Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann and the Humane Society of the United States opened a hotline and announced a reward for information on dog and cock fights. The national HSUS offers up to $5,000 for information that leads to a conviction of anyone involved in illegal animal fighting. The attorney general’s office will take tips [...]

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Mass breeding of puppies has been a hot-button issue for decades with animal welfare activists, but until a NBC Dateline investigation revealed the inside of a puppy mill in April 2000, the general public was unaware of the deplorable, inhumane conditions breeding dogs endured, while their puppies were sold through mass market sources.
Overcrowding, filth [...]

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The Medina SWCD will join forces with local zoning inspectors across the county in a half-day training and information exchange workshop, hosted by Judy Emrick, Montville Township zoning inspector, from 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 29 at the Montville township hall.
The workshop will cover everything from ponds and pond permits, erosion control, manure issues, [...]

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Ohio has one of the highest proportions of prime agricultural soils in the nation. And now, the focus on protecting that land could shift to new areas, thanks to a new report from the Ohio State University’s Center for Farmland Policy Innovation.
Jill Clark, director of the center, and Heide S. Martin, the center’s planning and [...]

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COLUMBUS — Sometimes if you go there once, you’ll be there twice.
Especially in the case of Brunswick’s Sean Bedevelsky, Wadsworth’s Dru Jones, Medina’s Richard Sumlin and Highland’s Tyler Houska.
Each was an All-Ohio selection a year ago and each found his way back on the list this year when the Associated Press released its list of [...]

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Medina defender Andrew Miller has always been short.
Since he started playing boys soccer at the age of 5, the senior has been vertically challenged.
But that didn’t stop the 5-foot-8 defender from having a major impact for the Bees this fall, and that’s why Miller is The Gazette MVP in the sport.
“He plays so much bigger [...]

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Snow was falling and falling, big feathery flakes swirling down, dancing with the leaves that skittered across the gravel. They blew past the windows of the blue minivan that made its way slowly down the lane.
If I knew the roads were going to stay clear, it would be pretty, Barbara thought, carefully guiding the car [...]

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Andrew Miller
Medina
Position: Defender.
Year: Senior.
Height: 5-8.
Noteworthy: Anchored a backline that recorded 11 shutouts and allowed just 11 goals in 21 games. … First team All-Ohio, All-District and All-Northeast Ohio Conference pick. … Received the second most votes in the state to Division I player of the year Michael Green of Strongsville.
Wadsworth coach John Johnson on Miller: [...]

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“And the Bees keep runnin, runnin. And runnin, runnin.”
As the lyrics of the musical group the Black Eyed Peas say: “Let’s get it started.” That is exactly what the Medina boys cross country team plans on doing Saturday in Portland, Ore., after being awarded a berth in the nationals.
The Bees were chosen as one of [...]

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