Archive for November, 2009
15 minutes: Fligner’s general manager Bob Kritz knows his turkey
Bob ‘B.K’ Kritz Age: 51 Lives: North Olmsted Job: General manager at Fligner’s Market in Lorain for about five years Do you know any turkey trivia? Well, this is the only time of the year where people forget how to cook turkey, so we get a lot of phone calls on how to properly cook [...]
Lions 38, Browns 37: Big day for offense, but bizarre loss for Browns
DETROIT — Eric Mangini was just plain sick. Eric Steinbach was sick, specifically to his stomach. Eric Wright’s discomfort was in a more vital organ. He was heartbroken. The Browns hadn’t suffered a crazy, it-can-only-happen-to-Cleveland loss in a couple of years. But the memories of Dwayne Rudd’s helmet fling and the bottles littering Cleveland Browns [...]
Lions steal win, prove themselves less bad ballclub
DETROIT — For two truly terrible football teams, the Browns and Lions certainly put on a show Sunday at Ford Field. The non-juggernauts combined to score 75 points, run 136 plays and amass 736 passing yards in a thoroughly entertaining game. In the end, though, Detroit proved to be the less bad ballclub and stole [...]
Jimmie Johnson makes NASCAR history with 4th-straight championship
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson was chasing much more than a championship. He was also chasing NASCAR history. The most dominant driver of this decade won a record fourth consecutive championship Sunday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he raced hard to finish fifth when 25th-place would have gotten the job done. In doing so, Johnson [...]
Decisions costly in Browns’ final moments against Lions
DETROIT — The clock read 00:00 and the Browns led by six. But it’s the Browns, so the sad story wasn’t complete. The Lions (2-8) scored the tying touchdown and kicked the winning extra point after time had expired Sunday, thanks to a penalty on the last play and a series of events that conspired [...]
Browns notes: Despite loss, a breakout day for Brady
DETROIT — The best game of Brady Quinn’s NFL career still wasn’t enough to give the Browns a win Sunday afternoon. The former Notre Dame star threw for 304 yards and four touchdowns — both career-highs — but the Detroit Lions escaped with a 38-37 victory over Cleveland at Ford Field. “We didn’t win, so [...]
Woman mauled by dogs talks from hospital
Linda Milchen, the Lorain woman who was mauled Saturday by two German shepherds while protecting her dog, is beginning to recover from the ordeal. Milchen spoke by phone from MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland Sunday evening. She was in fair condition, recovering from surgery on her left arm, which, Milchen said, was “pretty torn up.” [...]
Lorain man found dead in apartment
LORAIN — A 54-year-old Lorain man was found dead in his home Sunday, according to a Lorain police report. Terry Edwards was found sitting in a wheelchair in front of a television around 1 p.m. on Sunday. The resident manager of his apartment building in the 400 block of Broadway had noticed several newspapers lying [...]
Corrections for Nov. 23, 2009
There will be a community Thanksgiving worship service 7 p.m. Tuesday at Wesleyan Village, 807 West Ave., not a turkey dinner. A listing on Saturday’s Local & State page was incorrect.
Police log for Nov. 23, 2009
Lorain police Friday, Nov. 20 10:08 a.m. – 1700 block Lexington Ave., a woman reported an unknown man at a house she was visiting snatched her purse and ran from the home. 4:05 p.m. – 1900 block Lexington Ave., tire slashed on vehicle. 7:21 p.m. – E. 36th Street and Pearl Avenue, Edgar Colon, 47, [...]
Avon & Avon Lake police log for Nov. 23, 2009
Blotter bite Avon police are looking for a man they say pulled up next to a 7-year-old girl in a van and asked if she needed a ride. The girl ran into her home in the 35300 block of Livingston Drive after the man spoke to her and the van drove off, police said. The [...]
Avon & Avon Lake notebook for Nov. 23, 2009
Genesis House holiday events Genesis House domestic violence shelter is holding two holiday-themed events at Independence Village, 345 Lear Road, Avon Lake. A bake sale, Santa’s Cookie Jar, will be 2 to 6 p.m. Dec. 3. Treats start at $1 a piece. The Festival of Trees will be 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 4. Guests [...]
Avon family gets in the act for ‘Ragtime’
AVON — John and Colleen Dillon of Avon are stage parents times three this week, with three of their children performing in the production of the musical “Ragtime” at Magnificat High School in Rocky River. Kelly Dillon, a sophomore at Magnificat, plays a member of the upper-crust New Rochelle crowd. Ryan, a senior at St. [...]
Elyria not alone in budget struggles
The industrial city of Middletown in southwest Ohio is much like Elyria. Elyria has about 55,000 people, while Middletown is slightly smaller with 51,000 people. Area-wise, Middletown is slightly larger – about 25 square miles, compared with Elyria’s 20. And Elyria has the Black River, while Middletown has the Great Miami River. Both cities also [...]
Lorain woman mauled by two German shepherds
LORAIN — A 58-year-old Lorain woman is in fair condition after being mauled Saturday afternoon by two German shepherds in her backyard. The dogs were killed by police. Linda Milchen and her husband have been caring for the two dogs, Niko and Lola, for about three months because their daughter recently moved into a new [...]
Oberlin’s Christ Episcopal Church celebrates its 150th anniversary
OBERLIN – When the congregation of Christ Episcopal Church celebrates the 150th anniversary of its church building today, its rich history includes a tale of two churches in Elyria and Oberlin. The ties between the venerable St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Elyria and Christ Episcopal Church are strong and date to 1852, when a “tough [...]
Elyria/Elyria Township notebook: Nov. 22, 2009
Two graduate from basic training Air Force Airman 1st Class Regina G. Schuster and Air Force Airman Corey A. Cutright have graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Both completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, [...]
Obituaries for Nov. 22, 2009
ELEANOR E. GOLDSMITH RUTH EDNA DIEDERICK HARLEY DEAN HONEBERGER DOROTHY M. CURRIER DORTHY L. PAGE MARY RANCK EDWIN EUGENE CHARLES. SR. ARTHUR D, GNUSCHKE Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
College football: Ohio State 21, Michigan 10
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Terrelle Pryor is thankful he chose to play at Ohio State, instead of for Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines. Pryor threw a touchdown for the final score in the third quarter and avoided making many mistakes to help the ninth-ranked Buckeyes beat Michigan 21-10 Saturday for its sixth straight win [...]
OSU notes: Coleman has big day in secondary
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Kurt Coleman went out in style. Not only did the senior co-captain get a win over archrival Michigan that improved him to 4-0 in his career against the Wolverines, but the safety aided the cause with one of his best games of the season — one that included two of the [...]
OSU’s Boren happy after beating former team
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It was a bittersweet day for Ohio State guard Justin Boren, heavy on the sweet. Boren, who played two years at Michigan before transferring to Ohio State, wrapped up his first regular season as a Buckeye by beating his former team to claim the outright Big Ten title. “It was a [...]
NBA: Cavaliers 97, 76ers 91
CLEVELAND — They haven’t eliminated their customary early lapses, but the Cavaliers have been as efficient as Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera when it comes to closing games. Totally locking down on the defensive end for the second straight night, Cleveland defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 97-91 Saturday at Quicken Loans Arena. The Cavaliers (10-4), who for [...]
Browns vs. Lions is a battle of the bads
In the mid-1950s, the Browns and Lions met in the NFL Championship Game almost annually. The Lions won three times from 1952-57, and the Browns won 56-10 in 1954. This afternoon, they could be playing for the No. 1 pick in the 2010 draft. The loser of the matchup of 1-8 teams will be no [...]
Elyria gets grant for brownfield cleanup effort
ELYRIA — A $1.9 million grant from the Ohio Department of Development will be used to turn a former industrial site believed to be contaminated with hazardous materials into a prime area for redevelopment. City leaders learned Friday it has received the money from the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund, Elyria Economic Development Director Don Brackenhoff [...]
No arrests yet in Vermilion homicide
VERMILION — No arrests have been made in the homicide of a Vermilion tree service owner who was shot in the head early Wednesday. Vermilion police Chief Bob Kish said investigators are working on several theories in the death of 36-year-old Jeremy Simko but will have to wait for evidence to be sorted and analyzed [...]