By JUDY A. TOTTS
Religion Editor
Beth Schnabel’s short-term mission trips have taken her and team members around the world with their work.
Dr. Norma Jesse of Valley City Vision taught Schnabel and fellow Prince of Peace members Karleen Zuercher and JoAnne Zurell how to do basic exams for evaluating vision needs and fitting eyeglasses using eyeglass lens [...]

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By ALBERT GRINDLE
Staff Writer
AKRON — Before each inning Thursday, all nine members of Eastlake North’s softball team stepped on home plate before they took the field.
As it turned out, Brunswick’s Emlyn Knerem made sure that was the closest the Rangers would ever come to scoring.
Knerem stifled North to the tune of a no-hitter, propelling [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
TIFFIN — Other than outstanding pitching, clutch hitting and flawless defense, there wasn’t much to like about the Highland baseball team’s 10-0 dismantling of Sandusky Perkins in a Tiffin Division II Regional semifinal Thursday afternoon at Heminger Field.
It started — and ended — with left-hander Cory Johnston (5-3), who was absolutely [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
CANTON — Perhaps there’s still a little magic in that rabbit’s foot.
Mayfield’s baseball team, a squad known for late-inning heroics, did it again Thursday and this time it gave the Wildcats a berth in the Canton Division I Regional finals against Lakewood St. Edward.
To get there, however, Mayfield had to endure [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
DUBLIN — Mathew Goggin’s first round at Muirfield Village Golf Club ended after eight holes.
He wasn’t injured, rained out or disqualified. He was hungover.
Goggin made better use of his second trip to Muirfield, shooting a 7-under-par 65 Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Memorial Tournament. Kenny [...]

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By MARIA KACIK

Staff Writer
WADSWORTH — A 56-year-old Wadsworth man knelt beside a granite wall on College Street that stretched between High Street and Watrusa Avenue. Searching through thousands of names that are etched in the stone, he placed his right palm on the wall and revealed only four fingers on his hand.
Mark, as the man [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
What’s wrong with Rafael Betancourt?
The right-hander has gone from top-shelf setup man to unreliable late-inning reliever in under a calendar year, with his struggles over the first two months of the regular season serving as yet another reminder of the fickle nature of bullpen work.
Betancourt, one of the Indians’ most consistent relievers [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD

Staff Writer
MONTVILLE TWP. — Six-year-old Olivia Deptowicz and her 3-year-old sister, Jillian, were stirring lemonade mix with wooden spoons in a pitcher at the kitchen table Thursday morning.
“Don’t stick in your fingers!” their mother, Sheila, said before Olivia dipped her finger in to taste the lemonade.
Olivia then climbed up on the kitchen counter [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA TWP. — Medina County sheriff’s deputies were posted at Medina Mitsubishi’s two driveways on state Route 18 Thursday afternoon to ensure none of the 257 mostly new vehicles and other items left the property.
A complaint, filed by Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, which gave Medina Mitsubishi a loan to purchase the [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD

Staff Writer
SHARON TWP. — About 1,500 gallons of fertilizer were spilled from a tank into a tributary of Wolf Creek near Beach Road Monday, killing fish and other wildlife.
The tributary, which is about two miles long, runs north-south along Beach and Fixler Roads into Wolf Creek, which eventually flows into the Barberton reservoir [...]

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