By SANDY BARNOSKY
The Pet Lady
Lady, a 12-year-old mare, was underweight and suffering from a painful deformed hoof when Brenda Lewis first saw her standing in a paddock, knee-deep in mud. Scars covered her back where she had been beaten. Lewis’s heart went out to her, and she struggled to come up with enough money to [...]

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By KRISTEN NOWAK WINN
Accent Editor
Tonight, I’ll be shoulder-to-shoulder with thousands of Jack Johnson fans at his concert at Blossom Music Center. As it turns out, we’ll be singing the greens.
The soulful artist/songwriter and his wife, Kim, have been dedicated to greening the tour for several years. In 2005, they, along with their crew, the marketing [...]

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By MIKE MILLER
OSU Extension Medina County
Rich Clayton Fisheries and Aquaculture Specialist Iowa State University Extension provided the following report on pond weed control.
Spring is the time to consider your aquatic vegetation management plan for your pond. The excessive vegetation that was in your pond last year is easier to control when the water temperature is [...]

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By KRISTEN NOWAK WINN
Accent Editor
Tonight, I’ll be shoulder-to-shoulder with thousands of Jack Johnson fans at his concert at Blossom Music Center. As it turns out, we’ll be singing the greens.
The soulful artist/songwriter and his wife, Kim, have been dedicated to greening the tour for several years. In 2005, they, along with their crew, the marketing [...]

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By ADAM FERRISE
Special to The Gazette
Don’t tell Brunswick administrators, but Julie Salzman would coach the Blue Devils softball team for free.
The last four years Salzman has accumulated a 94-20 record as head coach, and this season she accomplished something no Brunswick softball coach has been able to do in the last 22 years.
Salzman [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Right around the time Travis Hafner, the Indians’ top run producer over the past three seasons, went on the disabled list in late May, Cleveland’s flat-lining offense began to show a pulse.
When the team’s top hitter, catcher Victor Martinez followed suit less than two weeks later, it got even better.
Don’t [...]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette
The United Way of Medina County’s 79th annual meeting and volunteer recognition luncheon was held May 28 at Weymouth Country Club.
Executive Director Julie King described United Way as having gone from a fundraising organization to a community support organization. She asked guests to proudly wear the “LIVE UNITED — [...]

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By ANGELA HUSTON
Special to The Gazette
The local, state and national orders of Kings Daughters and Sons has taken on the daunting task of creating an awareness about the pervasive lack of basic literacy skills, and autism, the world’s fastest growing developmental disability.
The circles in the Medina County Union have embraced this project and are doing [...]

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By Kristen Nowak Winn
Accent Editor
Love ’em or hate ’em, there’s no escaping summer potlucks. From work lunches to family get-togethers, the concept of everybody bringing something to share really takes the front stage as more people entertain on a budget.
But before you show up to the party with potato salad in hand, there are a [...]

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By BETTY CARLISLE
Special to The Gazette
“Somebody must be having a big party,” thought Medina resident Judy Auman as the car driven by her neighbor and minister, the Rev. Tony Myles of Connection Church, entered their Westgrove Court cul-de-sac on June 8.
Myles, his wife Katie, Judy and her husband, Clint, had lingered after church services to [...]

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