Archive for December, 2010
Healthy Life Choices for Living to 100
By Amy Sherman www.basilandspice.com Although most people think longevity is solely related to genes, it really depends on genes, attitude and lifestyle. Centenarians attribute their long lives to eating well, being optimistic and keeping busy. The Census Bureau estimates that by 2050, there will be 1.1 million people 100 years or older. Do you want [...]
Small Changes That Take Off Big Pounds
Prevention If your goal this New Year is to lose weight and exercise more, forget the deprivation diet and marathon workouts. New research shows that taking baby steps — not giant leaps — is the best way to get lasting results. A study published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine found that participants who made [...]
Teachers help bestow gifts on siblings who gave up theirs
LORAIN — One good turn deserves another. In the case of Destiny and Benjamen Torres, that turned out to be an early Christmas on Tuesday afternoon marked by flying pieces of wrapping paper, big smiles, yelps of delight and the realization that their own sacrifice touched others. The Lorain sister and brother made headlines last [...]
Browns QB Colt McCoy ill, misses practice
BEREA – Browns quarterback Colt McCoy didn’t practice Wednesday with an illness. Coach Eric Mangini didn’t mention it during his pre-practice news conference and McCoy didn’t appear in the locker room during the 45 minutes open to the media. A team spokesman said he arrived at work not feeling well and remained in the building [...]
Susan Marie Lieb Garceau
Susan Marie Lieb Garceau, 41, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died Saturday, December 18, 2010. She was a native of Grafton. Susan is survived by her mother, Jennie Weegmann of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; father, Terry Lieb of Willamina, Oregon; son, Nathan Garceau of North Ridgeville; sister, Jennevera Fuller of Grafton; step-father, Gary Weegmann of Grafton; step-brothers, Todd Weegmann [...]
Norman E. Meyer
Norman E. Meyer, 64, of Elyria, passed away Monday, December 20, 2010 at Lifecare of Elyria, following a long illness. He was born October 9, 1946 in Dunbar,West Virginia. Norman was a Lorain High School graduate, and attended The University of Wisconsin in Madison, Baldwin Wallace, Cleveland State and graduated with Honors in Chemistry. He [...]
Charles (Chuck) Novotny
Charles (Chuck) Novotny, 69, of Elyria, died Monday, December 20, 2010 at The Specialty Hospital of Lorain in Amherst, following a four month illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Reichlin Roberts Funeral Home, 327 Cleveland Street, Elyria.
It’s official: Obama signs law to allow gays in the military
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed a landmark law today repealing the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the military, fulfilling one of his major campaign pledges and casting the issue as a matter of civil rights long denied. “No longer will tens of thousands of Americans in uniform be asked to [...]
Hockey: Amherst finally finds way past Midview’s Sunagel
ELYRIA — Blake Sunagel couldn’t keep his finger in the dam forever. Still, it took 28 minutes and 38 seconds for the dike to finally burst. That was how long it took for Amherst to score in the Comets’ 5-1 victory over Midview in Monday’s Lorain County Tournament championship. Sunagel, Midview’s goalie, faced 30 shots [...]
Gas prices top $3 for the first time in two years
COLUMBUS — The average price for gasoline in Ohio has pushed past $3 a gallon for the first time in more than two years. A daily survey from AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express on Wednesday put the statewide average price for regular-grade gasoline at about $3.01 per gallon. That’s up from [...]
Boys basketball: Elyria pulls away in rout of Keystone
LAGRANGE — It was the first-ever meeting between Keystone and Elyria in a boys basketball game, and not many believed the Wildcats would be able to keep up with the Pioneers. The Wildcats proved them wrong … for nearly half a quarter. Keystone actually led by a point midway through the first quarter before Elyria [...]
Boys basketball: Oberlin rallies to stay unbeaten
OBERLIN — Trailing by 10 with less than five minutes left Tuesday night, Oberlin’s unbeaten season appeared to be in jeopardy. But the Phoenix weren’t ready to concede to the visiting Columbia Raiders. A 9-0 spurt turned it into a brand-new game, and sparked a 19-8 run that gave the Phoenix a 72-71 Patriot Athletic [...]
Ohio to lose 2 seats in Congress; Betty Sutton’s district looks vulnerable
WASHINGTON — Ohio will lose two congressional seats — and two votes in the Electoral College — because of population shifts over the past decade, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. The districts of U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Copley Township, and U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Cleveland, are considered two of the most vulnerable districts when [...]
Driver fined $100 in crash with Avon police officer
AVON LAKE — The driver who pulled into the path of an Avon police officer’s motorcycle in October pleaded no contest Tuesday in Avon Lake Municipal Court to failure to yield. Kevin Sammon, 49, was fined $100, according to court records. Avon police Officer Pete Soto, 44, was severely injured in the Oct. 12 accident [...]
Car flies off overpass, lands on turnpike
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — An Elyria man who was allegedly drunk went airborne and landed onto the Ohio Turnpike on Tuesday evening, narrowly missing a collision with a tractor-trailer. Authorities said Rocky Iammarino, age unknown, was driving on state Route 10 around 7:35 p.m. in a Hyundai sedan when it tumbled off an overpass and onto [...]
These traffic cameras are just here to help
ELYRIA — Your eyes are not fooling you. Perched above drivers at the intersection of East River Street, East Fourth Street and Eastern Heights Boulevard are cameras mounted to the traffic lights. But they are not what you think. City Engineer Mukund Moghe said they are designed to control the flow of traffic, not to [...]
Chief putting Elyria cops back on 8-hour shifts
ELYRIA — Shorter shifts designed to get more officers on the road are the reason why the Elyria Police Department said it will abandon 12-hour shifts effective Jan. 10. In late November, Elyria Police Chief Duane Whitely informed officers that shift durations would change to eight-hour blocks at the start of 2011 — a return [...]
North Ridgeville church’s Christmas sign ruined by vandals
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Tom Banner was left scratching his head as to the “why” behind an act of vandalism that saw part of a Christmas sign at St. Julie Billiart Catholic Church slashed. “For somebody to have the gall to do something like this four days before Christmas is a really sad situation,” Banner said. [...]
Inmates help soldier’s family have a holiday
GRAFTON — A group of inmates at Lorain Correctional Institution are responsible for bringing smiles, bright eyes and a happy heart to a Cleveland child this holiday season, as his mother serves in the military. A group of 36 inmates at the Grafton prison provided Christmas presents to Marques Dillard, 7, a child living with [...]
Laid-off police in small Ohio town volunteer to go back on the job
MINGO JUNCTION — Some police officers laid off by a small town in eastern Ohio want to go back to work — as volunteers. Seven officers were cut in cash-strapped Mingo Junction in September, leaving only the police chief. Police union official Michael Piotrowski tells Steubenville station WTOV-TV that several of the former officers are [...]
Girls basketball: Maple Heights takes Clearview invitational
SHEFFIELD TWP. — The Maple Heights girls ran away with the annual Clearview Holiday Invitational championship. The tall, swift Mustangs (5-2) routed Vermilion 65-16 on Tuesday night to capture the title. They advanced with a 68-44 Monday night pounding of Firelands. In the consolation game, host Clearview posted its first win of the season with [...]
Boys basketball: Middies win it with 4th-quarter rally
VERMILION — They say you can tell a lot about someone when the chips are down and there’s no doubt that Midview found out a lot about themselves Tuesday night against Vermilion. Three times during the game, the Middies found themselves down by at least 10 points but they never gave up. Their efforts paid [...]
Boys basketball: Defending champ Wellington edged in OT
WELLINGTON — Brendan Scott used variations of the word “want” nine times during a postgame interview Tuesday. That’s how driven Buckeye’s underdog boys basketball team is to win the Patriot Athletic Conference Stars Division. Behind gritty performances from a host of players, the Bucks made an early-season statement with a 56-51 overtime win over defending [...]
It’s official: Ohio losing two seats in Congress
TOLEDO — Ohio is one of two states losing two seats in Congress as a result of the latest census figures. The Census Bureau’s population numbers released today show that Ohio and New York are the big losers. Several other Rust Belt states will lose a single seat in the U.S. House. Ohio has 18 [...]
Senate GOP to throw out 78 Strickland appointees
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Senate is set to reject 78 of outgoing Gov. Ted Strickland’s appointments to state boards and commissions. Of those, more than half were submitted to the GOP-led Senate after Democrat Strickland lost the Nov. 2 election to Republican John Kasich. A vote was expected Tuesday. Senate President Bill Harris has said [...]