Archive for December, 2010
Boys basketball: Sophomore’s career-high 30 sparks Elyria vs. Midview
EATON TWP. — Kody Bender just smiled when asked about his performance Tuesday night. The slender 6-foot Elyria sophomore scored a career-high 30 points — including five 3-pointers in the second quarter — to spark the Pioneers to an 82-68 non-conference victory over Midview on Tuesday night. It’s the first time Elyria and Midview have [...]
Boys basketball: Wellington nabs road win over Firelands
HENRIETTA TWP. — Basketball people know the Firelands gym is a tough place to win. It’s small and it has an overhanging balcony from which the Falcons pep band showcases its talents in the most stentorian ways, much to the home team’s benefit. Wellington’s boys escaped that gym Tuesday night with a 60-51 non-conference victory, [...]
Chill relief: As storm moves out, wind chills should improve
It’s cold. And it’s likely to stay that way another day before we get a bit of a break. National Weather Service meteorologist Tom King said Tuesday that area temperatures were expected to average around 10 degrees overnight Tuesday, while winds also were expected to decrease to 10 mph during the overnight hours. “The good [...]
Cruiser funds coming out of Elyria police budget
ELYRIA — The equipment needs of the Elyria Police Department will be addressed in 2011, but staffing shortages will remain unless more money is allocated for new hires. City Council’s Finance Committee on Monday night voted to recommend the use of $441,000 to buy police vehicles and equipment. However, none of that money can be [...]
Photo gallery: Friends, co-workers serenade bus driver battling illness
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The mercury hovered near 15 degrees for the 30 or so men and women who belted out Christmas carols in the driveway of a Deborah Drive home in the gathering darkness Tuesday afternoon. “We think there are not a whole lot of caring people anymore; but that’s not true, there are,” Marcy [...]
Lawyers drop suit in East Falls drowning but plan to refile
ELYRIA — Attorneys for the father of a 13-year-old boy who drowned under the East Falls of the Black River last year have dropped a wrongful death lawsuit but plan to refile it early next year. Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Edward Zaleski already had thrown out the city of Elyria as a defendant in [...]
School closings for Wednesday 12-15-10
School closings for Wednesday 12-15-10
St. Joseph Elementary in Amherst
School closings for Wednesday 12-15-10
School closings for Wednesday 12-15-10
St. Joseph Elementary in Amherst
Prosecutors want robbery suspect who dressed in drag tried as adult
ELYRIA — Prosecutors are asking a county judge to allow them to try a teenager accused of robbing a bank while dressed as a woman as an adult. Police and the FBI have said a male dressed in a wig, sunglasses, a pea coat and a red shirt walked into the Fairless Drive branch of [...]
Two districts sending renewal levies back to voters
Voters in two Lorain County school districts will decide renewals for operating levies and a permanent improvement levy in May. The Avon school board voted Tuesday night to ask voters to renew a $1.8 million, five-year emergency operating levy. The issue marks the first time the levy will be up for renewal, according to Superintendent [...]
Lorain councilman proposes selling unused park land
LORAIN — A councilman has proposed selling off unused city park land to raise revenue for the cash-strapped city and eliminate upkeep, but the idea might not be practical, according to Mayor Tony Krasienko. Councilman Eddie Edwards, D-5th Ward, made the proposal, saying there are unused parks that neighbors or other new potential owners might [...]
Teen hit by snowplow downgraded to fair condition
CARLISLE TWP. — A teenager who was hit by a snowplow while he was shoveling his driveway Monday is in slightly worse shape this morning. MetroHeath Medical Center in Cleveland reports he is now listed in fair condition. He was listed in good condition yesterday morning. A spokeswoman said she is hopeful he can overcome [...]
Richard E. “Richie” Adams
Richard E. “Richie” Adams, 65, of Elyria, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at Center Ridge Health Campus, North Ridgeville. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the David Bogner Family Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Vicki Ann McGowan
Vicki Ann McGowan, (nee Siwek), 57, of Elyria, died Friday, December 10, 2010, at Mercy Regional Medical Center, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. She was born December 28, 1952 in Elyria, where she resided her entire life. Vicki worked as a doctor’s assistant for her husband, Dr. Komar K. McGowan in Elyria, for many years. [...]
Frank Arthur Bradstock
Frank Arthur Bradstock, 89, a lifelong Wellington resident, died Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at EMH Regional Medical Center, following a short illness. Frank was born October 30, 1921 to the late Clyde and Elizabeth (nee Whitsit) Bradstock. In 1942 Frank joined the United States Air Force and served until 1946. He was a foreman for [...]
Robert W. “Rob” Defibaugh, Sr.
Robert W. “Rob” Defibaugh, Sr., 36, of Elyria, died Saturday, December 11, 2010, surrounded by family, after a short illness. He was born May 15, 1974 in Lorain, where he grew up and graduated from Southview High School. He lived most of his life in Lorain, until moving to Elyria eight years ago. He was [...]
John Edward Chapman
John Edward Chapman, 63, of Columbus, passed away Sunday, December 12, 2010 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, due to failing health. He was born June 25, 1947 in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. John was raised in West Virginia before moving to Lorain County in 1956. He lived many years in Elyria before moving his [...]
Florence Emily Hausch
Florence Emily Hausch (nee Patchitt), 102, passed away peacefully Sunday, December 12, 2010. She was born May 7, 1908 in Chardon, to Charles and Marjorie Patchitt (both deceased). Florence married Karl T. Hausch (deceased October 1992) and was the beloved mother of Charles J. (deceased), Lois J. (David P., deceased) Kneisley and Sandra L. “Sally” [...]
Rachael Nicole Frahm
Rachael Nicole Frahm (nee Aring), 26, of Sullivan, passed away Sunday, December 12, 2010, surrounded by her family, at Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland. She was born October 28, 1984 in Elyria. Rachael was raised in LaGrange and Sullivan and graduated from Black River High School. After graduation from Lorain County Community College School [...]
Martha Harper Yaneris
Martha Harper Yaneris, 97, of Amherst, passed away, Monday, December 13, 2010, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain, following a brief illness. She was born September 13, 1913 in Morgantown, West Virginia. Martha moved to Amherst from Webster Springs, West Virginia in 1951 and was a long time resident of Amherst. Martha received her [...]
Jane Ellen Cahl
Jane Ellen Cahl, 69 years of age and a resident of Amherst, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at Amherst Manor Nursing Home, following a lengthy illness.She was born March 4, 1941 in Amherst. Jane was a lifetime resident of Amherst and graduated from Marion L. Steele High School in the class of 1959. Jane [...]
Betty J. Callahan
Betty J. (nee Dantry) Callahan, 77, of Elyria passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at her home. Betty was born in Lorain, on May 20, 1933 to her parents, Ralph and Mary (nee Biro) Dantry. She graduated from Lorain High School, class of 1951-B and worked for ten years at The Lorain Journal in [...]
Recent Data Reveals Seat Belt Use among Lorain County High School Students
A record setting 11 Lorain County high schools participated in the 2010 Buckle Up Bowl this Fall, showing the importance many area high schools have placed on encouraging their students to make wise decisions, like buckling up. Based upon seat belt survey data collected both before and after school-based interventions the Lorain County Safe Community Coalition is proud to announce Brookside High School as the winner for Most Improved Seat Belt Usage; and Amherst Steele High School as the winner of the Highest Overall Seat Belt Usage award.
Brookside High School, located in Sheffield Lake, obtained a 14% increase in seat belt usage following interventions such as using the Senior Government Class as a forum to discuss why seat belt use is important and rallying senior football players to assist in the project as a party of their senior service outreach projects. Amherst Steele High School obtained a 93% buckle up rate for both passengers and drivers through PSA-style messages on Steele News Live and advertisements throughout the school.
It is also important to note that 5 of the 11 schools had a final seat belt usage rates at or below 70%– a rate that the Coalition believes can be improved with some hands on support and efforts by students, parents and faculty. “Encouragement by peers is one of the most effective ways to instill positive change and create the life-saving habit of buckling up,” stated Lt. Hughes, Ohio State Highway Patrol Elyria Post Commander.
Buckling up is your best defense on the roadways! Unfortunately, too many teens continue to ignore warnings and potential consequences that can result from not wearing seat belts. Here are three things students and parents can do to encourage teen drivers and passengers to wear their seat belt:
- Insist on seat belts. Everyone should buckle up on every trip, every time.
- Be the next top model. Model good behaviors and hope that others will follow suitbuckle up, drive sober, and drive focused. Ask your friends and family to avoid text messaging and talking on their cell phone while driving.
- Set rules about safe passenger behaviors. Teens need to help each other by encouraging their friends to wear their seat belts, to take the time and space to learn to drive before pressuring them for rides, and never encouraging risky driving. Talk with your teens about how they can support their friends as passengers.
Remember that whether driving across town or just around the neighborhood, wearing seat belts is the absolute best way to protect yourself and passengers from severe injury or even death in a crash. Given results of the 2010 Buckle Up Bowl, the Lorain County Safe Community Coalition will be sponsoring another Bowl in Spring 2011. For more information on how your high school can participate in an upcoming Bowl, call 440-284-6173. To discover a variety of traffic safety resources to keep you and your loved ones safe on Lorain County roadways visit, click here.
Cleveland Clinic cancels tomorrow’s surgeries at Lorain center following fire
LORAIN — The Cleveland Clinic has called off today and tomorrow’s surgeries at a Lorain facility following a small fire there this morning. The Fire Department was called to the Cleveland Clinic Lorain Family Health and Surgery Center about 5 a.m. after receiving an alarm. Employees in the surgery center also noticed an odor of [...]
Police offer reward in vicious attack of elderly veteran
LORAIN — Police are offering a reward for help finding a male who viciously assaulted an elderly Lorain man yesterday afternoon. According to Lorain police detective Buddy Sivert, Paul Hric, 79, was attacked from behind as he walked home from Rite Aide at East 28th Street and Broadway about 4:15 p.m. Hric, a disabled Korean [...]