In March, Jim Johnson reached heights few others can ever hope to achive. The 62-year-old Lafayette Township resident hiked to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Afica’s tallest peak. It’s a journey that began nine monthe earlier with rigorous preparation - including detailed research, camping in subzero temperatures and long-distance hiking.

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
COPLEY — Former Wadsworth boys and girls basketball coach Scott Callaghan has many lifelong friends within the Grizzly Nation.
Fortunately for them, they won’t have to drive far to keep tabs on him next winter.
Callaghan has been formally hired as the boys basketball coach at fellow Suburban League member Copley. He takes over […]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
They blasted the rocks away and found a gem in Canton that should have everyone flocking to play 18.
The Quarry Golf Club truly has hit a home run in this, its second full year of operation as one of the best semi-private operations in the area.
Situated on an old quarry that dates […]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
BOWLING GREEN — The under-11 Stallions baseball team galloped off with another title at the Bear Swamp Tournament at Bowling Green State University.
The Stallions won six straight games to capture their fifth tournament of the year. Next up is the AAU National Championship in Orlando, Fla.
Team members are Zack Timoteo, Collin […]

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Everything indicates that Tampa Bay Rays pitcher and 2001 Wadsworth graduate Andy Sonnanstine is improving, and that’s always a good thing.
The 6-foot-3, 185-pounder is tied for ninth in Major League Baseball with nine wins — against just three losses — and sports a decent-but-not-great 4.60 ERA.
His MO has always been pinpoint control, and that’s been […]

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Editor’s note: Earlier this year, The Gazette conducted an informal survey of community and government leaders and asked them who they thought were the most influential people in Medina County. We narrowed the list down to 10 based on the number of votes each received, with No. 1 garnering the most. In the last two […]

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Meghan Gallagher, a graphic designer for the A.I. Root Co., uses an ABC fire extinguisher Wednesday to put out a controlled diesel fuel fire started by Andre Goe, a teacher, inspector and firefighter for the Medina Fire Department, at the West Liberty Street business. The fire department provides free public safety classes to individuals and […]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — The City of Medina, Ohio: Preserving the Past. Forging the Future.
For outsiders looking in, this is Medina’s new identity and starting point for a three-part branding campaign for the city.
After putting three logos and four taglines before the public for a vote, these were the two chosen, said Nancy […]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — Along with parenting advice and dessert recipes, Family Circle’s August issue also names the city as one of the 10 best towns in the country for families.
Brunswick’s sense of “community spirit,” a highly ranked school system and efforts to become more “green” were cited as selling points for […]

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Paul C. Blevins, 90, went home to his Lord and savior on Tuesday, July 1, 2008, after a period of declining health at Apostolic Christian Home in Rittman, where he had resided since May 2005.
Mr. Blevins was born Oct. 30, 1917, in Seven Mile Ford, Va., to Charles M. and Frankie “Caroline” Brooks Blevins. […]

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