WELLINGTON TWP. — A man was LifeFlighted to MetroHealth Medical Center after he was hit by a car while jogging this morning on Quarry Road south of state Route 18, according to the Wellington Fire Department and the State Highway Patrol.

David Gwinn, 31, of Wellington Township, was treated and released, according to a MetroHealth spokeswoman. Gwinn had visible injuries to his head and arm, according to the Highway Patrol.

Gregorgy Chechuck, 49, of Medina, was southbound on Quarry Road about 7:30 a.m. in a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am when he attempted to pass Gwinn, who was jogging in the middle of the southbound lanes, according to the patrol. Gwinn crossed into the northbound lanes for an unknown reason, and he was struck.

According to the Highway Patrol, Gwinn was jogging on the wrong side of the road and wasn’t wearing reflective clothing.

The patrol said the accident remains under investigation but that neither alcohol nor drugs were suspected.

ELYRIA — Vic’s Night Club owner Dean Costa said today that he had no knowledge of a flier being passed around by a male revue group performing at his club tonight and was appalled when it was brought to his attention, but he plans to go on with the show.

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“We didn’t make it or know anything about it,” Costa said.

The flier, which included an image of a man with two guns, was produced by the manager for “The Chocolate Factory All Male Revue Show,” who Costa called “a really good guy” who is not from our area and had no idea about Elyria’s problems.

“He did not realize it was totally inappropriate,” Costa said. “He was trying to be helpful” by helping to promote the show.

Costa called it “very uncommon” that an outside group would pass around fliers without his knowledge.

Costa said he spoke with Councilman Forrest Bullocks, who had demanded the show be canceled (read the original story), and said of Bullocks, “He was surprised I agreed so totally with him.”

Bullocks said this afternoon that he was disappointed the show wasn’t canceled but was on good terms with Costa after speaking with him.

Costa said he has no reservations about doing business with the group or its manager and plans to go on with the show.

“All it really is is a girls night out,” he said. Men are not admitted to the show, he said.

Costa said manager Mande Kamms, who addressed the flier yesterday, was actually talking about a different flier that had been produced by the club. That flier had nunchucks on it, not guns, he said, but speculated Kamms must have thought the nunchucks were being interpreted by people to represent guns when she responded to a reporter’s questions.

Costa said Kamms was very upset when the actual flier was brought to her attention and even called up several police officers she knows to apologize and clear up the miscommunication.

Costa called the flier “the worst thing we ever could have done,” considering his passion about cleaning up downtown Elyria.

“I don’t want them in our club,” he said, referring to people with guns. “It’s bad for business. We’re losing customers to Amherst and other places” because of the perception downtown Elyria is a violent place.

Costa said his club is the only one with metal detectors in Elyria. He said an incident over the weekend in which two men were arrested after one of them flashed a gun in the club happened after the man left the bar and returned and forced his way in at closing time.

Councilman Bullocks said he doesn’t necessarily buy that explanation.

“The last incident they had was after (the patrons) left the club,” he said. ” ‘Women only’ doesn’t mean that when they leave that there won’t be some sort of confrontation.

“It not the business themselves, it’s the clientele,” Bullocks said. “Evidently, the business is getting a name of being a negative place to be.”

“I don’t know how it could be any more wrong,” Costa said of the flier. “But it is what it is, and it’s done.”

Contact Rona Proudfoot at 329-7124 or rproudfoot@chroniclet.com.

ELYRIA — Elyria police on Monday arrested a man they believe to be involved in a recent shooting in the city.

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Christopher Howse, 18, of Elyria, was arrested a little before 8 p.m. after a traffic stop on Holly Lane and is currently in the Lorain County Jail on bonds totaling more than $90,000.

Howse was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was also cited for driving under suspension, not wearing a seat belt and possession of marijuana.

Officers were on Middle Avenue at 7:50 p.m. Monday when they saw Howse driving in a turquoise Chevrolet Cobalt.

“Officers are familiar with Howse from several prior incidents and knew him to have a suspended drving status,” a police report said. “In recent days, officers had received tips that Howse was believed to be carrying a handgun and was possibly involved in a recent shooting in the city.”

Howse and a passenger in his car were both pulled out of the car at gunpoint. The passenger, who was not armed and came back clear, was released at the scene.

Officers checked the vehicle and confiscated a digital scale with green, leafy flakes on it along with a small unpackaged amount of marijuana, the report said. They also found a magazine and handgun underneath the vehicle’s dash.

While officers processed the vehicle, Howse began to yell, “Do you think it’s (expletive) wrong, I’m strapped because they shot up my (expletive) mom’s house,” the report said.

According to the report, Howse continued to curse at officers while he was being transported to the Police Department.

Elyria police responded to Howse’s mother’s Riverside Drive home at 2:30 a.m. Monday after she reported someone had shot into the home. They found four bullet holes into the home, including one that had entered the bedroom where she was sleeping.

In the late-night hours of March 30th police responded to a report of vehicles chasing each other and exchanging gunfire. The driver of the vehicle being chased identified the person who had shot at him as Howse. Officers found two bullet holes in the rear of the man’s vehicle.

Howse’s next court date is April 14.

ELYRIA — Several shots were fired into a Riverside Drive home overnight, and one of those entered a bedroom where a couple was sleeping, and the homeowner says it isn’t the first time her house has been shot at.

The homeowner told police she and a man were sleeping in an upstairs bedroom about 2:30 a.m. when she heard something hitting her house.

She said her home had been shot at previously when someone was shooting at her sons, and that the noise was similar.

Officers noted they were standing outside the home when a red Ford Explorer drove by westbound on 11th Street looking at the residence, missed a stop sign and and turned the corner at a high rate of speed.

Officers found four bullet holes in the home. One bullet entered the living room, damaging a television stand a a baseboard. Another bullet went into the bedroom and two others went into the ceiling.

Officers found four spent shell casings on the sidewalk in front of the home. Officers were unable to locate slugs and instructed the homeowner to contact them if she did.