Archive for May, 2011
Highway patrol IDs man killed in morning motorcycle crash
WELLINGTON TWP. — A Wellington man was killed in an accident between a motorcycle and a truck this morning. Ryan T. Woodrum, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the truck, Angelo Bonvissuto II, 23, also of Wellington, wasn’t injured. According to the Highway Patrol, both drivers were eastbound on state Route [...]
Read HB 153: Gov. Kasich wants to change how teachers are paid
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. John Kasich wants to change the way teachers currently get paid by tying their wages to how well they and their students do in the classroom. The first-term Republican governor’s pitch for overhauling teachers’ salaries and their evaluations is part of the $55.6 billion, two-year budget the Ohio House recently passed. [...]
Shots fired into Elyria home overnight
ELYRIA — Shots were fired into an Elyria home overnight, according to an police report. Officers were called to 160 Berkley Road about 11:20 last night after the home’s resident, age 42, said she heard a series of pops. She also found what appeared to be a bullet hole near the foot of her child’s [...]
Critter Chronicles: Noah
Noah has been adopted. Please visit The Chronicle’s website again for more Critter Chronicles. NOAH Noah was recently adopted and returned. His owner loved him very much but was having some health problems and had to return him to the shelter. His name used to be Mylan, but he knows his new name, and his [...]
Dad accidentally runs over 4-year-old daughter with riding lawnmower
LIMA — A 4-year-old-girl in Ohio is recovering after her dad accidentally backed over her with a riding lawn mower. Authorities in Lima say the girl suffered severe injuries to her legs and is in fair condition at a Columbus hospital. Allen County Sheriff Sam Crish says the father was mowing Sunday when he backed [...]
Meet International Festival Filipino princess Laura Deza
Name: Laura Deza Age: 18 Nationality: Filipino Sponsor: The Philippine American Association of Greater Lorain County Listen to Laura introduce herself in her own words: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Parents: Roy and Lucy Deza High school: Amherst Steele High School Costume: “I am wearing a Mestiza Dress colored white and red with [...]
Unemployment down for Lorain County and cities of Lorain and Elyria
Unemployment is down in Lorain County as well as the cities of Elyria and Lorain, according to data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Lorain County unemployment was 7.6 percent in April, down from 8.5 percent in March and down compared to April 2010, when it was 9.2 percent. Elyria [...]
Tribe notes: Shin-Soo Choo finally heats up
CLEVELAND — The Indians have been waiting all season for Shin-Soo Choo to get hot. He’s there. Choo, who appeared poised for a breakout 2011, has slumped through the majority of it, but since May 7, Cleveland’s resident five-tool player is batting .333 (16-for-48) with a home run and seven RBIs to raise his average [...]
Oberlin’s Don Treadwell — now at Miami of Ohio — isn’t forgetting where he came from
The list of coaches that have influenced Don Treadwell during his lifetime is lengthy and star-studded. He is able to rattle off names from that list at will, and many of them hail from Lorain County. All together, those coaches helped push Treadwell toward athletic greatness, then molded him into one of the top college [...]
Another crazy win: Indians come through with two in the eighth to rally past Boston
CLEVELAND — Is there no stopping these Indians? A game that appeared to be headed for the losing column Monday night instead wound up as another victory for Cleveland — a 3-2 decision over the Red Sox in the series opener at Progressive Field. They are the Windians after all. Down by a run, Cleveland [...]
Good day for local softball: Keystone No. 1, Pioneers No. 2 in final state polls; Elyria also wins division title and Fenik wins No. 400
Monday was a big day for all three Lorain County softball teams still alive in the postseason. For the Elyria Pioneers, it was a day for celebrations as they defeated Brunswick 7-1 to wrap up the Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division title and give coach Ken Fenik his 400th career win. To top that off, [...]
City unveils big plans for Cascade Park
ELYRIA — The Cascade Park Redevelopment Plan lays out a detailed diagram of what the historic park could be. But the price tag associated with the short-, mid- and long-term goals could reach up to several million dollars and left many at Monday’s joint City Council Community Development and Finance Committee meeting wondering if the [...]
School, cops say it’s time to drive safe at EHS lot
ELYRIA — City and Elyria Schools officials are working on a plan to get drivers to stop speeding out of the student parking lot on West Avenue and Sixth Street. Sixth Street residents brought the dangers of the issue to light recently when they spoke out about the numerous near-misses with cars driven by Elyria [...]
Police log for May 24, 2011
Lorain police Thursday, May 19 2:25 p.m. – 1000 block W. Ninth St., a man who left his residence unlocked for an hour while he ran errands with his father returned to find $50 in change, a $50 digital camera and other items missing. The man told police he suspected a relative who had drug [...]
Lorain city official hospitalized after firing
LORAIN — Tracy Udrija said she puts her heart into her job, and when Lorain’s community development director was fired Monday, it nearly gave out. Udrija fainted in her City Hall office after suffering what she believes was a mild heart attack shortly after being fired by Service Director Robert Gilchrist. Udrija, 52, was recovering [...]
Man beat 15-year-old nephew with bat for using welfare card to buy food, police say
OBERLIN — An Oberlin man faces charges he beat a 15-year-old boy with an aluminum baseball bat after the youth used a welfare card to buy food, according to Oberlin police. Albert G. Dent III, 48, was charged with one count each of felonious assault and domestic violence after a police sergeant saw the teen [...]
Fierce storm hits county: Trees, power lines fall amid hail, high winds
Larry Hannold heard the quarter-sized hail pelting his home and raced for the basement. He waited there for 10, maybe 15 minutes, hoping that the tornado he feared would stay away. Then came the loud crash. A large chunk of oak tree fell into Hannold’s North Ridgeville home, knocking down some of the gutter. “It [...]
Former court worker’s drug ring trial delayed indefinitely
ELYRIA — The trial of Olga Velez on complicity to drug trafficking and complicity to money laundering charges has been delayed indefinitely while prosecutors take the unusual step of appealing a judge’s ruling in the middle of a trial. Visiting Judge Michael Corrigan — who is hearing the case because Velez once worked as a [...]
Former prisoner pleads guilty to charges from attack on teacher
ELYRIA — A former prisoner at Lorain Correctional Institution pleaded guilty Monday to a laundry list of charges including attempted aggravated murder, kidnapping, felonious assault and gross sexual imposition that stem from an attack last year on a teacher at the Grafton prison. Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will said his office will ask that Donald [...]
Susan J. Blake
Susan J. Blake RN (nee Hovis), 72, of Bay Village, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011. She was born in Elyria. She was the beloved wife of Peter; dear mother of Jack Claycomb, Jr., Peter Blake, Jr. (Laura), James Claycomb, Patrick Blake (Melissa) and Julie Claycomb; grandmother of nine; sister of Shirley Kiger. Visitation will [...]
Mark Robert Cartwright
Mark Robert Cartwright, 56, of Orlando, Florida, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. He was born October 8, 1954 in Lorain, Ohio. He was a 1973 Admiral King High School graduate. Online condolences can be left at pcartwright@charter.net.
Doris Jean Dennis
Doris Jean Dennis (nee Woodzell), 71, of Sheffield Village, passed away Monday, May 23, 2011 at Center Ridge Health Campus in North Ridgeville, following a lengthy illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wyers Funeral Chapel of Sheffield Township.
Josephine “Jo” Newson
Josephine “Jo” Newson, 77, of Elyria, passed away peacefully in her home suddenly on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. She was born in Greenville, Mississippi, coming to Elyria in 1966. She was employed as an assembly worker for M.T.D. of Valley City, Ohio, retiring after 26 years of service. Also at one time, she was a [...]
Lucille S. Rak
Lucille S. Rak, (nee Golinski), 90, of Elyria, and formerly of Lorain, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011 at EMH Healthcare in Elyria. She was born in Lorain January 26, 1921. Lucille lived the majority of her life in Lorain but had been a resident of Elyria for the past ten years. Mrs. Rak was [...]
Carol M. Smith
Carol M. Smith (nee Fenstermaker), 82, passed away at her home with her family by her side. She was the wife of William N. Smith for 56 years; mother of Margaret (Greg) Griffith, Michael (Jill) Smith, Robert (Laura) Smith, Susan F. Smith, William (Natalia) Smith, Kathleen (Carl ) Kohr, and Martin Smith; grandmother of 14; [...]