Archive for November, 2010
Police: Teen shot overnight in Elyria
ELYRIA — A 16-year-old boy was shot in the neck early Friday morning as he drove a car that was being chased by another vehicle. An officer patrolling near Paul’s Beverage on Lake Avenue spotted the two vehicles as they turned west from Foster Avenue onto Adams Street about 2:13 a.m., according to police. As [...]
Road will be a test for Cavs
INDEPENDENCE — The Cavaliers’ next two games are against the New Orleans Hornets and San Antonio Spurs. Back to back. On the road. Beginning tonight in the Big Easy, where winning will be anything but. “We’re playing the two best teams in the league right now,” Cavs coach Byron Scott said Thursday at Cleveland Clinic [...]
On the toughness scale, McCoy comes in a distant second to his grandfather
BEREA — Colt McCoy didn’t flinch when Jets linebacker Bart Scott hit him under the chin Sunday, drawing a 15-yard roughing-thepasser penalty. He got up, jogged down the field and, two plays later, the Browns scored a touchdown. “Hits are hits. You know it’s going to happen,” McCoy, the rookie Browns quarterback, said Thursday. Taking [...]
High school football: Unchained dog Jeremy Ortiz of Olmsted Falls refuses to wear down
OLMSTED FALLS — Jeremy Ortiz had just played the game of his life. Ortiz carried the ball 32 times for a career-high 282 yards and four touchdowns last Friday, helping the Bulldogs roll to a 56-28 win over Maumee in a Division II regional semifinal. He also played the majority of the game at free [...]
Ohio State football: Barclay kick edged Iowa
COLUMBUS — Ohio State wide receiver DeVier Posey thought his prayers had been answered. Long-snapper Jake McQuaide worried about an earlier miss that would have eliminated the need for this overtime field goal. Linebacker Ross Homan was just relieved that a long, difficult day was finally over. Devin Barclay’s 39-yard field goal in overtime gave [...]
Mixed martial arts: Mike Maderitz ready for title shot
Mike Maderitz finds strength by remaining calm, cool and collected while in the cage. So it’s a bit ironic how much emotions played in his path to becoming one of the area’s elite amateur mixed martial arts fighters. “I went to Amherst High to wrestle because a friend of mine was there on the wrestling [...]
Free Thanksgiving meals
Living Waters Ministry in the hall behind the church, 1033 Elm St., Grafton; 10:45 a.m. Sunday. The service and dinner is free and open to the public. Living Waters Ministry is handicap accessible. Lorain County Community College, Spitzer Conference Center; 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday. The Office of Student Life is having its annual Thanksgiving [...]
Rescuers struggle with post-crash trauma
WELLINGTON — Regardless of how long firefighters, EMTs and other rescue workers work to save the lives of people seriously injured or facing death at accident scenes, nothing can prepare them for the kind of horrific crash that claimed the lives of a Wellington family this week. It’s even worse when those personnel know the [...]
Chili chefs from nine area police and fire departments face off today
ELYRIA — The smell of ground meat, beans and spices will be in the air today at Midway Mall as nine area police and fire departments compete in a chili cook-off for charity. Nancy Allison, mall services associate, said the competition will be a winner-take-all challenge. The rules are simple: Each department presents their best [...]
Papa’s guardian angels: Children’s quick actions helped save injured father
LORAIN — Even though his family only lived a few blocks from Helen Steiner Rice Elementary School, Richard Perez, not wanting them to go alone, would ride his motorcycle on the street to escort his children as they rode their bikes to school — a ritual his kids loved. “I guess we’re a bit overprotective,” [...]
2 men hospitalized after semi flips on turnpike overnight
Two men were taken to the hospital overnight after their semi overturned on the Ohio Turnpike, trapping them, according to the Berea post of the State Highway Patrol. The accident happened about 3 a.m. in the eastbound lanes near mile marker 137, which is between Vermilion and Amherst, according to the patrol. Only the one [...]
Ex-councilman pleads not guilty to gun permit violation
LORAIN — Former City Councilman Dennis Flores pleaded not guilty Thursday in Lorain Municipal Court to a misdemeanor charge that he failed to notify Lorain police officers he was talking to on Tuesday that he was carrying a loaded gun. Police had stopped Flores on West 13th Street after a woman called police and told [...]
Police log for Nov. 19, 2010
Elyria police Sunday, Nov. 14 5:20 p.m. — Giant Eagle, 320 Market Drive, a woman told police another shopper stole her purse by placing it in a shopping cart and attempting to leave. Police interviewed the suspect but no charges have been filed. Lorain police Monday, Nov. 15 10:09 a.m. – 1100 block W. 20th [...]
Prosecutors drop charges against dancer, bikini bar owner
ELYRIA — Charges against the owner of a North Ridgeville bikini bar and one of his dancers were dropped Thursday in Elyria Municipal Court. Defense attorneys for Konstantinos Mihas and dancer Samantha Byrd said that prosecutors had concerns over whether they were properly charged under North Ridgeville’s ordinance governing adult entertainment establishments. North Ridgeville City [...]
Oberlin women’s basketball: Memories of final game fuel hopeful Yeowomen
The Oberlin College women won five games last season, but it was their final game, a six-point road loss to a 20-win Ohio Wesleyan University team, which got them geared up for this year. In that loss, the Yeowomen connected on 24 of 55 shots from the floor, 6-of-13 3-pointers and matched the Battling Bishops [...]
Paul E. Jones
Paul E. Jones, 85, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at the Veterans Home in Sandusky. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Busch Funeral Home, Elyria. 440-322-3717.
Mary Jane Hopkins
Mary Jane Hopkins, 89, passed away on November, 14, 2010. Mary Jane was a wonderful Christian and will be greatly missed. Mary Jane is survived by her sons, David John (Lori) Hopkins and Michael Paul Hopkins and her 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Judith Anne; son, Stephen Eugene; [...]
Jacqueline B. Howard
Jacqueline B. (nee Skrepich) Howard, 72, of Sheffield Lake, passed away unexpectedly at her home Monday, November 15, 2010. Jacqueline was born August 12, 1938 in Lorain, to her parents, Michael and Anna (nee Mumrock) Skrepich. She was married to her husband, James R. Howard on May 12, 1957. She was an active member with [...]
Edith M. Jackson
Edith M. Jackson (nee Taylor), 59, of Lorain, passed away unexpectedly at her home Tuesday, November 16, 2010. She was born November 17, 1950 in Boomer, North Carolina. She had lived in Lorain since 1954 and previously worked for Clovervale Foods in Lorain. Edith was a member of New Deliverance Ministries (formerly Apostolic Church of [...]
THE COLE FAMILY
THE COLE FAMILY Funeral services for the Gar Cole family will be Monday, November 22, 2010 at 11 A.M. at Penfield Community Church, 40775 St. Rt. 18 East, with Pastor Chris Reutepohler and Pastor Brad Kelly, of Grace Brethren Church, Homerville, co-officiating. The Coles – Gar and Simone, their daughter Ryleigh and unborn son, Kyler, [...]
Virginia Eileen Black
Virginia Eileen Black, 88, of Oberlin, passed away Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at her home. She was born November 27, 1921 in Oberlin and was a lifelong resident. Virginia retired from Elyria High as a business teacher after 30 years. She was a 70 year member of Eastern Star, member of the Pythian Sisters, Ashland [...]
Rita M. Violand
Rita M. Violand (nee Meyers), 87, of Westlake, passed away, Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 35 minutes short of her 88th birthday. Rita was a loving wife to her husband Edward Violand. She was born in Elyria and graduated from Elyria High School in 1940. During World War II she saw service in the Civil Air [...]
Howard O. Jones
Howard O. Jones, 89, formerly of Oberlin, passed away in Seattle, Washington, Sunday, November 14, 2010. He was born April 12, 1921 in Cleveland. He was Associate Evangelist of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association for 35 years. He is survived by his son, H. David Jones of Seattle, Washington; daughters, Cheryl Sanders of Ashville, North Carolina, [...]
Mary Gnizak
Mary Gnizak (nee Sklenar), 95, of Elyria, died Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at Life Care Center of Elyria. She was born March 8, 1915 in Gocovo, Czechoslovakia, immigrated to Belle Valley, Ohio in 1922 and had been a resident of Elyria for the past 80 years. She was formerly employed at Lake Erie Frozen Foods [...]
Norma Jean Wright
Norma Jean Wright, 80, of Kent, entered eternal life Monday, November 15, 2010 at the Hospice of Visiting Nurse Service Care Center in Copley. She was born November 17, 1929 in Fremont, Ohio, to Dewey L. and Lucy R. (Shull) Kiser. She spent most of her married life residing in Rootstown and Elyria and the [...]