By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Matt Ginter, Juan Rincon and Rafael Betancourt do not appear to have a sunny future with the Indians.
And based on the way they pitched Tuesday, their present doesn’t look so bright, either.
The Detroit Tigers bullied the threesome for eight runs in their six combined innings, paving the way for an […]

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By ALBERT GRINDLE
Staff Writer
MEDINA — A week before Monday’s County Demolition Derby, 19-year veteran driver Dan Orient went camping with his family because he didn’t want to think about.
His competitors wished he would have stayed in the woods.
Even though Orient’s 1968 Chrysler Imperial was more beat up than Chuck Wepner after battling Mohammed Ali, the […]

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By KRISTEN NOWAK WINN
Accent Editor
Oh, the places you’ll go on an eco-friendly vacation.
Sure, the greenest thing to do is to stay close to home, but there’s a whole world out there just waiting to be explored. So grab your binoculars, fill up your BPA-free reusable water bottle and put on your hiking boots, because there […]

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By MIKE MILLER
OSU Extension Medina County
Stan Smith, OSU Extension educator, explains a new era in beef production is upon us. In the past we’ve made decent money at home finishing cattle, and always had an excuse for not going on winter vacation. It was pretty solid. “ … Can’t leave with cattle to feed in […]

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By Korinne Caniglia
OSU Extension, Medina County
Area teens will be honored at the first Medina County 4-H Outstanding High-School Senior Recognition event July 29 at the Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Pavilion on the fairgrounds.
The 14 youths will be lauded for their excellence in 4-H project work, leadership and community service.
The outstanding seniors are: Jonathan Brietkrenz, Katelin […]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette
The rain did nothing to interfere with the 2008 Wadsworth Rib Cookoff presented by the Wadsworth Older Adult Foundation and Altercare, held July 3 at the Center for Older Adults. Chefs from local restaurants — Autumnwood, Caffessimo, Galaxy, Wadsworth Pointe and Zeppe’s — ignored the rain as they worked outdoors […]

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By LISA HLAVINKA
Staff Writer
MEDINA — At 68 years old, Dennis Mohle won his first blue ribbon from the Medina County Fair on Monday in the rug hooking contest.
Mohle, a resident of the Medina County Home, which provides assisted living for the elderly and disabled, said that though it was the first time he had ever […]

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Grace Donlay (left), 4, of Liverpool Township, and Abby Glauner, 4, of Medina, visit the cow barns early Monday morning at the Medina County Fair. (Shirley Ware | Photo Editor)

Bonnie Haury of Medina wins the second heat of the Medina County Demolition Derby Monday night. Haury, of Haury Schnauzers of Medina, previously has sponsored the […]

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Letha Mae Hickox, 81, of Medina, passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at Hospice at The Inn at Medina.
She was born Feb. 16, 1927, in Ravenna, to Carl and Pearl (Renner) Hickox. She was a 1945 graduate of Rootstown Township High School and was valedictorian. She also graduated from Cleveland City Hospital School of […]

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Dennis James Kerwin, 75, of Brunswick Hills Township, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2008, in Brunswick.
He was born March 31, 1933, in Cleveland. He was a 1951 graduate of Brunswick High School and played on the first football team in 1950. He gave many years of service to Brunswick Hills, serving as one of […]

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