By BETTY CARLISLE
Special to The Gazette
Faith Leader: The Rev. David Howell, pastor of Lodi United Methodist Church
Among the joys the Rev. David Howell experiences as pastor of Lodi United Methodist Church is the opportunity to work with youth and feel energized through this contact. Before becoming pastor of Lodi UMC 27 years ago, Howell served [...]

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By JUDY A. TOTTS
Religion Editor
Dust off your spiritual passports, strap on your sandals and hotfoot it to the Holy Land as Harvest Presbyterian Church hosts a Walk Thru the New Testament. It’s a seminar, but forget about sitting in a lecture hall trying to absorb dry facts about the apostles or other prominent biblical figures [...]

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By MONA JACOBSON
Special to The Gazette
While attending several funerals in the past year, I have concluded that most people would welcome some counseling advice on what to say to those who are bereaved. People so want to say the right thing to comfort those who are hurting. However, saying the wrong thing is like shooting [...]

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By Kristen Nowak Winn
Staff Writer
If you choose just one way to commemorate Black History Month this February, go and see “Gee’s Bend.”
The play, now at the Cleveland Play House through Feb. 24, offers theater-goers a view of a true story we don’t hear much about. It gives a voice to those who had been voiceless [...]

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By John Benson
Special to The Gazette
There’s no doubt country music superstar Kenny Chesney loves a great party. Perhaps that’s why the “When the Sun Goes Down” artist has become a regular on the summer touring circuit.
This year the multi-platinum Tennessee native is getting started early by bringing his “The Poets & Pirates Tour” to [...]

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By JUDY A. TOTTS
Religion Editor
In my last Time Frames column, I waxed poetic about gingerbread. After reading it, my good friend and fellow Medina County Art League member Grace Zay surprised me with a pan of freshly baked gingerbread. Dark and moist, it tasted wonderful warmed up, paired with a cup of hot tea.
I like [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — Jassen Kavedzic had a dream. Joe Mackey had a vision. Both became reality in spectacular fashion on Friday night.
Brunswick’s boys basketball team rallied from a nine-point deficit early in the fourth quarter, then held on for a 69-68 win over previously undefeated Garfield Heights.
The Bulldogs (17-1, 8-1) were ranked sixth [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
WESTFIELD TWP. — They could be a “Before and After” answer on “Wheel of Fortune” — Billy Parker Hewit — but Highland probably would never solve the puzzle.
Parker Hewit and Billy Parker combined for 48 points Friday night as Cloverleaf defeated the Hornets 67-57 in Suburban League boys basketball action.
Shooting guard [...]

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By DAVE NESTOFF
Special to The Gazette
MEDINA — The Medina boys basketball team lost 64-40 to visiting Elyria in its last home game of the winter Friday.
It was senior night, but the Bees only had two 12th-graders on their roster. One of the youngest teams in the Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division, Medina was heavily pressured [...]

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By HO HOFFMAN
Special to The Gazette
COPLEY — Wadsworth’s boys basketball team finally put all aspects of its game together for 32 minutes and Copley paid the price, as the Grizzlies came away with a 53-42 Suburban League victory Friday night.
“The difference tonight was everybody who played contributed,” Wadsworth coach Scott Callaghan said. “And they played [...]

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