By Mona Jacobson
Special to The Gazette
In your days as a student, did you study or perhaps even memorize “The Declaration of Independence”? Remember the phrase, “the pursuit of happiness”? I find it strange that of all the things the authors of this document could have found as a common “unalienable right,” they chose this as [...]

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By Sandy Ciupak
Special to The Gazette
When Ruth Crane of Granger Township found a swollen lymph node under her left arm in late December 2007, her doctors weren’t overly concerned.
She was only 37, she had no family history of breast cancer, and she was still nursing her third son, Gavin.
She was advised to wait.
Six weeks [...]

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By Judy A. Totts
Religion Editor
“Have you ever heard that President Andrew Jackson slept at the Friendsville Hotel?”
In all the reels of microfilm and reams of dusty, yellowing newsprint I’ve rooted through during the past 15 years for the Time Frames column, I had not. The caller, John North Jr. of Brunswick Hills Township, who grew [...]

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By Sandy Ciupak
Special to The Gazette
Ruth Crane of Granger Township remembers exactly where she was when she first got the idea.
It was April 2008. Just a few weeks into chemotherapy for breast cancer, Crane had been hospitalized with a fever. Doctors needed to monitor her for 48 hours to rule out infection, which can [...]

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By SANDRA FAHNING
Special to The Gazette
It officially has been fall since Sept. 22, and we now know “this truth to be self evident” because it’s time for the fall Writers Live Book and Author Luncheon.
The luncheon is presented by the Medina County District Library and the Friends of the Medina Library.
The guest speaker will [...]

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By JUDY A. TOTTS
Religion Editor
MEDINA — “Hail, Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. … ”
Today at noon, hundreds of voices will fill the square with the age-old prayer for the Rosary Rally, part of the America Needs Fatima crusade, encouraging people to pray [...]

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Frank Elchesen, 83, a loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008, at his son and daughter-in-law’s home in Cinnamon Lake.
He was born Nov. 8, 1924, to William and Anna Elchesen. He retired from Gould in 1987 with 35 years of service. Mr. Elchesen was a member of Medina VFW Post 5137 [...]

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Victor M. Medina, 39, of Lafayette Township, passed away suddenly Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, in Medina.
He was born Dec. 6, 1968, in Mexico and worked as a machine operator.
Mr. Medina is survived by his wife, Arcelia (nee Reyez); children, Adrian, Leslie and Emmanuel; parents, Valeriano and Emma; siblings, Mauro, Flor, Lupe, Anita, Abdon, Mela, Candido, [...]

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Michael R. Spradlin, 38, of Medina, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008, in Cleveland.
He was born March 17, 1970, in Cleveland. Mike was a plant engineer for UPS. He was a preacher, Sunday school teacher and trustee at Freedom Baptist Church. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, cars and riding his Harley.
He is survived by his [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA TWP. — The passage of a levy would allow the Medina County Health Department to continue services even as the office loses some of its funding from the state, Health Commissioner Dr. Daniel Raub said.
To meet its rising needs, the health department will have a 10-year, 0.27-mill replacement levy on the [...]

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