Bernice M. Crabtree, 95, formerly of West Salem, passed away Friday, Sept. 7, at Brenn-Field Nursing Home in Orrville.
She was born in Farmer Township, Defiance County, on Aug. 27, 1912, to the Rev. Volney and Carrie Singleton Cross. Bernice was married to Howard O. Crabtree on Sept. 17, 1954, in Butler, Ind., by her father. [...]

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Rondal J. Slaughter, 63, of Seville, passed away Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007, in Cleveland.
He was born Oct. 13, 1943, in Braxton County, W.Va. Mr. Slaughter worked in the maintenance department at Valspar for 41 years. He was a member of the Moose Lodge in Creston and Medina FOE 2224. He was an avid NASCAR fan [...]

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Helen B. (nee Kull) Zader, 61, of Medina, passed away Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, at home with her family.
She was born in Breaux Bridge, La., and was a Medina County resident for 35 years. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by her husband, Robert Zader of Medina; daughter, Barbara (Gianni) Fontana of Ponte Vedra Beach, [...]

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CLEVELAND — A season premiere is supposed to grab the audience’s attention with new ideas and imaginative plotlines. The Browns didn’t get the memo. They haven’t for years.
With fans in a fever pitch for the start of a new season, the Browns trotted out the same stale rerun Sunday. Sloppy play, big mistakes, no offense.
Steelers [...]

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To the Editor:
A recent Letter to the Editor regarding the county’s reappraisal misconstrued many points. I wanted to address some of those misconceptions.
The reappraisal process is state mandated. By law, reappraisals are supposed to set properties to “true market value,” normally interpreted to mean what a property would sell for on the open market. The [...]

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LIVERPOOL TWP. — A 55-year-old Columbia Road man was killed Sunday when his pickup truck went off the road and hit a culvert.
The state highway patrol said the driver, Gary W. Meadows, lost control of his 1993 Ford F-150 while headed southbound on state Route 252 about 7 p.m. The truck went off the right [...]

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It took Charlie Frye six weeks to win the Browns’ starting quarterback job in training camp, but less than two quarters to lose it on Sunday afternoon.
Welcome to Cleveland, where absolutely nothing goes according to plan at the position.
Frye and Derek Anderson both played poorly in the Browns’ 34-7 season-opening loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, [...]

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CLEVELAND — The Browns looked shellshocked.
Even boistrous tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. — who had the team’s top offensive performance with four catches for 83 yards — was subdued and quiet while answering reporters’ questions after Cleveland’s 34-7 season-opening loss to the rival Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday afternoon.
“It’s a team game and you can’t point [...]

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MEDINA — Medina’s girls soccer team had not allowed a goal in its first five games of the season. Then the state’s top ranked Strongsville came into town Saturday and stopped the streak defeating the Bees 1-0.
In a battle of the best, the Mustangs (3-0-1, 1-0) stood tall. The second-ranked Bees (5-1, 0-1) gave the [...]

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COLUMBUS — In Saturday’s 20-2 win over Akron, the Buckeyes essentially spelled Ohio State without an “O.”
While the Zips (1-1) looked deplorable at best — they had three first downs, 3 yards rushing and 69 yards total offense — the Buckeyes (2-0) weren’t much better with five turnovers.
Up stepped the OSU defense and the Bucks [...]

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