Archive for September, 2011
Browns trail Dolphins 7-0 after first quarter
CLEVELAND – The Miami Dolphins (0-2) turned a Colt McCoy interception into a touchdown to take a 7-0 lead over the Browns after the first quarter at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Miami quarterback Chad Henne started 6-for-6, including a 10-yard screen to rookie running back Daniel Thomas for the touchdown. Offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, who held [...]
Browns: RB Peyton Hillis inactive with strep throat
CLEVELAND – The Browns will be without their biggest offensive piece today, as running back Peyton Hillis was deactivated with strep throat. Montario Hardesty will make his first NFL start in Hillis’ place against the Miami Dolphins. Hillis showed up sick Friday at Browns headquarters and was sent home. He was listed as questionable on [...]
Tamera L. Hollowniczky
Tamera L. Hollowniczky (nee-Kubasak), 35, of Elyria, passed away Saturday, September 17, 2011 at her home, following a long illness. She was born September 9, 1976 in Lorain. Tamera was a member of Trinity Evangelical Church in Amherst. Survivors include her husband of three years, Timothy; parents, Robert and Debra Kubasak of Grafton; sister, Janet [...]
Richard T. Roberts
Richard T. Roberts, 68, of Spencer, died Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at the Hospice of Medina County at the Inn. Richard was born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, on August 31, 1943 to the late Joe and Marie (nee Sheridan) Roberts. He grew up in the Patton, Pennsylvania area and later moved to the Cleveland area in [...]
Lanny D. Gullion, Sr.
Lanny D. Gullion, Sr., 70, of Sandusky, passed away early Friday morning, September 23, 2011. He was born April 21, 1941 in Gadsden, Alabama and was a former resident of Carlisle Twp. Lanny served in the United States Army and was stationed in Germany. He was a retired, self-employed window cleaner in the Cleveland area [...]
Ryan James Poznako
Ryan James Poznako “Poz”, 22, of Wellington, passed away Friday, September 23, 2011 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born April 1, 1989 in Oberlin to Jim and Terri (nee Jordan) Poznako. Ryan was a 2008 graduate of Wellington High School. Ryan was currently employed by Medina Blanking. While in High School, [...]
Roger Arthur Hirzel
Roger Arthur Hirzel, 83, of Wellington, died Friday, September 23, 2011 at his home surrounded by family. A son of the late Albert George and Julia (nee Moses) Hirzel, Roger was born August 13, 1928 in Cleveland. He graduated from North Ridgeville High School. Roger proudly served in the U.S. Army 4th Infantry Combat Engineers [...]
Buckeyes feeling better after bashing Buffaloes
COLUMBUS – Even though he’s just a freshman and in his first autumn on a college campus, Braxton Miller played like a grizzled upperclassman. Miller tossed two touchdown passes to Devin Smith as Ohio State rebounded from a lopsided loss for a 37-17 victory over error-prone Colorado on Saturday, extending the Buffaloes’ school-record road losing [...]
Ohio State freshman QB Braxton Miller hits the ground running in first start
COLUMBUS – Freshman quarterback Braxton Miller claimed he slept like a baby Friday night on the eve of his first start, just four games into his Ohio State career. While some of his coaches and teammates scoffed at that, Miller appeared to be a cool customer on the field, leading the Buckeyes back into the [...]
Homing in on change: Browns want opponents to fear playing in Cleveland
CLEVELAND – A win is a win is a win in the NFL. For most teams – and certainly the Browns – nothing comes easy and each victory is to be cherished and celebrated. But there’s something extra-special about winning at home. The excitement of the fans is only matched by their appreciation of a [...]
People line up to grab piece of film history at the Apollo
Joe Farrar now owns a piece of history. So do Rob Ricciardi and Edyie Wood. They were among the first in line when Oberlin College workers gave away hundreds of old seats from the Apollo Theatre, which is undergoing renovation. Several hours after Farrar picked up his four seats, they were reassembled in his home. [...]
Reunion marks 100 years of school’s nursing grads
ELYRIA – Memories came flooding back for more than 200 graduates of the former M.B. Johnson School of Nursing at EMH Medical Center in Elyria who held a reunion at Spring Valley Country Club on Saturday night. Vera Hadaway, who graduated in 1945, remembered the days before the development of the polio vaccine, when many [...]
Grace fails bid to run Sandusky
SANDUSKY – Elyria Mayor Bill Grace was among 67 people who applied to become city manager in Sandusky but was not one of four finalists announced last week. Grace, 47, said Saturday he is applying for a number of positions both in the public sector and private sector after being defeated by Holly Brinda in [...]
Man in jail after woman shot in Grafton
GRAFTON – A 23-year-old Grafton man was being held without bond Saturday night after an early-morning shooting that wounded an 18-year-old Grafton woman, authorities said. William Cheatham was charged with felonious assault and having weapons under disability, according to a booking officer. Police were called to the 900 block of Main Street at 2:22 a.m. [...]
The Dash Between: Engineer followed his childhood dream
A middle school administrator in New York’s Spanish Harlem in the 1960s advised a young Wilfredo “Fred” Morales to abandon his dream of becoming a scientist and find a line of work more attainable for Hispanics. Fred’s eighth-grade science teacher Vera Junkers, however, took the youngster aside to encourage him. “He excelled in science,” Junkers [...]
Young pitchers come up big as Indians sweep Twins
CLEVELAND – The Indians’ youth movement again paid dividends Saturday in their day/night doubleheader with the Minnesota Twins. In the opener, right-handed reliever Zach Putnam earned his first major league victory as the Tribe poured it on late for an 8-2 win. The second game saw fellow rookie Nick Hagadone accomplish the same feat when [...]
9 handguns stolen from Wooster Street home
ELYRIA – Nine handguns and a computer were reported stolen from a home in the 200 block of Wooster Street on Thursday, according to a police report. The homeowner told police the burglary occurred between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. He said he did not notice any forced entry into the home but said his [...]
Mom charged with assault, child endangering
ELYRIA – An Elyria woman was charged with child endangering, resisting arrest, assault on a police officer and persisting in disorderly conduct after she allegedly left her two small children unattended in the Westway Gardens apartments on Infirmary Road. Erin L. Day, 26, was being held Saturday in the Lorain County Jail in lieu of [...]
Mistakes loom large as Lorain falls to Shaker Heights
SHAKER HEIGHTS – No one needed to remind Lorain coach Mark Solis what cost his Titans a chance to break a two-game losing streak and go over the .500 mark Saturday. “That’s what I just told the kids,” Solis said of the costly penalties, bad snaps and poor tackling that allowed previously winless Shaker Heights [...]
Unbeaten, not untested: Avon Lake downs Midview, wins own tri-match
AVON LAKE – Another match for Avon Lake. Another slow start by Avon Lake. Another victory by Avon Lake. That has been the pattern for so much of this season. Dan Berkheimer loves the winning. It’s the sluggishness in the early going he can do without. “That’s the issue when you play in a three-game [...]
Phyllis M. Bailey
Phyllis M. Bailey (nee Smith), 81, of Elyria, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2011, at the New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain, following a long illness. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Laubenthal-Mercado Funeral Home of Elyria, 440-322-4626.
James Blake Patterson
James Blake Patterson, 80, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2011 at Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland, after a brief illness. He was born August 27, 1931 in Lorain to Dr. F.R.C. Patterson and Ann (nee MacKerrow) Patterson. Jim graduated in 1949 from St. Mary’s High School, where he was senior class president. He graduated [...]
Annette Saunders
Annette Saunders passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2011, at Lake Point Health Center of a brief illness. Annette was born into this world on December 16, 1938 in Betsy Lane Kentucky. She was the third child and first daughter of William and Fanny White. Annette grew up in Mann, West Virginia and attended Mann High [...]
Marie McClurg
Marie McClurg, 81, of Wellington, died Friday, September 23, 2011. Born November 3, 1929 in Huntington, Marie was a daughter of the late John and Anna (nee Morrone) Youngless. She worked at Smithhaven for 16 years. She was also employed at various nursing homes, restaurants and factories in the area. Marie enjoyed cooking and never [...]
Dussie Lee Killings
Dussie Lee “Sug” Killings, 80, of Elyria, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at EMH Healthcare, following a long illness. She was born in Whitfield, Alabama then coming to Elyria 42 years ago from New York. Mrs. Killings was employed as a housekeeper for Travel Lodge and also the Holiday [...]