A 3-year-old gelding sporting the name of The Next Cell awaits his turn on the track in Sunday’s harness racing preceding today’s start of the Medina County Fair. Trainer Charlie Myrick, of Canton, said this is the horse’s second year racing. The Next Cell finished third in his event at the fairgrounds behind Redriteeightyeight, another […]

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Geraldine H. “Gerri” Cyrulik, 57, of Medina, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2007, in Medina.
She was born Nov. 26, 1949, in Moween, Pa. She was a homemaker. Gerri loved her animals, Jack, Storm, Remy and Cleo. She also loved Lake Erie sunsets and Kelleys Island, especially the Dock of the Bay and her many friends […]

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Leland E. Keller, 86, of Brunswick, passed away Friday, July 27, 2007, surrounded by his family and friends.
He was born Feb. 16, 1921, in Brunswick to Harley and Edna Keller. He was a lifelong resident of Brunswick. Mr. Keller operated Keller Water Supply of Brunswick for many years. He also was a truck driver for […]

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Ronald Milota, 72, of Tucker, Ga., passed away Saturday, July 28, 2007.
Mr. Milota is survived by his wife, Judith; son, Mark; daughter, Susan Bennett; brother, Wayne; and grandsons, Andrew Milota, Taylor Bennett and Zach Bennett.
Memorial service: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Clairmont Presbyterian Church, 1994 Clairmont Road, Decatur, Ga.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to […]

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Anne Morgan, 87, of Valley City, previously of Arizona, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2007, at Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights.
She was born Sept. 10, 1919, in Cleveland. She was a secretary for B&O and C&O railroads before retiring after 30 years of service. While in Arizona, she enjoyed charity work for Tucson […]

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Carl R. Thompson, 89, of Collins, Ohio, passed away Thursday, July 26, 2007, at his residence.
He was born Dec. 21, 1917, in Spencer to Oren and Lela (Naylor) Thompson. Carl was retired from Norfolk & Southern Railroad. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, but attended services with his daughter at Victory Baptist Church. […]

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Mary J. “Gina” Wine, 66, of Sullivan Township, passed away Sunday, July 29, 2007, at her home after several months of illness.
She was born June 10, 1941, in Shinnston, W.Va., to Frank and Mary (Perri) DeMarco. She was raised in Shinnston and lived in Sullivan for the past 41 years. Mrs. Wine graduated from Shinnston […]

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CLEVELAND – Former NFL head coach John McKay once replied that he was in favor of it, when asked what he thought of his Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ execution after a loss.
C.C. Sabathia probably feels the same way, where throwing his teammates under the bus is concerned, after Sunday.
For the second straight outing, Cleveland’s ace offered […]

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MEDINA — Jim Kiesel has seen better days at the race track, but being in the business of owning, training and driving horses for 37 years, he’s seen a lot of days.
The Litchfield Township resident’s two fillies faired well Sunday at the Medina County Fair, notching one winner and one show. His colt, French […]

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Sports world wide, especially in America, are taking a terrible beating.
The Tour de France, for example, was in shambles when it finished Sunday.
Two teams had pulled out and two individual stars, Alex Vinokourov and Michael Rasmussen, were expelled because of failed blood doping tests.
Furthermore, Levi Leipheimer of the Discovery Channel team was penalized 10 seconds […]

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