Archive for January, 2011
Keith E. Shoemaker
Keith E. Shoemaker, 46, of North Ridgeville, passed away suddenly, Friday, January 14, 2011 at his home. Arrangements will be announced by David Bogner Family Funeral Home, 36625 Center Ridge Road, North Ridgeville.
John Lott Brown
John Lott Brown, 86, of Oberlin, died Sunday, January 16, 2011, at Kendal at Oberlin. Dicken Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Elyria is in charge of arrangements.
Tawania M. “Tonya” Willis
Tawania M. “Tonya” Willis (nee Salyers), 45, of North Ridgeville, passed away Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Southwest General Hospital, Middleburg Heights, following a short illness. She was born in Cleveland and had been a lifelong resident of North Ridgeville. Tonya enjoyed riding motor cycles and was active with the Booze Fighters Motorcycle Club. She [...]
Gaspar G. Villarreal
Gaspar G. Villarreal, 84, of Lorain, passed away Monday, January 17, 2011 in Grace Hospital, Lakewood, following a lengthy illness. He was born January 6, 1927 in Bastrop, Texas. He came to Lorain in the mid 1940′s. He served in the U.S. Army. He retired as a tool and die maker from U. S. Steel [...]
Natalia Nakoneczna
Natalia Nakoneczna, 79, of Oberlin, died Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Welcome Nursing Home, Oberlin, following a lengthy illness. Arrangements will be announced by The Dovin Funeral Home, 2701 Elyria Ave., Lorain.
Roscoe E. Baker
Roscoe E. Baker, 87, of Sandy Spring, Maryland, died Sunday, January 9, 2011. He was born February 11, 1923 in Portersburg, Kentucky, and as an adult lived in Penfield, for 12 years. He served with the 291st Infantry, 75th Division in the United States Army in World War II. He fought in the Rhineland and [...]
Edna M. Beal
Edna M. Beal (nee Clark), 103, a lifelong resident of Elyria, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2011 at the Wesleyan Village, following a short illness. She was born July 10, 1907 in Grafton. Edna was a member of the Elyria High School Class of 1926. She was a homemaker and a member of the First [...]
Margaret Hutcheson Ullman
Margaret Hutcheson Ullman, born Valentine’s Day February 14, 1923 in Marietta, Ohio, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2011 in Golden, Colorado, at Golden Pond Memory Unit, where she had resided since October of 2009. McVay-Perkins Funeral Home, Caldwell, Ohio, (740) 732-4223, is in charge of arrangements.
O-H-I-O! Amherst man has spirited snowmen
For 30 years, John Paul Dobias didn’t see much of the white stuff. But after returning to his native Amherst, Dobias got reacquainted with Ohio winters after 30 years in California. “Snow was a novelty for me,” the 51 year old said. Recently, he took advantage of his Midwest return to build an elaborate snow [...]
Local sports roundup for Jan. 18, 2011
Avon Lake’s Srail nabs third at meet Avon Lake senior Morgan Srail finished third at the Northeast Ohio Classic Swimming and Diving Invitational on Saturday at Canton’s C.T. Branin Natatorium. Srail scored 427.30 points in the 11-dive competition. Elyria Catholic senior MacKenzie Tweardy placed sixth with a score of 409.95. Cuyahoga Falls senior Haleigh Bartlett [...]
Woman Life Flighted, boyfriend arrested after crash, possible stabbing
ELYRIA — A woman had to be Life Flighted after she was involved in a car accident and may have been stabbed yesterday evening in Elyria. Erika Malone, 26, of Elyria was taken to EMH Regional Medical Center and then flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. She was in critical condition Tuesday morning, according [...]
Man shot, killed after brandishing knife during traffic stop
FORT SHAWNEE, Ohio — Officials say a police officer fatally shot a 20-year-old man after a weekend traffic stop turned violent in a mobile home park in northwest Ohio. Fort Shawnee Police Chief Benjamin Kehres says John Sowders of Cridersville died Saturday after he was shot once in the chest by police. Kehres says Sowders [...]
Helping Kids with Learning Disabilities Do Well in School
Today’s parents have it tougher than ever before. In addition to competing with traditional counterparts like friends and social schedules, today’s parents must also compete with cell phones, the Internet, video games, and the host of other distractions at a child’s disposal. While this can be less of a problem during down times like summer [...]
Career Training Can Put You on the Road to Success
There are many ways that one can train for a career, from enrolling in college to on-the-job training. How an individual prepares for his or her career depends greatly on that person’s schedule and lifestyle. Here are some options to consider, courtesy of CareerPlanningHelp.com. Distance education Do you want to further your education and train [...]
Are Teens Prepared for the Real World?
(NewsUSA) – Between balancing classes and after-school activities Raymond Perez, 17, is as busy as ever. He is one of millions of high-school students preparing for the next step in life. Unfortunately, many U.S. students are not learning skills necessary to succeed in college and the workplace. The Alliance for Excellent Education estimates that only [...]
PHOTO GALLERY: Elyrians march to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
PHOTOS: $200 reward offered after puppy is stolen
ELYRIA — An Elyria pet store is offering a $200 reward for information leading to the return of a puppy stolen Friday afternoon. Two white men entered Best in Pets shortly after noon on Friday, and the puppy — a female Yorkshire terrier — was discovered missing from its cage shortly after they left, according [...]
Browns season wrapup: Goodbye, Mangini. Hello, Shurmur.
Yes, that was Eric Mangini all over ESPN this weekend. It was weird enough seeing him on TV offering analysis about the playoff games, but watching him talk about Pat Shurmur was over-the-top bizarre. Mangini had been fired as coach of the Browns only 10 days earlier. Shurmur had been hired as his replacement less [...]
High school hockey: Comets edge Eagles in thriller
NORTH OLMSTED — They will do it again today at 3 p.m. at the North Olmsted Recreation Center. If this afternoon’s game between Amherst and North Olmsted — this time for the championship of the Southwestern Conference — is even half as thrilling as Sunday’s barnburner, paying customers will more than get their money’s worth. [...]
Lorain woman gets three speeding tickets in an hour in Sheffield
SHEFFIELD — A Lorain woman with a clean recent driving record apparently had a bad night Saturday and wound up with three speeding tickets in just over an hour in Sheffield. According to Chief Larry Bliss, Amy Bobkovich, 38, was first pulled over and ticketed at 11:40 p.m. Saturday on East River Road between Colorado [...]
Woman reportedly stabbed by brother in car
LORAIN — A woman was stabbed in the face by her brother after starting a fight with him while their mother was driving them home, resulting in criminal charges for them both, according to Lorain police. Around 10:30 p.m. Friday, an argument over children’s toys escalated when Sharon Alexander, 21, of Cleveland, started punching her [...]
Men arrested after demanding houseful of people strip naked
LORAIN — Two men were arrested on multiple charges after one brandished a gun, accused a house full of people, including children, of stealing his cell phone and attempted to make them strip naked. Around 1:32 a.m. Sunday Alexander Evans, 22, of Cleveland, and Antwaun Carlton, 21, of Lorain, entered a house in the 1500 [...]
Dallas hires former Browns DC Rob Ryan
DALLAS — Rob Ryan is headed to Dallas and already has another family reunion lined up. Ryan has agreed to become the Dallas Cowboys’ defensive coordinator, two people with direct knowledge of the hire told The Associated Press on Sunday. Ryan is the son of former NFL head coach Buddy Ryan and the brother of [...]
Fire engulfs Columbia Township home
Fire engulfed a home on Mitchell Road in Columbia Township overnight. Check back at Chroniclet.com for more on this story as it becomes available.
Man got irate after free food was cut off, police say
ELYRIA — An Elyria man was charged with assault after allegedly punching a bartender in the eye at Pudge’s Place after she asked him to stop eating free food set out for customers who were purchasing alcoholic beverages. Joe W. Lewis, 44, of Elyria, was charged with assault and possession of drugs after he was [...]