Archive for March 7th, 2010
It’s official: Browns sign Tony Pashos, Scott Fujita
The Browns signed a pair of versatile veterans to multiyear contracts Sunday. Offensive lineman Tony Pashos has 55 NFL starts in seven years and is expected to start at right guard or tackle. Linebacker Scott Fujita has 103 starts in eight years, including 54 in the last four seasons with New Orleans. He won a [...]
Rain washes out Westbrook’s debut
GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Jake Westbrook has waited nearly two years to return to the mound for the Indians. What’s another day? The right-hander, who is slated to start opening day, had his exhibition debut postponed Sunday, when Cleveland’s Cactus League game against the Texas Rangers was rained out at Goodyear Ballpark. Westbrook is scheduled to [...]
Report: Browns sign OL Tony Pashos
BEREA — The Browns may have landed their new right tackle. ESPN’s Adam Schefter, citing a league source, reported Tony Pashos has agreed to a three-year, $10.3 million contract. Pashos is a seven-year veteran limited to one start last season for San Francisco by a shoulder injury. He started 47 games the previous three years [...]
Indians rained out
Yes, apparently it does rain in the desert. Thanks to inclement conditions that were expected to continue for much of the day Saturday, the Indians and Rangers exhibition game Sunday at Goodyear Ballpark was cancelled. The cancellation prevented Jake Westbrook from making his spring debut. Westbrook, who is trying to come back from Tommy John surgery, [...]
The Dash Between: Decade in Hawaii made lifetime of memories for Elyria woman
Rose Broske brought grass skirts, a love of hula dancing and a taste for pineapple home to Elyria after spending most of the 1940s in Hawaii. “When she was over there, she took hula lessons,” said her niece Dolores Cole. “When they came home to visit, she would show us how to do the hula [...]
Elyria Schools cuts teachers, but payroll grows
ELYRIA – In an attempt to keep a deficit at bay, the Elyria school district has cut 163 employees from its payroll since 2004. But the payroll has actually increased slightly – reaching more than $45 million. District Treasurer Fred Stephens said he understands that many residents can’t understand why the district has fewer employees but [...]
American Cancer Society honors Avon attorney
LORAIN – Avon attorney Matthew Nakon was named the American Cancer Society’s “Living Angel” of 2010 Saturday night at a fundraising event at DeLuca’s Place in the Park for his work raising money in his late wife’s name to help families fighting breast cancer pay their bills. “Our Angel has exposed the limitations of cancer,” [...]
Nearly 300 attend 1st Mass at new St. Frances parish
LORAIN – After many months of planning, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini parish was founded Saturday and a new priest installed at St. John the Baptist Church as part of the merging of three Lorain parishes. “Today, we come together to form this one, strengthened parish,” Cleveland Bishop Richard Lennon told the nearly 300 people who [...]
Roundup: March 7, 2010
Fire causes $10K damage at MBI ELYRIA – MBI Products Co. sustained $10,000 damage Saturday and two fire fighters were slightly injured when a sprinkler going off alerted the Fire Department. Firefighters got the call at 12:36 p.m. and arrived at 801 Bond St. to find stacked rolls of fiberglass insulation burning in a storage [...]
Business caught in check scam
ELYRIA – A Cleveland Street business and the local offices of a nationwide shipping company are among the latest to fall victim to what police say is a variation of an old check scam. According to reports, police became aware of the scam when officials of B.M. Rebuilders, a machinery repair and rebuilding firm, reported [...]
Lorain County Transit receives $11,500 from feds
ELYRIA – The Lorain County Transit Board was recently awarded $11,532 for operating assistance. The funds come from the $7.5 billion in stimulus funds that the Federal Transit Administration has doled out since February 2009. Other Northeast Ohio recipients include more than $12.5 million for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority and more than $9 [...]
Obituaries for March 7, 2010
Edith Madding Eric Ray Rodgers John Ivancic Howard L. Smith Russell E. McKenzie Loretta F. Kinkopf Carol L. Fankhauser Terence Wyatt Bruno G. Wachholz Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Girls district basketball: Elyria Catholic rallies to reach 1st regional
WELLINGTON – How sweet was it? Sweet enough to produce the biggest victory in the history of Elyria Catholic’s girls basketball program. Sweet enough to put the Panthers in a Division III Sweet 16 for the first time. The Panthers produced an incredible comeback in front of a full house at Wellington High School on [...]
Girls district basketball: Southview isn’t done yet, stops Cloverleaf
MEDINA – The student section swarmed the court, the medals were handed out and the ladders to cut down the nets were set. Shanique Ogle and Southview couldn’t have been happier. That especially held true after the Saints pulled off a jaw-dropping rally to beat Cloverleaf 32-25 in the Medina Division I district championship. Southview [...]
State wrestling: Wukie ends wait, wins title
COLUMBUS – It was a great night for the city of Elyria at the state wrestling tournament Saturday. Four-time state placer Brad Wukie – a senior at University School – put three years of frustration behind him to capture the Division II 160-pound championship, and Elyria High senior Kodie Egnor exceeded all expectations by finishing [...]
Indians commentary: Questions everywhere on 2010 team
GOODYEAR, Ariz. – If you think the Indians had a lot of question marks entering last season, get a load of this one. Little is settled in the year 2010 for the Wahoos, which is not a good sign for a team that limped to the finish line last season with a 65-97 record that [...]
LeBron sits and limps as Cavs fall to Bucks
MILWAUKEE – The sellout crowd expected to see LeBron James. Instead, rookie Brandon Jennings, sporting a new dyed red mohawk that makes him look a little like a rooster, did all the strutting. The 20-year-old point guard scored 25 points and the Milwaukee Bucks beat Cleveland 92-85 on Saturday night, with James reduced to a [...]