LAKE TWP. — It looked like freshly overturned dirt. And the dogs were very interested.
Members of the Gold Star Service Dog Organization, based in Medina, were among the roughly 1,800 volunteers who helped search for Jessie Davis, the 26-year-old pregnant township resident who has been missing since June 13.
Gold Star’s search and rescue members waited […]

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Brunswick Hills
o Jeffrey Friges, 27, of 645 Oak St., Medina, was cited for speeding, fleeing and eluding police and reckless operation after he reportedly fled police on his motorcycle shortly after midnight June 7.
Friges was spotted on Marks Road near Sleepy Hollow Road driving south around 60 mph in a 45-mph zone. When the officer […]

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Rosemary Balsinger, a Medina resident and Medina High School science teacher, won $25,000 on Thursday night’s edition of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” with Meredith Vieira on WOIO-TV 19. Balsinger’s $25,000 question was: “John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and what other U.S. president died on the Fourth of July?” Using her “50-50” and “Phone-a-Friend” lifelines, […]

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CHEERS: to Medina Boy Scout Troop 501, which is celebrating its 80th year. This troop is run by the members with the older Scouts handling the meetings, doing the planning and carrying out the events under the supervision of the Scoutmaster and other adult volunteers. The older Scouts thus teach the younger ones, who then teach […]

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To the Editor:
I am writing about Laurie Stoyko’s letter in the June 11 Gazette regarding how politics surrounding the Lafayette police issue have divided the township. I could not agree more!
Unfortunately, Stoyko ended her letter several sentences too soon. She should have gone on to discuss where this “division” comes from, who causes it […]

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Walter Joseph Berry, 89, of Litchfield Township, passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2007, in Cleveland following a lengthy illness.
He was born May 11, 1918, in Cleveland. He was employed as a machinist at Anchor Fasteners, Bedford Heights, and resided in the Chatham Township and Litchfield area for 40 years. He was a godly man and […]

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Velma I. Graham, 94, of Medina, passed away, Monday, June 18, 2007, in Medina.
Mrs. Graham was born Jan. 5, 1913, in Mallet Creek. Mrs. Graham was a registered nurse at Medina General Hospital and was also a private duty nurse. She graduated from St. Luke’s School of Nursing in Cleveland. She was a member of […]

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RECALL — Cannondale Bicycle Corp. is recalling Mountain Bicycles with Lefty Speed SL and Lefty Speed DLR Forks sold nationwide from June 2006 to May 2007. The forks can break during use causing the rider to lose control of the bicycle, fall and suffer serious injuries. The carbon or aluminum bicycle forks were sold on […]

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It can’t be described. It can’t be learned. Some people work all their lives to get it, only to come up just short.
Dustin Zielaskiewicz, on the other hand, has it and won’t give it up.
Few athletes blow through opponents with such ease as the Brunswick senior. Then again, few have the “it” factor the 2007 […]

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The worst advice Wadsworth High standout athlete Jen Uhl ever received was to stop smiling and get serious. 
She decided at an early age to stick to her heart. Always smiling and upbeat in a world of increasingly hyper-aggressive people, Uhl was the young woman who could give teammates, coaches and friends a boost.
Along with […]

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