By MIKE MILLER
OSU Extension Medina County
Crop fields can be at risk from compaction when spreading manure just as much as when using any other farm equipment.
Randall Reeder, an Ohio State University Extension agricultural engineer, has completed research on soil compaction when farmers use manure handling equipment.
“Farmers who spread manure know of the potential compaction [...]

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By LORRAINE BARNETT
Special to The Gazette
Plant: Yarrow
Latin name: Achillea millefolium
Description: Flat-topped flower heads of common yarrow can be seen scattered in stretches of open fields or along the roadsides throughout the United States in shades of white or cream, their airy fern leaves allowing summer breezes to flow through them. But today, garden centers supply [...]

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By Kristen Nowak Winn
Accent Editor
Bright colors, bold patterns turn an old-fashioned idea into more of a fashion statement — while making a big environmental impact.
D.I.Y.
Do a quick search online, and you’ll come up with many patterns for making your own reusable shopping bag. My mom made this one for about $4.
Sew it: Check out blogs [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — The sports programs at Brunswick have run as smooth as maple syrup over flapjacks over the past three school years.
The onus for Pete DeMonte, who will take over for Tom Taylor as the school’s athletic director on Aug. 1, is to make sure the blue and white stay that way.
An [...]

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You may think there aren’t many questions confronting the Indians over the remainder of the season other than maybe, “How much worse can they get?” But here are a few things to ponder as the Tribe puts the wraps on a 2008 to forget:
QUESTION: Will the Indians remain competitive, as they were against the majors’ [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
No matter the circumstances. No matter the record the year before. No matter the gaping holes in the roster.
Browns fans always find reason for optimism when training camp arrives at the end of July.  
This year is no exception. For the first time since the team’s return in 1999, however, those rosy expectations [...]

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By Molly Merkle
Red Cross
The Wadsworth Red Cross, which has been operating as a certified service delivery unit under the leadership of the Summit County Chapter since 2005, aligned with the Medina County Chapter on July 1.
In an effort to strengthen service delivery, maintain community presence and demonstrate effective use of donor dollars, the [...]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette
Enthusiasm abounded at Rinky Dink Family Fun Center on June 21 during the second annual Great Rinky Dink Extreme Putt-Putt Challenge to benefit the Akron Children’s Hospital Showers Family Clinic for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
Sponsor Prudential Kovack Realtors raised more than $16,000 last year. This year they raised $25,253, [...]

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By Judy A. Totts
Religion Editor
As you might have guessed from some of our recent stories and columns, Accent Editor Kristen Nowak Winn and I have been making an effort to “Go Green.”
This actually is a renewal of my intention to become more ecology-minded, a strategy started years ago but, like the rest of me, [...]

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By John Benson
Special to The Gazette
For about 20 years, Brunswick resident Pauline Cogar, 79, has been exploring her artistic passion as an oil painter.
Educated by a certain familiar afro-ed public television artist and inspired by her lifelong creative dream, this West Virginia native is finally putting her God-given talents to work by producing six [...]

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