I am thankful for:
Wise preachers
Gifted teachers
Wild creatures
And added features.
Falling snow
Driving slow
A cup of joe
And laying low.
Curb finds
Short lines
Combines
And tall pines.
Babes in arms
Female charms
False alarms
And family farms.
Winsome smiles
Watches with dials
Uncorrupted files
And firewood piles.
Snow blades
Jacks-of-all-trades
Ready-mades
And good grades.
Corn shocks
Short talks
Long walks
And clean socks.
A bit of guilt
A soft lilt
Milk not spilt
And a warm quilt.
Pastels
Service personnel
Church bells
And autumn’s smell.
Four-poster beds
Nut [...]

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By Beth Kilchenman
American Red Cross
In early September, the American Red Cross launched a $100 million nationwide fundraising campaign called the Campaign for Disaster Relief: Disasters Change Lives. You Can Too. We are past the halfway point, raising more than $60 million in cash and pledges.
In support of our Campaign for Disaster Relief, there will [...]

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By Judy A. Totts and Kristen Nowak Winn
Editorial Staff
If shipping a leg lamp or a holiday fruitcake has got you puzzled, just ask Bill Robertson, president of the two UPS stores in Medina.
“We’ve shipped just about everything from Lladró figurines to sheep’s wool,” said Robertson, who opened both the North Court Street and Medina Road [...]

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By LISA HLAVINKA
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — Mama mia! A local restaurant placed third in the semifinal of the 2008 America’s Pizza Championship held in Orlando, Fla., on Sept. 5.
Savory Subs Café and Pizza, 3840 Center Road, beat out competitors from around the country. Only the first-place restaurant, however, moved on to the final round, which pitted [...]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette
Nov. 2 was a beautiful day for Habitat for Humanity of Medina County’s Celebration of a Home. The Rev. Carlson Hall of Grace Baptist Church in Brunswick delivered an invocation, then several members of Habitat welcomed and thanked those who made this new Wadsworth home possible for Jami Smith and [...]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette
Nov. 2 was a beautiful day for Habitat for Humanity of Medina County’s Celebration of a Home. The Rev. Carlson Hall of Grace Baptist Church in Brunswick delivered an invocation, then several members of Habitat welcomed and thanked those who made this new Wadsworth home possible for Jami Smith and [...]

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By CATERINA GUINTA
Staff Intern
SULLIVAN TWP. — The Black River School District is back to normal after more than a year of working around tornado damage.
The gym opened Monday and classes resumed, intermediate school Principal Tammy Starkey said.
“We’re very excited,” she said. “Big smiles on teachers’ and students’ faces.”
An F1 tornado touched down on Aug. [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
BEREA — As the minutes passed and Romeo Crennel wasn’t behind the microphone for his scheduled news conference, the speculation swirled.
Was Crennel in an upstairs office getting fired? Had the 16-6 loss Sunday to the Texans sealed his fate with five weeks left in the season? Had the frustrated fans finally gotten [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
COLUMBUS — Ike Kelley beat Michigan three times in a four-year career as a member of Ohio State’s football team. A two-time All-American, the linebacker regularly pounded Wolverines into submission much to the delight of Buck nuts around the nation.
Kelley has nothing on James Laurinaitis and Malcolm Jenkins.
Laurinaitis and [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — Spike Lee is expected to be there. So are Connie Chung and Maury Povich. Who knows, Lindsay Lohan and Woody Allen might even make an appearance.
Toss in LeBron James, the Big Apple of New York’s professional basketball eye, and Madison Square Garden could be a zoo when the [...]

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