Archive for October, 2009
Browns hoping to play well against Packers today after rough week off the field
CLEVELAND – The flu bug found a home in Berea and got comfortable. Cornerback Eric Wright totaled his Mercedes and had to crawl out the back window. Linebacker D’Qwell Jackson, the team’s leading tackler, was lost for the season with a pectoral injury. Coach Eric Mangini continued to be a national punching bag, this time [...]
High school football: Warren JFK 32, Southview 7
LORAIN — Southview’s upset bid was lost in 60 seconds Saturday night at George Daniel Field. Favored Warren JFK (7-2) scored twice in a span of one minute in the fourth quarter to propel the Eagles out of danger and the Saints to a 32-7 defeat. The Saints (2-7) had stunned JFK by inserting Ricky [...]
Division II boys soccer: Rocky River 1, Elyria Catholic 0
ELYRIA – In the end, it was the work of a veteran Rocky River hockey player that ended Elyria Catholic’s boys soccer season Saturday night. Patrick Pescatrice, a senior forward who began playing high school soccer this year, scored a goal in the 77th minute in the mud at Knights of Columbus Field. The Pirates [...]
Division I sectional boys soccer: Lakewood 3, North Ridgeville 0
LAKEWOOD – Lakewood boys soccer coach Andrew Toth kept a secret from his team entering Saturday night’s sectional final against North Ridgeville – he was worried. Despite Lakewood’s gaudy resume – an 11-3-2 record, and a defense that allowed just 15 goals in 16 games and had four shutouts – Toth feared North Ridgeville’s skill [...]
Huge crowds drain vaccine supply
All four flu vaccination clinics held throughout the county Saturday had hundreds of people from all over waiting for hours for their H1N1 and seasonal flu shots. All four ran out of H1N1 injections before the day was through. Between 300 and 500 people were already lined up at each clinic before the doors opened [...]
County officials hit trail hard for tax hike
ELYRIA – Lorain County officials and employees continue to campaign heavily to convince voters that a 0.5 percentage point sales tax increase that went into effect in April is crucial to keeping the county safe. Laid-off sheriff’s deputies and others are pounding the pavement this weekend in Lorain, knocking on doors and talking with voters. [...]
Answers to city tax increase questions
ELYRIA – On Nov. 3, Elyria voters will head to the polls to vote on Issue 10, a 0.5 percentage point permanent income tax increase – one that city officials say is imperative to keeping existing city services and restoring some of what has been cut. Passage would mean the reinstatement of 10 laid-off firefighters [...]
Elyria/Elyria Township notebook: Oct. 25, 2009
EMH employee recognized for service Lois Koehler, director of volunteer services with EMH Regional Healthcare System, received the hospital’s 2009 Chauncey B. Smythe Award Oct. 22. The Chauncey B. Smythe Award is given each year to an EMH employee who has made a significant positive impact upon the community. The award is named for the [...]
Obituaries for Oct. 25, 2009
Keith E. Wurster Mary L. Gerold Eldon L. “Smitty” Smith Vicky A. Overstreet Floncia Lean Lovejoy Gene S. Harrison Gary G. Hostler Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Wright gets a fright: Browns cornerback rolls his car, feels blessed to suffer only minor injuries
BEREA – A night out watching one of his favorite performers almost turned deadly for Browns cornerback Eric Wright. After attending the Jay-Z concert Thursday night at Cleveland State’s Wolstein Center, Wright slid off the wet highway at about 2:10 a.m. Friday and his silver Mercedes CLS550 rolled several times, according to the police report. [...]
Browns notes: Most players back to practice as flu runs its course
BEREA – Defensive end Corey Williams is the last man ailing. Twelve players missed practice Wednesday with the flu and 10 remained out Thursday. All but Williams returned Friday and are expected to play Sunday against Green Bay. “Hopefully we are over the hump,” coach Eric Mangini said. Williams was listed as questionable on the [...]
Where’s the focus? Ohio State hoping loss to Purdue won’t linger vs. Minnesota
COLUMBUS – During Ohio State coach Jim Tressel’s weekly radio show, the host casually framed a question by saying that certainly the Buckeyes had turned their full attention toward today’s game against Minnesota. Maybe not. A week after an astonishing 26-18 loss at two-touchdown underdog Purdue, there is doubt that the Buckeyes have forgotten about [...]
Lovullo gets second interview, says he’s prepared to be Indians manager
CLEVELAND – Torey Lovullo wants a chance to manage the Cleveland Indians after spending the last eight seasons working in the club’s farm system. “I’m familiar with the setting,” Lovullo said Friday, after interviewing a second time with general manager Mark Shapiro. “This team is a lot further along than some might believe.” Dodgers hitting [...]
Pavlik’s biggest fight: For his life
NEW YORK – Kelly Pavlik’s life was in peril. An allergic reaction to medication had caused the middleweight champion’s temperature to soar past 104 degrees, and his heart rate to 150 beats a minute. When he was finally admitted to the hospital, the sweat was pouring off his body, which had turned shades of red [...]
County home values decline
Auditor’s revaluation reduces property values 6 percent; county entities must struggle with reduced tax base
Body is identified as missing Florida man
ELYRIA TWP. — Authorities on Friday tentatively identified the decomposed body found in a field in Brownhelm Township this week as Johnathon Fernandez, a 19-year-old Florida man missing from his relatives’ Elyria Township home since Sept. 3. The case has been ruled a homicide. Sheriff’s Capt. John Reiber said the coroner is basing the identity [...]
Value of county’s farm acreage bucks trend, goes up
ELYRIA — Residential property values may have dropped in Lorain County, but the value of farm land — or at least the soil on it — is going up. Instead of being valued based on its fair market value like residential, commercial and industrial property, agricultural land is valued based on a formula that looks [...]
Camden Twp. woman injured by shotgun blast
Police: Accidental shooting early Friday left her with birdshot lodged in body
CORRECTIONS: Oct. 24, 2009
A 16-year-old boy who admitted to stabbing his grandmother in July can only be sentenced to time in the state’s juvenile detention system. The information was incorrect in a story Friday. A legal notice announcing forfeited land for sale was incorrect Thursday. The correct listing appears today on Page D5.
BLOTTER: Oct. 24, 2009
Lorain police Wednesday, Oct 21 8:40 a.m. – 100 block Wynn Ave., car stolen from residence. 9:22 a.m. – 200 block E. Erie Ave., car stolen from residence overnight. Recovered by police at East 39th Street and Globe Avenue. It had been set on fire and destroyed. 10:40 a.m. – 100 block Lincoln Ct., check [...]
Former secretary of judge released
ELYRIA – The former secretary of a county judge who was serving a year in prison for stealing from the county was granted early release Friday after spending a little more than three months behind bars. Andrea Ritter, 52, pleaded guilty in March to theft in office and tampering with records charges. She had resigned [...]
Cavs’ charity leaves a large impression
ELYRIA – Quion Lee couldn’t arch his neck far enough to match eyes with the towering figure in front of him. So instead, Cleveland Cavaliers forward J.J. Hickson helped the 9-year-old boy out by bending down to his level. “I didn’t think he was that tall,” said Quion, after their meeting. Hickson looked every bit [...]
Three armed robberies in two hours
LORAIN – Police were busy Thursday night as three armed robberies took place in less than two hours. The first involved a man who fired at his victim when she started screaming. A 30-year-old Lorain woman was leaving her home in the 2700 block of West Erie Avenue just before 9:30 p.m. Thursday when an [...]
Lorain man held in shooting
LORAIN – Police have one man in custody for the shooting of another man on West 11th Street on Friday afternoon. Edward McAfee Jr., 22, has been charged with felonious assault in connection with the shooting, which occurred near a home in the 1000 block of W. 11th St. about 2 p.m. Police have not [...]
Obituaries for Oct. 24, 2009
Walter A. Szefcyk Donnie E. Ross Dawn Marie Grundy-Huber Eldon L. Smith Marjorie D. Prindle Carl F. Gibson Edward Herrera Thomas W. Zoltai Micah J. Davis Marjorie D. Prindle Mary L. Gerold Keith E. Wurster Brittany Leigh Holtzman Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/