A fire overnight a 10005 East River Road in Columbia Station damaged an abandoned country club, according to a 911 dispatcher.

Crews were called at 12:12 a.m. Firefighters from Columbia Township, Eaton Township, Grafton Township, Carlisle Township and from Medina County responded. Ohio Edison was also called to the scene.

The fire was out within a couple hours, but a crew remains at the scene this morning.

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Lorain businessman Dominic Rebman, founder of Rebman Recreation bowling alley, died Saturday at age 84.

Rebman

Rebman was working with his father, owner of Lorain Meat Packing, after returning from World War II when the pair acquired a two-story building at 1040 Broadway to house their first bowling alley, a small eight-lane bowling alley and bar.

Rebman set his sites on expanding, and, in 1955, moved to Rebman’s current location on Oberlin Avenue. There, he built a 24-lane facility. In 1977, he expanded to 48 lanes, making Rebman Recreation the largest bowling facility in Lorain County.

Seeing a need for more recreational bowling, Rebman instituted the city’s first youth bowling leagues on Saturdays. He paid sanction fees for his junior bowlers and also paid entry fees for his junior bowlers who qualified to compete at the state level. He promoted bowling to seniors as well, and he became the first bowling proprietor in Lorain County to install a completely computerized scoring system.

In 1982, he was inducted into the Lorain Bowling Association Hall of Fame. In 1992, his name was added to the Ohio Bowling Hall of Fame. In 1995, he was inducted into the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame.

Dedicated to other sports, he sponsored numerous Lorain city baseball and softball leagues throughout the years. He also was a supporter of Lucy Idol Center for the Handicapped and the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky.

Mr. Rebman served as vice-president and director of the Lorain Young American Bowling Alliance for six years, as vice-president of the Greater Lorain Bowling Association, as president of the North Shore Bowling Proprietors Association and was an executive board member of the Bowling Proprietor’s Association of Ontario and a member of the Bowling Proprietors Association of America.

Additionally, he is a Founders Club Member of the National Bowling Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Louis, Mo., and a major organizer of squads for the Slovak Singles Local Annual Tournament andfor 20 years has served as a squad leader and organizer for the famous Peterson Classic Tournament in Chicago.

Rebman, a lifelong Lorain resident and member of the Church of St. Peter, was a 1943 graduate of Lorain’s St. Mary High School. He attended Oberlin Business School and graduated from Dyke and Spencerian Business College in Cleveland in 1947. He served in the U.S. Navy, building drydocks and landing strips in New Guinea in the closing years of World War II.

He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Mary, and two sons, two daughters and other relatives.

Pick up today’s Chronicle in print or read the “E”dition for Rebman’s complete obituary.

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Avon Middle School art teacher Anne Maiden has been tied to five vehicle break-ins in two local park systems, and at least a half dozen other agencies in Lorain and Medina counties want to talk to her, according to Pat McCaslin, assistant director and chief ranger for the Lorain County Metro Parks.

This picture of Anne Maiden ran in The Chronicle in 2007 when she was featured in the "15 minutes" spotlight column. Maiden, of Elyria, was owner of Clay Dog Pottery in Elyria and an organizer of the Elyria Art Walk. It was not clear immediately whether she was still involved with either. (CT file photo.)

McCaslin said this afternoon that Maiden, 38, of Elyria, will be facing charges for using credit cards taken from vehicles during two break-ins in the Lorain County Metro Parks. McCaslin didn’t have specifics on what the charges were and said she couldn’t say whether Maiden was involved in the break-ins themselves or just the credit card use.

“Credit cards were stolen from purses in the vehicles, they were used, and video from the stores was determined to be Anne Maiden,” McCaslin said. “We’ve interviewed her, and she’s admitted to some of the use.”

The video showed Maiden purchasing a large television and gift cards, McCaslin said.

Maiden had been charged with receiving stolen property, forgery and misuse of a credit card, all felonies, after being tied to three break-ins in the Cleveland Metro Parks.

Maiden was “definitely involved in the break-ins” themselves in the Cleveland Metroparks, according to Dianna Kall, spokeswoman for the Metroparks’ rangers, but Kall said she couldn’t say whether Maiden acted alone.

And this may be just the tip of the iceberg for Maiden.

“We’ve talked with other agencies,” McCaslin said. “At least a half dozen other agencies are interested in talking with her and have similar video of her using cards. We’re the least hit.”

The other agencies include counties, cities and villages in Lorain and Medina counties, McCaslin said.

The Cleveland Metroparks break-ins were one each in August, September and October. Hit were an unlocked car at Millstream Run Reservation in Strongsville, and cars at the Bradley Woods Reservation in Westlake and the Little Met Golf Course in Cleveland that had their windows broken.

The Lorain County Metro Parks break-ins were cars at Day’s Dam in the Black River Reservation in Lorain and the Columbia Reservation.

Maiden appeared in The Chronicle in 2007 when she was featured in the “15 minutes” column. Maiden at the time owned Clay Dog Pottery in Elyria and told The Chronicle she was an organizer of the Elyria Art Walk.

Maiden told The Chronicle her specialty was nature-themed pottery and “Raku” fire pottery.

About her art, she said, “I don’t think it’s ever going to be a job. I don’t want to ‘go to work.’ I’m never so satisfied as when I’m at an art show and people are buying my work. I love getting people hooked on pottery because I love it so much.”

Read Friday’s Chronicle for more on this story.

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

CAMDEN TOWNSHIP — A woman is in a Cleveland hospital with serious injuries and two men are in jail after a shooting overnight at a Camden Township home.

Jessica Tyrone, 24, is badly hurt but is expected to recover, according to Capt. John Reiber of the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office. Tyrone was still being evaluated Friday afternoon, so her specific condition was not yet known, according to a spokeswoman at MetroHealth Medical Center.

Tyrone was at her home, 18709 Gifford Road, drinking with David Underwood, 20, of North Ridgeville and Cadea Weaver, 20, of Lorain when Underwood fired a 12-gauge shotgun, apparently accidentally, according to Reiber. Tyrone was hit in the leg, arm, abdomen and face by the spray of birdshot pellets, Reiber said.

“They were apparently drinking and discharged the gun negligently,” Reiber said. “There is no indication it was intentional.”

Tyrone was first taken to Allen Community Hospital in Oberlin and was then LifeFlighted to MetroHealth, Reiber said.

Underwood is in custody, charged with obstructing official business, underage consumption, handling a weapon while intoxicated and negligent assault, according to Reiber. Weaver is charged with underage consumption.

According to Reiber, “this is pretty much a closed case,” unless there is a sudden change in Tyrone’’s condition.

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