By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – With one decision down, the Indians still have two to go before they break camp for a pair of exhibition games in Atlanta on Friday and Saturday.
Cleveland named Cliff Lee its fifth starter Monday, but has yet to announce the winner of the race between right-handers Jorge Julio, [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Cliff Lee is in, and Jeremy Sowers and Aaron Laffey are out. Reliever Aaron Fultz, well, he’s just gone.
The Indians named Lee as their fifth starter Monday, optioning Sowers and Laffey to Triple-A Buffalo, and announcing that Fultz, who offered up a miserable spring training performance, would not [...]

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By John Benson
Special to The Gazette
Almost two centuries have passed since Jane Austen first published “Pride and Prejudice,” which the Cleveland Play House is producing March 26 through April 13 in the Bolton Theatre.
Despite the classic nature of the novel, there’s something special about this familiar tale and love affair between Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth [...]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette
About 200 people attended the Medina Rotary Club St. Patrick’s Day Spring Gala on March 14 at Blue Heron Banquet and Conference Center.
The fun-packed evening featured a reverse raffle, side boards, silent and live auctions, a 50/50 raffle (won by Ken Collins) and an Irish buffet.
Ed McGannon, Ron [...]

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By Kristen Nowak Winn
Staff Writer
Pencils ready? You’re being tested. March is Women’s History Month, and it’s time to see how much you know about just a handful of the many female movers and shakers of Medina County’s past. Here’s how this works. The answers to the following 10 questions are these four women: Letha House, [...]

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By Beth Kilchenman
American Red Cross
Each year during the month of March we formally recognize the spirit of the volunteers, donors, partners and employees who support the Red Cross mission of humanitarianism.
This year, we especially want to honor our dedicated volunteers. We celebrate and acknowledge the contributions of the 500 volunteers of the Medina County Chapter [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
One of the Cavaliers’ biggest strengths is they have 11 quality players.
One of their biggest weaknesses is there’s not much difference between the third and 11th players from a talent and production standpoint. That’s not a good thing because, as we all know, you can only play five at a time.
Let’s break it [...]

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BRUNSWICK – Brunswick Youth Sports, the city’s baseball and softball league for boys and girls age 5-18, is holding its first BYS Night in conjunction with the Indians.
The event will be held on May 3 at the newly renamed Progressive Field as the Kansas City Royals take on the Tribe in a 7:05 p.m. contest [...]

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From staff reports
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Wadsworth High graduate Andy Sonnanstine’s strong spring training impressed Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon so much, the right-hander is penciled in as the No. 3 starter to open the season.
James Shields and Matt Garza were pretty much locks for the first two spots before spring, while Sonnanstine earned [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — If the city wants to invest in a shared courthouse facility with the county on Public Square and a parking deck, it will have to shell out roughly $11.6 million to do it.
During city council’s finance committee meeting Monday night, Planning Director Greg Hannan gave a preliminary update on the [...]

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