By LORRAINE BARNETT
Special to The Gazette
Plant: Hybrid Musk Rose
Latin name: Rosa “Ballerina”
Description: Soft powder pink and small single roses cluster like gems in the garden as they satisfy the senses from early summer into autumn.
Unique in its structure, the Ballerina shrub grows into a mellow green mass reaching about 4 feet tall, while the [...]

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By MIKE MILLER
OSU Extension Medina County
I’ve had several calls regarding the cost of hay recently. Rory Lewandowski, OSU Educator in Athens County, put together this report to help Ohio farmers price hay.
One farmer, trying to determine what to charge for essentially renting hay ground, reasoned that if the renter was going to sell small square [...]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette
For any family with small children, a rite of passage (or confirmation of insanity) is the monumental trek to Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.
Considering our boys — ages 5 and 7 — were now old enough to both fully enjoy and hopefully remember a trip to Orlando, thus justifying the [...]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette
The rain that had persisted all night and into the morning stopped in time to allow dry weather for the ribbon cutting ceremony that took place June 14, marking the official opening of the Brunswick branch of the Medina County Federal Credit Union.
MCFCU President Pete Grimm, along with Branch Manager [...]

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By Kristen Nowak Winn
Accent Editor
Ron Gundel of Medina found a creative way to merge his two favorite interests, art and construction.
In his exhibit at the Asterisk Gallery in Cleveland, which ended Saturday, Gundel explored sculpture while defining himself as an artist.
The Gazette: What inspired you to put together this exhibition?
Ron Gundel: I hadn’t shown in [...]

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By Sandra Fahning
Special to The Gazette
While cleaning out the refrigerator recently, I was giving a couple of miscellaneous containers the age-old sniff and toss test. My husband questioned my decision to discard a half-used container of vanilla frosting. He peered inside the container and declared it to be useable. Now, while I would be embarrassed [...]

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By Betty Carlisle
Special to The Gazette
Headlines in the 1960s heralded hippies, the youth counterculture, anti-Vietnam War protests, civil rights riots and sit-ins, the British invasion of music, the Woodstock Festival’s summer love fest and the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and Robert B. Kennedy.
Memories of Medina County residents born in [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — High hopes greeted the Indians as they entered the 2008 season, fresh off a Central Division title in their most successful year in over a decade.
Now, in last place and all but out of contention, they are waving goodbye to their ace.
During a news conference at Progressive Field on Monday, [...]

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By BETTY SZUDLO
Sports Editor
Tom Kies doesn’t mind making an extra trip to his college alma mater this year.
In his words, “It will be awesome.”
In ceremonies during the weekend of Aug. 29, Kies will be inducted into the Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame. He will become the 10th Marshall athlete with ties to golf to [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
URBANA — Division I All-Ohio wide receivers who break Medina County records for career receiving yards and touchdowns receptions usually don’t have a problem latching onto a college.
Neither do wideouts who set single-season marks in yards gained, touchdown catches and receptions.
Jordan Gribble is the exception to the rule.
A standout 5-10, 160-pound [...]

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