Archive for March, 2011
Ridgeville company head pleads guilty to misdemeanor stemming from standoff
ELYRIA — The president of a North Ridgeville company who once faced multiple felony charges for a 2007 standoff with police pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single misdemeanor count of persistent disorderly conduct. Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Miraldi gave Christopher Cole a suspended sentence of 30 days in jail and a $250 fine. [...]
Time running out on child support license reinstatement push
ELYRIA — Time is running out. The Lorain County Child Support Enforcement Agency at 42485 North Ridge Road, is wrapping up its March Madness driver’s license reinstatement program, which restores driving privileges to those who had them suspended for failing to pay child support if they pay one full month of the support they owe [...]
Cavs notes: Coach Scott changes lineup
CLEVELAND — Turns out Cavaliers coach Byron Scott made a “big” change in his starting lineup Wednesday night against the New Jersey Nets. Scott opted to start 7-foot, 240-pound Ryan Hollins at center and move J.J. Hickson back to power forward. Samardo Samuels, who averaged 12.9 points and 6.3 rebounds in 10 games as a [...]
If knee’s healthy, Da’Quan Bowers could be Browns’ pick
If Clemson defensive end Da’Quan Bowers passes the medical tests, ESPN NFL Draft analyst Todd McShay thinks he’s a natural for the Browns to select with the No. 6 pick in April. If Bowers is still available. Bowers didn’t work out at the scouting combine last month after surgery in January to repair what he [...]
Browns LB Scott Fujita: Litigation best option for players
Browns linebacker Scott Fujita sat in the meeting rooms. He listened to the mediator. He read the NFL’s proposals. “The hardcore economics of a deal wasn’t even close,” he said Wednesday by phone from California. “The league’s proposals got worse as time went on. “The NFL did a great job of spin control, manipulating the [...]
ESPN analyst thinks Bowers fits with Browns — if he’s healthy
If Clemson defensive end Da’Quan Bowers passes the medical tests, ESPN NFL Draft analyst Todd McShay thinks he’s a natural for the Browns to select with the No. 6 pick in April. If Bowers is still available. Bowers didn’t work out at the scouting combine last month after surgery in January to repair what he [...]
Kenneth Wayne Bobel
Kenneth Wayne Bobel, 60, of Lorain died Monday, March 7, 2011 at his home following a short battle with cancer. Mr. Bobel was born in Lorain on April 28, 1950, the son of the late Jack E. Bobel and Shirley (nee Robinson) Bobel, of Lorain, who survives him. In 1968, he graduated from the former [...]
Ruth Bosman
Ruth Bosman (nee Smith), 49, formerly of Vermilion, died December 29, 2010 in Holzhausen-Immenhausen, Germany, where she had lived the past five years. She was born March 30, 1961 in California. She had been a member of the Church of the Open Door, Elyria, and was active in an antique shop in Birmingham. She is [...]
Derek “Rick” Cooper
Derek “Rick” Cooper, 46, of Grafton, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2011. He was the beloved husband of Sandra; cherished father of Dereka; loving son; brother; uncle; and cousin of many. Friends will be received at Clear View Church, 23963 Royalton Rd., Columbia Station, Friday, March 25, 2011 from 5 to 6:45 P.M. A Memorial [...]
Betty Jane Crawford
Betty Jane Crawford, 83, of Canoga Park, California, (formerly of Elyria), passed away Monday, March 14, 2011, following a long illness. She was born November 29, 1927 in Elyria. Betty was a 1945 Elyria High School graduate, and had earned a Bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University, a Masters degree from Case Western Reserve [...]
William Glavich
William “Bill” Glavich, 54, of Polk, died Monday, March 21, 2011. He was born April 21, 1956 in Lodi, to Andrew and Faith Glavich, Sr. Bill graduated from Black River High School. He worked as an electrician for PSI in Medina. Bill enjoyed working on cars and tractors and loved spending time with his sons [...]
Brenda Kay Gnagy
Brenda Kay Gnagy (nee Jackson), 59, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at University Hospitals of Cleveland, following a lengthy illness. Brenda was born January 7, 1952 in Elyria, where she made her home her entire life. She was a 1970 graduate of Elyria High School. She worked at Lowes Department Store in [...]
Walter F. Hoffstetter
Walter F. “Skip” Hoffstetter, 65, of North Ridgeville, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at EMH Regional Medical Center, Elyria, following a short illness. Born in Lakewood, he was a resident of North Ridgeville for most of his life. Walter worked as a patrolman and DARE officer for the city of North Ridgeville for 27 [...]
Robley Evans Jones, Jr.
Robley Evans Jones, Jr., 76, of Hudson, Florida, was born July 22, 1934 in Lorain, and died Saturday, March 19, 2011. He graduated from Clearview High School. Robley was a proud veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served on the USS Worcester. He was active in the Sports Car Club of America and was named [...]
Helen L. Spotts
Helen L. Spotts (nee Stiner) of North Ridgeville, lost her battle to cancer, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Helen was born in Dunbar, Pennsylvania and lived for a while in Streetsboro, before settling in North Ridgeville in 1970. She really enjoyed visiting with her grandchildren and her customers at The Unicorn Restaurant, where she worked as [...]
Pet rescue group sues fosterers
ELYRIA — The Multiple Breed Rescue group directed by Amy Hunt filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Common Pleas Court against a Columbus woman and several Lorain County residents seeking the return of a dog from foster care. The suit lists as defendants Kate Curry of Columbus, Roger and Jeri Valentine of Wellington and Mindi Wagner [...]
Outfielder Travis Buck closing in on roster spot
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — This is the new start Travis Buck was looking for. “Baseball’s fun again,” said Buck, who is in camp with the Indians, attempting to win a job as an extra outfielder, following an unceremonious ending to his tenure with the Oakland A’s. “I feel like a little kid out there. The last [...]
Indians rally to win late
INDIANS (12-11-2) 8, ROYALS (14-10-1) 7 HITS: Michael Brantley, Shin-Soo Choo, Carlos Santana and Luis Valbuena all had multihit games. Choo had three hits, including an RBI single that tied the game at seven in Cleveland’s three-run eighth inning. … Reliever Tony Sipp got the win after pitching a scoreless ninth inning and striking out [...]
Oberlin Choristers celebrate 20 years
The sweet sound of youthful voices will be heard when the Oberlin Choristers celebrate their 20th birthday next month with a newly commissioned piece written by New York-based chorale composer Jim Papoulis called “We Sing.” Papoulis, who has written music for children all over the world, quizzed the group’s artistic director, Katherine Plank, about the [...]
State House to vote today on requiring photo ID to vote
COLUMBUS — The Ohio House plans to vote today on a fast-moving bill that would require Ohio voters to show a photo ID before they can cast a ballot. Supporters say the measure is aimed at keeping people from trying to vote more than once. It would require voters to present photo identification at a [...]
4 found dead in Toledo home, police suspect carbon monoxide
TOLEDO — Police in Ohio say four people have been found dead in a home, and they think all died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Investigators in Toledo say it looks like it was accidental. A neighbor says a woman and three school-aged children had moved into the rental home within the last few weeks. She [...]
Cleveland schools want to lay of 834, including 650 teachers
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland school district wants to lay off 835 employees — including 650 teachers — and close seven schools to cope with a budget gap and shrinking enrollment. The proposed cuts outlined Tuesday night would amount to 13 percent of the district’s full-time work force. Interim schools chief Peter Raskind proposed more than [...]
Photo gallery: Elizabeth Taylor dies at age 79
LOS ANGELES — Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen life was often upstaged by her stormy personal life, died Wednesday at age 79. She died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she had been hospitalized for about six weeks, publicist Sally Morrison said. “My Mother was an [...]
Grafton man acquitted of rape, gross sexual imposition charges involving 10-year-old girl
ELYRIA — A Lorain County jury on Tuesday acquitted a Grafton man of rape and gross sexual imposition charges. It was a far different outcome than Richard Boone’s first trial last year in which a jury found Boone guilty of the same charges. That verdict was thrown out when county Common Pleas Judge James Burge [...]
Elyria company will move to North Ridgeville, add 25 jobs
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — An Elyria-based manufacturer of metal products used in the aerospace, military, medical and semiconductor fields will add 25 jobs as part of a $2 million renovation project that will see its operations move out of Elyria. Under the plan, Rhenium Alloys Inc., will reportedly move from its current 1329 Taylor St. site [...]