By BETH SCHNABEL
Special to The Gazette
Rain gardens are attractive landscaped areas planted with perennial native plants that don’t mind getting “wet feet.” Built-in flat-bottomed depressions, rain gardens are designed to increase infiltration allowing rain and snowmelt to seep naturally into the ground. Benefits of rain gardens are multiple: they recharge ground water supply; help [...]

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By SANDY BARNOSKY
Special to The Gazette
The total pet population in the United States is reported to have reached a record high of more than 282 million with 60 percent of all homes having at least one pet. Many pet owners consider their pet to be part of the family and are willing to spend more [...]

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By MIKE MILLER
Ohio State University Extension, Medina County
In early February 2008, the Ohio Department of Agriculture released and implemented a new rule on dairy labeling regarding recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST), a supplement used for milk production. The rule provides guidelines for the language permitted on labels and establishes a verification process for marketing organizations and [...]

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By LORRAINE BARNETT
Special to The Gazette
Plant: Common house palm
Common names: Madagascar palm, Yellow palm, Bamboo palm, Areca palm, Cane palm, Golden cane palm, Butterfly palm
Latin name: Chrysalidocarpus lutescens
Description: Airy and tropical, the house palm is a jewel to grow indoors. Sometimes beginning as a small potted plant, the house palm can grow several feet tall [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — Juveniles in the city have a new option for after-school activities and it involves seeing police officers in a new light.
Every Monday, Wednesday and one Saturday each month, juveniles will be able to participate in the police department’s Police Activities League, a youth crime prevention program that uses educational, athletic [...]

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By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
Matt Wiederhold assisted as downtown sections of Toledo and Cleveland aimed at historic preservation and economic revitalization. Now, as the newly appointed program director for Main Street Medina, he will be doing the same for a more suburban area.
“I personally felt it was time to step back a bit and get to [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
The OHSAA Tournament has reached its “March Madness” stage with 64 boys basketball teams left in each division.
Two Medina County squads remain alive in the big school competition, but they have traveled vastly different paths to do so.
Brunswick was awarded the No. 1 seed at the Grafton Midview Division I District, putting [...]

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By HANNAH SCHAEFER
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — The city’s ethics board is able to move forward on two pending items after council confirmed Mayor Dale Strasser’s appointment of Donald Morgan to the final vacant seat Monday night.
The three-member panel has two issues before it, both filed at the end of December: a request for an advisory opinion [...]

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Alex Kichurchak, 6, of Medina puts the finishing touches on a snowman that he, his mom, Brooke, and brother, Ian, 3, worked on Tuesday morning. Alex and Ian had the day off from kindergarten and preschool because of the winter weather, so mom decided to make the best of the snow day. A winter storm [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — Ben Wallace, Wally Szczerbiak, Joe Smith and Delonte West have already been a big hit with Cavalier fans.
The team announced Tuesday that is has experienced strong surges in retail sales, including the Cavalier Team Shop tying the mark for highest volume game sales of the season Sunday against Memphis.
Web [...]

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