Mary Lou Auman, of Medina, passed away Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007.
She was born May 14, 1927, in Pennsylvania and moved to Cleveland in 1954, after being raised in Johnstown, Pa. Mrs. Auman retired from F.W. Woolworth Co. at the age of 62 and moved to Brunswick a year later. She was a member of Brunswick [...]

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Mary Ann Greenham passed away Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007. She was loved by many and will be missed by all.
She formerly worked for the Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Indians as part of Service America and the St. Louis Cardinals Sport Services as a controller in accounting.
She is survived by her father, William Greenham, [...]

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Stella Kukolvic Hanzl Elchesen, 88, passed away Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, at Medina Village.
She is survived by her husband, Frank Elchesen; children, Richard Sampson, John (BettyAnn) Hanzl, Jerome (Cher) Hanzl, Janet (Dave) Correll, Nancy (Dan) Meyers and Frank (Donna) Elchesen; grandchildren, Mark and Rick Sampson, Joe and Jim Hanzl, Brenda and Ben Hanzl, Derrick Kovacs, [...]

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Gordon E. Roos, 86, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007.
He was born April 25, 1921, in Akron. He attended Kent State University and Ohio State University. His career included working as a title and escrow officer at Lawyers Title, Cleveland and Washington, D.C., and Common Wealth Land Title, Virginia. After retiring in 1987, he attained [...]

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MONTVILLE TWP. — Rebecca Jacobs survived big-city life in New York and Chicago as an actress for 10 years without incident.
Then she moved back to Ohio, where she grew up, settled down, started a family and found herself held at gunpoint while being carjacked at Summit Mall Monday afternoon.
Jacobs, 37, who is six months pregnant [...]

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On my street, the kids went to war when they graduated high school. The moms and dads had a party for the boys before they left for basic training and another one before they shipped to Vietnam. The kids on my street all went to Vietnam.
There weren’t many parties when the kids came back. Just [...]

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WESTFIELD TWP. — The Cloverleaf school board voted Tuesday to place a 5.7-mill, five-year emergency renewal levy on the March 4 ballot.
The property tax levy would raise $2.84 million a year, or about 11 percent of the district’s budget, Superintendent Bruce Hulme said Wednesday. Collection would not begin until January 2009.

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Rick Noland’s reflection upon the too-short life of Harry Orr was enlightening and inspiring while capturing the sadness so many of us felt at the word of his passing.
Harry was a teammate of mine throughout our days together at Medina High School and every account offered in Noland’s article by Duane and Cindy is, of [...]

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- An amplifier and speaker box worth $1,500 were reported stolen from an unlocked pickup truck parked in the 4000 block of Arlington Avenue between 10 p.m. Dec. 13 and 7 a.m. Friday.
- Four small, decorative, lighted trees worth about $50 were reported stolen from a yard in the 800 block of Westminster Drive between [...]

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GRANGER TWP. — Winning cures everything.
A victory was just what the doctor ordered Wednesday night for Highland’s girls basketball team.
The Hornets snapped an eight-game losing streak by beating Barberton 53-36 in Suburban League play.
With the victory, Highland (2-8, 1-6) recorded its first win since Nov. 23 when it beat Cleveland Heights Beaumont 57-30.

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