By RICK NOLAND
As the Brunswick football team was charging onto the field Saturday night at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, likable and talented two-way starter Dan Valore got his feet tangled with those of a teammate and face-planted into the turf before the first whistle had blown.
With 11:43 to go in the third period, Blue Devils [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
MASSILLON — Finding the top of the mountain can be a slippery slope for high school football teams in the playoffs. Once at the summit, momentum usually kicks in and good things start to happen.
Third-seeded Brunswick never found the crest Saturday night and it turned into a one-sided 28-3 victory by second-seeded [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
SEVILLE — When someone asked the meeting audience if they were in favor of eliminating the village’s board of public affairs, nobody raised a hand.
A standing-room-only crowd gathered Saturday morning at the village hall for a public meeting called by council to discuss a proposal to replace the elected three-member board of [...]

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Brunswick High School student Katelyn Gajewski (left), 17, paints the letter “H” onto Brian Belica (right), 17, while classmate Victoria Strapko prepares Andrew Copenhaver (center), 17, to be the letter “B” in “BHS” on Saturday. The fans were waiting for the regional semifinal game between Brunswick and Canton GlenOak High School in Massillon. (Andrew [...]

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Tammy Yates, 43, of Westfield Township, passed away Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, in Akron.
She was born April 3, 1965, in West Chester, Pa. She worked as a secretary for a number of years with the Medina County Building Department. Mrs. Yates loved horses and dogs, and enjoyed snowmobiling.
She is survived by her husband of [...]

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Fred Raines, 93, of Elyria, passed away Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, at Wesleyan Village in Elyria from natural causes.
He was born April 28, 1915, in Red Creek, W.Va. He was an Elyria resident since 1954. Mr. Raines was employed at the General Motors Fisher Body plant in Elyria as a shipping and material handler [...]

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Ruth E. Pritchard, 92, a 43-year resident of Medina, passed away Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, in Medina.
She was born Sept. 9, 1916, in Canton. Mrs. Pritchard was a lifelong kindergarten teacher in Parma Heights and a Cloverleaf reading teacher for 17 years. She attended Kent State and Duke universities and was a member [...]

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Julie E. Ostrander, 67, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008.
Mrs. Ostrander was a graduate of Western Reserve Mather College, class of 1962, and Berea High School, class of 1959. She was loved dearly and will be greatly missed.
She was the wife of 45 years of William; mother of Brady and Susan; and grandmother of [...]

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Charles L. “Charlie” Fullerton, 72, of Wadsworth, passed away Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008.
He was born Sept. 12, 1936, in Medina to Myles and Gladys Fullerton. Mr. Fullerton served in the Marine Corps Reserve and owned and operated Fullerton Concrete in Wadsworth from 1967 to 1981. He continued in the construction business in Houston until [...]

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William J. Eyssen, 82, of Brunswick, passed away at home on Saturday, Nov. 8, surrounded by his family.
Born in 1926 to Elmer and Clara Eyssen, Bill was a lifelong resident of Brunswick, graduating as valedictorian of the class of 1944. He served two years in the Navy on the USS Essex as a radioman. [...]

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