Archive for April, 2010
Severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 8 p.m.
Lorain County and much of Ohio is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 8 tonight, according to the National Weather Service. According to the Weather Service: Expect showers and possibly a thunderstorm this afternoon with a high near 69. South southeast winds will be around 5 mph with a 100 percent chance of precipitation. New [...]
Elyria Sports HOF: Barry Diedrick key in powerful Panther defense
Barry Diedrick was in the middle of everything during his football career at Elyria Catholic — literally. As a middle guard (nose tackle) on the Panthers’ stellar 1981 team – unbeaten in the regular season at 8-0-2 – Diedrick anchored a defense that was largely responsible for EC advancing to the Division III state semifinals, [...]
Scott Petrak: Browns have the luxury of taking their time with Colt McCoy
BEREA – When Jake Delhomme throws his first interception at Cleveland Browns Stadium and the instinct is to chant “Colt,” Browns fans should take a cue from the team’s approach during the three-day NFL Draft. Bite your tongue, sit back down and remember patience is a virtue. “He’s not going to play this year. Things [...]
Cavaliers vs. Bulls: LeBron OK with a little adversity
CHICAGO – Bring on the adversity, LeBron James said. Nothing like a little two-point loss to give a team a big jolt, and that’s exactly what the Cleveland Cavaliers got from the Chicago Bulls in Game 3. So instead of going for a sweep, the Cavs will try to go up 3-1 when their first-round [...]
Area athletes breaks lots of records at Comet Relays, and prove winning isn’t everything
AMHERST – Lorain County athletes put on one heck of a show at Saturday’s 55th annual Comet Relays. Even in events they didn’t win. Case in point: Elyria Catholic senior Marty Coolidge. Coolidge broke a 30-year school record in the 3,200 meters at Amherst, clocking 9:12.16. It eclipsed Ron Rick’s 1980 mark of 9:14.2. His [...]
Carmona of old shines as Indians down A’s
OAKLAND, Calif. – This is the Fausto Carmona the Cleveland Indians expect and need. The right-hander, who pitched so poorly in 2009 that he was sent to the Arizona rookie league, looks a lot more like the 19-game winner he was three years ago. Carmona shut down the Oakland Athletics by scattering seven hits over [...]
Elyria Softball Classic: Weather suspends final with Pioneers leading Keystone, 3-1
ELYRIA – In a cold and steady downpour, Elyria had a head start on retaking its own softball invitational championship, which Keystone won a year ago. But the weather interrupted the process Saturday in front of a big crowd at the old West High School complex. When the umpires halted the action, Elyria led the [...]
Elyria Council repeals forced retirements for police
ELYRIA – The city has never forced a police officer to retire, and now it does not have a city ordinance that says it should. A 38-year-old ordinance, which caps service in the Police Department at 35 years, was repealed by City Council on Monday. The move revokes an ordinance adopted in 1972. Law Director [...]
Crowd turns out to support Elyria levy
ELYRIA – Hundreds of people enjoyed bubbles, Play-Doh, hot dogs and chalk drawings at Elyria High School on Saturday as students and staff volunteered their time to help raise awareness of the 4.9-mill school levy on the May 4 ballot. Teachers in the art department painted “Vote May 4″ in large letters on the Middle [...]
Rally-goers walk away with a piece of EHS art history
ELYRIA – More than 400 ceiling tiles in Elyria High School’s art classrooms and the second-floor hallway found new homes Saturday as residents took pieces of history. The tradition began in the late 1980s and early 1990s when the students wanted to paint some of the tiles in the art rooms, said former Elyria High [...]
Police playing with Fire — on the basketball court
ELYRIA – It doesn’t boast a clever name like “Finest versus Bravest” or “Guns and Hoses.” Still, when members of the Elyria Police and Fire departments meet on the hardwood of Elyria Catholic High School at 7 p.m. Friday, the officers and firefighters will be serious about their first benefit basketball game. “For myself, I [...]
Mental Health Court gives troubled kids extra chance
ELYRIA – Less than a month in existence, Lorain County Juvenile Court’s Mental Health Court already has had to throw out its first participant – for threatening to stab his therapist. But county Juvenile Judge David Berta, who oversees the newly formed court, remains convinced that giving some kids the mental help they need is [...]
Roundup: April 25, 2010
Police looking at dealership thefts ELYRIA – Police are investigating who’s responsible for breaking into two auto dealerships and stealing money from several vending machines. Police were called at 6:40 a.m. Friday to the Nick Abraham Buick dealership at 1111 E. Broad St. after an employee noticed the vending machines in the service area of [...]
Police log for April 25, 2010
Elyria police Friday, April 23 7:22 a.m. – 1900 block West Ave., grandstands, outer walls and walkways of the home grandstands and on the athletic track at Elyria Stadium spray-painted with “2010″ and several names using red, white, silver and blue paint. 1:45 p.m. – 1800 block Middle Ave., miscellaneous household items stolen from apartment. [...]
Obituaries for April 25, 2010
THERESA A. TOMLIN MARTHA GORDON JOHN FREDERICK SCHLEGAL ALMA LEOLA HENSON ROSE HOOVER ELLA A. CAYWOOD ANTHONY R. PINKERTON EDWARD D. BROWN KENNETH GROSSER Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Browns finish draft with safety, receiver and defensive end
BEREA — The Browns concluded their draft Saturday with three picks, one in the fifth round and two in the sixth. Nebraska safety Larry Asante was taken at No. 160 overall, giving the Browns their second safety and third defensive back. Florida cornerback Joe Haden was the seventh pick, and Oregon safety T.J. Ward the [...]
Bishop Lennon dedicates new Grafton church
GRAFTON – The new Our Lady Queen of Peace Church officially opened Friday night to much rejoicing. Bishop Richard Lennon of the Cleveland Diocese first led the parishioners from the church hall at the old Immaculate Conception Church across the parking lot to the new church, then celebrated the first Mass there with a standing-room-only [...]
Resident outraged by ‘butcher job’ on her tree
ELYRIA – What started out as a job to clear branches away from power lines in the Eastern Heights area has resulted in one woman losing a tree after what she called a “butcher job.” Eyeing the tall tree from her kitchen window, Debbie Murry of Cambridge Avenue said she expected the tree to lose [...]
Township trustees drop LORCO suit
ELYRIA – Eaton Township officials have agreed to drop the lawsuit they had hoped would stop work on the controversial sewer project being built by the Lorain County Rural Wastewater District, a lawyer for LORCO said Friday. Attorney Dennis O’Toole said that under the deal to end the lawsuit, Eaton Township will assume the court [...]
Vacant Elyria house burns again
ELYRIA – Officials said a fire at a vacant house on Chestnut Street early Friday that caused $20,000 damage was deliberately set. An Elyria police officer spotted and smelled smoke about 4:05 a.m. and was able to locate the fire at 223 Chestnut St. After calling the Fire Department and backup, the officer woke two [...]
Meeting set to fill City Council seat
LORAIN – A new 6th Ward Council member will be named May 7 to fill the seat left vacant when Greg Holcomb resigned April 13 to work for U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton. Councilwoman Anne Molnar, D-at large, said Friday that the 6th Ward’s Central Precinct Committee will meet 6 p.m. May 7 at the Fairfield [...]
Police log for April 24, 2010
Lorain police Thursday, April 22 8:54 a.m. – 800 block W. 22nd St., vehicle window broken and change stolen. 3:26 p.m. – 300 block W. 12th St., furniture, copper pipe and a TV stolen from vacant residence. 3:41 p.m. – 300 block W. 25th St., copper pipe stolen from residence. 5:05 p.m. – 2100 block [...]
Roundup: April 24, 2010
EHS festooned with toilet tissue ELYRIA – Elyria Schools officials are looking into a suspected senior prank that left the inside of Elyria High School littered with toilet paper. The morning custodian discovered the first floor and stairways draped in toilet paper when he reported to the building at 6 a.m. Friday. It is believed [...]
Teen guilty in Basinski home invasion
ELYRIA – The last of the three teenagers charged in a botched robbery of a county judge’s house pleaded guilty to robbery, aggravated robbery and other charges during a hearing Friday. William Brown-Nettles, 18, will be sentenced later this year. Brown-Nettles, Patrick Kostal, 19, and a then-16-year-old boy were accused of forcing their way into [...]
Griffin apologizes to victim’s family
ELYRIA – Patrick Griffin apologized to family members of Alberto Gutierrez, the man he is accused of killing on Thanksgiving Day, according to court documents filed Friday. “He said he wanted to apologize. He told another relative in the apartment that he was sorry and that he and the victim were the best of friends,” [...]