Plant: African violet
Latin name: Saintpaulia
Description: A houseplant that may bloom all year long? The African violet is a beauty for the home, and when healthy may show silky color and velvety leaves much of the year. A variety of colors, plus thick, green, fuzzy and slightly bumpy leaves make the plant a good one [...]

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Carbon sequestration — moving carbon from carbon dioxide in the air and storing the carbon in soil using conservation tillage practices — is a slow process that can take years to show results. But there is a way to measure soil carbon value more quickly.
Ohio State University agricultural engineers and soil fertility specialists have found [...]

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Hundreds of fourth grade students entered the Top Dog contest this year. The five top winners received prizes and the first five dog tags for the 2007 year for their dogs. This contest was designed by Medina County Auditor Michael Kovack as a teaching exercise for children to give them the opportunity to work on [...]

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CLEVELAND — A lot of people affiliated with the Cavaliers, coach Mike Brown included, tend to forget about 7-foot-3 center Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Fortunately for Cleveland, LeBron James does not.
Playing off his superstar teammate, Ilgauskas made three straight jumpers to start the second overtime, propelling the Cavaliers to a 104-99 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on [...]

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COPLEY — Wadsworth’s girls basketball team finally got its act together in the second half Monday night,  rallying  for a 51-43 win over host Copley.
The victory keeps the Grizzlies (6-2, 5-1) tied with Green and Revere atop the SL while Copley (6-3,4-2) dropped a game behind.
“This was a very big game for us,” said Wadsworth [...]

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BEREA — The Browns have nine wins for the first time since 2002. They’ve won six straight at Cleveland Browns Stadium to tie the mark for most home wins in franchise history. They pitched their first shutout in two years Sunday, 8-0 over the Buffalo Bills in a blizzard.
They’re on pace to have a 3,500-yard [...]

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ASHLAND — Brunswick softball player Emlyn Knerem found a college that fits her to a T.
The senior standout found her perfect college in Ashland University and has signed a letter of intent to play for the Eagles in 2009.
“I went there last winter for a camp and we did a tour in the snow,” Knerem [...]

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After receiving dozens of entries, three winners were chosen for the “A Kind of Christmas Magic” story ending. Jaclyn E. Krymowski of Hinckley Township won the 8- to 12-year-old category, Logan Bryant of Litchfield Township won the 13- to 17-year-old category, and Connie Hanzlicek of Medina won the 18 and older category. Here is the [...]

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By JACLYN KRYMOWSKI
11 years old, Hinckley Township
“How could this happen!” Barbara sobbed. “The kids have no presents and here we are sitting in this old farmhouse with the power out.”
By this time Grace came back in, but even with the oil lamp she could see Barbara’s tears. In a few minutes Ben came rushing [...]

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The high school wrestling season is but two weeks old and yet midseason storylines have already developed as the holiday tournaments get started this weekend.
Since Wadsworth has been the squad others in Medina County try to mimic, we’ll start with the Grizzlies and go from there.
The squad looked impressive at the Ironman to kick things [...]

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