Archive for September, 2011
Postal Service could close 10 Ohio mail centers
AKRON — The struggling U.S. Postal Service says it’s considering whether to close more than 250 mail processing centers across the country, including 10 in Ohio. The list released by the agency on Thursday includes facilities in Akron, Athens, Canton, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Dayton, Ironton, Steubenville, Toledo and Youngstown. Ohio Postal Workers Union Vice President Julie [...]
Ohio unemployment rises for third straight month
COLUMBUS — State officials say Ohio’s unemployment rate rose for the third straight month in August, to a level matching the national jobless rate. The Department of Job and Family Services said Friday that unemployment edged up to 9.1 percent last month, from 9.0 percent in July. The U.S. unemployment rate for August also was [...]
Police log for Sept. 16, 2011
Lorain police Monday, Sept. 12 8:36 p.m. — 1300 block W. 14th St., Marqua D. King, 27, 300 block E. 22nd St., Lorain, charged with assault and aggravated menacing, but not arrested, for allegedly slapping a woman and threatening to shoot her and her family. The family suspected King had broken into their home and [...]
After 16 years, ground broken for Avon’s new I-90 interchange
AVON — Ground was broken Thursday on the $18 million Nagel Road/Interstate 90 interchange that should help relieve congestion at nearby exits and spur development near the new interchange. Construction on the Cleveland Clinic’s $93 million Avon Family Health and Surgery Center already is well under way and additional projects are expected near the interchange, [...]
Chronicle columnist dies at age 88
Harvey Gittler, in an essay of his own words, described himself as a noted author, lecturer and explorer, but those who knew the longtime Oberlin resident best knew him as being much more. He was an activist, defender of civil liberties and an unabashed liberal who tackled societal issues with the polish of a seasoned [...]
UAW leader found hanged in park
SHEFFIELD — The longtime president of United Auto Workers Local 2000 is dead of an apparent suicide. Avon Lake resident Tim Donovan, 56, was found hanging from a tree in French Creek Reservation on French Creek Road about 6:50 p.m. Thursday, according to Police Chief Larry Bliss. Donovan, of the 200 block of Jaycox Road, [...]
Former Elyria police officer convicted of sex crimes in 1990s trying to clear his name
ELYRIA — Former Elyria police Officer Todd Zack is still fighting to clear his name of the sex charges that stripped him of his badge and sent him to prison for 10 years. Zack, now a free man and living in Westlake, has asked Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Edward Zaleski to throw out his [...]
Former jail guard indicted in wife’s killing
ELYRIA — Former Lorain County Jail guard William Dembie Jr. has been indicted for the Aug. 11 stabbing death of his wife, Holly Dembie, at the couple’s Grafton Township home. William Dembie, 42, is charged with aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault and domestic violence for the killing, which deputies have said took place in the [...]
Indians lose again but trying for a big finish
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Cleveland Indians are resetting their goals for the final two weeks of the season. Fausto Carmona, far from the All-Star season he had a year ago, gave up six runs over six innings and the Indians lost 7-4 to the AL West-leading Texas Rangers, wrapping up a three-game series sweep. That [...]
Fire destroys family’s apartment in Sheffield Township
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Rick Runion said he’d recently put his stepdaughter Yvonne Jones Xolo’s two children to bed when his son Ricky yelled to him that her apartment next door at 2072 Garfield Ave. was on fire. “We just followed him outside and ran next store,” Runion said early Friday morning standing near the burned [...]
Keith J. Aldrich
Keith J. Aldrich, 81, of North Ridgeville, passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at his residence, under the compassionate care of New Life Hospice, following a lengthy illness. He was born in Elyria on February 26, 1930 and had been a lifelong resident of Lorain County. Keith was employed as a warehouse worker in the [...]
Faith Louise Ellis
Faith Louise Ellis, 78, of Cleveland, and formerly of Elyria, passed away Sunday, September 11, 2011, at the Malachi House, following a short illness. She was born July 19, 1933 in Elyria. Faith was a graduate of Elyria High School, Class of 1950. After graduating from Kent State University, she returned to Elyria and worked [...]
Johnnie Jo (nee Hall) Gamble
Johnnie Jo (nee Hall) Gamble, 52, of Lorain, passed away peacefully in the Cleveland Clinic, following a short illness. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama spending most of her life in Lorain. She was a graduate of Admiral King High School and was a LPN for many local nursing homes in Lorain County. She was [...]
Rose Marie Hoffman
Rose Marie Hoffman, 73, of Wellington, died Thursday, September 15, 2011 at the Elms Retirement Village in Wellington. She was born on December 10, 1937 to the late Stephen and Mary (nee Toth) Free. For 46 years she owned and operated Hoffman?s Greenhouse. Rose Marie was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. Her hobbies [...]
Hettie Johnson
Hettie Johnson of Elyria, passed away Monday, September 12, 2011, at the Weselyan Village in Elyria, with comfort care from New Life Hospice. She was born January 6, 1928 in Oakchia, Alabama to the late Maggie Chaney-Blackman and the late Frank Wilson. She moved to Elyria in 1946. She was educated in the Demopolis City [...]
Genevieve E. Lampe-Mathis
Genevieve “Genny” E. Lampe-Mathis (nee Ohlson), 92, of North Ridgeville, passed away Monday, September 12, 2011 at the Northridge Health Center. She was born in Billerica, Massachusetts and had been a resident of North Ridgeville since 1997 moving from Cuyahoga Falls. Genny was the co-owner and operator of Stowaway Drive-in Restaurant located in Stow for [...]
Bernard “Sonny” Manning
Bernard “Sonny” Manning, 73, of Avon Lake, died Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain, after a brief illness. He was born May 29, 1938 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, grew up in Amesbury, Massachusetts and graduated from Amesbury High School in 1956. He served in the U.S. Army from 1956-1959 and moved [...]
Rosa F. McCourt
Rosa F. McCourt, 91, passed away Thursday, September, 15, 2011, in Medina. She was born October 31, 1919 in Webster Springs, West Virginia, to the late Arch and Christina (McCourt) Lynch. Rosa was a homemaker She was the beloved mother of Mona (Randall) McCartney of Cleveland, West Virginia, Doyle (Sheila) McCourt of Wellington, Norman (Mary) [...]
Wilford C. Reinders
Wilford C. Reinders, 64, of Grafton, passed away unexpectedly at home Wednesday, September 14, 2011. He was born April 19, 1947 in Elyria. Wilford was a 1965 Elyria Catholic High School graduate. He was co-owner of Twin Creek Farms Inc. with his brother, and was a second generation farmer. Wilford enjoyed spending time with his [...]
John Paul Scholtz
John Paul Scholtz, 85, of Elyria, passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at Northridge Health Center in North Ridgeville, following a long illness. He was born March 18, 1926 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. John was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Elyria. He enjoyed spending time with his family. John had played saxophone and [...]
Richard P. Wilbert
Richard P. Wilbert, 74, died Tuesday, September 13, 2011, surrounded by his family at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. He was born August 3, 1937, the second son of Stella Borow and John F. Wilbert, II. He joined the Ohio National Guard, serving with the 357 ORD Company from 1956-1960 and [...]
Man found hanged in Sheffield park
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE — The longtime president of United Auto Workers Local 2000 is dead of an apparent suicide. Avon Lake resident Tim Donovan, 56, was found hanging in French Creek Reservation on French Creek Road about 6:55 p.m. , according to Police Chief Larry Bliss. Donovan, of the 200 block of Jaycox Road, left a [...]
State-of-the-art MRI machine arrives for new Clinic facility
AVON — On Wednesday, a state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging machine arrived at the Cleveland Clinic’s new $93 million Avon Family Health and Surgery Center. “It’s a large machine … it fills the room,” Dr. Joseph Knapp, the facility’s medical director said Wednesday shortly before the unit was lowered into place by a huge crane. “This [...]
Art Schlichter pleads guilty to theft charges in ticket scheme
COLUMBUS — Former Ohio State and NFL quarterback Art Schlichter has pleaded guilty to state theft charges linked to a sports ticket fraud scheme. In a deal with prosecutors, Schlichter on Thursday pleaded guilty to 13 counts and was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Timothy Horton. The 51-year-old [...]
2 men indicted in shooting death outside South Lorain bar
ELYRIA — Two Lorain men have been indicted in connection with the July 21 shooting death of Moises Velez outside Southerners Place in Lorain. Angel Guerra and Richard Alvarado, both 22, are charged with aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault and having weapons under disability. Guerra told police that Alvarado fired the shot that killed Velez, [...]