Archive for January, 2010
Personnel hires have history with new Browns regime
BEREA — The makeover of the Browns personnel department started with some old friends. The Browns announced the hiring of four men Wednesday, all of whom have worked with new president Mike Holmgren or new general manager Tom Heckert. The most significant hire is director of player personnel Jon Sandusky, who spent the last nine [...]
Girls basketball: Uneven Elyria grabs win over Southview
LORAIN — It wasn’t so much a roller-coaster ride for the Elyria girls Wednesday night. It was more like being on a yo-yo: big lead, little lead; big lead, little lead. It ended in a little victory for the Pioneers, 56-51 over Southview in a non-conference game that was probably closer than it should have [...]
Boys basketball: Lake Ridge falls in OT
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — It bordered on the unbelievable Wednesday night how Lake Ridge Academy lost a non-conference game to Cleveland Horizon Science Academy. The Lions (4-6) came out roaring and appeared headed for a romp when they led the Dragons (7-2) by 19 points on Richie O’Neill’s third 3-pointer with 5:22 left in the first [...]
Swimming & diving notes: Two competitions on same day for 5 area divers
It was a hectic day Saturday for five area high school divers. Elyria Catholic junior MacKenzie Tweardy, along with senior Logan Crist and junior Morgan Srail of Avon Lake, plus seniors Tiffany Platko and Curtis Sampson of North Olmsted, all saw double duty. The five divers competed at the Northeast Classic at Canton McKinley’s Branin [...]
Final preparations for Obama visit under way at LCCC
ELYRIA — Workers at Lorain County Community College spent Wednesday gearing up for President Barack Obama’s impending visit Friday for a town hall meeting. Marcia Ballinger, the college’s vice president for strategic and institutional development, said about 900 people have been given tickets to attend the event Friday afternoon, where Obama plans to speak with [...]
Dear Mr. President: Residents write
We asked you what you wanted to tell President Barack Obama, and boy, did we learn you have a lot to say. We got letters, letters and more letters. Some decry the focus on health care when the economy is in the tank, others kindly give him encouragement, others take him to task for failing [...]
Services finalized for plane crash victims
Funeral services were set for Donald and Shirley Brown on Wednesday as the wreckage of the crashed plane that killed them was cleared from Lorain County Regional Airport. Dostal Funeral Services in North Olmsted announced that visitation will be 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the chapel at Sunset Memorial Park, 6265 Columbia Road, North [...]
Clerk held up at Elyria adult store
ELYRIA — A clerk at Cirilla’s adult store near Midway Mall was held up at gunpoint Wednesday night. A witness told The Chronicle-Telegram that he and his girlfriend had entered the store, in the 600 block of Midway Blvd., around 6:18 p.m. They saw two customers but didn’t see any employees at first, then a [...]
Lorain Health Department offers flu vaccinations
LORAIN — The Lorain City Health Department has scheduled several H1N1 flu vaccine clinics. The clinics are free. Children less than 10 years old require two doses of vaccine separated by 28 days for the vaccine to be completely effective. For more information, visit www.lorainhealth.com or call the hotline at (440) 204-2516. Clinics are: Friday: [...]
County awards Quarry Road bridge project
WELLINGTON — Lorain County Engineer Ken Carney announced Wednesday that R&I Construction won the contract for the replacement of the Quarry Road bridge just north of state Route 18 in Wellington and Brighton townships. R&I Construction of Tiffin is expected to begin work on the $403,443 project in mid-February and finish by June 5. The [...]
Landfill fees might lower; commissioners to discuss Allied Waste proposal
ELYRIA — Lorain County commissioners agreed Wednesday to begin negotiating a possible decrease in what Allied Waste is charged to dump trash from other counties at the landfill in New Russia Township. Allied is asking for the fee to be reduced from $4 a ton to $2.60 a ton for a 2-year period in order [...]
Battle begins over NOACA appointee
ELYRIA — Angry township officials confronted the Lorain County commissioners Wednesday on their decision not to appoint LaGrange Township Trustee Rita Canfield to the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency board because she had run against two of the commissioners. The commissioners instead voted Jan. 11 to appoint one of their own economic development employees, Virginia [...]
329,000 Ohioans hit with driver’s license late fee; $6.4M raised
COLUMBUS — Ohio has issued 329,000 fines to people who missed new deadlines to renew their driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations. The new $20 late fee took effect in October, raising about $6.4 million for the State Highway Patrol during the last three months of 2009. The figures were released Wednesday. The penalties applies to [...]
Governor Strickland reschedules state of the state speech
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has rescheduled his biggest policy speech of the year to avoid a clash with President Obama’s state of the union address. Strickland’s state of the state speech had been scheduled for noon Wednesday and now will be held at noon Tuesday. Strickland and Obama are both Democrats and the [...]
Shaq defends LeBron
Rick Noland The Chronicle-Telegram Predictably, Cavaliers small forward LeBron James has taken some heat for his decision not to participate in the Slam Dunk Contest over All-Star Weekend. The 25-year-old said a year ago he might take part in 2010, but no one who follows the Cavaliers on a daily basis really took him seriously. [...]
Plane wreckage removed from airport
NEW RUSSIA TOWNSHIP — Crews from Leiby Construction were out at the Lorain County Regional Airport this morning removing the wreckage of a plane that crashed Monday afternoon as it arrived from Florida. It was not immediately clear where the wreckage was being taken. Investigators continued yesterday to sift through the wreckage of the airplane [...]
Obituaries for Jan. 20, 2010
Mary Lou Kaderbek Gladys J. Perrier Edward Martin Pippert Robert H. Wilkins Adeline M. Hill Stephanie Lynn Pedraza Brian Stevens Florence G. Buckingham Steven Sinch Robert M. Ternes Virginia Marcine Clark James Edward Bryant Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Boys basketball: Hurting EC finds a way to beat Columbia
COLUMBIA TWP. — The Elyria Catholic Panthers are beginning to resemble a M*A*S*H unit more than a basketball squad. Playing for the second straight night and without Andrew Kubuski, who is out for the year following shoulder surgery, and point guard Joe Januzzi sidelined with a concussion, the Panthers already had their work cut out [...]
Cavaliers 108, Raptors 100: Shaq leads win, becomes fifth to score 28,000
CLEVELAND — Shaquille O’Neal made his entire 7-foot-1, 325-pound presence felt Tuesday night at Quicken Loans Arena. Just ask Toronto guards Jarrett Jack and DeMar DeRozan, who were both bounced to the floor by the humongous center in the Cavaliers’ 108-100 victory. “He’s a physical player,” Cleveland coach Mike Brown said. “He’s a guy from [...]
New 6.1-quake hits Haiti, people flee into streets
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A powerful new earthquake struck Haiti on Wednesday, shaking rubble from damaged buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets only eight days after the country’s capital was devastated by an apocalyptic quake. The magnitude-6.1 temblor was the largest aftershock yet to the Jan. 12 quake. The extent of additional damage [...]
Boys basketball: Elyria shoots well to beat Amherst
ELYRIA — You could say it was student-teacher night at the Pioneer gym Tuesday. Amherst’s John Srnis patrolled the Elyria sideline as head coach for eight seasons and spent 19 years altogether on the Pioneer staff, but his one-time student and player Brett Larrick got the best of Srnis and the Comets, 66-44, in non-conference [...]
Residents line up for Obama tickets
ELYRIA — Two tickets to President Barack Obama’s Friday visit to Lorain County were the most sought-after items at Lorain County Community College on Tuesday. The visit is Obama’s first to Lorain County since becoming president and the second stop on his “White House to Main Street Tour.” Those looking to get tickets, which were [...]
Secret Service questions Elyria pet store worker over comment on Facebook
ELYRIA — A 19-year-old Lorain man drew the attention of the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday for a comment he posted on the Facebook page of a local news blog. The comment — “Ill (sic) make sure to grab my rifle,” — was posted on the Facebook page of TMCNews.net on Jan. 5 in response [...]
Investigation into plane crash continues; report due in 5 to 10 days
NEW RUSSIA TWP. — Investigators continue to sift through the wreckage of the airplane that crashed Monday afternoon at Lorain County Regional Airport, killing Vermilion inventor/businessman Donald Brown and his wife, Shirley, as well as the plane’s pilot and co-pilot. The Mitsubishi MU-2B had no in-flight voice or data recorders, said Jim Silliman, an air [...]
Millionaire inventor Don Brown had gadgets and a sharp mind
VERMILION TWP. — Inventor Don Brown, a “once in a lifetime inventor” who made his fortune by inventing a grid system for mounting drop ceilings, lived in an estate worth millions full of gadgetry but genuinely loved life and people, friends said. Brown, 89, died Tuesday in the crash of a plane near Lorain County [...]