By JEFF VAN LOON
Soil and Water Conservation District
Environmental and liability awareness training for Medina County’s equine industry will be held 6:30 to 9 p.m. Nov. 19 and 20 in Room 309 at the Medina University Tech Center, 6300 Technology Lane, Lafayette Township.
The program curriculum is sanctioned by the Ohio Livestock Coalition. The program is set [...]

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By KRISTEN NOWAK WINN
Accent Editor
Like many soon-to-be-mothers, author Helen Coronato started to realize the significance of her environment when she was pregnant with her first son, now 3.
“Once I became pregnant, I really had to look at my lifestyle and what I was eating and what I was using,” said Coronato, calling from her home [...]

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By MIKE MILLER
OSU Extension Medina County
The drive to develop an alternative source of natural rubber that can grow in Ohio has received another boost, thanks to a competitive grant awarded by the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and funds contributed by Veyance Technologies, the global manufacturer of Goodyear Engineered Products.
OARDC — the research [...]

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By SANDY BARNOSKY
The Pet Lady
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a cat-only disease that cannot be spread to any other species including humans. It was first discovered in domestic cats in the mid 1980s and, according to Cornell Feline Health Center, about 1.5 to 3 percent of domestic cats in the United States are suspected of [...]

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By Jan Gordon
OSU Extension
Is it our job as parents to make our children happy? It certainly seems to be a goal of this generation, from the suburbs to Wall Street.
 
It appears that most children in our society get about everything they’ve ever wanted and even feel a general sense of entitlement.
However, when a [...]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette
“The entire afternoon’s program is a girl thing,” is the way Chairwoman Janie Parish described WOW! — Wonderfully Outrageous Women, the annual event made possible by Medina County’s Women Helping Women, a program of the YWCA of Medina County.
Leilani Matthews of Dillard’s Department Store brought her 25 years of [...]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette
Brunswick Hills Township artist Mark Langan has spent his entire life pursuing his artistic talents; however, it wasn’t until 2003 when he was laid off from his transportation industry job that the 1979 Strongsville High School graduate decided to pursue his creativity fulltime.
Around the same time, Langan also became [...]

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By LISA HLAVINKA
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — Watching 11-year-old Danny Lea eat cheese sticks at Applebee’s in Town Center, no one would guess he is fighting renal disease.
But listening to Danny talk reveals a brave boy wise beyond his years.
Danny and his family, who live on Western Reserve Lane, attended a pie-throwing fundraiser at Applebee’s Monday night, [...]

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Candidates for the 13th Congressional District seat — incumbent Democrat Betty Sutton of Copley Township and Republican David S. Potter of Strongsville — were asked to respond to the following questions.
The 13th district includes Brunswick and Hinckley and Liverpool townships, portions of Lorain County and a majority of Summit County.
What issues do you believe [...]

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James L. Davis, 91, of Strongsville, passed away Monday, Oct. 20, 2008, at his residence.
He was born March 23, 1917, in Richmond, Va.
He is survived by his daughter, Janet S. (Samuel J.) Zelenak of Strongsville; grandchildren, Rebecca (David) Prince, Karen Havelec, Barbara Hezel, Robert (Lori) Hezel and Pamela (Nicholas) Tomson; nine great-grandchildren; and sister-in-law, Kathleen [...]

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