By CATERINA GUINTA
Staff Intern
SULLIVAN TWP. — After nearly 12 hours of negotiating Saturday, unions representing Black River teachers and support staff have called off their strike planned for Wednesday, a Black River Board of Education statement said.
The teachers’ tentative contract was settled around 5 p.m. and the support staffs’ was finalized around 10 Saturday [...]

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Families shop in front of Ormandy’s Trains & Toys, 10 Public Square, shortly after the Holiday Parade of Lights Saturday evening on Public Square in Medina. The parade was part of the 24th annual Candlelight Walk, which ran Friday to Saturday and included an ice carving demonstration, caroling, a corn hole tournament and more. [...]

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Charles “Chuck” Ziegler, 89, passed away peacefully Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, at Wesley Glen Retirement Community in Columbus.
He was born May 3, 1919, in Medina and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University. He spent his early years as an officer in the Air Force. During World War II, he met and married his loving wife, Helen [...]

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David Joseph Winland, 59, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, at his home in Lutz, Fla.
He was born in Wadsworth, grew up in Sharon Center and graduated from Highland High School in 1967. David graduated from the University of Akron in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. He [...]

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Ronnie Morton, 70, of Medina, born Jan. 7, 1938, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, playing league basketball with all of his friends. He wouldn’t have wanted to go any other way.
Ron grew up and lived in the Brunswick/Medina area all his life. He never wanted to be anywhere else; everything he [...]

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James J. Mahoney, 81, of Rittman, a beloved uncle to numerous nieces and nephews, passed away Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008.
He was born in Cleveland to Dennis and Anna Mahoney and was the youngest of seven children. Jim joined the Navy at a young age to proudly serve his country during World War II. He was [...]

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Philip J. Gourlie, 77, of Mary Esther, Fla., passed away Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Mr. Gourlie was born in Milo, Maine, the first child of Percy J. and Hazel L. (Gittings) Gourlie. A former resident of Ohio, he retired from General Telephone Co. of Ohio in 1988 and relocated to [...]

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John M. Bostwick III, 43, of Medina, passed away Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, in Medina.
Mr. Bostwick was born Dec. 2, 1964, in Cleveland. He worked in quality control for Avtron in Independence. He enjoyed golf and hunting, and loved vacationing with his family at Put-In-Bay.
He is survived by his fiancé, Teresa Zimmerman; daughters, [...]

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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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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Maybe general manager Phil Savage was onto something in his infamous e-mail.
There are 31 other teams Browns fans could root for, and they can’t all be this maddening.
The team that excited everyone with 10 wins last year, significant offseason additions and glimpses of brilliance this season is officially done teasing [...]

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