By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — There’s a part of Cavaliers coach Mike Brown that is never going to change.
While much has been made of Cleveland’s increased offensive tempo after the addition of lightning-quick point guard Mo Williams, Brown does not want his players to forget where their bread is buttered.
That’s why the Cavaliers, who [...]

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By ADAM FERRISE
Special to The Gazette
STRONGSVILLE — Ohio boys cross country runners may feel a little more discouraged after the Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division meet Saturday thanks to Donny Roys’ performance.
Roys, the defending Division I state champion, ran a career-best 15:12 in winning the NOC individual title — 33 seconds ahead of Strongsville’s [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
YORK TWP. — Cloverleaf and Buckeye both claimed outright conference championships on Thursday night. The Colts won the Suburban League crown, while the Bucks captured the Patriot Athletic Conference title.
On Saturday morning, the talented volleyball teams played for another honor: the mythical Medina County championship.
Cloverleaf earned local bragging rights for the second [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — For those unfamiliar with “Monday Night Football” — it has been five looooong years since the Browns played on the unique stage — Hank Williams Jr. opens every telecast by screaming: Are you ready for some football?
When it comes to the Browns’ matchup with the Giants tonight on ESPN, he [...]

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By CATERINA GUINTA
Staff Intern
The Medina County Recorder’s Office is in the middle of bringing the office into the digital world — transferring information from books to computer files.
Each candidate running in November — Republican incumbent Colleen Swedyk and Democrat Larry Courtney — believes getting the books filed electronically is a priority.
To aid in the conversion, [...]

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Above: Hannah Parker, 10, of Medina, gets a little assistance with untangling her fishing line Saturday during the Pioneers in the Park festival at Buckeye Woods Park in Lafayette Township. Hannah and her parents, Bill and Kelly Parker, volunteered as re-enactors who portrayed early American pioneers. Below: Kevin Provagna (middle) falls while his son, Lorenzo [...]

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Betty J. (nee Lance) Erb, 79, of Medina and a former resident of the Brunswick and Valley City areas for many years, passed away along with her husband, Lawrence E. “Larry” Erb, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, as the result of an automobile accident.
She was born Jan. 1, 1929, in Medina. She was a [...]

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Lawrence E. “Larry” Erb, 84, of Medina and a former resident of the Brunswick and Valley City areas for many years, passed away along with his wife, Betty J. Erb, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, as the result of an automobile accident.
He was born Aug. 6, 1924, in Garrettsville Township. He was the owner of [...]

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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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Gertrude M. Tiffany, 76, of Wadsworth, passed away Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008.
She was born Nov. 15, 1931, in Johnstown, Pa., to John T. and Helen C. Chernisky. Mrs. Tiffany was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Sacred Heart Altar and Rosary Society and Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital Auxiliary. She retired from Akron General Medical Center [...]

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