Archive for November 1st, 2009
New Chronicle feature: The Dash Between, Leticia Chavez Fischer
Leticia Chavez Fischer showed up in her classroom each summer, several weeks before the start of the school year, with her husband, Bob, their kids, Rob and Margie, and several gallons of paint. The former Lorain and Admiral King high school teacher, who died Oct. 24, at age 60, recruited her family to help paint [...]
Shot seen ’round the World Series: Replay gives A-Rod home run, helps Yankees grab 2-1 lead on Phillies
PHILADELPHIA – The first instant replay call in World Series history did more than turn a double into a home run. It changed the whole game for Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees. Rodriguez’s disputed shot started a big comeback and those dangerous Yankees bats finally broke loose, backing Andy Pettitte in a rain-delayed [...]
Soft-touch football: Ohio State proves way too tough for New Mexico State
COLUMBUS – New Mexico State didn’t offer much of what No. 17 Ohio State will see the next three weeks. It just filled up an open date on the schedule. Dane Sanzenbacher caught two touchdown passes and Terrelle Pryor threw for a score and ran for another in the Buckeyes’ 45-0 victory on Saturday. “I [...]
Delonte’s debut a dandy: West’s third-quarter scoring spurt helps Cavaliers pull away from Bobcats
CLEVELAND – For Delonte West and the Cavaliers, late was definitely better than never – in more ways than one. With West playing in his first game of the season, Cleveland coasted through the first half before pulling away to defeat the vastly inferior Charlotte Bobcats 90-79 Saturday at Quicken Loans Arena. After an offseason [...]
Elyria Catholic boys bring home first regional cross country title since 1999
TIFFIN – Elyria Catholic won its first Division II boys regional cross country title since 1999 in convincing fashion Saturday afternoon at Hedges Boyer Park. And the Panthers haven’t even hit full stride yet. That’s perhaps the best news for EC. Why? No. 2-ranked EC will need to reach back for a bit more at [...]
Browns: Anderson has team behind him, but knows he has to get better … fast
Time is running out on Derek Anderson’s second chance with the Browns, so he’s working overtime to stop the clock. Anderson is coming off the worst statistical three-game stretch in the NFL in more than two decades. He’s completed 23 of 70 passes for 244 yards, a touchdown, three interceptions and a 30.9 rating over [...]
UAW rejects contract changes
LORAIN – United Auto Workers members from the Avon Lake Ford Assembly Plant voted Saturday against contract changes after a question-and-answer session at Southview High School with a national union leader. “I think they’re really just tired of giving,” Nick Gallogly, chairman of UAW Local 2000, said Saturday night. There are approximately 1,700 workers at [...]
OSU star, gambling addict campaigns against Issue 3
ELYRIA – Art Schlichter knows a lot about gambling. That’s why the former Ohio State quarterback whose professional football career was destroyed by his crippling gambling addiction said he is crisscrossing the state telling anyone who will listen that Issue 3 is a bad idea. The proposed constitutional amendment would allow the construction of casinos [...]
Report: Lorain man held at gunpoint
LORAIN – A 43-year-old man told police a man held a gun to his head just before 6:30 p.m. Thursday as he was walking on West Ninth Street near Lovett Place. The victim said five men dressed in black hooded sweatshirts with red bandanas over their faces approached him and started “talking crazy” to him, [...]
Lorain man robbed by new lady friend
LORAIN – A 39-year-old man was the victim of a beating and robbery around 10 p.m. Thursday after a girl he met set him up, according to a police report. The Lorain man told police a girl he’d recently met known only as Lindsey called him Thursday and asked to come over. The two drank [...]
Police log: Nov. 1, 2009
Elyria police Thursday, Oct. 29 12:38 p.m. – Lake Avenue and Parkview Court, John Shand, 50, of Amherst, charged with driving under the influence after a breath test showed a blood alcohol level of 0.264. Shand has three prior drunken driving arrests, according to police. 1:48 p.m. – 100 block Broad St., James Gehm, 41, [...]
EHS grads vie to lead OSU band
ELYRIA – It is the acrobatic drum major and his dazzling showmanship that leads “The Best Damn Band in the Land” through its Script Ohio. It’s a tradition that goes back to 1878, and the drum major is one of the most recognizable members of the Ohio State University band. Since the beginning, the position [...]
Elyria/Elyria Township notebook: Nov. 1, 2009
Concert raises money for research Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Arts Center hosted a concert Tuesday by guitarists Richie McDonald, James Otto and Chuck Wicks. The WGAR/LCCC Guitars for Girls concert benefited the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Steak fry fundraiser for cancer victim Friends and famliy will host a steak [...]
Obituaries for Nov. 1, 2009
Rosalia C. Monai, Rosalia Cigagna, MD William L. Satterfield Gweneth R. Kaminski Bernard Pearce Elizabeth O. Dale Ann L. Meeks Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Milestones for 11/01/2009
Students of the Month – Gregory Wedding – Bukovac 50th Anniversary – Clark Engagement – Dolan-Hall Wedding – Hendricks 60th Anniversary – Milner 60th Anniversary – Patania Engagement – Reaser-Bair Wedding – Remster-Kolber Wedding – Widdowson-Poulos