Archive for March, 2011
Columbia Station country club faces foreclosure
COLUMBIA STATION — Both sides in a foreclosure action against Columbia Hills Country Club expressed optimism that the legal proceeding will eventually result in a healthier business whose ownership will eventually rest in the hands of the club. Dan Weinhardt, president of the Columbia Station club, called Tuesday’s foreclosure filing in Lorain County Common Pleas [...]
Spokes-men for charity: Roaming bike charity provides wheels for homeless in Lorain
LORAIN — In a parking lot on West Eighth Street, a small group of people were busy Tuesday morning. Bryce Rapp and his volunteers for Bike Pointe Ministries, a nonprofit, Oberlin-based venture that puts refurbished and repaired bicycles into the hands of people who can really use them, were on the scene. Under sunny skies [...]
Need a job? 21 businesses looking to hire will be at job fair next week
LORAIN — A near-record number of employers are set to be part of the seventh Goodwill Job Fair next week at the nonprofit’s Lorain offices. Twenty-one businesses will be represented, according to Goodwill Industries’ Sherwin Goldberg. “These folks aren’t hiring in big numbers, but they’re hiring,” Goldberg said. “They’re looking for people and that’s a [...]
Tom Ganley pleads not guilty, takes Crime Stoppers leave
Car dealer and former Republican congressional candidate Tom Ganley took a leave of absence Tuesday from his role as chairman of Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County. Ganley’s decision to relinquish his top spot at the organization, which he’s led for years, came the same day he pleaded not guilty in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court [...]
Ohio SB 5: House committee toughens anti-union bill
COLUMBUS — A panel of lawmakers made a bill to limit collective bargaining rights for 350,000 public workers even tougher for unions on Tuesday, as the state moved closer to Wisconsin-style restrictions. A Republican-controlled House labor committee voted 9-6 along party lines to send the bill to the full House. Its approval of the legislation [...]
VIDEO: Corrections workers blast state budget proposal
ELYRIA — Frustration levels ran high Tuesday night when employees of Grafton Correctional Institution and other state prisons grilled state prisons director Gary C. Mohr during a two-hour session about why Ohio needs to sell five prisons, including Grafton Correctional, at the Spitzer Conference Center at Lorain County Community College. Mohr said the alternative to [...]
Sam Mazzola pleads no contest to state records violation
ELYRIA — Sam Mazzola pleaded no contest Tuesday in Elyria Municipal Court to a misdemeanor charge that he failed to maintain proper records for some of the animals he owns and keeps at his Columbia Township compound. Mazzola, who remains under investigation for the fatal mauling of Brent Kandra by one of his bears last [...]
Police log for March 30, 2011
Elyria police Thursday, March 24 9:17 a.m. — 100 block Idaho Drive, someone had kicked the front fender of a vehicle. 3:45 p.m. — 1000 block Melvyn Lane, Aaron Damron, charged with possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia. Friday, March 25 1:24 a.m. — 100 block Parmely Ave., thieves kicked in the front [...]
Ski mask, bulletproof vest, pellet gun confiscated in traffic stop
LORAIN — After a traffic stop, police discovered one man wearing a bulletproof vest and a pellet gun and a ski mask in the vehicle. Around 1 a.m. Tuesday police pulled over the vehicle and saw the passengers frantically trying to hide something, the report said. Police then noticed one of the passengers wearing a [...]
Lorain student beaten up by teens as men recorded
LORAIN — A female student was assaulted by 7 to 8 teenage girls as men stood by, using cell phone cameras to record the attack, according to a police report. The girl’s mother said her daughter was walking home on Washington Avenue after track practice when a group of older girls surrounded the victim. The [...]
Softball: Amherst’s Jennifer Sutton wins pitching duel
AVON — In a battle worthy of two of Northeast Ohio’s best pitchers, Amherst nipped Avon 1-0 Tuesday afternoon in a non-conference softball thriller. The Comets’ Jennifer Sutton and the Eagles’ Brittanie Fowler each struck out 16. Both are juniors. It was Amherst’s season opener. Avon opened Monday with a 16-0 mercy-rule win over Oberlin [...]
Sweet, sweet revenge: Cavs stop LeBron’s Heat
CLEVELAND — It could have been one of the biggest meltdowns ever. That it wasn’t made victory even sweeter. The Cavaliers blew every single bit of a 23-point lead Tuesday night at Quicken Loans Arena, but never fell behind and stormed back to beat LeBron James and the Miami Heat 102-90 in front of a [...]
Fans deserve this Cavs win over Heat
The Miami Heat provided the low point of the Cavaliers’ season Dec. 2, so it was only fitting that Cleveland returned the favor Tuesday night. The Cavaliers got tremendous — and completely unexpected — performances from Ryan Hollins and Anthony Parker, allowing them to gain a measure of revenge on Miami with a 102-90 victory. [...]
Geneva R. Gill
Geneva R. Gill (nee McCune), 87, of Elyria, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011 at EMH Healthcare, following a brief illness. She was born August 13, 1923 in Swandale, West Virginia. She was an Elyria area resident for most of her life. Geneva retired from the General Motors Corp. in Parma, where she worked in [...]
Marjorie R. Gradisek
Marjorie R. Gradisek (nee Pitts), 82, of Elyria Township, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, March 27, 2011. She was born April 22, 1928 in Lakewood. Marjorie was a 1947 North Ridgeville High School graduate. She was a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church in Elyria and belonged to the church’s Altar and Rosary Society. She had [...]
Raymond Charles Ketchum
Raymond Charles Ketchum, 80, of Elyria, died Sunday, March 27, 2011, in the Wesleyan Village in Elyria, following a brief illness. He was born June 11, 1930 in Elyria, to the late Frank and Lillian Ketchum. Ray graduated from LaGrange High School in 1948 and was discharged from the U.S. Air Force in 1952. He [...]
Shirley M. Klesel
Shirley M. Klesel, 87, of Grafton, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2011, in New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, in Lorain, after a short illness. She was born May 4, 1923 in Columbia Station, and lived in the Grafton area most of her life. She was a charter member of Trinity Lutheran Church and [...]
Carol Raab
Carol Raab, 69, of Monroeville, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at Fisher-Titus Medical Center, Norwalk. She was born June 19, 1941 in Elyria, the daughter of the late Oscar and Lillian (Crist) Krugman. Carol was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Monroeville. She enjoyed auctions and sales. She loved raising and showing horses [...]
Norma M. Reinders
Norma M. Reinders, 95, of Pearland, Texas, and formerly of LaGrange, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home, 1021 Main St., Grafton.
Mary Therese Ross
Mary Therese Ross (nee Polimene), 94, of Elyria, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011. Mary was born March 4, 1917 in Reggio Calabria, Italy. She came to the America when she was four years old and became a U.S. citizen in 1928. She had made her home in Elyria for more than 80 years. She [...]
Susan C. Sawyers
Susan C. Sawyers (nee Maxwell), 52, of Elyria, passed away Tuesday March 29, 2011, at Fairview Hospital in Cleveland. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by the Liston Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Henry Haley Schriver
Henry Haley Schriver, 96, of Grafton, died Tuesday, March 27, 2011, following a short illness. Thousands knew him as the “Farmer Philosopher”, who spoke in rhyme about the values of farming and cooperation. His large family knew him as a devoted husband, energetic dad, and delightful grandpa to several generations. Mr. Schriver was admired worldwide [...]
Edward Talarek
Edward Talarek, 87, of Elyria, died Monday, March 28, 2011, at his home. He was born February 5, 1924 in Cleveland, and made his home in Elyria for most of his life. He was a graduate of Elyria High School in 1943 and he served with the U.S. Army during WWII, acquiring the American Theatre [...]
Anthony C. Terrill
Anthony C. Terrill, 36, of Elyria, passed away Monday, March 28, 2011. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Busch Funeral Home, Elyria. 440-322-3717.
GOP presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty visiting Cleveland today
CLEVELAND — Presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty is planning to give a keynote address during a visit to northeast Ohio, a highly contested swing state in presidential politics. Pawlenty is expected to talk about the economy today at an event hosted by the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County in downtown Cleveland. The former governor of Minnesota [...]