Archive for January, 2010
15 minutes: Get to know sousaphonist Collin Falatic
Collin Falatic Age: 16 Lives: LaGrange School: Sophomore at Keystone High School What instrument do you play and what do you like about pep band? I play the sousaphone. It’s a fancy name for the marching tuba. It’s really nice to be in band with all your friends and hang out with everybody who you [...]
Police log for Jan. 18, 2010
Elyria police Friday, Jan. 15 6:56 a.m. – Broad Street, three cars broken into, and each had its glove compartments ransacked. 11:48 a.m. – West Avenue, Jamie Carpenter, 34, Elyria, arrested on outstanding bench warrant from Elyria Municipal Court. 6 p.m. – Midway Boulevard, Kenneth, K. Othberg, 26, Norwalk, charged with theft. 7:17 p.m. – [...]
Avon Lake Council meeting videos available online
Don’t feel like heading out in the cold to attend an Avon Lake City Council meeting? Well, as of Jan. 4, all that is necessary to keep up is a computer. That’s because the city recently launched a Web site featuring local television programs and City Council meetings available via the Internet. The Web site [...]
S’novim godom! Russian new year celebrated in Lorain
The Lorain County Sacred Landmarks Initiative celebrated the Russian New Year’s Eve on Saturday at St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church in Lorain. Guests were treated to the traditional black bread dipped in salt, garlic and honey. The event featured singers, dancers and strolling violin players, as well as an experienced fortune teller. At the end [...]
Obituaries for Jan. 17, 2010
Dorene A. Wright Tamara Lynn Gaydos Larry E. Coleman Phyllis B. Collister Carolyn Grace Telenko Peter J. Nardecchia Jr. Alice Dorothy Sparks Ross Charles Parker Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Girls Basketball: Southview gets emotional win over King
LORAIN – Prior to Saturday afternoon’s game at The Shot Palace, boosters from both schools passed out T-shirts to the Southview and Admiral King girls bearing the title “The Showdown.” More like “The Final Showdown,” perhaps? With a merger of the Lorain schools becoming more and more likely, the cross-town rivals met on the basketball [...]
Cavaliers: LeBron leads late push, win over Clippers
LOS ANGELES – LeBron James scored 13 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter and the Cleveland Cavaliers survived a 3-point attempt at the final buzzer by Baron Davis for a 102-101 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night. Mo Williams added 18 points for the Eastern Conference-leading Cavaliers. Reserve guard Delonte [...]
Girls Basketball: EC rolls over Raiders in 2nd half
COLUMBIA TWP. – Columbia called on its long-range shooters to build a lead over Elyria Catholic that reached nine points midway through the second quarter. But the Panthers, who made nearly 60 percent of their shots in the final 16 minutes and were perfect on 13 free throws in the fourth quarter, ran away with [...]
Boys Basketball: Rudolph helps Elyria over Avon
ELYRIA – When 6-foot-6 senior Will Rudolph stepped back to take a 3-point shot for Elyria with 1:21 remaining in a tight ballgame Saturday night, you could almost feel the crowd hold its collective breath. But Rudolph has that unconscious mentality about his ability, and he knocked down the shot to help preserve the Pioneers’ [...]
H.S. Hockey: North Olmsted slips by Olmsted Falls
NORTH OLMSTED – Great minds think alike. In some situations, however, only one person, or one team, gets to benefit from such similar thinking. “I was actually looking to pass first,” Kyle Swansegar said about his goal that broke a 1-1 tie and lifted North Olmsted to a 2-1 victory over Olmsted Falls in Southwestern [...]
Fire destroys site of children’s museum
AVON – An early-morning fire on Center Road destroyed a building that was going to house the West Side Children’s Museum. The museum, which was coming to life inside the old Loeser Trucking Co. building, was slated to open this year with exhibits designed to cater to infants to 12-year-olds. However, those plans are on [...]
A slow burn for Fire Department audit
ELYRIA – Elyria Fire Chief Rich Benton said the $50,000 audit of the Elyria Fire Department is well within his reach every day. It sits behind his desk at the Cedar Street Fire Station, open to the last page he has read in recent days. The report’s release in July immediately made it the talk [...]
Realtors say market may improve soon
Foreclosures in Lorain County rose in 2009, but real estate agents say it looks like an end is close for the implosion of the home market. “It’s the strangest market I’ve seen in 30 years,” said Carol Murphy, of Keller Williams in the Avon-Avon Lake area. “Just when I think I’ve got a plan on [...]
Police chief says e-mail didn’t reflect his views
LORAIN – Lorain Police Chief Cel Rivera said Saturday that an e-mail sent to the daughter of Nancy Smith by his secretary earlier this month doesn’t reflect his opinion of the controversial Head Start child molestation case. The e-mail, Rivera wrote in a statement to The Chronicle-Telegram, was part of a commutation request to Gov. [...]
Police log: Jan. 17, 2009
Lorain police Wednesday, Jan. 13 3 p.m. – 1500 block W. Erie Ave., more than $2,000 in jewelry stolen from home. 4:07 p.m. – 200 block W. 13th St., a woman reported a man driving a white pickup took a picture of her 9-year-old daughter with his cell phone as she was walking home from [...]
Milestones for 01/17/2010
Wedding – Allen-Tipton Engagement – Bankston-Shaver Congratulations – Clark Engagement – DiFranco-Detwiler 95th Birthday – Mull Engagement – Polen-Orasko Engagement – Schneider-McDermott
UPDATE: CT’s email server being upgraded
The planned upgrade to The Chronicle’s email service will be completed on Sunday. Email is working fine today, but it’ll go out early Sunday and be out most of the day. Anyone wishing to contact the CT by email on Sunday might encounter some difficulties. To avoid any lost emails, please wait until Sunday evening [...]
Boys basketball: Re-energized Keystone downs Clearview in big PAC matchup
LAGRANGE – To make a long a story short, Keystone simply beat Clearview at its own game Friday night. On one end of the court, the Wildcats’ defense put the Clippers in a hole early. At the other end, the ‘Cats shot lights out from the field. It was a combination that paid off in [...]
Boys basketball: Elyria can’t finish fast start, falls to Medina
MEDINA – Elyria almost turned the Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division race into a free for all Friday night. The Pioneers stormed out to a 12-point lead over league co-leader Medina, but could not stop Tyler Peters and Matt Ellenbest the rest of the night as the Bees rallied for a 45-39 victory. The win [...]
Boys basketball: Midpark hands Westlake first loss
MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS – In a remarkable one-man performance, Midpark’s Bryan Theriot scored 37 points Friday night as the Meteors nipped previously unbeaten Westlake 59-57 in a down-to-the-wire thriller. It was a battle between two of the top three teams in the Southwestern Conference that wasn’t decided until the last 11 seconds when the 6-foot-9 Theriot [...]
CORRECTIONS: Jan. 16, 2010
Maria Zampieri Vitale, who announced her intention to run for state representative for the 56th District, is running as a Democrat. A story Friday failed to state her political party. A photo that appeared last Sunday on the Elyria YourTown page incorrectly identified the photo’s subject. It was Mark Robinson Jr., not Dorian Weaver, who [...]
High school wrestling: Southview’s Inchaurregui, Ralston notch 100th career wins on same night
LORAIN – Uland Ralston and Narcisco Inchaurregui high-fived and shared a laugh, knowing they had just taken part in a moment that neither would ever forget. The Southview teammates earned their 100th career victories Friday night during the Saints’ 48-21 non-conference win over North Ridgeville. Ralston pulled off a 14-3 major decision over David Evans [...]
Boys basketball: Little fixes, big third quarter lift North Ridgeville past Vermilion
NORTH RIDGEVILLE – North Ridgeville used a strong third quarter to pull out a 64-57 win over Vermilion on Friday night. The win keeps the Rangers (8-3, 5-1 in the West Shore Conference) in second place in the league behind Bay, which remained unbeaten in the WSC with a win over Rocky River. Vermilion took [...]
Boys basketball: Wellington blasts Columbia to stay unbeaten in PAC play
WELLINGTON – Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” blared out in Wellington’s locker room following Friday’s Patriot Athletic Conference crossover game with Columbia. And when 6-foot-5 Raider senior Kevin Augaitis cut the Dukes’ lead to a scant five points at the outset of the second half, it appeared the game would be just that. However, Wellington scored the [...]
Medical retirement opens door for laid-off firefighter
Captain on extended medical leave retires after 15 months; laid-off worker to return