Archive for November, 2009
Grafton mom is a one-woman USO
GRAFTON — Marilyn Riddle has been providing positive morale through care packages for hundreds of men and women who are serving overseas in the United States Armed Forces. For nearly six years, Riddle has transformed her home in Grafton into a mini warehouse fully loaded with toiletries, gum, candy, wet wipes, hand sanitizer, lotions, magazines [...]
Obituaries for Nov. 13, 2009
Irma A. Lightowler Elsie Catherine Kilpatrick William Kelley Diamond Lillian C. Wolf David S. White Reba Aline Nowak James Litteral Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Avon Lake quarterback bouncing back from early struggles
Junior quarterback Trent Toy can admit it now: He wasn’t having much fun early in the season. “In the beginning of the year, besides dealing with the nerves and excitement, I was always playing afraid to make a mistake,” Toy said. “In the back of my mind, I kept thinking, ‘They’re going to pull me [...]
Cavaliers 111, Heat 104: LeBron spurs win
MIAMI — Ninety minutes before tipoff, LeBron James stood at his locker with a pair of scissors, trimming loose threads from the front of his jersey. He wanted to look good in his showdown with Dwyane Wade, and he did, scoring 34 points to help the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 111-104 on Thursday [...]
Ohio State’s defensive line is ready to rush
COLUMBUS — Don’t expect the Ohio State defensive front to offer a whole lot of comfort to new Iowa starting quarterback James Vandenberg on Saturday. “You’re definitely salivating to get to the quarterback,” Buckeyes defensive end Cameron Heyward said. In a somewhat topsy-turvy season, the one constant for the 10th-ranked Buckeyes has been an aggressive, [...]
Lewis lets loose in rant on Browns, Mangini
BEREA — Jamal Lewis won’t go gently into the good night. Quietly into retirement doesn’t work for him, either. The Browns running back, who’s playing his final season after 10 years in the NFL, expressed his growing frustration with the organization, coach Eric Mangini — specifically his grueling practice regimen — and his role in [...]
Wellington’s Melissa Rennie signs on to play softball at OSU
WELLINGTON — Melissa Rennie, the area’s leading slugger and one of its top catchers, will continue her softball career at Ohio State. Rennie, whose power hitting helped propel the Dukes to two straight regional tournaments and the 2008 state championship game, signed a national letter of intent Thursday night at a catered dinner in the [...]
County OKs cost-cutting measures
ELYRIA — County investment income dropped from $8.3 million in 2007 to $5.8 million last year and is expected to be $2.9 million this year, Lorain County Treasurer Daniel Talarek said Thursday. In an attempt to squeeze every dollar possible from the public funds, the county’s investment advisory committee agreed to two of Talarek’s proposals, [...]
Firm to check North Ridgeville bridges
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The city must have four of seven major bridges inspected by Dec. 1 to keep alive a shot at federal money for projects including the long-sought widening of Center Ridge Road isn’t jeopardized. The city is hoping to secure about $15 million of the projected $35 million needed to widen a 1.3-mile [...]
Libraries’ collaboration earns award
ELYRIA — Housed in a new three-story building on the campus of Lorain County Community College, the Mike and Barbara Bass Library/Community Resource Center is unique in Ohio. Because of the innovative collaboration of a college library with a public library, representatives from the college and the Elyria Public Library System were honored Monday with [...]
No charges filed in Elyria Catholic threat case
ELYRIA — The investigation into threats made against four Elyria Catholic High School students by a fellow student is closed, officials said Thursday. No criminal charges will be filed against the 16-year-old Lorain boy who reportedly made the remarks while working on a school religion project with three other students at a Lorain home, said [...]
Group protests county kennel
ELYRIA — Lorain County’s dog kennel needs a checklist to assess the health of dogs to help ward off parvo and other diseases, according to a group called United for Animal Justice. Nearly 20 members of the group turned up at Thursday’s meeting of the Lorain County Commissioners to complain about lax safety and sanitary [...]
Elyria Mayor Bill Grace faces recall election
ELYRIA — Mayor Bill Grace walked into the Clerk of Council’s office at City Hall late Thursday afternoon and was served with a packet of papers by Law Director Terry “Pete” Shilling announcing Elyria residents had collected enough signatures to hold a recall election. With a quick stroke of his pen, Grace acknowledged receipt of [...]
Contractor testifies that Ross associate offered him Justice Center job for $224,000
ELYRIA — A contractor who served six months behind bars for bribery testified Thursday that he was “taken aback” when an associate of former Lorain County Commissioner Michael Ross told him he could get the $49.5 million Lorain County Justice Center contract in exchange for a $224,000 minority consulting contract. Vincent Carbone testified that Ross [...]
David Hall remembered as Lorain students honor veterans
The family of Marine Lance Cpl. David Hall, a Lorain native and Southview High School graduate who was killed in Afghanistan Aug. 31, attended a veterans ceremony at Whittier Arts Academy in Lorain on Thursday. Leon Mason, a representative of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Avon, presented a plaque that was given to the Hall’s family, [...]
Fire damages Elyria home
ELYRIA — Mike Panter cradled his mother’s dog, Harley, as he looked at his childhood home. “Fifty Thanksgivings in that house,” he said sadly. “And now … I don’t know if we’ll ever have another one.” The home at 114 Highland Court, where his mother, a sister and one of his brothers still lived, suffered [...]
Vet attacked by dogs had tried to save the animals
EATON TWP. — Veterinarian Lisa Fox Wright said she was trying to save two Neopolitan mastiff Kane Corso mix dogs from traffic on busy state Route 82 on Wednesday afternoon when she was suddenly attacked. The dogs, a male weighing about 140 pounds and a female weighing about 120 pounds, left her with wounds on [...]
Corrections for Nov. 13, 2009
The name of the student who organized a thank-you notes to veterans campaign at Prospect Middle School was incorrect in a story Thursday. The name of the student is Helena Hart. In a story of Nov. 11, The Associated Press quoted Barry Sweedler, a former official of the National Transportation Safety Board. The story should [...]
Lorain homeless prevention program makes first payments for 16 needy families
LORAIN — Lorain’s Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program has made the first set of Lorain County Community Action Agency payments to landlords, utilities and other third parties to help 16 families. HPRP helps Lorain residents get short- and medium-term rent assistance and other services to prevent them from becoming homeless. It also helps people [...]
Browns’ Jamal Lewis sounds off about Eric Mangini
BEREA — Browns running back Jamal Lewis sounded off this morning. His primary target: coach Eric Mangini. Lewis is frustrated by the losing, the long practices under Mangini and the way he’s being used in the offense. With eight games to go until retirement, Lewis isn’t going out without a fight. “I’m tired of it,” [...]
Avon’s Josh Pierce to play baseball at Kent State
PARMA — Josh Pierce will continue his education and his romance with baseball at Kent State University next year. “I don’t know if there is anyone who loves baseball more than Josh Pierce,” Avon High School athletic director Erich Frombach said Wednesday just before Pierce signed a letter of intent to attend KSU. “Josh is [...]
Avon Lake’s Nikki Chiricosta to play tennis at BG
AVON LAKE — With one swoop of her maroon and gold pen Wednesday, Avon Lake senior Nikki Chiricosta ended one chapter of her athletic career and began another. Chiricosta, who had verbally committed to a full tennis scholarship to Bowling Green prior to the season, made it official with her parents, teammates and various school [...]
Teacher tied to more break-ins; Elyria woman owned pottery gallery
Avon Middle School art teacher Anne Maiden has been tied to five vehicle break-ins in two local park systems, and at least a half dozen other agencies in Lorain and Medina counties want to talk to her, according to Pat McCaslin, assistant director and chief ranger for the Lorain County Metro Parks. McCaslin said this [...]
Semis crash on Turnpike, causing hazardous spill and fire
FLORENCE TWP. — A crash between two semis early this morning shut down the eastbound lanes of the Ohio Turnpike for about an hour and required the assistance of fire and hazmat crews when the contents of one of the semis spilled all over the highway and caught fire, according to Trooper Brian Lander from [...]
It’s official: Elyria mayor faces recall election
There will be a recall election in Elyria. Today, the recall petition was certified by Clerk of Council Art Weber after the county Board of Elections determined that 530 of the additional 902 signatures turned in by Stand Up Elyria were valid. No date has been set for the recall election, which seeks to oust [...]