Archive for August, 2011
Lorain man, 57, pleads guilty to abduction
ELYRIA – A Lorain man who forced a 6-year-old girl into his apartment last year pleaded guilty Monday to a felony abduction charge. Eliseo Arce, 57, was accused of grabbing the girl from behind when her mother went back inside their Lexington Avenue apartment building to retrieve her cell phone, police reported. According to police, [...]
Closer Perez has not been solid in non-save situations for Indians
CLEVELAND – It’s been an ongoing debate all season. Should closer Chris Perez be employed in the ninth inning in a non-save situation? Cleveland manager Manny Acta says yes, but the results keep screaming, “Noooooooo!” Once again Perez took the mound in the ninth inning without a save on the line Monday night, and once [...]
Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas signs 7-year, $84 million extension with Browns
BEREA – Joe Thomas has 84 million more reasons to love Cleveland. The Browns and Thomas, their Pro Bowl left tackle, agreed to a seven-year, $84 million contract Monday night, a league source confirmed. The Browns, whose policy is to wait until a deal is signed to announce it, had no comment. The deal includes [...]
Browns notes: McCoy felt pressure as training camp opened
BEREA – You wouldn’t know it by his sparkling statistics through two preseason games, but quarterback Colt McCoy felt a lot of pressure when training camp opened last month. McCoy was given the starting job in the offseason, hadn’t played much last year as a rookie and was learning first-year coach Pat Shurmur’s West Coast [...]
High school football 2011: Vermilion has new coach, new attitude
VERMILION – First-year Vermilion coach Ben Ohlemacher played for, and later coached with, legendary high school coach Larry Cook at Sandusky. Ohlemacher, who said he took a lot of his coaching philosophy from observing Cook, has a big task ahead of him at Vermilion – rebuilding a tradition-rich program that has fallen on hard times. [...]
Bowman’s first goal helps Midview down Elyria in girls soccer opener
EATON TWP. – Midview’s Morgan Bowman scored her first career goal Monday night, and it helped the Middies pull off a 2-1 victory over the Elyria Pioneers at Ed Adelsberg Stadium. It was the season-opening match for both schools. The sophomore’s goal came off a little slap shot a few feet to the right side [...]
Black River boys happy with runner-up finish at PAC cross country preview
CARLISLE TWP. – Adam Laskos was philsophical about coming in a distant second in the PAC Preview meet Monday afternoon. “It’s a learning race,” the Black River coach said. “The guys are re-establishing themselves. I had no set goals for this first meet.” Black River finished with 83 points, well off the winning pace set [...]
Bill “BJ ” Dotson
Bill “BJ ” Dotson, 36, of Elyria, passed away in his home Sunday, August 21, 2011 after a sudden illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home, 1021 Main St., Grafton.
Rebecca Lee Harris
Rebecca Lee Harris, 58, peacefully passed away at home Saturday, August 20, 2011. Born in Lorain, she was a former crane operator for U.S. Steel. She completed nursing school and was a registered nurse for many years. Becky enjoyed roller skating, fishing, and spending time at the ocean. Preceded in death by her father, Vernon [...]
Marion L. Kent (nee Gruse)
Marion L. Kent (nee Gruse), 87, of Elyria, died Saturday, August 20, 2011, at EMH Healthcare. She was born September 13, 1923 in Elyria, where she was a lifetime resident and a 1941 graduate of Elyria High School. Marion was employed at Western Automatic in Elyria, retiring in 1980. She was a member of First [...]
Donald H. McGaughey
Donald H. McGaughey, 89, of Grafton, died Monday, August 22, 2011 at EMH Healthcare. He was born May 9, 1922 in Canton, and graduated from Canton McKinley High School in 1940. He received a B.S. degree in Education in 1950 and his Masters degree in school administration in 1955, both from Kent State University. He [...]
Robert “Bob” Poiner
Robert “Bob” Poiner, 80, of Wellington, died Sunday, August 21, 2011 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Oberlin. Bob was born in Elyria on October 7, 1930 to the late William and Margaret (nee Kihm) Poiner. A resident of Wellington most of his life, Bob graduated from Wellington High School in 1948. Following high school he [...]
Rose Marie Sharpe Co-Owner of The Gift Center
Rose Marie Sharpe (nee Doucet), 92, of Wellington, passed away Monday, August 22, 2011. Rose was born in Utica, New York on December 31, 1918, the daughter of the late Jules and Anna Doucet. She was a graduate of Utica Free Academy. She owned and operated The Gift Center in Wellington with her husband, Roy, [...]
Anna Marie Williams
Anna Marie Williams, 45, of Lorain, went to be with the Lord Thursday, August 18, 2011 at Mercy Allen Hospital in Oberlin, following a lengthy illness. Anna was born in Lorain June 5, 1966 and was a life long resident. She worked for Lorain Product in Lorain for 16 years. Anna was a dedicated member [...]
Mariners 3, Indians 2: Perez falters as Tribe drops opener
CLEVELAND — It’s been an ongoing debate all season. Should closer Chris Perez be employed in the ninth inning in a non-save situation? Cleveland manager Manny Acta says yes, but the results keep screaming, “Nooooooooo!” Once again Perez took the mound in the ninth inning without a save on the line Monday night, and once [...]
Mariners 3, Indians 2: Tribe drops series opener
The Indians lost the opener of a four-game series with Seattle, falling 3-2 at Progressive Field on Monday night. Closer Chris Perez allowed the go-ahead run in the ninth inning of a non-save situation. The Indians tied the game with two runs in the second and the teams went scoreless until the ninth.
Indians notes: Hafner back on the disabled list
CLEVELAND — Travis Hafner is back in familiar territory — the disabled list. Cleveland’s designated hitter was placed on the injured list Monday prior to the series opener against Seattle with a right foot strain. Hafner sustained the injury while running to second base Sunday in a loss at Detroit. “I think it’s going to [...]
Child, 7, struck, pinned by car in Elyria
ELYRIA – A 7-year-old girl was struck and pinned by a car late this afternoon on Winckles Street. The girl’s legs were pinned beneath the tires of a Grand Prix, the driver of whose name was not available. The girl was taken to EMH Medical Center in Elyria, where a helicopter was waiting to fly [...]
2011 Lorain County Fair Clair Hill award winner named
WELLINGTON — Fred Alspach, who has worked for years to help make the Lorain County Fair happen, is the winner of this year’s Clair Hill Award. The award is given out annually by WEOL-AM 930 and The Chronicle-Telegram for outstanding service to the Lorain County Fair. “The Clair Hill Award I’ve recognized as something prestigious [...]
2011 Lorain County Fair king and queen crowned
WELLINGTON — Danielle Heffernan and Andrew Gest were crowned king and queen of the 2011 Lorain County Fair during opening ceremonies today. Danielle Heffernan and Andrew Gest. Heffernan, 18, of Amherst, is a Marion L. Steel graduate. Gest, 18, of Grafton, is a Midview grad. “I was definitedly very excited,” Heffernan said. “When I was little [...]
Small business group backs Ohio union law
COLUMBUS — Ohio’s largest small business association is throwing its support behind a campaign that is defending the state’s contentious new collective bargaining law against a repeal effort on the November ballot. The law signed by Gov. John Kasich in March bans public employee strikes and restricts collective bargaining rights for more than 350,000 teachers, [...]
Rural Ohio among states sharing fed money for broadband Internet
RICHMOND, Va. — Telecommunications companies in 16 states are sharing more than $103 million in federal funding to help expand broadband Internet access to rural America. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the grants and loans through its rural development office on Monday. Rural Utilities Service Administrator Jonathan Adelstein said in a conference call that [...]
Browns update: QB Colt McCoy feels more comfortable, less pressure than at the start of camp
BEREA – Browns quarterback Colt McCoy is having a great preseason through two games. He’s thrown four touchdowns with no interceptions and led five touchdown drives in nine possessions. But McCoy said Monday that he felt a lot of pressure when training camp started last month. He was given the starting job in the offseason, [...]
New water plant chief has big plans
LORAIN – Many Americans take clean water for granted, but after 31 years of helping to provide it, Dan McGannon knows better. Four months after he was hired in the wake of a water contamination screw-up, McGannon, Lorain’s water purification plant superintendent, is implementing an ambitious agenda to keep clean water flowing to residents. Since [...]
Deputies look into conflict at Dembie slaying scene
GRAFTON TWP. – Lorain County sheriff’s deputies are trying to determine whether any laws were broken this weekend during two separate incidents at the Cowley Road house where Holly Dembie was allegedly stabbed to death earlier this month by her husband, William Dembie Jr., a former guard at the Lorain County Jail. Deputies were called [...]