By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Cliff Lee made his closing argument Friday night to start for the American League in the upcoming All-Star Game. It added to an already strong case from the left-hander.
In his final outing prior to the All-Star break, Lee continued his brilliant bounce-back season, pitching the Indians to a 5-0 victory […]

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By ALBERT GRINDLE 

Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — The Tampa Bay Rays’ stopper came home to Cleveland looking to stop his team’s three-game slide.
Unfortunately for the Rays, he turned out to be the Indians’ good luck charm.
Wadsworth High graduate Andy Sonnanstine didn’t fare well Thursday in his second return trip to Ohio as the Tribe posted a 13-2 […]

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By ALBERT GRINDLE
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — When Wadsworth native and Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Andy Sonnanstine exited his May 21 start against the Oakland Athletics, he didn’t know a long stretch of solid play was about to begin.
The A’s rapped the 6-foot-3 right-hander for six runs on nine hits and Sonnanstine’s ERA rose to 5.09.
After what […]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Fausto Carmona has been cleared to begin a rehab assignment.
“By all accounts, everything was good from (Thursday),” said Indians manager Eric Wedge of Carmona’s simulated game at Progressive Field. “He should be good to go early next week.”
Carmona, who has been on the injured list with a strained left hip […]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette
In no small terms can you accurately describe Litchfield Town Band Conductor Kenneth Bradley.
Since Harry Truman was in office and swing music was still the rage, the Litchfield Township native and saxophonist has not only conducted the town band but also never missed a practice or a show.
At […]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette
Jim Gill is an artist in the truest sense of the word. Not only is he an active singer-songwriter folk musician in the Northeast Ohio music scene, but the Parma Heights native also is a busy freelance illustrator/cartoonist.
After graduating from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1982, the Westfield […]

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By Judy A. Totts
Religion Editor
For 25 cents and little shoe leather worn off as Accent Editor Kristen Winn and I made the rounds of the Seville Yard Sale, I found “America’s Cook Book.” I plucked it out of a stack of other books, its plain Jane black cover a testament to its workhorse attitude. Nothing […]

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By Kristen Nowak Winn
Accent Editor
When it comes to turning trash to treasure, it all comes down to imagination. Take a walk through the Medina Depot, 602 W. Liberty St., Medina, and you’ll find all sorts of new uses for old things.
Old silver spoon handles turned into fashionable key chains. Painters’ ladders used as a rack […]

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July’s annual Arts Week in Medina County traditionally has focused on being a lead-up to Art-in-the-Park, sponsored by The Medina County Art League.
As in the past, the Medina County Arts Council has arranged Arts Week performances and programs by local artists and entertainers.
Performances take place at Medina’s Public Square and at the Brunswick Community […]

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They say the devil is in the details, so Tampa Bay decided to make a change.
Dropping the beast from its name and calling the team the Rays has brought the best record in baseball to the Gulf Coast of Florida and turned around a season for Andy Sonnanstine.
OK, so maybe it’s not just a name […]

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