By JUDY A. TOTTS
Religion Editor
Since its beginning, Thanksgiving has been about sharing the bounty of the harvest. Several area churches will continue the tradition by opening their doors and their kitchens to the community.
The Rev. Brian Liechty, pastor of New Life Christian Fellowship in Medina, said their purpose is to do anything they can to [...]

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By JUDY A. TOTTS
Religion Editor
LITCHFIELD TWP. — When a group of 13 people decided to organize as Litchfield Baptist Church in 1833, they chose 2 Chronicles 7:12 as their dedication verse: “And the Lord ap-peared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place for myself [...]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette
For A Christmas Story House & Museum Executive Director Steve Siedlecki, it’s a thin line between fandom and obsession.
An admitted fanatic regarding Jean Shepherd’s 1983 holiday classic movie “A Christmas Story,” which was filmed in Cleveland, the Brunswick native decided a few years ago he had to be involved with [...]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette
A desire to dance is what Hinckley Township resident Terri Orban saw early on in her daughter Amanda, who is now a Hinckley Elementary School first-grader and student at the Christine Jones-Meneer School of Dance.
“Amanda loves to dance,” Orban said. “In fact, her favorite show is ‘Dancing With the [...]

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By SANDRA FAHNING
Special to The Gazette
Like writing, reading can be a lonely pastime. It differs from attending a movie or concert by yourself in that there are others around to share in the enjoyment.
You might converse with your neighbors about how good the film was or why it was a disappointing concert.
But when [...]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette
It’s a season of homecomings and reunions at the Great Lakes Theater Festival’s 20th annual production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” Nov. 28 through Dec. 23 in the Ohio Theatre.
Even though the Great Lakes Theater Festival recently moved into its own renovated venue, the Hanna Theatre, its holiday [...]

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By Judy A. Totts
Religion Editor
You don’t hear much about Jack Frost in this day of double-hung windows. But the mythical artist who paints crystal landscapes on glass never failed to show up at our old house in Weymouth.
Delicate fronds and wispy fantasy flowers silvered the windows and blocked my 6-year-old’s view of the snowdrifts that [...]

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Gaspere Anello, 89, of Wadsworth, passed away Friday, Nov. 21, 2008.
He was born Dec. 5, 1918, in Pioppo, Italy. He came to the U.S. to live in 1969. He loved to garden, play cards and bocci, and enjoyed movies, smoking and eating Italian food.
He is survived by his son, Jack (Mindy) Anello; daughter, Anna Derhammer [...]

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Leila “Pat” E. (nee Behrens) Craft, 74, passed away, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008.
She was the loving mother of Doug and Connie Lou Hutson; dear grandmother of 13; great-grandmother of 24; and dear sister of Lawrence Behrens, Caroline Poplar and Josephine Roman.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer L. Craft; sons, Joseph, Stephen [...]

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Dorothy (nee Tyrpak) Kasper, 83, has passed away.
She was the loving mother of Karen (Duane) Green and Cheryl (Michael) Jacobson; dear grandmother of Geoff, Scott, Kevin (Cheryl) and Bryan Green, and Dawn and Paul (Lori) Jacobson; dearest great-grandmother of Evan; and an aunt, great-aunt and great-great-aunt.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Martin [...]

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