By LORRAINE BARNETT
Special to The Gazette
Plant: Sugar pumpkin
Common name: Pie pumpkin, field pumpkin
Latin name: Cucurbita pepo
Description: Sugary sweet and deep orange in color, the sugar pumpkins are not like every other pumpkin. Sugar pumpkins tend to be a bit smaller in size. They are softer, too. But though they are smooth and beautiful, sugar pumpkins [...]

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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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We asked our readers to submit their most creative pumpkin creations, and we were awed by the results. Here are Medina County’s finest from the patch:

(Andrew Dolph | Staff Photographer)

1st place — Youth
Painted black and adorned with jewels, Taylor Neff, 13, of Spencer Township’s creation really adds sparkle to the room.
1st [...]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette
Oct. 8 was a rainy, windy, chilly day when Medina Creative Housing held its Medina Creative Living ground breaking ceremony on Reagan Parkway.
But everyone attending ignored the weather and agreed it was a glorious day with internal sunshine created by the smiles of the people who were so excited [...]

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By Beth Kilchenman
American Red Cross
With witches, goblins and super heroes descending on neighborhoods across the country, the American Red Cross offers parents some safety tips to help prepare their children for a safe and enjoyable trick-or-treat holiday.
Halloween should be filled with surprise and enjoyment. Following some common sense practices can keep events safer and [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
SHARON TWP. — The only mementos Bath Township residents Bob and Janet Hill have of their 1973 and 1974 Plymouth Barracudas are pictures on their cell phones.
“The photos are all gone,” said Bob Hill, since they were stored in the same unit as the cars destroyed by fire late Monday morning.
His yellow [...]

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- Two GPS units were taken from two vehicles at Lodi Station Outlets, 9909 Avon Lake Road, Harrisville Township, between 2 and 5:30 p.m. Oct. 15. Windows were broken to gain entry.
- A 1988 Chevy Z28 was reported stolen from Blaster Fulfillment, 6185 Norwalk Road, York Township, on the afternoon of Oct. 19. The last [...]

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Edna Sadie Henderson, 88, of Medina, passed away Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008, at the home of her daughter, Jeannette Gavlak, in Lodi. She was surrounded by her loving family.
Edna was born Feb. 23, 1920, in London, England. She was an only child who spent her summers bicycling to England’s beaches with her lifelong friend [...]

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Betty Heyburn peacefully entered heaven on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008, to join her husband of 50 years, Don, and son, Glenn, to live forever with the lord.
Betty was born in Fenie, British Columbia, moved to Scotland and then to Brooklyn, N.Y., at age 5. She attended St. John’s Hospital Nurses School and received her [...]

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Bonnie T. Kiene, 93, of Valley City, went to be with her lord on Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, at Hospice at The Inn at Medina.
She was born June 6, 1915, in Willows, Calif., to Harvey and Mercy Fisher. She married D. Nelson Kiene on Oct. 22, 1936, and they gave all their family a [...]

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