Archive for February, 2011
Scott, Grant, Jamison all think Scott right man for job
INDEPENDENCE — It’s unanimous. Byron Scott, general manager Chris Grant and power forward Antawn Jamison all think Scott is the right man to coach the Cavaliers, who are an NBA-worst 8-45 heading into a game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday at Quicken Loans Arena. “Not one bit. Not whatsoever,” Scott said Thursday at [...]
Bowling Green woman plans to wear same dress for six months
BOWLING GREEN — An Ohio woman is almost halfway to her goal of wearing the same dress every day for six months to help victims of sex trafficking. Amy Seiffert of Bowling Green in northwest Ohio began limiting her wardrobe to a simple gray T-shirt dress on Nov. 15. She plans to continue until May [...]
LCCC gets $200K to launch entrepreneurship program
Lorain County Community College’s history of helping small businesses get off the ground will be used as the source of a national project for business incubators. LCCC is one of 10 community colleges across the country and the only one in Ohio to be the recipient of a $200,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott [...]
Lorain, Elyria, county to share $1.6M to clean up blight
ELYRIA — The Lorain County commissioners have reached an agreement with city officials in Elyria and Lorain to divvy up more than $1.6 million in federal neighborhood stabilization funds. County Community Development Director Don Romancak said that under the federal program the county will receive about $364,000, Lorain will get $672,000 and Elyria will receive [...]
Cavs notes: Forward Leon Powe hopes to make debut Friday
CLEVELAND — Cavaliers power forward Leon Powe started tapping each knee as he counted his major surgeries. He reached four, but wouldn’t swear to it. “I had so much anesthesia, I might have had one more,” he joked Wednesday prior to a game against the Detroit Pistons at Quicken Loans Arena. “I woke up and [...]
Elyria Township, Rochester fire departments get federal grants
The Elyria Township Fire Department will receive $185,378 for a fire simulator trailer and the Rochester Volunteer Fire Department will receive $209,570 for a new pumper thanks to grants through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Assistance to Firefighters grant announcements from the offices of U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Copley [...]
Students collect money to help police K-9 keep his job
LANCASTER, Ohio — Some students in central Ohio want a police K-9 unit to keep protecting the community, so they’ve helped protect the dog’s job. The sheriff’s department in central Ohio’s Fairfield County had planned to retire its last dog, Arno, this year to save about $15,000 in annual training and other expenses. However, Sheriff [...]
County pound to stop using gas chamber
ELYRIA — The Lorain County Dog Kennel will no longer euthanize dogs in its gas chamber and instead rely on local veterinarians to give condemned dogs a lethal injection. That change — and the imposition of a mandatory program to sterilize stray dogs brought into the pound before they can be adopted — drew applause [...]
Family: Victim may have died trying to save pets from fire
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Thomas Johnson was a heck of a country line dancer who loved life, enjoyed good friends and adored the family pets. In fact, it may have been saving his German shepherd named Rox, and a number of house cats that contributed to his death during a fire Tuesday night in the Detroit [...]
School closings 02-10-11
Lorain County Academy in Oberlin
Oberlin
Wellington
School closings 02-10-11
Lorain County Academy in Oberlin
Oberlin
Wellington
Pistons 103, Cavaliers 94: Cavs lose 26th straight, tie another ugly record
CLEVELAND — Byron Scott, meet John McKay. The Cavaliers tied the 1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the longest losing streak in American pro sports history with their 26th straight defeat, falling 103-94 to the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday at Quicken Loans Arena. McKay, when once asked about his team’s execution, responded with one of the [...]
Girls basketball: Montgomery lifts Ridgeville over Firelands
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Junior Ashley Montgomery had an average game Wednesday. Luckily for her North Ridgeville teammates, her average game is better than anyone else’s in Lorain County. Montgomery’s 24 points were enough to lead the Rangers to a 61-38 West Shore Conference win over Firelands. Montgomery, the area’s leading scorer averaging 24.5 a game, [...]
Girls basketball: Elyria gets hot, but it’s too late
ELYRIA TWP. — The Elyria girls lost another conference game Wednesday night, but they put on a spectacular second-half shooting exhibition. And the Pioneers won the second half, 36-32. Trailing Solon by 18 points at the break, they came out launching 3-point shots in the third quarter. They nailed eight of 11 the rest of [...]
Restrictions eased on former Green Acres
ELYRIA — Lorain County Probate Judge James Walther has lifted the deed restrictions that county officials say has kept the former Green Acres Children’s Home in Oberlin empty for years. County officials are now considering selling the about 15-acre property, which served as the county orphanage from 1898 until it was closed in 1995. The [...]
Special delivery: Avon firefighter helps deliver his own daughter
AVON — Gene Legeza has been a medic with the Avon Fire Department since 2005 and even has neonatal training due to his work at the EMH Avon Emergency Care Center. But he’d never actually delivered a baby until early Tuesday, when he brought his own daughter into the world in the back of an [...]
Elyria man indicted on attempted murder charge
ELYRIA — An Elyria man has been indicted on attempted murder and other charges in connection with a Dec. 20 shooting on Second Street. Jeffrey Grandberry, 26, also is facing felonious assault and weapons charges. Elyria police have said that Tito Miller was shot in the abdomen during the incident. Grandberry and two women allegedly [...]
Veterans invited to attend ceremony Friday
LORAIN — Local veterans are hoping to keep the memory of their service alive with the founding of the first chapter of the National Association for Black Veterans Inc. in Northeast Ohio. A ceremony will be Friday at Club Our Space in Lorain. The chapter will be chartered in honor of Lorain resident Samuel Felton, [...]
Man indicted for firing gun in girlfriend’s apartment
ELYRIA — A Sheffield Township man accused of firing a gun into his girlfriend’s apartment last month has been indicted. Calvin Parker Jr., 28, is charged with improperly discharging a firearm into a habitation and having weapons under disability. Lorain police have said that Parker fired a shot that went into the ceiling of a [...]
New fire chief named for Sheffield Lake
SHEFFIELD LAKE — A new fire chief has been appointed in Sheffield Lake. Tim Card, who has been with the Sheffield Lake Fire Department for around 15 years, was appointed chief during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, according to Mayor John Piskura. It is a full-time position. Card is fire chief effective today, but does [...]
Loretta Hale
Loretta Hale (nee Sadler), 64, of Lorain, passed away Monday, February 7, 2011 following a lengthy illness. She was born December 12, 1946 in Cincinnati, and was a resident of Lorain for 56 years. She was a 1965 graduate of Clearview High School and prior to her disability was employed at the National Gypsum Plant [...]
Henriette Preece
Henriette Preece (nee Strobel), 83, of Elyria, died on Saturday, February 5, 2011 following a long illness. Mrs. Preece was born on January 4, 1928 in Sturgert, Germany and she lived in Elyria for most of her life. She was a homemaker. She was employed by General Motors as an Assembler for 25 years, retiring [...]
Edward Johnston
Edward Johnston, 72, of Elyria, died Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at his home, following a long illness. He was born January 8, 1939 in Cleveland and came to Elyria 45 years ago. He was a drill press operator at Cleveland Twist Drill for 30 years. He was a member of Trinity Evangelical Church in Amherst [...]
Molly Hudnutt Young
Molly Hudnutt Young, 84, passed away Sunday, February 6, 2011, at her home in Elyria. She was born September 18, 1926, in Elyria. She served the community and those around her. Her work encouraging women to pursue higher education, supporting civil rights, getting the disenfranchised interested in voting and providing food for the poor is [...]
Yvonne M. Barnes
Yvonne M. Barnes, 81, entered into rest Tuesday, February 8, 2011. She was the beloved wife of Glenn B.; loving mother of Nadine Turner and Phil Barnes. There are no services or calling hours. Arrangements by Dostal Funeral Services, www.dostalfuneralservices.com