Archive for September, 2010
Ohio Chamber of Commerce makes first-ever governor endorsement: Kasich
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Chamber of Commerce for the first time in its 117-year history Thursday endorsed a candidate, Republican John Kasich, in the race for governor. Kasich called the unprecedented unanimous vote of the chamber’s political action committee “precious.” The endorsement was a blow to Gov. Ted Strickland, who had interviewed for the chamber’s [...]
Browns struggling with long injury list
BEREA – The Browns injury report got longer Thursday. Linebacker Marcus Benard (ankle), who has 2.5 sacks in two games, didn’t practice after being limited Wednesday. Quarterback Jake Delhomme (ankle), running back Jerome Harrison (thigh), receiver Brian Robiskie (hamstring), nose tackle Shaun Rogers (hip, ankle) and offensive lineman Shawn Lauvao (ankle) missed practice for the [...]
Brothers to appear in court for robbing real estate agent
CLEVELAND — Two brothers accused of robbing an Ohio real estate agent who was showing them an apartment building are scheduled to appear in court as authorities look for clues in the killings of two other agents. Paul Brooks, who’s 27, and 25-year-old Robert Brooks are in jail in Youngstown on charges of aggravated robbery. [...]
Elyria man says new drinking buddies turned on him
ELYRIA — An Elyria men says two men from Lorain he had recently befriended turned on him after a night of drinking and robbed him at gunpoint. Michael Butler, 28, told police he believes the pair would have shot him if they hadn’t been in the area of EMH Regional Medical Center, where there are [...]
Kitten tossed into lake will be Woolly Bear fest VIP
A Lorain man and the kitten he rescued last week will be VIP guests at this weekend’s Woolly Bear Festival in Vermilion. Tim Pitroski said he saw a woman throw the small, female tiger-striped kitten down and embankment and into Lake Erie behind his apartment building Monday. A friend retrieved the kitten because he doesn’t [...]
Fire damages Cedar Point’s Mean Streak
SANDUSKY — A fire has damaged a wooden roller coaster at Ohio’s Cedar Point amusement park. The Sandusky Register reports Thursday that a 5-foot-section of track on the Mean Streak coaster burned Tuesday night. Firefighters kept the fire from spreading and causing serious damage. The cause is unclear. The park in northern Ohio is open [...]
Some neighbors getting fed up over EHS dust-up
ELYRIA — There is a cloud of dust getting kicked up around the new Elyria High School and it’s not from residents overjoyed with the project. Those living closest to the $74 million project have put up with heavy machinery, loud construction and debris for more than two years, but it’s the dust coming off [...]
Lorain pays out $560,000 for sewer collapse
ELYRIA — Lorain will pay nearly $560,000 to a condo association and several homeowners whose homes were flooded with raw sewage when a line along Oak Point Road collapsed Nov. 30, 2006. The money will go to the homeowners and the association as part of a settlement reached last month that resolves most of the [...]
Twins 5, Indians 1: Twins rest regulars, but reserves still throttle Indians
MINNEAPOLIS — A division title secured, the Minnesota Twins are not letting up. The Twins rested most of their regulars and beat the Cleveland Indians 5-1 Wednesday behind the pitching of Nick Blackburn to complete a three-game sweep. Minnesota, which clinched its sixth AL Central title in nine years late Tuesday, started the day one [...]
Is Browns’ QB Seneca Wallace set for Ravens?
BEREA — Quarterback Seneca Wallace has never played the Baltimore Ravens. He knows what he’s been missing, and what could be staring him in the face Sunday. “They’re a very physical defense, they create a lot of turnovers, they’ve always been that way,” he said Wednesday. “They’re a very talented defense.” Wallace worked with the [...]
High school volleyball: Magnificat stops Olmsted Falls at net for 4-game win
OLMSTED FALLS — It wouldn’t be surprising if the Olmsted Falls players saw a half-dozen long arms in their sleep Wednesday night. Magnificat’s ability to block many of Olmsted Falls’ kill attempts led the Blue Streaks to a 25-15, 25-20, 17-25, 25-16 victory over the Bulldogs in non-conference play Wednesday. Magnificat (7-2), ranked No. 6 [...]
Boys soccer: Columbia defeats Wellington, remains unbeaton
WELLINGTON — It was the kind of match you’d expect from two conference unbeatens — fast, frenetic and physical. This Patriot Athletic Conference crossover thriller was finally decided in the 65th minute by Columbia’s Max Snow. A junior midfielder, Snow dug the ball out of a crowd in front of the Wellington net and kicked [...]
Ohio realty agents wary after 2 killings, robbery
KENT — The killings of two real estate agents and robbery of a third within a week have agents on northeast Ohio on alert, and some are even cutting back on business as police warn them not to go alone to show properties. One agent was found Monday strangled in a burning home that had [...]
Goodwill gets county vans for transit service
ELYRIA — Goodwill Industries of Lorain County received the keys to two used county vans Wednesday and expects to have the vans on the road picking up passengers by mid to late October. Robert Rees, Goodwill’s president, said that the handicap-accessible vans still need significant work — they had to get a jump start when [...]
One liquor permit, two bars is OK by state
ELYRIA — The state Division of Liquor Control has no problem with Dean Costa operating two bars under one liquor permit. On Sept. 8, Costa, owner of Benchwarmers Sports Bar and Grill and Vic’s Night Club, was granted an expansion of his license to allow the license for Benchwarmers to cover both places. The bars [...]
Amherst Twp. park gets ODNR grant, will expand trail
AMHERST TWP. — Township officials have taken another step to the realization of a long-anticipated expansion and improvement of a recreational trail at the township park on Middle Ridge Road. Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Sean Logan presented township officials with a ceremonial check for a $34,852 grant from the department’s NatureWorks program that [...]
3 of 4 ex-officials in Vermilion pay back money they weren’t entitled to
VERMILION — The city has been repaid by three of four former city officials who received money they were not entitled to, according to Mayor Eileen Bulan. The issue surfaced in May when it was revealed that the city had paid approximately $25,750 for unused sick leave and vacation time when the four employees left [...]
Ridgeville band trying to raise $100,000 for new uniforms
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Paying for new band uniforms is a costly proposition. Just ask any high school band boosters. The North Ridgeville Band Boosters are in the midst of a long-term campaign to raise what they figure will be more than $100,000 needed to buy new blue and gold uniforms for the up to 100 [...]
Woman wants conviction in 5-month-old’s death thrown out
ELYRIA — Convicted killer Melissa Dovala has appealed a judge’s decision to reject her latest effort to get her murder conviction in the Feb. 6, 2004, death of 5-month-old Riley Smath thrown out. Dovala’s attorneys had argued that their client should get a new trial because her trial lawyer, now Lorain County Common Pleas Judge [...]
Faith Brown
Faith Brown (nee Carroll), 87, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at The Center Ridge Health Campus in North Ridgeville, following a long illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Laubenthal Mercado Funeral Home of Elyria, (440) 322-4626.
Theodore Richard Bender
Theodore Richard Bender, 78, native of Westlake, son of Van-Kirk and Eunice (Ernest) Bender (deceased) and brothers and siblings, Allen V. Bender, Joanne Bender (O’Neal), and David, (also deceased). He was the all conference guard, graduating in 1950 and spent 30 years teaching Social Studies at the same high school in Westlake. In 1955 he [...]
Eugene S. Haponek
Eugene S. Haponek, 86, of North Ridgeville, passed away Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at his home, following a long illness. He was born in Lorain, and had been a resident of North Ridgeville for the past 12 years. Eugene served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He worked as a millwright for U.S. Steel Lorain [...]
Vera Mae Mytinger
Vera Mae Mytinger, 90, of Oberlin, passed away Monday, September 20, 2010 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain. She was born October 2, 1919 in Swissvale, Pennsylvania and had lived in Oberlin since 1980. She was owner and operator of West Penn T.V., retiring in 1979. She was a former member of [...]
Ruth A. Whyte
Ruth A. Whyte (nee Haag), 100, of Vermilion, died Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at Kingston of Vermilion. She was born October 30, 1909 in Elyria, and had been a Vermilion resident since 2008, moving from Lorain. Ruth graduated from Elyria High School. She worked for the pharmacy at Elyria Memorial Hospital and had also worked [...]
Margaret Ann Dotson
Margaret Ann Dotson, 40, of LaGrange, died after a sudden illness Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home, 327 Cleveland Street, Elyria, OH 44035