Archive for March, 2010
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 [...]
Man sues ex over pricey engagement ring
ELYRIA — A Vermilion man wants his ring back. Daniel Lucas filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Lorain County Common Pleas Court, alleging that his former fiancee, Linda Gerek, won’t return the 2.01-carat diamond engagement ring he gave her, which is worth $31,625. Lucas’ attorney, Anthony Giardini, said it is only right that Gerek give the [...]
Boys basketball: Amherst can’t find playoff magic, falls to Medina
EATON TWP. — For the second straight season, Amherst saved its best basketball for the postseason. Unfortunately for the Comets, that performance wasn’t enough to carry them into the Division I district championship for the second straight season as top-seeded Medina outlasted them 37-32 on Wednesday night. After battling the Bees to a 21-all tie [...]
Boys basketball: Brookside ends up in the red versus Bay
WESTLAKE — Brookside was overdrawn, maxed out, in the red. The balance was zero. The Cardinals couldn’t buy one in the first half. Brookside finally received some stimulus in the fourth quarter with Hunter Skolnicki leading the bailout effort with 18 points, but it was a day late and a dollar short as the Cardinals [...]
Tribe notes: Healthy Grady swings hot bat
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Grady Sizemore looked healthy Wednesday at Goodyear Ballpark. The Indians’ center fielder, who is coming off an injury-plagued year and two offseason surgeries (left elbow and groin), was at the forefront of Cleveland’s 10-5 victory over the Padres. He clouted a grand slam to power a nine-run fourth inning and singled in [...]
Russia Road to close for culvert project
A portion of Russia Road will be closed beginning 8 a.m. Monday for replacements of culverts in Carlisle and New Russia townships, according to the office of Lorain County Engineer Ken Carney. The road will be closed to through traffic from Oberlin Road to West River Road and detour signs will be posted. The road [...]
ACORN agrees to leave Ohio in lawsuit settlement
COLUMBUS — The community organizing group ACORN has agreed to permanently give up its business license in Ohio, under a settlement with a libertarian organization. The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law had filed a lawsuit against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, ACORN’s full name. The suit alleged that ACORN’s voter registration drives [...]
Elyria Catholic girls fall; Avon Lake boys move on
Elyria Catholic’s season is over, but Avon Lake’s is still going strong. The Panthers, making the school’s first appearance in a girls regional basketball game, lost 68-45 to defending state champion and second-ranked Regina on Wednesday in a Division III semifinal at Cuyahoga Falls High School. EC ends the season at 20-5, while Regina improves [...]
LaPorta makes debut, Branyan still not ready
GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Only one of the anticipated exhibition debuts came off without a hitch Wednesday at Goodyear Ballpark. Both 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 [...]
Game info from Indians’ 10-4 win over Padres at Goodyear Ballpark on Wednesday
Indians (5-0) 10, Padres (1-5) 4 Hits: Center fielder Grady Sizemore had a big game, going 2-for-2 with a grand slam, four RBIs, a walk and two runs. … Right fielder Shin-Soo Choo was 2-for-3 and drove in Cleveland’s first run in the opening inning with a double. … Left fielder Trevor Crowe went [...]
LaPorta makes exhibition debut, Branyan doesn’t
GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Only one of the anticipated exhibition debuts came off without a hitch Wednesday at Goodyear Ballpark. Both Russell Branyan and Matt LaPorta were expected to play for the first time this spring in the Indians’ Catcus League game against the Padres, but only LaPorta answered the bell.
‘Frosty’ doing better after icey swim, goes up for adoption Saturday
Frosty, who got her name after she spent Sunday afternoon in the frozen Black River in Lorain, is in good health, according to Lorain County Dog Warden Jack Szlempa, and will go up for adoption Saturday at the county dog pound. Lorain firefighters who rescued her from the cold waters were the first to suggest [...]
Report: Browns shopping Brady Quinn
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Wednesday the Browns have offered Brady Quinn in trade talks. The report cites multiple league sources. President Mike Holmgren has said repeatedly he’s leaving his options open at quarterback, and no one in the organization has committed to Quinn as the starter. If Quinn’s availability is a topic around the league, trade [...]
AUDIO: Mailman a hero after finding woman who fell in backyard
SHEFFIELD — Mail carrier David Poszgai is being called a hero after he rescued one of his customers who had fallen in her backyard this morning. Listen to an interview with a neighbor and the mailman: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Poszgai, of Sheffield Lake, was delivering mail on Mulberry Lane, one of [...]
Prosecutors: Judge didn’t have power to acquit Joseph Allen
ELYRIA — Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge didn’t have the power to acquit Joseph Allen of child molestation charges last year, Assistant County Prosecutor Billie Jo Belcher told a panel of three appeals court judges Tuesday. Burge cleared Allen and Nancy Smith of charges they had molested 4- and 5-year-old children on Smith’s [...]
Lower fuel costs, smaller vehicles saved state of Ohio $6.8M in 2009
COLUMBUS — Ohio officials say a drop in fuel prices drove a $6.8 million drop in state vehicle costs last year. The Ohio Department of Administrative Services says state employees also helped out the bottom line by using smaller vehicles and covering less miles. The department’s report says a $5.3 million dip in spending on [...]
Three feature-length movies may be filming in Cleveland
CLEVELAND — Financially hard-pressed Cleveland is offering $1.2 million in loan guarantees to jump-start a film industry in the city. A Cleveland City Council committee voted Tuesday to approve the backing for three feature-length films to be produced by Nehst Studios. One film is a romantic comedy starring Vivica A. Fox, another is based on [...]
Governor: Death row inmate likely stockpiled pills
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland says a death row inmate who survived an overdose of pills likely saved up medication that had been prescribed for him. The governor acknowledged to reporters on Tuesday that his view of what happened to Lawrence Reynolds Jr. was speculation, but Strickland noted he was speculating from his position [...]
On top at last: EC seniors never lost hope
Elyria Catholic’s three seniors played varsity basketball when they were freshmen. But not very well. The Panthers finished 3-18 that season and who knew what the future held? Actually, they did, and so did present coach Eric Rothgery, who was junior varsity coach at the time. To them, the future looked pretty promising and, indeed, [...]
Wonder where they all went? Mariners now Wahoo West
PEORIA, Ariz. — Take a stroll through the Seattle Mariners spring training clubhouse and it’s tough not to bump into a former member of the Indians organization. Seattle, which lost 6-4 Tuesday to the Indians at Peoria Sports Complex, now employs ex-Cleveland players Cliff Lee, Ryan Garko, Franklin Gutierrez, Milton Bradley, Josh Bard and Mike [...]
Derek Anderson regrets ripping Browns fans
It didn’t take Derek Anderson long to regret ripping Browns fans. He sent a statement early Wednesday morning through a former Browns public relations manager. “I said some things to (the New-Herald’s) Jeff Schudel earlier that I regret,” he wrote. “Those of you who got to know me personally from covering the Browns over the past five years, [...]
Girls D-I regional: Saints keep up until Waite turns up defense
NORWALK — For more than 10 minutes Tuesday night, Southview had a leg up on sixth-ranked Toledo Waite. Then two things happened. The Indians slapped a full-court zone on the Saints and Natasha Howard, their 6-foot-3 post and Florida State recruit, went to work offensively. The combination produced bunches of Southview turnovers and bigger bunches [...]
President Obama returning to Northeast Ohio Monday
Nearly two months after a whirlwind visit to Lorain County, President Barack Obama is returning to Northeast Ohio. No location has been announced for the visit, which will take place Monday and focus on health insurance reform, the White House announced Wednesday in a news release. Further details of the Ohio visit will be announced [...]
Turnovers costly: Southview has 35 errors and only 34 points
NORWALK — The list of disappointing things Scott Plzak saw Tuesday night was long. Plazak’s Southview team had more turnovers (35) than points (34) in its Division I regional clash with sixth-ranked Toledo Waite. The Saints shot less than 30 percent from the field, and nobody but Shanique Ogle did much scoring. The rebounding difference [...]