Archive for November, 2009
Kids trade sweets for cash
ELYRIA – After sliding three crisp dollar bills into his pocket, 9-year-old Stephan Smith didn’t hesitate when asked whether parting with his well-earned Halloween candy was hard. “No,” was his simple response. “Because I get to send it to the troops.” The three pounds of candy Stephan handed over to Elyria dentist Scott Nagy will [...]
Second man jailed in veterans club break-ins
VERMILION – A second suspect has been arrested in connection with a series of break-ins at area veterans social clubs that netted thieves tens of thousands of dollars. Frederick Sharpless, 29, of Lorain, was held Friday on multiple charges stemming from break-ins to an American Legion post in Vermilion and an Erie County VFW hall, [...]
Roundup: Nov. 7, 2009
Woman shot in Avon still serious CLEVELAND – A woman who was shot Tuesday when an Avon man fired on the car she was in remained in serious condition Thursday. Amber Rodriguez, who is hospitalized at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, was with two men that the shooter accused of breaking into his friend’s vehicle. [...]
Corrections for Nov. 7, 2009
• There will not be an automatic recount for the three at-large seats on Amherst City Council unless the votes separating the third and fourth place finishers are within one-half of 1 percent after provisional ballots have been counted later this month. Lorain County Board of Elections Director Jose Candelario said that although second-place finisher [...]
Heart attack ruled homicide in bar fight
LORAIN – The death of a Lorain man who collapsed after an assault outside a Lorain bar on Oct. 18 has been ruled a homicide. Lorain County Coroner Paul Matus on Friday ruled the death of Eric Witcher, 32, a homicide, saying he died as a result of cardio pulmonary arrest. Witcher was one of [...]
Brookside High School teen rules the blacktop
PENFIELD TWP. – Just call Jessica Twydell queen of the road. On Friday, Jessica, 17, of Brookside High School, beat out 22 other teens to win $500 in what might become an annual driving competition sponsored by AAA Insurance. To do so, she successfully tackled an obstacle course set up at the Lorain County Joint [...]
Lorain/Sheffield/Sheffield Lake notebook: Nov. 7, 2009
Singing Angels holiday concert The Singing Angels will perform a holiday concert at 3 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Palace Theater, 617 Broadway, Lorain. Pete Schneider will be at the Mighty Wurlitzer organ at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $11 for adults and $6 for children younger than 12. Tickets are available at the Palace Box [...]
Union leader denies bribery charges
An Avon man who has been placed on leave from his job as president of a national railroad workers union has pleaded not guilty to federal bribery, embezzlement and other charges. Edward Rodzwicz denied the allegations against him during a hearing earlier this week in the U.S. District Court in St. Louis. He was arrested [...]
Getting a kick out of a schoolyard classic
LORAIN — A lot has changed since these 22 Lorain residents were last in grade school. But there’s one thing that hasn’t: Kickball is still the most fun part of the day. The men and women who make up Lorain County’s adult kickball team, the Sharks, went undefeated this past summer and won in a [...]
Obituaries for Nov. 7, 2009
Patricia M. Weisheit Ernestine Lehman Alice J. Cowley Sheryl L. Wohlever Dorothy Ellison Miller Linda A. Hale Bernard Raymond Glime John P. Schoolcraft Bobbie Sue Kelly Helen E. Sekular Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Brunner, Fisher to speak in Oberlin this weekend
OBERLIN – Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher and Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner – the two Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate seat held by George Voinovich – will be speaking this weekend at the Power Shift Ohio Summit. Fisher and Elizabeth Kucinich, the wife of U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Cleveland, will speak at 8 p.m. [...]
2-year-old LifeFlighted after running into street, striking van
LORAIN — A 2-year-old boy was injured and was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center today after running into the side of a Lorain Utilities Department van on West Erie Avenue while chasing a dog. The child, Mason Kuhns of Sheffield, was conscious and crying after the accident, which occurred shortly after 1:30 p.m., according to [...]
1 dead, 5 hurt in Orlando office shooting
ORLANDO, Fla. — A gunman opened fire Friday in the offices of an engineering firm where he was let go more than two years ago, authorities said, killing one person and injuring five others. Jason Rodriguez, 40, surrendered about three hours later, after officers saw him through the window of his mother’s home and asked [...]
3 victims of Cleveland serial killer ID’d, but some relatives reluctant to come forward
CLEVELAND — Police say there’s only one way for the families of missing women to know for sure if their loved ones are among the victims found in suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell’s house: Give DNA samples. But relatives with checkered pasts in the hardscrabble neighborhood seem reluctant to come forward. Area pastors are urging [...]
Obituaries for Nov. 6, 2009
Patricia M. Weisheit Leo McKinney Marilyn A. Exline Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
High school football tournament trail: Mansnerus latest great Avon Lake back
The names change, the success doesn’t. Welcome to the running back position at Avon Lake High School. Do names like Schroeder, Berner, Doyle and Perretti ring a bell? How about Horton, Pavlovich, Breeze, Strauch and Haddad? Now add Mike Mansnerus to that prestigious list. Mansnerus fits the mold of great Avon Lake backs of the [...]
High school football tournament trail: Offensive line tows Rangers
Knowing he had four starters returning on the offensive line gave North Ridgeville coach Jeff Riesen reason to be optimistic before the season began. He hasn’t been disappointed. “We really pride ourselves on our offensive line,” Riesen said. “We have five to six offensive linemen who have done a good job opening holes for our [...]
Bulls 86, Cavaliers 85: Cavs’ offense just plain offensive
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers are going to have to win 37 straight home games if they want to match last season’s 39-2 record at Quicken Loans Arena. Cleveland never got it together at the offensive end Thursday night in losing 86-85 to the Chicago Bulls, leaving its home mark at 2-2. The Cavaliers didn’t lose [...]
Elyria loses fight to halt sewer project
ELYRIA — The city lost its efforts Thursday to temporarily halt work on the Lorain County Rural Wastewater District’s sewer project before it began. Lisa Eschleman, chair of the Ohio Environmental Review Appeals Commission, said the board unanimously rejected the city’s request for a stay on the LORCO project. A full hearing on the city’s [...]
Lorain Community hospital, physician’s group form partnership
LORAIN — Community Regional Medical Center has formed a partnership with Tri-City Family Medicine. The partnership will mean a Tri-City office will be located in a new facility that Community Health Partners, the hospital’s parent company, has planned for about 33 acres of land it recently purchased in Avon near the state Route 611 interchange [...]
Lorain superintendent tells of district’s advances
LORAIN — In her State of the Schools address Thursday, Lorain Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson made just one mention of Tuesday’s failure of the district’s 6.43-mill levy designed to eliminate a $7.3 million projected deficit. “Good afternoon — after last Tuesday it could be a better afternoon,” Atkinson said. The remainder of her speech to several [...]
Amherst officials threaten lawsuit over tax abatement settlement in Lorain
AMHERST — Amherst councilmen, frustrated by losing money due to a property-tax abatement deal in a Lorain neighborhood that is part of the Amherst School District, served notice during a town hall-style meeting Thursday night that a class-action lawsuit was in the works. If the retroactive part of the tax abatement isn’t removed as part [...]
Shooting victim’s condition remains unchanged
A woman who was shot Tuesday when an Avon man fired on the car she was in remained in serious condition Thursday. Amber Rodriguez, who is hospitalized at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, was in a car that was fleeing after the other occupants allegedly tried to break into a vehicle belonging to a friend [...]
Neighbor: Fort Hood suspect emptied his apartment
FORT HOOD, Texas — An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment and left a phone message saying goodbye to a friend in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, neighbors said Friday. One neighbor, Patricia Villa, said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came [...]
Local family heard shots, experienced lockdown at Fort Hood
The family of a local soldier visiting their son who had just returned home from Iraq found themselves under lockdown in base housing as the deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood unfolded Thursday. Mark Ruic of Grafton Township was excited to be spending his birthday Thursday visiting his son, Spc. Jason Ruic, 26, who had [...]