Archive for February, 2010
Possible levy to fix track has life in Oberlin
OBERLIN — Voters could be asked to consider a 1-mill levy in May to renovate the high school track and tennis courts after all, according to school officials. A special meeting to get public input is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in City Council chambers at 85 S. Main St. No decision has been made [...]
Obituaries for Feb. 13, 2010
Annelies Dubina Evangeline Clawson Robert D. Onderko Rosemarie K. Broske Charles E. Nagy Euma M. Kirkhart Wesley H. Kreger Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Girl, 15, says she was raped on ride home from baby-sitting
LORAIN — A 15-year-old Sheffield Township girl told a Clearview High School official she was raped Feb. 4 as she was being driven home from a baby-sitting job. The teenager told school officials she was baby-sitting and a family member of the people she was baby-sitting for, a 25-year-old Lorain man, drove her home but [...]
Listeria concerns minimal, nobody missing meals, official says
Concern about possible listeria contamination in home-delivered meals for seniors in Lorain County and four other Northeast Ohio counties is having minimal effect here, according to Mike Mayse, president and chief executive of the Neighborhood House in Lorain. The Ohio Department of Agriculture says a routine test last week found the bacteria in chicken and [...]
Elyria businessman sentenced to 4 years for workers comp fraud
The owner of an Elyria medical-report company has been sentenced to four years in prison for for workers compensation fraud, according to a news release from Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray. Eric Zaffer, owner of Medical Consultants, was sentenced today in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. According to the news release: Unusual reporting practices gave [...]
Lorain County Ironmen to take the field at Pipe Yard this summer
LORAIN — The Lorain County Ironmen will play ball this summer at Lorain’s Pipe Yard. The newest addition to the Prospect League was announced at press conference this afternoon at Lorain City Hall. Area residents voted by mail and e-mail, selecting Lorain County Ironmen over a host of other choices, including the Lorain Internationals, the [...]
Photo gallery: Top teen rock band set to tour
LaGRANGE — Local teen hard rock band Cazzura is making a name for itself throughout the Greater Cleveland area, and in March, it will be taking its show on the road for a three-city tour. Cazzura, which formed in 2005, won Peabody’s “Rock on the Road Battle of the Bands” on Jan. 8. The prize [...]
In the spirit: Elementary students at Keystone hold Olympic ceremony
Keystone Elementary School held an informative ceremony based on the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. The fourth-graders at the school demonstrated the Olymipc medals were awarded to the winning athletes, complete with award pedestals and the flags of the winning contestants.
Teen waives hearing, will be tried as adult in North Ridgeville murder case
ELYRIA — A 16-year-old North Ridgeville boy accused of murder in the stabbing death of a family friend agreed Friday to have his case moved to adult court. Daniel Kovarbasich waived a hearing before Lorain County Juvenile Judge David Berta in which prosecutors would have had to convince a judge there was enough evidence to [...]
Obituaries for Feb. 12, 2010
Raymond J. Walend Lizzie Compton Charles L. Kern Rosemarie K. Broske Mary Louise Harrison James C. Heald Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Cavaliers 115, Magic 106: Cavs prove points in 13th straight win
CLEVELAND — They’re the best team in the NBA. They should have more All-Stars. They have the real Superman. And they have the best player in the game. If they hadn’t already, the Cavaliers proved a lot of points Thursday night by defeating the Orlando Magic 115-106 at Quicken Loans Arena. “It was a roll [...]
Cavs analysis: Shaq, Dwight Howard trade plenty of shots
CLEVELAND — OK, we get it. Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard don’t like each other. You didn’t even have to know the pair had a history to get the point after watching Cleveland’s 115-106 victory over Orlando on Thursday night. During a seven-second stretch in the second quarter, each big man was assessed an offensive [...]
Elyrian puts aside patriotism as referee for the Olympics
Tim Quinn’s luggage included an extra item for his trip this week to Vancouver, British Columbia. Tape. Not just any tape. The sturdy black electrical tape he will use to cover the stars and stripes on the bottom of his 25-year-old custom-made speedskates. Quinn, an Elyria resident who ran for mayor in 2007, is in [...]
Boys basketball: King getting better by the game
LORAIN — Admiral King won its third game in a row Thursday night and is over .500 (9-8) for the first time in more than a month. Not bad, considering the Admirals lost their two best players to academic ineligibility last month and start one senior, two juniors, a sophomore and a freshman point guard. [...]
Hockey: Short-handed EC falls in Baron Cup
BROOKLYN — Elyria Catholic faced a daunting task of playing the defending state champions with two of its varsity defensemen sidelined by shoulder injuries. The seventh-seeded Panthers played as well as could be expected, but fell to University School 5-0 in a Baron Cup quarterfinal game Thursday at the John Coyne Recreation Center. “You don’t [...]
Ohio to become a Powerball state in mid-April, lotto officials say
CLEVELAND — Lottery officials expect Ohio to become a Powerball state on April 16, with tickets going on sale for a drawing the following day. Powerball is a big-money, multistate game similar to Mega Millions, which is already played in Ohio. Ohio Lottery spokeswoman Jeannie Roberts says Ohioans won’t have to drive to Pennsylvania or [...]
Vitale first to file for Koziura’s state rep seat
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Maria Zampieri Vitale filed petitions Thursday to run for the seat currently held by state Rep. Joe Koziura, D-Lorain. Vitale, a Lorain Democrat, is the first to file in the race, but two others, former Lorain County Board of Elections Director Jose Candelario and Dan Ramos, a former Koziura aide, have announced [...]
Elyria Schools to try emergency levy in May
ELYRIA — The Elyria school board voted unanimously Thursday night to put a 4.99-mill emergency levy on the ballot for the May 4 election. The levy, which would raise $4.4 million, combined with almost $3 million in budget cuts that would eliminate up to 57 full-time jobs, would keep the school from realizing a $29 [...]
VIDEO: Old Lorain High smoke stack demolished
Crews on Thursday took down one of the final structures standing at the site of the former Lorain High School, which later became Lorain Middle School in the 1990s. The building’s smokestack went down in a heap after the bottom rows of bricks were removed.
Gunfight survivor: Phillips took part in robbery
ELYRIA — Brady Phillips was a willing participant in the botched robbery that left two men dead late last year, a survivor of the attack said Thursday. Phillips, 38, was indicted Thursday on two counts each of murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and six counts of felonious assault. He also was charged with tampering with [...]
Boys basketball notes: Shoremen win one for coach
Tuesday night’s game between Avon Lake and Olmsted Falls put in perspective that high school basketball, despite the emphasis placed on winning, is still just a game. However, as was the case Tuesday night, basketball can often be a welcome distraction as well as a source of comfort in a time of need. On the [...]
Elyria fire union head states case to Council committee
ELYRIA — After being rebuffed by the administration, the local firefighters union took its case for an increase in manpower directly to City Council on Thursday night hoping members would grant their request for more personnel. It was a never-used-before article of their contract that allowed them to place their demands for more firefighters in [...]
LCCC students to help in Haiti
ELYRIA — Some of the nine Lorain County Community College students heading to the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic to assist medical teams have never been out of the country before. Others are old hands at offering assistance, such as 19-year-old Dan Ottinger, who plans to major in international studies at The Ohio [...]
Police log for Feb. 12, 2010
Elyria police Wednesday, Feb. 10 8:35 a.m. – 175 Lake Ave., Shopway Food Mart, owner told police he found two broken windows and cracked glass in the front door of his store when he arrived Wednesday morning. 12:15 p.m. – 320 Market Drive, Giant Eagle, Aaron J. Smith, 19, of Elyria, was charged with theft [...]
VIDEO: Despite economy, Ohio’s colleges still strong, Fingerhut says
ELYRIA — The state’s economy may be hurting, but students here are not being hit with double-digit tuition hikes and closed admissions like those in California, said Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut. Enrollment has grown 20 percent or more at Lorain County Community College while tuition has been frozen, Fingerhut said. “We understand [...]