Archive for September, 2009
Feds hunt for asbestos at site of General Industries fire
ELYRIA — Wearing white hazardous material jumpsuits and breathing respirators, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-hired contractors sifted through dirt and debris at the former General Industries site last week. Their goal? Determine just how contaminated the two-block site may be with asbestos, said Jim Augustyn, a spokesman for the U.S. EPA. Property owner John Peshek does [...]
Council invites business owners to criticize Elyria’s Design Review
ELYRIA — Changes could come to the city’s Design Review process, but first city leaders want to hear what residents and business owners think of the committee and guidelines. Council members hope business owners who have both gone through the process and balked at coming to Elyria because of it will speak at a public [...]
Local news roundup for Sept. 15, 2009
Lawsuit seeks $1M for dog bite ELYRIA — A Lorain girl and her mother filed a dog bite lawsuit against a Homewood Drive woman seeking more than $1 million in damages, contending the girl suffered severe lacerations to her face. The lawsuit was filed by Jazlyn A. Alvarado and her mother Melissa Arroyo against Donna [...]
Police log for Sept. 15, 2009
Lorain police Sunday, Sept. 13 1:48 p.m. – 300 block W. Ninth St., appliances and a $5,000 entertainment center stolen from rental property. 2:49 p.m. – 1900 block W. 23rd St., nine .40-caliber Smith & Wesson shell casings found in front of a residence. 4:27 p.m. – 5300 Leavitt Road, Christine White, 27, Amherst, charged [...]
Sheffield aims for Lorain’s VA Center
SHEFFIELD – Mayor John Hunter told residents at Monday’s Council meeting he is “doing everything he can” to get the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center Outpatient Clinic to relocate to Sheffield. The VA clinic is currently housed in the financially struggling St. Joseph Community Center in Lorain. The center is slated to close [...]
Lorain Council still discussing tax abatement
SHEFFIELD – Firefighters aren’t getting reimbursed for the holiday pay they gave up at the beginning of the year – yet. Sheffield Village Council split the vote 3-3 Monday night and Mayor John Hunter cast the deciding “no” vote to defeat a proposed ordinance that would have repaid firefighters holiday time they sacrificed to avoid [...]
Lorain Council still discussing tax abatement
LORAIN – After nearly eight hours of executive session Monday to discuss a controversial tax abatement program, Mayor Tony Krasienko would only say city officials are “still in mediation discussions.” The community reinvestment areas, known as CRAs, that are at the center of the controversy were started in the 1980s to spur development. In 2006, [...]
OSP still looking at crash where two died
ELYRIA – The Elyria post of the Ohio Highway Patrol is continuing investigation into the fatal car-motorcycle crash on state Route 511 over the weekend. Sources with the patrol post said no charges had been filed, and there were no further findings as of Monday in the deaths of James A. Williamson and Shelia Ray [...]
Spencer man’s novel hits the big time
The movie rights were sold before a Spencer Township native’s novel even hit store shelves. Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay picked up the rights to Black River High School graduate Jobie Hughes’ young adult novel, “I Am Number Four,” on June 26. The novel does not come out until September 2010. “They bought the rights [...]
Getting down for Woollybear Sunday
VERMILION – It’s often called the biggest one-day festival in Ohio. And with past crowds estimated in the tens of thousands, that may not be an idle boast on Sunday. The 37th Annual Woollybear Festival is Sunday led again by perennial host Dick Goddard, well-known Cleveland TV weatherman. The big day will feature entertainment, races [...]
Amherst/Vermilion/South Amherst Notebook: Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Amherst Steele homecoming Amherst Steele High School will celebrate Homecoming Oct. 2 with festivities including a 5 p.m. parade featuring floats designed and built by student groups and other school organizations. The parade route travels from the high school to the football stadium. After the varsity football game, the homecoming dance will be held in [...]
Lorain County Fair awards: Beef cattle
Beef Cattle — Simmental — Junior Bull Calf Handrosh Farms Ivory Stull Ivory Stull Beef Cattle — Simmental — Senior Bull Handrosh Farms Beef Cattle — Simmental — Summer Yearling Bull Thomas Stull Beef Cattle — Simmental — Jr Champ/Reserve Bull Handrosh Farms Handrosh Farms Beef Cattle — Simmental — Jr Yearling bull Handrosh Farms [...]
Obituaries for Sept. 14, 2009
Katherine Heiser Katherine M. Kolonick Cleo A. Myers Wayne M. Shipman Rita Mae Ahlgrim Karen L. Hura Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Lorain County Fair awards: Sheep
Sheep — Shropshire — Ram 1 year & under 2 Dick Matlack Sheep — Shropshire — Ram lamb Candy Lut Candy Lutz Dick Matlack Sheep — Shropshire — 1 pair ram lambs Candy Lutz Dick Matlack Sheep — Shropshire — Ewe 1 yr and under 2 Dick Matlack Dick Matlack Candy Lutz Sheep — Shropshire [...]
Elyria Municipal Court report: Sept. 14, 2009
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What’s new? Not a thing, Browns fans learn
Bing Crosby departed this world long ago, but Browns quarterback Brady Quinn took a tune from his songbook Sunday afternoon. Despite playing poorly in Cleveland’s 34-20 loss to Minnesota, Quinn chose to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. There was no immediate confirmation whether he latched onto the affirmative or messed with Mr. In-Between. [...]
Vikings 34, Browns 20: Browns waste good first half
CLEVELAND — Adrian Peterson stepped through a few arm tackles near the line of scrimmage, ran through Brodney Pool, threw Eric Wright out of the way and stiff-armed Brandon McDonald. He was now free to gallop toward the Dawg Pound and into the end zone for the third time. The Browns defense that fought the [...]
Royals 7, Indians 0: Tribe walks away with an ugly loss
CLEVELAND — Indians manager Eric Wedge keeps saying his team is not running out of steam as the season nears its end. But the evidence provided on the field is saying otherwise. A night after producing one of their finest offensive performances of the season, the Indians offered up one of their worst Sunday in [...]
Browns notes: Cribbs would trade big day for a ‘W’
CLEVELAND — Browns special teams ace Joshua Cribbs might be the most versatile player in the NFL, which the Minnesota Vikings can now attest to. Cribbs took three snaps at quarterback, rushed for 6 yards, started at wide receiver and caught two passes, ran back six kickoffs and returned a punt 67 yards for a [...]
Lorain County Speedway: Knox says goodbye with feature win
SOUTH AMHERST — Dennis Knox made the most of his last visit to Lorain County Speedway this season, driving to the win in the Legend Car 25-lap feature. The division makes only sporadic appearances at LCS, and Saturday’s was the final one for 2009. Jason Knox took the lead on Lap 6 from Dennis, only [...]
Wellington couple dies in head-on crash
ELYRIA — A head-on crash Saturday night on state Route 511 in Rochester Township claimed the lives of a Wellington couple. James W. Williamson, 52, and Shelia Ray Regal, 36, both of Wellington, were pronounced dead at the scene by the Lorain County Coroner’s Office, according to reports from the Elyria post of the Ohio [...]
Thousands honor local Marine at service on beach
LORAIN — David Hall continually told family and friends to truly savor every one of their freedoms. A crowd of several thousand people took time out of a picture-perfect Sunday to thank Hall for those freedoms by paying respects to the 31-year-old Marine lance corporal in a poignant memorial service staged on the shores of [...]
Vermilion man hurt in motorcycle crash
FLORENCE TOWNSHIP — A motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon in Erie County injured a Vermilion man. Anthony J. Lavecchia Jr., 46, was listed in fair condition at Cleveland MetroHealth Medical Center, where he was flown after the crash, which occurred about 12:30 p.m. on Harrison Road just south of Angling Road in Erie County, according to [...]
Corrections for Sept. 14, 2009
A story in Sunday’s Chronicle gave an incorrect number of U.S. servicemen who have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition to the five who were honored at a game at The Pipe Yard on Saturday are: Capt. Michael Medders Jr., 25, of Avon Lake, on Sept. 24, 2008, who was killed [...]
Police log for Sept. 14, 2009
Lorain police Wednesday, Sept. 9 9:58 p.m. – A 29-year-old Lorain man came to the police station to report four Hispanic males approached him at a bus stop, pulled out a black handgun and demanded money. During a struggle over the gun it was revealed the suspect was carrying a BB gun. The suspects beat [...]