Archive for June, 2010
CORRECTION: June 23, 2010
Neil Simpson is facing the death penalty for the 2007 slaying of Granny D’s Pizza owner David Kowalczyk. A story and cutline Tuesday incorrectly stated the year the killing occurred.
Obituaries for June 23, 2010
Charlotte L. Dotzlaf Gary T. Ross Larry H. Bradley Mary E. Petersen Meritha Johnson Shirley R. Bonnell Susan L. Wright Vincent C. Frank Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
AUDIO: Meet the 2010 princesses in their own words
Get to know the 2010 Lorain International princesses in their own words! Listen to their interviews with Bruce Van Dyke of WEOL-AM 930. Click on any girl’s name to view her princess profile. Nadine Haslage (Hungarian): [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Valeria Vargas (Mexican): [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Angelique Byers [...]
PHOTO GALLERY: Monday night band concert in the park
As International Festival 2010 got under way yesterday, the community came out for the annual Monday night free concert at Veterans Memorial Park. Reigning Queen Ciara Gomez and her court were announced, along with the 28 girls vying to be this year’s queen. Roy and the Hungarians treated the crowd to about two hours of [...]
Miss Softball or a softball mess? The story behind the crowning of two Miss Softballs this season
Really now, who exactly is Miss Softball? Is it Melissa Rennie of Wellington or Columbia’s Jen Solanics? Good question and one that many softball fans have been asking for the better part of two weeks. The answer is both Solanics and Rennie. They were selected independently by two different groups and recognized on different nights [...]
Dom’s bomb keeps Crushers rolling: Duggan grand slam leads Lake Erie past Windy City
AVON – Dom Duggan’s first home run of the season came in grand style Monday night. And thanks to Duggan’s grand slam, the Lake Erie Crushers not only beat Windy City 5-0 in front of 2,311 fans at All Pro Freight Stadium, they also extended their home winning streak to six games, their overall winning [...]
Crushers to put forth max effort to try to get LeBron to stay
AVON – On Monday’s afternoon edition of ESPN’s SportsCenter, the Lake Erie Crushers were the lead story … and it was all because of LeBron James. What does an independent minor league baseball team have in common with one of the best players in Cleveland Cavaliers history, who just happens to be the most coveted [...]
Wimbledon: Defending champ Federer rallies to avoid first-round flop
WIMBLEDON, England – The situation was so unfamiliar to Roger Federer, so “uncomfortable,” to use his term. On a surface he rules, at a tournament he owns, against an opponent he dominates, Federer found himself in serious trouble Monday: He dropped the first two sets against 60th-ranked Alejandro Falla of Colombia, then was just three [...]
Walk’s a big hit as Ironmen top Miners
LORAIN – Winning can be as simple as taking advantage of the opportunities that are presented during key situations in a game. The opportunity for the Lorain County Ironmen to break a four-game losing streak manifested itself in a bases-loaded, one-out situation with Lorain native J.T. Feldkamp at the plate in the bottom of the [...]
Black River finds new boys basketball coach in its own backyard
Despite massive cuts in its teaching core, Black River didn’t have to leave campus to find a boys basketball coach. High school German teacher Don Brunker will become the 14th coach in school history. He succeeds Bryan Morgan, who lost his teaching job and declined an offer to stay as coach after compiling a 29-35 [...]
Alma mater mourns fallen soldier
Firelands High staff recalls an intelligent and solid student
Convicted killer spits on member of his jury
Neil Simpson is now barred from courtroom as jurors consider the death penalty
Six years for driver in fatal crash
Wreck on West River Road killed Neil Jalowiec in December
Sheffield Lake seizes bowling alley
Firm running Shoreway business is behind on rent
Inmate files lawsuit over workout injury
ELYRIA — A former prisoner in a local jail is suing after a piece of workout equipment fell on him while he was incarcerated. Terrance L. Thomas, who filed the lawsuit himself, wrote that he was in a jail in Elyria on April 16, 2009, when he entered a workout facility there. It isn’t clear [...]
Obituaries for June 22, 2010
Clear E. Copeland Edna R. Zust-Personke Georgia E. Hrascs Jack E. Machock Larry H. Bradley Mary E. Petersen Richard Millard Lawson Vincent C. Frank Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
VIDEO: International Fest breakfast speaker Adelbert Balunek
LORAIN — Lorain International Festival 2010 officially got under way this morning with the annual kick-off breakfast at DeLuca’s Place in the Park. The event was attended by all the festival’s princesses and the reigning court in their full ethnic attire. Featured speaker was Adelbert Balunek, a retired attorney who lives in Avon and is [...]
VIDEO: What goes in to International Festival food prep?
Ever wonder what it takes to get the food to your plate at International Festival? David Monos, who was the breakfast’s master of ceremonies, doesn’t want to leave you wondering, so he clued breakfast-goers at today’s International Festival kickoff breakfast in to the process. “I go to the Lorain Hungarian Reformed Church. We are the [...]
VIDEO: Lorain International Fest chairwoman Palma Stipe thanks festival supporters
VIDEO: Lorain mayor welcomes breakfastgoers to 2010 festival
LORAIN — Lorain Mayor Tony Krasienko welcomed attendees of this morning’s International Festival kickoff breakfast and thanked the International Committee for the “tremendous amount of work and effort that goes into planning a festival of this magnitude.” Krasienko called International Festival “the highlight of the summer in Lorain,” adding that “it becomes our family reunion, [...]
This could be the last year for Hungarian food booth
As the local Hungarian community enjoys its time in the spotlight at International Festival 2010, there’s some sad news for the future of local Hungarians, International Festival and everyone in Lorain who looks forward to their chicken paprikas fix: This could be the last year the Hungarians have a food booth at the festival. The [...]
No cracking for Graeme against stars
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Graeme McDowell doesn’t have the golfing pedigree of a U.S. Open champion at Pebble Beach. All he had Sunday was the game it takes to win. Even as the biggest stars — Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els — were lined up behind him on the leaderboard and poised to contribute [...]
Crushers still playing great at Freight
AVON — Home has been very kind to the Crushers, especially in June. Lake Erie improved to 8-2 at All Pro Freight Stadium this month, and has won five consecutive home games following Sunday’s 6-2 victory over Windy City in front of a Father’s Day crowd of 3,521. Going back to June 11, the Crushers [...]
Firelands High School grad killed by bombing in Afghanistan
Army Staff Sgt. James Hunter also served tours in Iraq, lived in South Amherst area
American to take over for BP CEO as spill point man
LONDON — BP’s new strategy to clean up its image and the Gulf Coast is to hand the job from its British CEO, widely criticized for tone-deaf comments and yachting amid the crisis, to one of its top-ranking Americans. Bob Dudley is no stranger to tough situations, having protected his company’s interests in rough dealing [...]