10 Principles of Positive Discipline
A five-week series of “10 Principles of Positive Discipline: Bringing Back the Joy and the Connection,” will explain conscious discipline — a shift from seeking to create an obedient child to nurturing a productive member of a family or classroom.
Classes will be held 9:15 to 11:15 a.m. Oct. 14, 28, Nov. [...]

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By JUDY A. TOTTS
Religion Editor
MEDINA — In her new book, “Beyond the Threshold,” author Laura Adams shares a year she spent with God. The introduction describes her selection of the title, although it may sound “ethereal or philosophical,” as “the most practical explanation of the revelation God has given me as I have journeyed through [...]

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By ANGELA HUSTON
Special to The Gazette
MEDINA — On Sept. 20, greeters Don and Carolee Rafn welcomed everyone to the annual luncheon at which the United Church of Christ Congregational honors members with 50 years or more of membership.
Following a social hour during which guests rekindled long time friendships, the Rev. Dr. Neal Sadler, pastor [...]

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By Kristen Nowak Winn
Accent Editor
For anyone who thinks his or her family is dysfunctional — you haven’t met the Wingfields.
And if you still live at home with your parents, this is a performance you’ll more than appreciate.
The play: “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams.
The theater: The Cleveland Play House, 8500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland.
The cast: [...]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette
For years, Medina native and 1976 Medina High School graduate Peter Gensemer has been hoping to bring his magic back to his hometown.
Known worldwide as illusionist Peter Gossamer, Gensemer finally found the right opportunity to fulfill not only his desire, but a longstanding wish from his father, Richard, who [...]

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By SANDRA FAHNING
Special to The Gazette
Unless one is fascinated by a nonfiction book’s subject matter, it’s for sure that most books of the genre won’t be labeled “a real page turner” or reviewed as a “you won’t want to put this book down.”
It’s interesting to find then, with author Emilio Corsetti III’s book, [...]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette
When it came time to program the 2008-09 Medina County Show Biz Company season, officials decided to add variety in the form of a thriller.
The result is “Wait Until Dark,” which appears weekends Oct. 3 through 18 at the Broadway Street Hall in Medina.
“I think all community theaters [...]

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By JUDY A. TOTTS
Religion Editor
Russet and amber leaves waltz down the wind like bright feathers, swirling across the sidewalks, crunching underfoot. Mornings wrap themselves in the scent of brittle gardens and lingering silver frost. Night windows frame new constellations, and cut-out orange pumpkins decorate the windows of the elementary schools.
The year turns its face [...]

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Laura Lou (nee Goebelt) Bogdonsky, 62, of Seville, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, at Palliative Care & Hospice at Summa Health System in Akron.
She was born May 26, 1946, in Cleveland and was raised in Wilton, Conn. She was a resident of Medina County for 15 years. She graduated in 1965 from [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — Lineman Dan Valore called it “taking care of business.” Coach Rich Nowak preferred the term “blue-collar performance.”
Both were correct.
Brunswick’s football team was efficient and effective — workmanlike, if you will — in posting a 42-14 win over Elyria in the Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division opener for both squads Friday.
“They’re [...]

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