Archive for March 11th, 2010
Did position change affect Peralta at the plate?
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Jhonny Peralta had one of his worst offensive performances last year, struggling to career lows for a full season in batting average (.254) and home runs (11). A position change probably played a part. After spending four years as the Indians’ starting shortstop as the heir apparent to Omar Vizquel, Peralta was [...]
Game info from 5-all tie with White Sox on Thursday
Indians (5-0-1) 5, White Sox (3-3-2) 5 (10 innings) Hits: Center fielder Michael Brantley went 2-for-2 with an RBI and made a strong throw to the plate in the first inning that would have cut down Carlos Quentin, but catcher Lou Marson couldn’t handle the ball. … First base prospect Wes Hodges continued to [...]
Regina disqualified; EC girls back in
ELYRIA — Elyria Catholic girls basketball team is back in the game after the Ohio High School Athletic Association disqualified Regina, the team that defeated Elyria Catholic on Wednesday night. Elyria Catholic now will face Smithsville at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Cuyahoga Falls High School, which is a suburb of Akron. Eric Rothgery, EC’s coach, [...]
Vizquel back for another year
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Omar Vizquel thought the 2009 season would be his last. Not so fast. “I always doubted (that I would play in 2010),” said Vizquel, who hit .266 in 62 games for Texas last year before signing a free-agent contract with the White Sox this offseason worth $1.375 million. “But I felt so [...]
Accident near Avon Commons sends two people to area hospitals
Michelle Park, The Chronicle-Telegram AVON — A two-car accident at the Detroit Road entrance to Avon Commons sent two people to area hospitals this morning. The vehicles, a red Nissan Sentra that was turning left into Avon Commons and a black Dodge sedan that was westbound on Detroit, collided about 10:30 a.m. The female driver [...]
Elyria Auditor Ted Pileski’s salary donation $4,551, not $1,295
ELYRIA — City Auditor Ted Pileski is a little more generous than people think. On Dec. 30, 2009, just two days before a 2.5 percent pay increase went into effect, Pileski wrote a check to the city for $3,255.77 to cover the bump in pay. It was the second such payment Pileski made in the [...]
Ohio bowling alleys want video slots, too
COLUMBUS — Ohio bowling centers are arguing they should be allowed to offer video slot machines, too, if the state’s horse racing tracks get them. Bowling alley representatives made their case Wednesday before an Ohio House panel that’s considering legislation to pave the way for slots at seven horse tracks. Joseph Gambish owns a bowling [...]
Lorain County under flood warning through tonight
Lorain County is under a flood warning through this evening as temperatures rise and snow continues to melt, and minor flooding is already occurring, according to the National Weather Service. Flood stage is 9.5 feet, and at 5 a.m. today the stage was 9.6 feet and rising. The river will continue to rise and will [...]
South Amherst Fire Department receives grant of nearly $50,000
The South Amherst Fire Department has received a $49,676 grant from FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program. According to a news release from Sen. Sherrod Brown, AFG grants target fire departments and EMS organizations that are unaffiliated with hospitals to enhance their ability to protect the health and safety of the public and first-responder personnel. [...]
Obituaries for March 11, 2010
Nona M. Norman Joseph H. Santone Leone B. Anderson John Jenkins Alvin Cook Carol A. Sabin Patricia L. Smith James Thomas Jones Edna R. Zust-Personke Brenda J. Bishop Edward M. Turon Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Careless cooking damages Lorain home overnight
LORAIN — A woman who left food cooking and forgot about it caused about $12,000 worth of damage to her mother’s home overnight. Lorain firefighters were called to 1501 Shaffer Drive a little after 3 a.m. for a fire in the kitchen on one side of the duplex, according to Assistant Fire Chief Randy Hupp. [...]
Sheffield Township breaks ground for new fire station
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Soon, firefighters won’t have the struggle of backing large and valuable fire trucks into the small Sheffield Township fire station. On Wednesday, township trustees, firefighters, friends and family gathered for the ground-breaking ceremony for a new $800,000 facility. “I’m overwhelmed to be able to provide this to our township,” trustee David Newsome [...]
Photo gallery: Vermilion library set to unveil $4.9M expansion
VERMILION — The books are dusted and arranged, the “green” roof is already starting to show signs of growth, and patron-friendly features including new meeting rooms, a kitchen and fireplace are all waiting to usher in a new era in the history of Ritter Public Library. In progress for more than a year, the library’s [...]
Indians spring training: Branyan’s debut gets moved back
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Only one of the anticipated exhibition debuts came off without a hitch Wednesday at Goodyear Ballpark. Russell Branyan and Matt LaPorta were expected to play for the first time this spring in the Indians’ Catcus League game against the Padres — a 10-5 Cleveland victory — but only LaPorta answered the bell. [...]
Quinn on way out? QB reportedly trade fodder as Delhomme visits
The Browns quarterback situation seemed so stable, even enviable. Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn were young, talented and too valuable to part with either one. Before the 2008 and ’09 seasons, the Browns hierarchy — which changed between the seasons — decided it was best for the organization to keep them both. How quickly, and [...]
Defending champ Regina and its D-I recruits too much for EC
CUYAHOGA FALLS — Elyria Catholic’s dream basketball season is history. It’s over and it was historic. The Panthers (20-5) stayed with defending state champion Regina for a quarter Wednesday night. But the second-ranked Royals had too much power. They opened a big lead early in the second quarter and rolled to a 68-45 victory in [...]
VIDEO: Investigation continues into Highland Court fire; fire scene dog coming tomorrow
ELYRIA — Police and fire investigators are working to determine whether a fire that started at a home on Highland Court and spread to two nearby homes was deliberately set. Several people have been questioned by fire investigators trying to determine what happened early Tuesday at Yolanda Panter’s home at 114 Highland Court. “I don’t [...]
EC had no chance after a bad second quarter
CUYAHOGA FALLS — Elyria Catholic’s stay in the Division III regional tournament ended, for all intents and purposes, with 6:16 to go in the first half of Wednesday’s 68-45 loss to Regina. The defending state champion Royals (22-2) had just finished off a 13-0 run that turned a 13-8 deficit into a 21-13 advantage. That [...]
Fire overnight damages 3 South Lorain garages, car
LORAIN — Lorain firefighters responded overnight to a fire that destroyed one South Lorain garage and damaged two others and a car. Firefighters were called to 4421 Camden Ave. about 4:40 a.m., according to Assistant Fire Chief Randy Hupp. Camden runs between Homewood Drive and Fairless Avenue east of Southview High School. The fire was [...]
Shoremen shut down Brunswick’s three big men for big upset
EATON TWP. — Not many people figured Avon Lake would match up well against tall, talented, physical Brunswick in their Division I district semifinal Wednesday night. Not many other than Eric Smith and his Shoremen, who pulled off the near-perfect game plan in knocking off the second-seeded Blue Devils, 54-44, to advance to Saturday’s final [...]
County judges want jury bus restored
ELYRIA — The county’s judges have asked the Lorain County commissioners to restore a bus that ferried jurors between the county Justice Center and a parking lot on Washington Avenue. Court Administrator Tim Lubbe told the commissioners Wednesday that the judges are concerned about asking elderly and disabled jurors to trek to the Justice Center [...]
Lorain County’s jobless rate back in double digits
More people were unemployed in Lorain County in January than a month earlier. The county’s jobless rate increased from 9.4 percent in December to 11 percent in January, according to figures released Wednesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. In addition, the county’s two largest cities — Elyria and Lorain — both [...]
Man charged with stealing gas from justice center lot
ELYRIA — A would-be gas thief picked the wrong parking lot to target on Wednesday. Sheriff’s Capt. Jim Drozdowski said deputies caught Jarod Price siphoning gas out of a Jeep in the parking lot behind the Lorain County Justice Center. “He had a green garden hose stuck in his mouth on one end and the [...]
Lorain Health Department remains stuck in $204K hole
LORAIN — The city is not legally obligated to appropriate funds to cover the Lorain City Health Department’s annual budget, Law Director Patrick Riley said in a letter Wednesday to department Director Terrence Tomaszewski. The Health Department has a budgetary shortfall of $204,000 for 2010. “It’s tough all around,” Lorain Mayor Tony Krasienko said. “Whether [...]
LeBron’s back, but will Antawn sit?
INDEPENDENCE — LeBron James should be back when the Cavaliers play in Philadelphia on Friday, but it sounds like the team might rest power forward Antawn Jamison as a precautionary measure. Jamison and coach Mike Brown didn’t come right out and say as much following practice Wednesday at Cleveland Clinic Courts, but they sure seemed [...]