DETROIT — Last July 4, the Indians produced their own fireworks display with plenty of bottle rockets and Roman Candles in a memorable 19-1 thrashing of the New York Yankees at Jacobs Field.
This time around, Cleveland’s Independence Day arsenal included some sparklers and crawling snakes.
A night after producing a dramatic 11-inning victory in the series [...]

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DETROIT — Indians manager Eric Wedge was still steaming over the umpiring crew penalizing reliever Rafael Betancourt for taking too much time during Tuesday’s 5-4 victory over the Tigers. On two separate occasions, batters were awarded balls when the notoriously slow Betancourt exceeded the allotted time between pitches, as prescribed by Major League Baseball rule 8.04.
According [...]

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CLEVELAND — Andy Sonnanstine was home for only four days, then went back on the road.
Welcome to the life of a major league pitcher.
The 2001 Wadsworth graduate was back in Cleveland for the first time as a big league player this past weekend, pitching Monday for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Jacobs Field — [...]

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CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers may be making some “big” decisions in the coming weeks.
A league source said power forward Anderson Varejao could sign an offer sheet from the Memphis Grizzlies that will pay him more than the mid-level exception, which is expected to be between $5.5 million and $6 million.
However, the Grizzlies, who have slightly [...]

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John J. Schultz, 63, of Spencer, passed away Monday, July 2, 2007, in Medina.
He was born Oct. 17, 1943, in Cleveland. Mr. Schultz retired from the Cleveland Police Department after 27 years of service. He also worked with Medina Library and Westfield Co. Security. He served in the Air Force.
Mr. Schultz is survived by his [...]

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Grace Robinson, 79, of Brunswick, passed away Tuesday, July 3, 2007, at Holy Family Home in Parma.
She was born March 1, 1928, in Glen Alum, W.Va. Mrs. Robinson enjoyed going to church with her late husband, the Rev. Oral Robinson, who was the founder and former pastor of House of Prayer, now Brunswick Hills Assembly [...]

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Fred H. Powrie Jr., 91, of Westerville passed away Monday, July 2, 2007, at Feridean Commons.
He was born March 21, 1916, in Bay City, Mich., to Fred H. and Elorna (Meilstrup) Powrie. Mr. Powrie retired after working more than 40 years as a food broker with Pillsbury and Jantz & Sons. He moved to Westerville [...]

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Raymond E. Neikirk passed away Sunday, July 1, 2007, at Hospice at The Inn at Medina.
He was born Dec. 19, 1931, in Ashland and resided in Medina for 36 years. Mr. Neikirk was a licensed surveyor and engineer. He was most recently employed as an independent sales engineer, contracting for Advanced Asphalt Paving. He was [...]

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Pastor David W. Lynn, 81, passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2007, in Thornton, Colo., after dealing with extensive health issues.
He was born Dec. 31, 1925, in Greenville, Ohio. He graduated from Capital University followed by Capital Lutheran Seminary in 1949. Mr. Lynn served Ohio congregations in Moulton, Delphos, Columbus and Toledo, and retired in [...]

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o Randy Messer, 23, of Elyria, allegedly tried to walk past the checkout of Home Depot at 3330 Center Road on June 24 with a cart containing DeWalt Sawzall twin pack saws. He did not make it out of the store unnoticed.
Store employees caught him with the saws, worth $900, and reported him to police. [...]

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