorcycle and a Chevrolet Suburban on Broad Street near the site of the Apple Festival sent the motorcyclist to the hospital Friday night. The motorcyclist was thrown from his bike and was under the SUV for a time, according to the Elyria Fire [...]
Want a $350K house? Home for Hope raffle almost over
AMHERST — This is the final weekend for anyone who wants to walk through a $350,000-plus home, which is being raffled off by Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland Inc. The go-green Home for Hope is part of the 20-acre Copper Creek development at Pyle South Amherst and Middle Ridge roads. It is being raffled off [...]
Engineer turned police officer retires after 33 years
ELYRIA — Capt. Robert Hood’s hair is noticeably shorter — and thinner — today than it was the day he joined the police force in 1976, but losing a little hair comes with the territory when you spend your life as a police officer, he said running his hand through his short crop of hair [...]
BLOTTER: Sept. 19, 2009
Lorain police Thursday, Sept. 17 12:31 a.m. – West 17th Street and Long Avenue, Lateisha Goodwin, 25, of Lorain, charged with driving under suspension, insufficient lights and for having her 18-month-old child in the front seat instead of in a car seat. 8:19 a.m. – A woman came to the police station to report her [...]
Councilman accuses Lorain dog warden of dereliction of duty
LORAIN — City Councilman Dennis Flores, D-2nd Ward, filed a complaint Thursday with the city prosecutor’s office that alleges Dog Warden Michael Mattei was guilty of dereliction of duty. Flores is upset Mattei didn’t cite the owner of a dog that attacked and killed a dog belonging to Mary Flores, his sister. “It is a [...]
Seniors get knowledgeable support from other seniors, thanks to group
LORAIN — The idea seemed so simple. Senior citizens, who often feel like they will be a burden to their families if they ask for help, would have no trouble at all reaching out to someone their own age. That idea gave birth to the organization Seniors Helping Seniors more than 10 years ago in [...]
Lorain/Sheffield/Sheffield Lake notebook: Sept. 19, 2009
Lorain Rib burnoff Greater St. Matthew’s A.M.E. Church is holding its first rib burnoff 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at the church, 1909 W. 24th St., Lorain. Booths are still available for this family affair. There is a 25 percent discount on booths if you bring or provide entertainment like a choir, dancers, fashion [...]
Obituaries for Sept. 19, 2009
Warren T. Ries Albert F. Benyak Betty L. Kissig Mary Patricia Cross Dorsey Clark Hosey Nevada Flynn Albert F. Benyak Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Plan your weekend! Here’s what’s going on around Lorain County
Elyria Apple Festival Celebrate fall’s favorite fruit this weekend in Ely Square as the Elyria Apple Festival marks its 29th year. There’ll be activities, entertainment and, of course, apples. Some of the apple-y highlights include apple pie judging, apple-pie-eating and apple-bobbing contests for kids, cider-making demonstrations and crowning of the Apple Festival queen. Festival hours [...]
A’s 5, Indians 2: Tribe loses ninth of 10 games
OAKLAND, Calif. — Kurt Suzuki thinks defense first. When the catcher makes a rare appearance as Oakland’s cleanup hitter, though, he slides into the role of run producer. Suzuki hit a three-run homer to help the Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2 on Thursday night. “When you’re not trying to do too much it seems [...]
Elyria Catholic shuts down Shaker Heights
ELYRIA — Just about the time Elyria Catholic’s fans had chewed their fingernails to the nubs, Danny Reaser and Josh Russ took care of business at Knights of Columbus Field on Thursday night. “It’s a 129 X-post,” said Russ of the play that got the Panthers a first down and enabled them to run out [...]
Mayfield blanks Elyria in football
ELYRIA — Statistically speaking, it wasn’t a bad performance for Elyria in its Northeast Ohio Conference opener Thursday night. The Pioneers held undefeated Mayfield to just 275 total yards and 15 first downs. However, football games are won and lost on the scoreboard, and it was Mayfield who came in to Ely Stadium and walked [...]
LeBron to be in movie
CLEVELAND — LeBron James is leaving Cleveland — for Hollywood. The Cavaliers superstar and reigning NBA MVP will make his feature film debut by playing himself in an upcoming comedy. James will appear in “Fantasy Basketball Camp” by Universal Pictures. The movie is about five guys from different backgrounds who come to Las Vegas to [...]
Crushers shut out in championship series opener
O’FALLON, Mo. — River City right-hander Josh Lowey shined through six innings, and the Rascals kept the Lake Erie Crushers off the scoreboard for a 6-0 victory in the opening game of the Frontier League championship series. Brent Lysander took the loss for the Crushers after allowing three runs on four hits through five innings [...]
Broncos’ Davis still fond of former team
BEREA — Andra Davis descends the stairs into the basement of his new Denver home and is instantly transported back to Cleveland. His No. 54 Browns jerseys and the jerseys of his former teammates hang on the walls. His plain orange helmets and the game balls he collected in his seven years sit on the [...]
Obituaries for Sept. 18, 2009
Agnes Thornber Bernadine Jackson Bailey Sophie Victoria Dietrich Walter E. Adams Josephine Ann Brown Nancy K. Rhodehamel Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Historical Society set for annual ‘Antiques and Treasures’ show
LAGRANGE — Harris Opfer is a man who has an eye for antiques. Opfer can rummage through an estate sale, glance at an item, purchase the item and walk away knowing he has found something priceless. Opfer, who is a member of the LaGrange Historical Society, will be one of many local antique collectors who [...]
Grafton & LaGrange notebook: Sept. 18, 2009
Engine Club Show this weekend LaGrange Engine Club will host its 39th annual show today through Sunday at the Lorain County Fairgrounds, Wellington. The show will be open until 5 p.m. today and then 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. LaGrange Engine Club members display all types of [...]
Plans unveiled for new $10.5M Avon library
AVON — The Lorain Public Library System is inviting the public to attend any of three presentations to learn about plans to build a new $10.5 million, 30,000-square foot library in Avon. Residents will vote Nov. 3 on two issues needed to fund the new library: a 25-year, $10.5 million bond issue, whose funds will [...]
Treasurer drops bid for re-election
LORAIN — City Treasurer Tom Urbanek has dropped his re-election bid, paving the way for unopposed write-in candidate Karen Shawver to win the job. Shawver, who serves as Urbanek’s chief deputy treasurer, had filed as a write-in candidate earlier this month after her boss told her he might not seek another term. Urbanek, 64, said [...]
Former ODOT employee indicted for threat
A former Ohio Department of Transportation employee at the heart of a corruption probe has been indicted for allegedly threatening a witness in the case. Dennis Kratochvil, 64, faces a single count of intimidation now but is expected to face more charges later, said Ryan Miday, spokesman for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason. Before Kratochvil [...]
Prudoff arrives at City Hall, minus a police escort
LORAIN — Embattled Lorain Community Development Department Director Sandy Prudoff was back at City Hall on Thursday. Prudoff, who was put on paid administrative leave last week after FBI officials told city administrators that he was being investigated as part of a wide-ranging corruption probe in Cuyahoga County, arrived at the building to deliver an [...]
Teens admit to setting off bottle bombs
PENFIELD TWP. — Two 16-year-old boys are being referred to juvenile authorities on charges of arson and criminal damaging after admitting they set off bottle bombs in a woman’s yard on Wednesday, according to the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office. The boys — one from Penfield Township and the other from LaGrange Township — didn’t cause [...]