Archive for October, 2011
Dennis R. Artwell
Dennis R. Artwell, 52, passed away Monday, October 17, 2011 in Glennwood Springs, Colorado, of a heart attack. He was born in Connecticut on April 26, 1959. Dennis served on a submarine in the U.S. Navy for six years. He made his home in Wellington for the past 25 years. Dennis was a loving husband [...]
Beau wraps up a title: Titsworth shares Division I state golf championship
COLUMBUS — Neither a 1½-hour frost delay nor the program cover-boy jinx fazed Beau Titsworth on Saturday. As a result, Lorain County secured its first Division I state champion in boys golf. Titsworth tied for medalist honors Saturday at the 86th state tournament, shooting a final-round 78. The St. Ignatius star was disappointed in himself [...]
A big game for the big boss: Browns need a win and Holmgren would love to get one against Seattle
CLEVELAND — From top to bottom, the Browns organization has plenty to prove today. President Mike Holmgren can show the Seahawks they made a mistake by not offering him enough power to run the organization he coached for 10 years and took to the franchise’s only Super Bowl. Instead, he came thousands of miles east [...]
Cross country: Avon Lake boys capture first district title since 1994
ELYRIA — Avon Lake’s boys cross country team had reason to celebrate Saturday, but they have bigger goals than winning a Division I district championship. Even if it was the first one for the Shoremen since 1994. Ranked No. 8 in last week’s state coaches poll, Avon Lake scored 44 points to beat No. 21-ranked [...]
GOP underdog Baxter hits the streets to get word out
Tim Baxter is running for mayor. And walking. All over the city. With little money or support in a traditionally Democratic city, the Republican Baxter is waging an uphill, guerilla campaign rotating pairs of shoes like tires as he walks Lorain’s neighborhoods, sticking leaflets on doors and talking himself up to voters. “We’re going to [...]
Ritenauer eager for Nov. 8 after unseating Krasienko
Chase Ritenauer can’t wait for Election Day. “Three weeks from today,” Lorain’s Democratic mayoral candidate said Tuesday as he took a break from working the room at a Lorain Democratic Women fundraiser. “There’s a lot of anticipation. A lot of excitement. A lot of nerves.” Just 26, but too politically savvy to admit it, Ritenauer [...]
Boys sectional soccer: Elyria Catholic magnanimous if not magnificent in win over Open Door
ELYRIA — It was a match with a kind of odd beginning. In a few minutes, it turned more or less normal and Elyria Catholic went on to defeat Open Door 6-1 for a Division III sectional soccer title Saturday at Knights of Columbus Field. The Panthers’ Vincent Faraji scored two goals and David Elwer [...]
Teens fast to draw attention to Elyria’s homeless
ELYRIA — For the second year in a row, youth from First Congregational United Church of Christ are braving the cold in cardboard boxes for a 30-hour fast to draw attention to the plight of the homeless. The fast began at noon Saturday and will end at 6 p.m. today. By dinnertime Saturday, tummies were [...]
Lorain County trick-or-treat times
Cities Avon, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 Avon Lake, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 Amherst, 6 to 7:30 pm. Oct. 31 Elyria, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 North Ridgeville, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 Lorain, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 Sheffield Lake, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 Oberlin, 6 [...]
Albert Pujols blasts three home runs, gets five hits and drives in six as Cardinals clobber Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas — Albert Pujols began the game hoping to shake his slump and maybe get a hit. He did that, and a whole lot more: He produced the defining game of his career, and perhaps the greatest hitting performance in World Series history. Pujols launched three impressive homers, drove in six runs and finished [...]
Longtime theater owner dies at 72
OBERLIN — The marquee of the Apollo Theatre bears a simple goodbye to longtime owner Arlene B. Steel who died Wednesday at age 72 after battling cancer. The message “Miss you R” greeted her son, David Steel, of Bronxville, N.Y., and daughter ,Susan Obringer, of Bowling Green, and other relatives who arrived in town following [...]
The Dash Between: Harris Opfer was an expert marksman, collector, gentle soul
Harris Opfer won numerous honors and the awe of fellow members of the North-South Skirmish Association, which hosts competitive shooting matches with Civil War muskets, for his shooting prowess. Over the years, he collected antique firearms, Japanese machine guns and mortars. Yet the retired Elyria Schools custodian’s fascination and skills with weapons was not an [...]
Man flown to hospital after one-car accident
BRIGHTON TWP. — A 24-year-old man was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland Saturday after an early-morning one-car crash on state Route 18, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol. Jason Potts, of Rochester, did not appear to be seriously injured but was taken to Allen Mercy Hospital and then flown to MetroHealth because of [...]
Boys sectional soccer: Oberlin doesn’t dazzle, but still wins easily
OBERLIN — At tournament time, it doesn’t really matter how you get it done — as long as it gets done. On Saturday, in a Division III boys sectional soccer final, Oberlin got it done. It may not have been a work of art, or exactly how Oberlin coach Matt Fox drew it up, but [...]
Police log for Oct. 23, 2011
Elyria police Thursday, Oct. 20 12:40 p.m. — Cascade Park, 17-year-old and 15-year-old boys charged with breaking and entering into concession stand. 1:10 p.m. — Prospect Street and Princeton Avenue, Jonathon Oliver, 28, 400 block 10th St., charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. 1:13 p.m. — 1500 block Lake Ave., 15-year-old boy charged [...]
Robert E. Brosky
Robert E. Brosky, retired President and Chief Executive Officer of First Federal Savings of Lorain embarked on his final sunset cruise in the early morning hours of Thursday, October 20, 2011. He was born in Lorain on May 30, 1943 and had been a long-time resident of both Lorain and Amherst prior to moving to [...]
Nellie Jean Denney
Nellie Jean Denney (nee Firl), 80, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at the Lifecare Center of Elyria, following a long illness. She was born August 1, 1931, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and was an Elyria resident since 1952, coming from Jerome, Pennsylvania. Jean worked as a machine operator at Trio Products in Elyria [...]
Betty L. Watson
Betty L. Watson (nee Newberger), 91, of Elyria, died Sunday, October 16, 2011, in Fountain Valley, California. She was born December 19, 1919, in Lorain, attended Elyria High School and lived in Elyria until 2000, when she moved to California. She and her husband owned and operated K. Watson Trucking Company in Elyria for 30 [...]
James D. Wokaly, Jr.
James D. Wokaly, Jr., 21, of North Ridgeville, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2011. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by David Bogner Family Funeral Home, 36625 Center Ridge Rd., North Ridgeville.
Man charged in toddler’s death
ELYRIA — An arrest has been made in connection with the death of 2-year-old Aaviana Payne, who succumbed to traumatic injuries to her head last month. Luis Lopez, the boyfriend of Aaviana’s mother, Margot Young, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and child endangering Friday, according to police. Lopez, 25, is being held in Lorain County [...]
Mother of mauling victim says Kasich order doesn’t go far enough
The mother of 24-year-old Brent Kandra, who was fatally mauled by a bear last year at a now-closed animal facility in Columbia Station, said that Gov. John Kasich’s executive order on exotic animals announced Friday doesn’t go far enough. “This is really weak,” Deirdre Herbert said. “I thought Gov. Kasich could do a lot better [...]
Ohio governor signs bill; state will have two primaries in 2012
ELYRIA — The state will host two primary elections next year following a vote by the Ohio House on Friday afternoon. In a mostly partisan 55-36 vote, the House joined the state Senate, which voted 20-10 on Thursday, to have a primary on March 6 for state, local and U.S. Senate races, and another June [...]
State golf: Titsworth tied for first; Aussem seventh
COLUMBUS — Even after Beau Titsworth learned he was leading following the first round of the Division I state golf tournament, his thoughts on Friday’s round didn’t change. The St. Ignatius senior wasn’t happy. Back-to-back bogeys to end the round were why, but the Avon Lake resident remains focused on his ultimate goal of helping [...]
Elyria man’s dog has screen time in upcoming film
OBERLIN — When area moviegoers get their first glimpse of Lorain County locations in the psychological thriller “Take Shelter,” an Oscar-nominated actor won’t be the only star attraction onscreen. Actor Michael Shannon, an Academy Award nominee for the Kate Winslet-Leonardo DiCaprio drama “Revolutionary Road,” will share a few scenes with Qenny, a 10-year-old Belgian Malinois [...]
Montario Hardesty’s goal: Play better
BEREA — Browns running back Montario Hardesty dropped passes, missed blocks and failed to gain yards when he needed to last week in Oakland. Suffice to say, he is eager to put that poor performance behind him Sunday when Cleveland hosts the Seattle Seahawks. “I’m definitely ready to get back on the field and get [...]