Archive for February, 2011
Police log for Feb. 16, 2011
Elyria police Sunday, Feb. 13 2:15 p.m. — 100 Williams St., garage broken into, moped stolen. 4:30 p.m. — McDonald’s, 547 Broad St., Larry Murray, 43, 200 block Washington Ave., and Charles Jones, 44, 800 block W. Broad St., charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. 4:35 p.m. — Kushins Korner, 306 Broad St., thieves broke [...]
Diane L. Schall
Diane L. Schall (nee Porter), 66, of North Ridgeville, passed away Monday, February 14, 2011 at EMH Regional Health Care Center in Elyria, following a short illness. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by the Liston Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Peter A. Costello
Peter A. Costello, 85, of Lorain, died Monday, February 14, 2011, at St. John Westshore Hospital in Westlake, after a short illness. He was born August 1, 1925, in Cherryhill, Pennsylvania and had resided in Lorain most of his life. Peter served with the U.S. Army during World War II in the 3191st Engineer Base [...]
Kathlyn Kay Champney
Kathlyn Kay (nee Brooks) Champney, 95, passed from this life Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at Kendal in Oberlin, where she was a founding member and had resided since 1994. She was born March 24, 1915 in El Centro, California, and was raised in Huron County, where she graduated as Class Valedictorian from North Fairfield High [...]
Bonnie Jean Renner
Bonnie Jean Renner (nee Kempke), 69, of North Ridgeville, passed away Monday, February 14, 2011 at the Northridge Health Center, North Ridgeville, following a short illness. Born in Cleveland, she had been a resident of North Ridgeville since 1968. She worked as a licensed practical nurse for Fairview General Hospital for 30 years retiring in [...]
William Hirbe
William Hirbe, 84, a resident of South Amherst, passed away Monday, February 14, 2011 at Oak Hills Nursing Home in Lorain, following a long illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Hempel Funeral Home, 373 Cleveland Ave., Amherst.
Bertha I. Williams
Bertha I. (nee Sprinkle) Williams, 77, of Lorain, passed away peacefully while in the company of her loving family Sunday, February 13, 2011 following a brief illness. Mrs. Williams was born in West Liberty, Ohio, March 2, 1933, the daughter of the late Walter L and Freda (nee Ridout) Sprinkle. Mrs. Williams has been [...]
Natasha R. “Natalie” Meese
Natasha R. “Natalie” Meese (nee Terry), 35, of Grafton, passed away Monday, February 14, 2011, at the Cleveland Clinic, surrounded by family following, a lengthy illness of four years. She was born June 19, 1975 in Elyria, and resided in Grafton since 2000. Natalie was a graduate of Elyria High School, Class of 1993. She [...]
Alice B. Edgel
Alice B. Edgel, 79, Sandusky, formerly of Lorain, died Sunday, February 13, 2011, at her residence. She was born April 1, 1931 in Wheeling, West Virginia. She was a member of the Church of St. Peter, Lorain, Knights of St. John, Tops Club, and was a former PTA President, Brownie leader and loved traveling and [...]
Boys basketball: Lorain High Titans in the zone
LORAIN — Lorain High coach Andy Bastock got one look at what the Collinwood Railroaders could do against a man-to-man defense and quickly reverted to a zone in Tuesday night’s non-league match-up in Lorain. The plan worked as the Titans (11-5) held Collinwood (12-6) to 6 of 22 shooting from 3-point range in a 68-51 [...]
Boys basketball: Ridgeville re-energizes to beat Firelands
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Whatever Bill Noggle said at the end of the first quarter was said loud enough to be heard by almost everyone in the building. Fortunately for Noggle, the people closest to him — the ones who needed to hear what he had to say — got the message and took it to [...]
Boys basketball: Lake Ridge finds winning potion vs. First Baptist
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Somewhere around the midway mark of Tuesday’s non-league game against First Baptist, the Lake Ridge Academy players stumbled upon something that could come in handy in the closing weeks of the season. They found the will to win. After a lethargic first quarter and a half that found them trailing by a [...]
Boys basketball: River turns it up in 2nd half to beat Vermilion
VERMILION — There’s an age-old saying among basketball coaches that the first 10 possessions of the third quarter determines the eventual winner most of the time. Rocky River proved that Tuesday night at Vermilion in beating the Sailors 55-40 and clinching a share of the West Shore Conference title with two league games left to [...]
Avon hands out raises
AVON — About 20 nonunion city employees are expected to receive 2 percent raises in 2011 after legislation goes through two more readings. Avon Mayor Jim Smith said the non-bargaining unit positions include directors, administrators, the superintendent of streets, the superintendent of utilities, the parks director and the senior citizen coordinator, among others. The raises [...]
Firelands Schools considering $1.3M in cuts at meeting tomorrow
OBERLIN — The Firelands school board will be asked to consider $1.3 million in cuts proposed by the administration for the coming two school years during a special board meeting Wednesday night. This latest round of cuts comes after $800,000 was slashed from the district’s budget during the past two years. Those earlier cuts included [...]
Former OSU quarterback jailed, accused of stealing more than $1M
COLUMBUS — A former Ohio State quarterback remains jailed after making a brief court appearance on a charge of stealing more than $1 million from a 68-year-old woman. Art Schlichter also has set the stage for additional state and federal charges he’ll likely face. The 50-year-old Schlichter appeared in Franklin County Municipal Court in Columbus [...]
Ohio State’s dreams, goals unchanged despite first loss
COLUMBUS — Although the Ohio State Buckeyes are no longer unbeaten, they want everyone to know they’re not down or embarrassed or obsessing over their only defeat. As a matter of fact, shooting guard Jon Diebler sounded a note of defiance as Ohio State prepares for a quick turnaround game tonight at home against Michigan [...]
Letters expose Social Security numbers of child care providers
COLUMBUS — A mailing in Ohio has exposed the Social Security numbers of people paid by the state to provide child care. WBNS-TV in Columbus reports more than 8,000 providers were sent letters with their ID number from the program printed on the outside of the envelope. Ohio Department of Job and Family Services spokesman [...]
President Obama to hold Cleveland State forum
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will host a forum on small business in Cleveland next week as he looks to promote his plans to boost U.S. competitiveness. The White House says Obama, along with several members of his cabinet, will hear directly from small business owners during the Feb. 22 event at Cleveland State University. [...]
Hockey: EC’s Josh Escandon helps Panthers roll
BROOKLYN — This was not the same Josh Escandon that Normandy saw almost three months ago. That fellow was somebody who’d never played goalie before. The Invaders took advantage of that Escandon’s lack of experience and scored eight times against him. The Escandon the Invaders saw Monday night looked like a veteran at his position [...]
The spit has hit the fan following Buckeyes’ loss
COLUMBUS — Moments after Ohio State lost its first game of the season Saturday to Wisconsin, Buckeyes center Jared Sullinger posted on his Twitter account that a fan spit in his face. The spit has since hit the fan. Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan came out in defense of the Badgers’ rabid fans at Kohl Center. [...]
2 women face charges after 118 dogs are removed from home
WADSWORTH — Two women are facing animal cruelty charges after the Medina County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals seized 118 dogs from their Medina County home Friday. Stephanie Moore, executive director of the local SPCA, said 20 charges were filed in Wadsworth Municipal Court on Monday against each of the woman — [...]
Ray Rhodes leads list of new assistants for Browns
CLEVELAND — New Browns coach Pat Shurmur will be a rookie in his new role, but a strong veteran presence will be there to help him learn the ropes. Ray Rhodes, a respected football mind who has spent 30 years in the NFL, was one of 12 assistants named to Shurmur’s staff Monday. The former [...]
Boys basketball: Unlikely star fells Oberlin Phoenix
YORK TWP. — Bill Doerge will be on the scouting report now. With sharpshooter Ben Checkelsky sidelined by mononucleosis, Doerge erupted for 19 points Monday as Buckeye defeated Oberlin 53-50 in Patriot Athletic Conference cross-division action. “No. 20, we had no idea about his skill level,” Phoenix coach Kurt Russell said. “Our guard play was [...]
Innocence Project asks Burge for new trial in 1997 slaying
ELYRIA — The Ohio Innocence Project has asked Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge to order a new trial for convicted killer Ray Smith Jr., arguing that his trial lawyers were never informed of a potential alternate suspect in the Christmas Eve 1997 slaying of Angela Galloway. According to court documents filed Monday, neither [...]