By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
LAKELAND, Fla., — David Dellucci returned to the lineup Sunday after missing four games with soreness in his left wrist and forearm, an injury he said he suffered while diving for a fly ball against the Phillies in Clearwater last Monday.
He went 1-for-3 with a single in his final at-bat in the [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
LAKELAND, Fla. — In a move that could spell bad news for reliever Aaron Fultz, the Indians claimed left-hander Craig Breslow off outright waivers from the Red Sox on Sunday.
Breslow, 27, spent all of last season at the Triple-A level, where he went 2-3 with a 4.06 ERA in 49 games for [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
With less than a week before the Indians break camp and leave Winter Haven, Fla., for the final time, let’s take a look at some of the best and worst performances of the spring:
Best position player: Grady Sizemore – The Gold Glove centerfielder leads the Indians with a .423 batting average and five [...]

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Barbara Ann (Fish) Dutt, 77, of Wadsworth, passed away Saturday, March 22, 2008.
She was born Feb. 20, 1931, in Wadsworth to Fred and Emma Freeman. Mrs. Dutt was a member of Wadsworth First Christian Church, a former employee of Merriman’s, a former secretary for Mayor J.D. Henson and a former secretary for the Medina [...]

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Harry E. Groppi, 67, a Brunswick resident for more than 40 years, passed away Thursday, March 20, 2008, at Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights.
Mr. Groppi owned and worked as an optician at Broadway Optical for 30 years and the Eye Glass Place in Brunswick for 25 years. He was a Mason at [...]

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Paul Peckl, 72, of Inverness, Fla., passed away Friday, March 21, 2008, in Inverness.
Mr. Peckl was born Aug. 23, 1935, in Cleveland and moved to Inverness from Lodi in 1986. He worked as a construction superintendent. He was Protestant by faith. Mr. Peckl was an Army veteran, serving during World War II.
He is survived [...]

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Elizabeth Catherine “Beth” Sopata, 89, of Streetsboro, a longtime resident of Brunswick, passed away Friday, March 21, 2008, in Ravenna.
She was born Feb. 1, 1919, in Flushing, Ohio. Beth was an excellent wife, mother, friend, cook, baker and homemaker. She also was a supervisor for an office cleaning company. Although she had limited mobility [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
HARRISVILLE TWP. — For the last week, two draft horses and two white Great Pyrenees have been camping out in a wagon in the parking lot of Mack’s Food Center & Locker on Greenwich Road.
They belong to Lee “the horselogger” Crafton, who has spent the last two years traveling across the [...]

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The Easter Bunny made a special appearance Saturday at Lodi Outlets in Harrisville Township during its annual Bunny Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt. Shannon Conaway of Rittman (top) dons multiple Easter bunny ears, holding them for her three children, Dakota, Jacob and Eddie. Lodi resident Jenny Snyder (bottom) holds her daughter Madison, 2, who appears [...]

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