Archive for November, 2011
Browns notes: Confused? Not Shurmur
BEREA — Coach Pat Shurmur tried Monday to clear up the confusion surrounding the botched handoff to tight end Alex Smith late in the fourth quarter of the 13-12 loss to the Rams on Sunday. Shurmur said he knew Smith was in the game as the fullback for Owen Marecic, who was out for a [...]
Sophia Catherine Bedocs
Sophia Catherine Bedocs (nee Boron), 93, of Carlisle Twp., passed away peacefully in the early morning of Friday, November 11, 2011 at the Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, following a two day illness. On December 17, 1917, Sophia was born in Elyria, the third daughter of the late Martin and Katrina (nee Misiasek) [...]
Annabelle M. “Carol” Evanish
Annabelle M. “Carol” Evanish (nee Coon), 90, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at the Center Ridge Health Campus in North Ridgeville, following a long illness. She was born December 25, 1920 in Elyria and was a Elyria resident for most of her life. Carol worked in the Quality Control Department at Trio [...]
Eula Ruth Jenkins
Eula Ruth Jenkins, 89, of Grafton, passed away Saturday, November 12, 2011 in her home, after a short illness. She was born January 30, 1922 in Letter Gap, West Virginia, living in the Grafton area since 1944. She was a member of the Mt. Pisgah missionary Baptist Church for many years. Mrs. Jenkins was a [...]
William F. Keisler
William F. Keisler, 90, of Elyria, died Monday, November 14, 2011 at Wesleyan Village. He was born June 17, 1921 in Elyria and was a 1939 graduate of Elyria High School. He served with the U.S. Army 12th Air Force in North Africa during World War II. Bill was employed as a clerk with the [...]
Stephen E. Logsdon
Stephen E. Logsdon, 81, of Elyria, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2011, at the EMH Healthcare in Elyria, following a lengthy illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wyers Funeral Chapel of Sheffield Township.
Isabelle D. McRoberts
Isabelle D. McRoberts, 97, of Carmel, Indiana, passed away peacefully Friday, November 11, 2011. She was born June 9, 1914, to John R. and Ethel M. (Haynes) McConnell. She graduated from Wellington High School as valedictorian of the class of 1932, and from Kent State in 1934 with her teaching degree. She taught elementary school [...]
Stephen P. Mihalak, Jr.
Stephen P. Mihalak, Jr., 46, of Sheffield Lake, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, November 12, 2011. He was born May 21, 1965 in Princeton, New Jersey. Stephen graduated from Brookside High School, Class of 1983. He served in the U.S. Army for four years in Germany and was a member of AMVETS Erie Post #55. He [...]
Lorain auditor projects $3 million deficit for 2013
LORAIN — An approximately $3 million city deficit is projected for 2013. “It’s not a very rosy picture,” Auditor Ronald Mantini told the City Council’s Finance and Claims Committee tonight. “Obviously this is not a report that I can submit to the State Auditor’s Office to remove us from fiscal watch.” The deficit is primarily [...]
Browns: Rams DL James Hall got piece of Phil Dawson’s missed field goal
BEREA – Add one more line to the list of things that went wrong on the Browns’ missed field-goal try with just over two minutes left in the 13-12 loss to St. Louis on Sunday. Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo said today defensive lineman James Hall deflected Phil Dawson’s kick, which missed fluttered just wide of [...]
Browns RB Peyton Hillis, safety T.J. Ward ruled out for next game
BEREA – Browns running back Peyton Hillis (hamstring) and safety T.J. Ward (foot) have been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, coach Pat Shurmur announced this afternoon. Hillis will miss his fifth straight game and sixth of the season. He strained the hamstring Oct. 16, then reinjured it in practice Nov. 4. [...]
Lorain man gets 43 years to life for aggravated murder
ELYRIA — Patrick Griffin was sentenced today to 43 years to life in prison for the murder of Alberto “Cookie” Gutierrez. Gutierrez was left to bleed to death in a ditch along Pratt Road in Huntington Township on Thanksgiving Day 2009. A jury found Griffin guilty Wednesday, and he was sentenced today by Common Pleas [...]
911 AUDIO: Sheriff’s investigators don’t think fatal shooting was random
NEW RUSSIA TWP. — Detectives don’t think the fatal shooting of a 46-year-old man during a gunfight at this brother’s Russia Road home was random. The Lorain County Sheriff’s Office is still trying to piece together how and why Stephen Paul Mihalak Jr. was shot and killed shortly before midnight Friday, according to Detective Donald [...]
Police log for Nov. 14, 2011
Avon police Wednesday, Nov. 2 7:31 a.m. — 2000 block East Reserve Circle, disturbance. 11:30 a.m. — 2000 block Julia Avenue, theft. 1:28 p.m. — Interstate 90, motor vehicle accident. 3:39 p.m. — 1500 block Rosewood Blvd., unruly juvenile. 3:49 p.m. — 36968 Detroit Road, Dairy Mart, juvenile complaint. 7:30 p.m. — Rosewood Boulevard, disturbance. [...]
Oberlin College kicks off hunger awareness week
OBERLIN — Worrying about their grades, college loans and social life, some Oberlin College students are insulated from the community around them, say organizers of this week’s homelessness and hunger prevention week at the college. “Students have a habit of sort of forming their own little bubble at Oberlin,” freshman and event co-organizer Sarah Katz [...]
Cleveland dad charged after wipe is found in baby’s throat
CLEVELAND — A father who was charged with felony child endangering when a diaper wipe was found lodged in his infant son’s throat maintains it was an accident and will fight the allegation, his attorney said Monday. Joshua Rains, 25, of Cleveland, pleaded not guilty after his arrest last week. The police incident report said [...]
Teen charged with raping 5-year-old in McDonald’s play area
CINCINNATI — Authorities in southwest Ohio have charged a 13-year-old boy with raping a 5-year-old girl at a McDonald’s play area. The Hamilton County sheriff’s office said Monday that the alleged assault occurred Oct. 29 at a McDonald’s in the Cincinnati suburb of Anderson Township. Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Barnett says the girl’s grandmother was nearby [...]
Execution set for tomorrow will be Ohio’s first since May
COLUMBUS — A man who fatally shot his three sons while they slept in 1982, shortly after his wife filed for divorce, is scheduled to become the first person put to death in Ohio in nearly six months tomorrow. The planned execution of Reginald Brooks, 66, would mark the resumption of capital punishment in a [...]
Browns find yet another strange way to lose
CLEVELAND — Coach Pat Shurmur looked straight ahead in disbelief. Kicker Phil Dawson tried to get the officials to throw a flag, or at least provide an explanation. The fans got up and left. The Browns suffered another crazy, frustrating, head-scratching, disappointing, one-of-a-kind loss Sunday at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Dawson, their most reliable player through [...]
Governor declares Winter Safety Awareness Week
COLUMBUS — Ohio officials say the freak October snowstorm in the Northeast was a lesson for Ohioans to start getting ready for winter. Executive Director Nancy Dragani with the Ohio Emergency Management Agency says now is the time to winterize homes and vehicles, before the first big snowfall hits the state. Gov. John Kasich has [...]
Cleveland waterfront development plan to be unveiled today
CLEVELAND — Cleveland’s mayor envisions a more bustling waterfront, with a hotel, restaurants, shops and offices going up on Lake Erie alongside Cleveland Browns Stadium, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Burke Lakefront Airport. The Plain Dealer reports that Mayor Frank Jackson’s waterside development plan is scheduled for a formal unveiling Monday and [...]
OSU graduation rates on the rise
COLUMBUS — Graduation rates are rising at Ohio State University amid efforts by the school to be pickier with admissions and attract better students. As of last year, 58.5 percent of Ohio State students received their degrees within four years. The rate was up nearly 6 percentage points from a year earlier. The university’s six-year [...]
Barber letting customers name their prices
CANTON — An Ohio barber whose customers are cutting back on haircuts is trying to boost business by letting people trim prices to what they can afford. Gregory Burnett has put a sign in the front yard of his Canton shop that reads “Times are hard” and “Pay what you can pay for a cut.” [...]
Tough start for Pat Shurmur: Bad offense, weird lapses
Browns president Mike Holmgren knew there were risks in hiring a first-time head coach. One thing, however, was guaranteed: As Pat Shurmur grew into the position, he also would go through some growing pains. Sunday provided a textbook example. Shurmur’s play calling was questionable and his command of the sideline shaky, both of which cost [...]
Family hoping to find long-lost sister for second reunion
She had blond hair, a sweet smile and a bubbly personality, and her name was Lorraine Barry when her mother died about 74 years ago. It was the wish of her 97-year-old sister, Alice Turner Wolfe, to find her, but that won’t happen now. Wolfe died Nov. 6 at Avon Oaks Nursing Home not knowing [...]