By Kristen Nowak Winn
Staff Writer
Do you know what’s underneath your kitchen sink?
It might just be a bottle of all-surface cleaner you use to wipe off the counters or a jug of dishwasher detergent. But some argue that those regular household products are doing more harm than good.
Joe Heimlich, a specialist in environmental science for the [...]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette
Fine dining, fun, entertainment, a good cause — the “Raising the Roof” Dinner and Theater Charity Benefit for Medina Creative Housing had it all.
On Feb. 22, more than 320 people enjoyed dinner at one of a handful of restaurants — Fox Meadows Country Club, Good Taste Wine and Food [...]

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From local and wire reports
HILLIARD — Medina senior Nicki Rymer put the icing on her career with a top three  finish at the state girls gymnastics championship Saturday at Darby High School.
In her fourth trip to state, Rymer scored a 9.475 on the beam for third place. Last year, she placed second on the [...]

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From staff reports
COLUMBUS — Wadsworth point guard Chrissy Pavlik was among the players honored Monday as part of The Associated Press’ All-Ohio girls basketball teams.
Pavlik, a senior, received honorable-mention recognition in Division I after averaging 10.5 points and 4.2 assists for Medina County’s top squad. She led the Grizzlies to a 17-6 record and their [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — Given their current state, it’s fitting the Cavaliers practice at a facility called Cleveland Clinic Courts.
Right now, Mike Brown’s injury-ravaged and revamped team is holding things together with Band-Aids, gauze and mounds of athletic tape.
“I don’t know how we’ve been able to stay above water, but we’ve been playing [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Fausto Carmona’s exhibition debut Monday at Knology Park in Dunedin did not go as planned, with the right-hander failing to reach his prescribed two-inning count in a 6-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Carmona lasted 1 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on five hits and a walk. 
“I [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
If you believe national baseball experts, the Indians’ American League Central Division reign will be a short one.
Cleveland, they say, will not defend its division title, pointing to the Detroit Tigers as the new favorite in what figures to be another rigid Central race.
They may be right.
While the Indians pretty much stood still [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Indians took the field for the first time late last week since losing Game 7 of the American League Championship Series.
They did so with an eye on the past — a stinging loss to eventual world champion Boston that barred them from their first World Series appearance [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — All Ben Francisco does is hit.
Unfortunately for the 26-year-old outfielder, all he’s going to do this year with the Indians is sit — and wait — for an opportunity to play.
With four outfielders — Grady Sizemore, Franklin Gutierrez, David Dellucci and Jason Michaels — assured of making the [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Tim Laker never made much of a name for himself as a journeyman catcher that spent the majority of his professional career in the minor leagues.
Now he’s national news in the most negative fashion where baseball players are concerned these days.
Laker, a veteran of 11 professional seasons and [...]

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