By Jan Gordon
OSU Extension
If you recently watched the Olympics, you saw many examples of youth dedicating their lives to a sport and receiving much fame and fortune in return.
So, your kids now may be lobbying to become involved in swimming, gymnastics or soccer. If you decide to take this step, how can you make [...]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette
About 100 people attended the Medina County Goodwill Employee of Distinction Luncheon, Celebrating Shining Stars, Sept. 4 at Blue Heron Golf Club, when 18 outstanding employees from local businesses were honored for going above and beyond work expectations.
The honorees were: Melissa Bargo, Rose Bartuccio, Ashley Beyer, Jim Fox, Niki [...]

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By Judy A. Totts
Religion Editor
It may take a village to raise a child, but a paper route helps send him to college.
What started as a three-month summer job for our son, James, turned into a three-year stint of bag and toss. With no other job in sight to bridge the weeks between high school graduation [...]

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By Kristen Nowak Winn
Accent Editor
I’m sure every fashionista in Medina County will cringe when they read this, but I’ll say it anyway:
I think it’s time for those early ’90s mood rings to make a comeback.
At least, that’s what I wish I could wear when I’m picking out a bottle of wine. Pinot Grigio or Pinot [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR and LISA HLAVINKA
Staff Writers
Medina residents Robert and Monica Brownell were gearing up to watch the Browns game Sunday night when an explosion and huge flash ripped their attention from the TV screen to their front window.
The explosion was a transformer that blew after a large tree fell across a primary power line [...]

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By CATERINA GUINTA
Staff Intern
BRUNSWICK — Sunday night’s winds were so strong they knocked over a nearly 100-foot tree onto a cluster home.
Mary Baronak, of 4500 Stone Creek Drive, said she was sitting in her home watching the treacherous winds when she heard a big crash at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
“I thought ‘Oh my gosh, what [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
SHARON TWP. — Kimberly Miller is following in her father Emil Bolas’ footsteps as the second member of her family to serve as township trustee.
Miller was sworn in by Probate Judge John J. Lohn Monday morning and will serve the rest of Bolas’ term, which expires in December 2009.
To become trustee, [...]

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MEDINA — The Hinckley Township man indicted for allegedly causing a car accident that killed two Strongsville teenagers on Bellus Road in July pleaded not guilty to three felony counts against him Monday.
Andrei Zaharie, 21, of 1115 Bellus Road, wore a cast on his left leg and was in a wheelchair during the hearing.
He is [...]

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Mary Ruth Carpenter, 65, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, after a long, courageous battle with cancer.
The family would like to thank the Wayne County Home Hospice, Southwest General Residential Hospice and Falling Water staff for all the care given.
She was preceded in death by her beloved [...]

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Sylvia B. Chadwick, 96, of Brunswick, passed away Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, in Brunswick.
She was born July 23, 1912, in Fairhaven, N.J. Sylvia worked in the kitchen at Riverview Hospital in Red Bank, N.J., for 18 years. She attended Brunswick Reformed Church and worked with the Salvation Army for more than 51 years in [...]

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