By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
WESTFIELD CENTER — Students at Westfield Upper Elementary School watched and cheered as a black Chinook, which saw action in Iraq and Afghanistan, landed by the playground Wednesday afternoon.
At almost 100 feet long, the Ohio Army National Guard helicopter could be seen and heard from several miles away. While descending, the force [...]

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- While an officer in a police cruiser was on patrol in the 1900 block of Rocklyn Drive at 1:55 a.m. Tuesday, a car traveling in the opposite lane drove over the center line, forcing him to move the cruiser to avoid hitting the vehicle.
After the officer pulled the car over, he reportedly smelled marijuana [...]

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Carl “Butch” Deimling, 74, of Grafton Township, passed away Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, at Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights after a short illness.
He was born June 14, 1934, in Valley City, living in the Medina and Lorain County areas all his life. He was a member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
MEDINA — Four Medina County youth football teams scored the ultimate touchdown recently.
In the Northeast Ohio Youth Football Conference, three squads representing Medina Bees Youth Football — the varsity Storm, junior varsity Broncos and bantam Eagles — won title games, while the Highland Hornets “Green” varsity captured the Midwest Conference championship.
The [...]

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Millicent B. Simon, 94, of Remsen Corners, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008, in Medina.
She was born June 8, 1914, in Hinckley Township. Mrs. Simon was a former hearing technician for the Medina County school system. She was a member of Remsen Christian Church and the Eastern Star of Richfield.
Mrs. Simon is survived by [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
MEDINA — The Stockman Basketball Youth Fall League recently crowned three champions.
In the sixth-grade boys division, Doug Hagmeire’s squad of Tyler Hagmeire, Nathan Scott, Robert Miller, Ryan Cobb, Hayden Roskey, Bobby Toth, Tristan Widnmeyen, Jake Johnson, Ryan Auber and Nick Willis finished first.
The sixth-grade girls title went to Tyrone Tripp’s team, [...]

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Barbara A. Tardiff, 56, of Lake Placid, Fla., passed away suddenly Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, due to an automobile accident.
She was born in Pennsylvania to Ken and Jean Michaels, later moving to Valley City, where she was a longtime resident. She was loved and will be greatly missed.
Mrs. Tardiff is survived by her husband, [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
BEREA — Defensive back Travis Daniels has spent the entire season waiting for his opportunity with the Browns. It finally arrived Wednesday — at the expense of Brandon McDonald.
Coach Romeo Crennel announced that Daniels will split practice time with McDonald this week and could take over as the starting right cornerback when [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
BEREA — Romeo Crennel takes pride in being known around the NFL as a players’ coach.
That’s why he considered the recent comments by Jamal Lewis and Joshua Cribbs to be a personal insult, specifically their use of the word “quit” in describing some of their teammates on the Browns.
“When that word, quit, [...]

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By ALBERT GRINDLE
Staff Writer
Highland’s football team knows what it will be facing next year without all-time leading rusher Chris Snook.
Seems like the 6-foot-3, 230-pounder’s big shoes will be hard to fill, right?
Not to Snook.
He knows Aaron Maslowski is ready to transform the backfield from thunder to lightning.
“He would start for every team in (the [...]

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