Summer is in full swing at the Wadsworth Center for Older Adults. So sit back with a tall glass of lemonade and read about the great programs and activities we have planned for you in July.
Come to the Summer Courtyard Café from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every Friday through Aug. 31 to enjoy a [...]

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Troop support
The Hoffman Group, an independent insurance agency, wanted to show its support for U.S. troops in Iraq by organizing a supply campaign. Employees at the agency donated supplies and/or made monetary contributions with a focus on providing items that cannot easily be obtained overseas. Much-needed health and beauty items were purchased and included.
The supplies [...]

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For the third year in a row, the YWCA Medina County Garden Tour will give people a chance to visit truly unique and beautiful yards located throughout the county, Chairperson Kathy Snell said.
“All of these yards are very different, but they all have something to offer,” she said of the six or seven yards that [...]

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In our rush to enjoy as much summer fun as we can, sometimes we overlook the many safety hazards lurking outdoors, especially the one that seems most obvious — excessive heat.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, excessive heat exposure killed more Americans (8,015) from 1979 through 2003 than hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, floods [...]

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Nearly 250 people took advantage of the opportunity to taste the delicious food, visit, stroll through the grounds, take a dip in the nice indoor pool and generally spend a weather-perfect relaxing day at Camp Paradise July 1, where they enjoyed “Be A Somebody,” the Tim Feron Memorial Cook-Out.
When Tim Feron passed away in 2005, [...]

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Funny how asking an attractive 16-year-old girl for one dance can turn into 70 years of marriage, three sons, 10 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
“I went to a barn dance with this other fellow, and Ward came over and asked me to dance,” remembered June Bowman, recalling that evening in 1933 when a 19-year-old farm boy [...]

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Lindy Harvey-Love spent half her life attempting to forget the life-threatening surgery she underwent for a brain tumor as a high school senior. Now, in order to help others deal with the process, she’s trying to remember everything she can about her ordeal.
The 1988 Gazette MVP in girls cross country and 1990 graduate of Cloverleaf [...]

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BRUNSWICK — City council is considering a ballot issue that would eliminate two positions within the city’s administration and transfer more responsibilities to the chief building official and city manager.
Proposed charter amendments would eliminate the safety director and the planning and community development director from the city’s administrative hierarchy. The city manager would take most [...]

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WESTFIELD TWP. — The good news is no money is missing. The bad news is … well, there isn’t any bad news that hasn’t already been reported — such as IRS penalties.
At Monday’s township trustees meeting, Fiscal Officer Martha Evans reported she had accounted for the $75,000 that wasn’t showing up. It turns out the [...]

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CLEVELAND — The newest member of the Cleveland Indians is already a fan favorite in Medina County.
Rookie relief pitcher Jensen Lewis, who joined the Tribe four days ago, previously lived in Medina and still has relatives in the city. Suffice to say, it’s a dream come true for him to be playing Major League Baseball [...]

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