Archive for December, 2010
County Community Foundation announces $719K in grants
LORAIN — More than $719,000 in grants have been awarded by the board of directors of The Community Foundation of Lorain County, which gave funding for several new projects including $10,000 for the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival which has drawn crowds to Oberlin College the past two summers to see free theater performances. In another [...]
Girls basketball: Elyria breaks drought
AMHERST — Elyria broke its frustrating losing streak Tuesday night, quickly and in a big way. Playing in the consolation game of the Comet Holiday Tournament, the Pioneers waxed Columbia 67-20 as senior forward Nais Williams scored a career-high 28 points, 18 in the first half. It was their first win after eight straight losses. [...]
JVS students make winter nights a little warmer for 70 children
PITTSFIELD TWP. — More than 70 children in Lorain County are warmer at night — and have a good book to read — thanks to the “Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive” at the Lorain County Joint Vocational School. The snuggly warm nighties and pajamas were collected by students in the early childhood education program hosted [...]
Ohio woman who posed as boy freed from jail
LEBANON — A 31-year-old southwest Ohio woman who posed as a teenage boy to get girls has been released from jail six months after her arrest. Patricia Dye was sentenced to six months for contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a child, sexual imposition, and attempted sexual imposition of a 16-year-old Springboro girl. Authorities [...]
Highway Patrol IDs victim of fatal Grafton Twp. crash
GRAFTON TWP. — A Parma Heights man died in a two-vehicle crash this afternoon at the intersection of state Route 83 and state Route 303 in Grafton Township. Joseph T. Hamley Jr., 64, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Elyria post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. More photos below. The crash [...]
Patient LifeFlighted from I-90 crash
AVON — At least one person was LifeFlighted following a crash on Interstate 90 in Avon. The accident, which occurred a little after 3:30 p.m. on I-90 westbound east of state Route 611, involved two vehicles, both of which sustained heavy damage. A teal Ford Escort involved in the crash was an unoccupied disabled vehicle [...]
Mary Louise Kahle
Mary Louise Kahle, 85, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2010 at Center Ridge Health Campus in North Ridgeville, following a lengthy illness. She was born in Kane, Pennsylvania on June 2, 1925 and had been a resident of Elyria for 48 years. Mary Louise was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 1079, the [...]
Mark J. Manholt
Mark J. Manholt, 32, of Elyria, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 26, 2010. He was born in Elyria on May 24, 1978. Mark graduated from Elyria High School in 1998 and worked as a tow motor operator for North Coast Logistic in Cleveland and Walmart at Chestnut Commons in Elyria. [...]
Noreen K. Rohde
Noreen K. Rohde (nee Wysocki), 65, of North Ridgeville, passed away Saturday, December 25, 2010, at New Life Hospice Residential Center, Lorain, following a long illness. Born in Elyria, she had been a resident of North Ridgeville since 1973. Noreen worked as a bookkeeper in accounting for Beckett Gas in North Ridgeville. She was a [...]
Howard B. Somers, Jr.
Howard B. Somers, Jr., 97, of Naples, Florida, formerly of Elyria, died Saturday, December 25, 2010, at Naples Community Hospital Healthcare Inc., after a short illness. He was born May 5, 1913 in Elyria, living most of his life in Elyria and moved permanently to Florida in 1993. Mr. Somers was the owner and sales [...]
Germaine M. “Mainey” Arnold
Germaine M. “Mainey” Arnold (nee Hall), 59, of Elyria, went home to be with her Lord in the EMH Regional Medical Center, following a short illness. She was a lifelong resident of Elyria and a graduate of Elyria High School in 1969. She was formerly employed at EMH as a ward secretary. She also worked [...]
Allan Ray Keenan
Allan Ray Keenan, 69, entered into rest to join other loved ones Saturday, December 25, 2010 at Avon Oaks Nursing Home in Avon. He was born January 31, 1941 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, to the late Elizabeth B. (nee White) Keenan Morrissey and Arthur C. Keenan. He lived in Lorain most of his life. He had [...]
Harry Lester Gongloff, Sr.
This world lost one of their best as Harry Lester Gongloff, Sr., known by his family and friends as “Big H” went home to be with the Lord Thursday, December 23, 2010 after a brief illness with cancer. Harry Gongloff was born in Johnstown Pennsylvania in 1948. He resided in Lorain for the last 42 [...]
Mary A. Murray
Mary A. Murray (nee Knapp), 67, of Elyria, died Sunday, December 26, 2010 at her home, following a sudden illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Laubenthal-Mercado Funeral Home of Elyria, 440-322-4626.
Robert Lee Hudnall
oRobert Lee Hudnall, 82, of Elyria, passed away Monday, December 27, 2010 at Lake Point Health Center, Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born in Charleston, West Virginia and had lived in the Elyria area since 1967. Robert worked as a plastic injection operator for General Motors Fisher Guide Plant in Elyria, retiring in [...]
Lewis Strnad
Lewis Strnad, 61, of Amherst Township, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2010 at EMH Regional Medical Center. He was born March 12, 1949 in Lorain, to the late Lewis and Sarah (nee Maljuzich) Strnad. Lewis was a 1967 graduate of Clearview High School. He was employed as an installer at Century Tel Telephone Company until [...]
Thomas E. Urig
Thomas E. Urig, 62, of Vermilion, died Saturday, December 25, 2010 at the Cleveland Clinic, after a one year illness. Born June 10, 1948 in Lorain he had been a Vermilion resident for the past 35 years, moving from Sheffield Village. Thomas worked as an assembler and driver in the truck division for Ford Motor [...]
Joyce M. Ives
Joyce M. Ives, 85, of Wellington, passed away peacefully Saturday, December 25, 2010, early Christmas morning, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Irene and Bob Hormell. She was born November 16, 1925 in Buffalo, New York. At the age of four, she moved with her family to Cattaraugus, New York, where she attended [...]
John Lewis “House” Walker
John Lewis “House” Walker, 63, of Oberlin, passed away Saturday, December 25, 2010 at Welcome Nursing Home in Oberlin, following a lengthy illness. He was born November 26, 1947 in Lorain and had been a lifelong resident of the Lorain County area. He was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church of Lorain, where he [...]
Lorain County foreclosures down in 2010
New foreclosure filings fell in Lorain County in 2010 compared to 2009. There have been 265 fewer foreclosures filed in 2010 versus 2009, according to the office of Clerk of Courts Ronald Nabakowski. There are still a couple days left in the year, but there have been just 2,130 new filings in 2010 compared to [...]
Man reportedly destroyed father’s home, fought with officers
BROWNHELM TWP. — An Elyria man was arrested last night after he reportedly broke into his father’s home and destroyed it, assaulted his father and later fought with jail officers who were arresting him. Leland Ives, 32, has been charged with criminal damaging, vandalism, breaking and entering, aggravated burglary, domestic violence and obstructing official business. [...]
Cavs sign guard/forward Alonzo Gee
CLEVELAND — It didn’t take long for the Cavaliers to fill the roster spot that became available when the team waived forward Jawad Williams. One day after releasing the St. Edward High product, the Cavs on Tuesday signed guard/forward Alonzo Gee. The 6-foot-6, 219-pound Gee appeared in a total of 16 games with San Antonio [...]
Mangini deflects job questions; players stick up for coach
CLEVELAND — Another Monday after a loss, another string of questions for coach Eric Mangini regarding his uncertain future with the Browns. But he doesn’t want the final week of the season — perhaps his final week on the job — to become all about the decision president Mike Holmgren will make following the finale. [...]
Cavs waive small forward Jawad Williams
INDEPENDENCE — The roster shuffling has started, but the moves are minor ones. Having lost three straight games and 13 of their last 14, the Cavaliers on Monday waived small forward Jawad Williams and sent power forward Samardo Samuels to Erie of the NBA Developmental League. Rookie Christian Eyenga, who has yet to appear in [...]
Boys basketball: Elyria beats Lorain; on verge of defending Classic title
VERMILION — Free throws decided Monday’s first meeting in nearly 15 years between Elyria and Lorain. It probably shouldn’t have ended that way but Elyria High advanced to defend its Lorain County Holiday Classic title with the opportunity to take home the prize for the eighth time in the 13 years the event has been [...]