Archive for October, 2010
Cavs ready to run in opener tonight
INDEPENDENCE — The Cavaliers want to run like crazy when they play their season opener tonight against the Boston Celtics, but they may be missing a key cog. Mo Williams, arguably the team’s best player, returned to practice Tuesday at Cleveland Clinic Courts, but coach Byron Scott said the point guard is questionable for tonight’s [...]
Lerner sees bright future for Browns
BEREA — Randy Lerner’s vision of the Browns, fuzzy, blurred and almost indecipherable for most of the past eight seasons, is coming into focus. Cleveland’s oft-criticized owner finally sees brighter days ahead. Energized by the hiring of team president Mike Holmgren to fix his fallen franchise, Lerner believes the Browns are in the early stages [...]
Boys soccer: Elyria Catholic stuns Bay
BAY VILLAGE — Few teams gain leads on Bay, the state’s top-ranked team in Division II. Even fewer keep a lead against the Rockets, 14-0-3 entering Tuesday night’s district semifinal. Elyria Catholic managed to do both, and will play for a berth in the regional semifinals for its efforts. The Panthers weathered an early storm, [...]
District volleyball: Olmsted Falls finds reasons to upend Elyria
EATON TWP. — Olmsted Falls had two sources of motivation before Tuesday’s Division I district semifinal. One was the lead sentence in a Chronicle-Telegram story, relating how the Bulldogs had a less-than-stellar performance in a nailbiting five-game victory over Medina on Saturday. “It said we didn’t play like a (highly) seeded team,” Olmsted Falls coach [...]
District volleyball: Top-seeded Elyria Catholic finishes strong
ELYRIA — Carol Russo didn’t mind giving up the first point in every game Tuesday night as long as her topseeded Elyria Catholic Panthers scored the last one. “They scored the first point of all three sets,” Russo said. “So in set three — you really don’t want a team to take a set — [...]
LORCO, Avon Lake sue Elyria over sewer project
ELYRIA — The Lorain County Rural Wastewater District and the city of Avon Lake sued the city of Elyria on Tuesday, accusing Elyria officials of interfering with the construction of the sewer line that LORCO is building to move sewage from parts of Eaton and Carlisle townships to Avon Lake’s sewer plant. Among the allegations [...]
In 9 robberies of area banks, police have suspects in 8
The old saying is that people rob banks because that’s where the money is. But law enforcement is making inroads on the problem, apprehending suspects in eight of nine robberies so far in Lorain County in 2010, according to FBI spokesman Scott Wilson. In all of 2009, there were just two bank robberies, he said. [...]
Bluster, then beauty: Scattered outages the worst front had to offer
Strong wind got the blame Tuesday for accidents and scattered power outages across Lorain County and northern Ohio. Wind gusts were reported at 57 mph in Elyria around 2 p.m. when the storm was at its strongest as it swept across the area, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Tom King. In Elyria, a tree [...]
Assistant superintendent will be promoted to lead Oberlin Schools
OBERLIN — A week after Oberlin Schools Superintendent Geoffrey Andrews announced he was leaving the district next summer to become director of a school in Beijing, his replacement was appointed Tuesday night by the school board. Board members said they felt they were selecting the right man for the job when they voted Tuesday night [...]
Police search after report of body; nothing found
LORAIN — Sheriff’s deputies and a Lorain police officer spent about two hours Monday investigating the area near Dewitt Street after a woman said she saw a man drag a dead body into a pickup. Officers believed the tip was likely related to calls received over the weekend about shots fired in the area of [...]
Read the report: Chronicle defends accuracy of Gwen Wright story
The Chillicothe Police Department on Tuesday called into question The Chronicle-Telegram’s reporting for a story about what Gwen Wright told that department after she was found Oct. 15. An unsigned news release titled “Information in Chronicle-Telegram Inaccurate,” was widely distributed via e-mail to a variety of news agencies in southern Ohio as well as to [...]
Celtics 88, Heat 80: LeBron, Heat fizzle in debut
BOSTON — LeBron James’ Miami Heat looked an awful lot like LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers. The Heat fizzled in the debut of their superstar threesome Tuesday, scoring just nine points in the first quarter of the season and falling behind the Celtics by 15 at halftime. Then, James took over — just like he was [...]
Law director: City can’t spend to fight tax credit ballot measure
LORAIN — Lorain Law Director Pat Riley has told City Council that the city cannot spend money to oppose a ballot measure that would repeal a Council decision last year that cut the income tax credit for residents who work outside the city. In his opinion, issued Monday, Riley wrote that the law prohibits the [...]
Patricia A. Roberts
Patricia A. Roberts, (nee Dietlin), 81, of Oberlin died Tuesday at her home following a sudden illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Laubenthal Mercado Funeral Home.
Betty Carol Wade
Betty Carol Wade (nee Long), born October 25, 1933 in West Virginia, went to be with the Lord Sunday, October 17, 2010. Carol’s passing was unexpected at home. In earlier years, she was a member of the North Eaton Baptist Church and a former employee of Conley’s Dept. Store and subsequently went on to retire [...]
Robert L. Berry
Robert L. “Bob” Berry, 58, of Elyria, passed away Friday, October 22, 2010 in his home, following a long illness. He was born in Ansley, Alabama coming to Elyria 40 years ago. Mr. Berry was employed as an assembly line worker at Ford Motors Company at the Avon Lake Plant, retiring after 30 years of service. [...]
Ophelia L. Key
Ophelia L. “Fifi” Key (nee Holloway), 87, of Elyria, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, October 24, 2010, at Center Ridge Health Campus in North Ridgeville, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Demopolis, Alabama January 7, 1923 and came to Elyria when she was three months old. Fifi was employed as [...]
Dorothy L. Rodgers
Dorothy L. Rodgers, 97, of Venice, Florida, formerly of Vermilion and Elyria, passed away Friday, October 22, 2010. Dorothy was born November 10, 1912 in Ridgeville. When she retired from ITT Lighting Div. of Vermilion, she and her husband “Buck” moved to Venice, Florida in 1980. She was an accomplished bowler in her younger days [...]
Lois E. Maski
Lois E. Maski (nee Zeman), 67, of Avon, passed away peacefully at her home Sunday, October 24, 2010. She was an active member and Eucharistic Minister at St. Julie Billiart Catholic Church, North Ridgeville. Angela and Louis Zeman. An RN, she had been Nursing Supervisor at the former Deaconess Hospital, Cleveland. Lois was President of [...]
Lois E. Towner
Lois E. Towner, 67, of Chardon, died Friday, October 22, 2010, at her home. She was born September 3, 1943 in Toledo. Lois lived in Paducah, Kentucky, Amherst, Elyria and most recently, Chardon. Lois was a loving homemaker and had worked various jobs. Lois loved spending time with her grandchildren, games, dancing and country music. [...]
Marvin E. Hougland
Marvin E. Hougland, 76, of Amherst, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, after a lengthy illness, Tuesday, October 26, 2010. He was born June 20, 1934 in Watseka, Illinois and was a Lorain County resident for the past 50 years. Marvin was a 1952 graduate of Kentland High School in Indiana, where he was [...]
Christine A. Farley
Christine A. Farley (nee Dunham), 44, of North Ridgeville passed away Monday, October 25, 2010 at EMH Regional Medical Center, Elyria following a brief illness. She was born in Berea and had been a lifelong Lorain County resident. Christine enjoyed bowling, crocheting, cooking and spending time with family and friends.ents, Judith (Alexander) and Clarence Dunham [...]
Fannie Elizabeth Stanley
Fannie Elizabeth “Jackie” Stanley (nee Byrd), 73, of Lorain, died Monday afternoon, October 25, 2010 in the New Life Hospice of St. Joseph, Lorain. She was born to the late Eloise and William Byrd on August 21, 1937 in Calypso, North Carolina. Mrs. Stanley came to Lorain 57 years ago, where she had made her [...]
Olga Stitak
Olga Stitak, 91, died peacefully in her sleep Monday, October 25, 2010, following a brief illness. She was a lifelong resident of Lorain, until her move to the Elyria Retirement Center one year ago. Olga worked for nearly 13 years in the shipping and receiving department and was one of the first employees of Ted [...]
Maxine E. Fleming
Maxine E. Fleming (nee Lasure), 91, of North Ridgeville, passed away peacefully Monday, October 25, 2010 at her home. She was born November 3, 1918 in Wallace, West Virginia. Maxine had worked at The American Bridge Co. in Ambridge, Pennsylvania and in an airplane factory in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, during World War II, Lenny’s Drive [...]