Archive for September, 2009
Lorain County Fair goat awards
Dairy Goat Showmanship of Champions: Lauren Bigler, Tri-City Critters Champion Dairy Junior Kid: Katie Stark, Camden Kids Reserve Champion Dairy Junior Kid: Tabitha Spreng, Brighton Buckeyes Champion Dairy Senior Kid: Tabitha Spreng, Brighton Buckeyes Reserve Champion Dairy Senior Kid: Jason Young, Goats Galore Champion Dairy Yearling Not In Milk: Brenden Cooper, Camden Kids Reserve Champion [...]
Lorain County Fair swine awards
Overall Grand Champion Market Hog: Cody Prewitt, LaGrange Sod Busters Overall Reserve Champion Market Hog: Michael Whitney, Pittsfield Lost & Found Champion Gilt: Cody Prewitt, LaGrange Sod Busters Reserve Champion Gilt: Michael Whitney, Pittsfield Lost & Found Champion Barrow: Andrew Goss, Wellington Happy Farmers Reserve Champion Barrow: Cody Prewitt, LaGrange Sod Busters Beginner Swine Showmanship [...]
VIDEO: Man pleads guilty in Metro Parks attack
ELYRIA — The man accused of brutally beating, shooting and sexually assaulting a Carlisle Township woman while she hiked in the Lorain County Metro Parks last year pleaded guilty today. Matthew Plas, 36, showed no emotion as Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Edward Zaleski ran through the litany of charge against him — attempted rape, [...]
Obituaries for Sept. 8, 2009
Helen J. Dzurec Margaret B. Bokar Virginia Heater Barbara Sizemore Elliott James Hudak Timothy Edward Brown Thomas J. Pozega Reginald Cameron Parker Dean Miller Vincent J. Piccolomini Fern Elizabeth Ternes Barbara M. Allen Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Metro Parks goes ‘myth-busting’
AMHERST — A good ghost story gets started much like those oft-exaggerated and way-off-base tales spun during that old game known as “telephone,” in which pieces of information get passed from one person to another. At the end of the line, the resulting story barely resembles the one first whispered into someone’s ear. The legends surrounding [...]
Mangini picks starting QB, but he’s not saying who it is
BEREA — White smoke didn’t billow out of the chimney at Browns headquarters Monday, but the eagerly anticipated choice had been made. Coach Eric Mangini picked a starting quarterback for the season opener Sunday against Minnesota. Fitting of the secrecy of a papal election, however, Mangini declined to reveal whether it’s Brady Quinn or Derek [...]
Tribe prospects’ big day delayed
CLEVELAND — The Lehigh Valley IronPigs ended their International League season Monday, but two of their recent prospects had already moved on to bigger and better things. Catcher Lou Marson and pitcher Carlos Carrasco, who spent most of the year with the Phillies’ Class AAA affiliate, were scheduled to be Indians’ starting battery against the [...]
Crushers start playoff run tonight
AVON — One year ago, the new Frontier League baseball franchise in Avon faced some pretty big challenges … off the field. For one thing, they needed a name. Oh, they also needed a manager … and some players, too. Today at 7 p.m., the aptly-named Lake Erie Crushers, who have crushed all the perceptions [...]
Girls soccer: Avon will be calling on youth
Fans of Avon’s girls soccer team were apprehensive when veteran coach Brian Irwin left for Oberlin College after the 2007 season. He had just led the Eagles to a 13-4-3 record, their first district soccer title and Sweet 16 appearance, and now there was the prospect of a new coach introducing a new system. Not [...]
Curtains come up next month on made-over Apollo Theater
OBERLIN — When moviegovers return to the 96-year-old Apollo Theatre in October after $1.2 million of renovations, they’ll see a crisp picture from an HD projector, hear a new sound system and get their popcorn from an expanded concession stand. About 300 seats are being trimmed from the 800-seat theater, which will remain a single-screen [...]
North Ridgeville councilman says city should rethink parking
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The city should look at its parking laws after several incidents in which safety vehicles have struggled to make it down roads on which cars are parked on both sides, a councilman said. “There have been some incidents in the past in which vehicles needed to do some fancy maneuvering to negotiate [...]
Lighthouse United Methodist to break ground on addition Sunday
LORAIN — Three Methodist churches struggling to make ends meet decided there was power in numbers and merged. Now, the merged group is focusing its energy and money on expanding. Eighteen months ago, Christ United Methodist Church, Emanuel United Methodist and Delaware Avenue United Methodist merged into the Lorain Lighthouse United Methodist Church. The 500-member [...]
Browns notes: Cribbs wants and plans to play Sunday
BEREA — Joshua Cribbs is conflicted. He wants to play football, but he wants to get paid more money to do it. Cribbs skipped the start of voluntary minicamp but quickly returned. He attended mandatory minicamp and all of training camp, but wouldn’t rule out walking out when the season arrived. Well, the season has [...]
Man found in closet after break-in report
ELYRIA — A 49-year-old woman ran screaming from her East Avenue home Monday morning after she was woken up by a man banging on her door while trying to break in, according to a police report. The sound of the man hitting her door at 3 a.m. caused such a panic in the woman she [...]
6-year-old burned by cooking grease
LORAIN — A 6-year-old boy is in good condition after suffering second degree burns on his arms, hands and head following an incident where a 15-year-old threw hot cooking grease into the yard where he was playing, according to a police report. The 15-year-old girl told police she was cooking in her family home about [...]
4 hit by pellets at Lorain park
LORAIN — Police responding to the report of a fight at Veterans Park on Labor Day found four people who had been shot with a pellet gun, according to a police report. Kevin Harris, 52 of Lorain; Curtis Young, 42, of Lorain; Jeremy Tillack, 20, of Lorain; and a fourth unidentified man were all shot [...]
Amherst & Vermilion notebook: Sept. 8, 2009
All-you-can-eat Enjoy an all-you-can-eat corn roast 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 15617 Mason Road, Vermilion. The dinner includes chili dogs with special sauce and cole slaw, homemade macaroni salad, cookies and refreshments. Cost is $6. To reserve tickets or get more information, call the church office at (440) 967-9886 or [...]
Another vacant home burns in Lorain
LORAIN – A vacant home at 1704 E. 29th St. went up in flames Sunday, the latest of a number of suspected arson fires in recent weeks, according to Lorain fire Assistant Chief Gary Burls. While firefighters were battling the blaze, a water line broke and water bubbled up near a hydrant at East 29th [...]
The Belvedere a home run away from home for Crushers player Faiola
WESTLAKE – Lake Erie Crushers pitcher Josh Faiola and wife, Allison, are adoptive grandchildren of sorts at The Belvedere of Westlake Assisted Living Facility. They been such a hit as residents there, so much so that ESPN’s “E:60″ has been by The Belvedere several times this season for film bites. The sports magazine show was [...]
Local and state politicians visit Lorain for annual holiday festival
LORAIN – The state of the economy – and health care – were on everyone’s minds at the 15th annual Lorain County Organized Labor Day Family Celebration. Steelworkers Jeff Van Wave and Linda McElroy listened to speeches side by side and pondered the future of Republic Engineered Products’ Lorain mill, where a reduced work force [...]
Avon family gets house named an official Ohio historical site
AVON – It stands tall between farmland to the west and subdivisions to the east. A massive sandstone lintel carved with the date “1861″ – the year it was built – hovers over the elaborate entrance, which is layered in carved wooden pilasters, transom and side lights. Last week, the beautiful Mediterranean-style home off Center [...]
Avon/Avon Lake notebook: Sept. 7, 2009
ALHS to hold 9/11 remembrance Avon Lake High School will hold a remembrance and dedication ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday. The evening will include a wreath-laying ceremony followed by a reflective walk through the 9/11 Garden of Empowerment, which is being constructed at the school off Avon Belden Road. The garden is intended to transform [...]
Obituaries for Sept. 7, 2009
Mary Fitch Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Crushers’ wild ride pays off in playoff berth
AVON – The term “Freight Magic” has been used a lot when the Lake Erie Crushers have come from behind to win during the regular season. But in a game the Crushers needed to win to clinch an improbable Frontier League playoff berth, that “Magic” was never more on display, and never more needed, Saturday [...]
Hardly shipshape: Ohio State nearly lets Navy torpedo opener
COLUMBUS – All the elements were in place for an epic upset of No. 6 Ohio State by Navy. “If Ohio State comes in totally focused on us, we had no chance,” Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo said. “We felt like we had them in the perfect storm.” The Buckeyes weathered that storm with the help [...]