By MIKE MILLER
OSU Extension Medina County
Ohio regulations allow open burning with written permission from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, or if the fire is for certain limited uses, like cooking fires, campfires, warmth, ceremonial or recreational purposes. Fires must use clean, seasoned firewood or clean- burning fuel, be less than 3 feet in diameter and [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — The good times continue to roll for the Cavaliers.
Cleveland will enter its game against the Toronto Raptors tonight at Quicken Loans Arena with a 17-3 overall record and a perfect 11-0 mark at home.
On top of that, the Cavaliers have won eight straight games – by an average margin [...]

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By ADAM FERRISE
Special to The Gazette
Elaina Lanson, last year’s freshman sensation and Wadsworth’s first-ever girls individual state qualifier, is finally healthy.
Lanson battled shoulder and neck injuries all of last season, but is finally showing her true form.
Last season, her training time was limited because of injuries but she kept swimming, finishing 18th at [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
BEREA — The Browns season has been done for quite some time, but the point – a painful and obvious one – was driven home Sunday in Tennessee.
Watching Ken Dorsey try to compete with a Super Bowl contender caused an instinctive move toward the fast-forward button.
While NFL rules demand the Browns [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas knows how to rebound — in more ways than one.
On the court, Ilgauskas will break Brad Daugherty’s franchise record for career rebounds tonight at Quicken Loans Arena with his fourth board against the Toronto Raptors.
Off the court, the extremely likable Lithuanian has rebounded from a [...]

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By Judy A. Totts
Editorial Staff
No trip to Mansfield would be complete without a visit to the Richland Carrousel Park at the corner of 4th and Main streets. A favorite spot to celebrate birthday parties, the indoor carrousel is open year-round. It features 52 hand-carved wooden animals and two chariots. It’s the first hand-carved carrousel built [...]

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By Angela Huston
Special to The Gazette
A Signature Event, the 2008 Project: LEARN autographed book auction, was held Nov. 14 in the Grand Ballroom at Weymouth Country Club. About 125 guests bid on more than 85 silent auction items and purchased tickets for wine and jewelry raffles as well as a wooden bookcase filled with many [...]

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By JUDY A. TOTTS
Editorial staff
MANSFIELD — Carrousel memories and music stay with you forever, and a trip to Carrousel Magic in Mansfield brings it all back in sharp focus.
The moment you walk through the shop door, you know there’s magic there, all right, the kind that conjures dreams of childhood visits to the fair. The [...]

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Editor’s note: This is a revised version of a column that ran several years ago.
By Judy A. Totts
Editorial Staff
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.”
All right. I admit it. I love schmaltzy Christmas movies, the schmaltzier, the better. “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” “It’s a Wonderful Life.” And every [...]

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Troyer’s Dutch Heritage of Bellville
720 State Route 97 West
Bellville at Interstate 71 Exit 165
419-886-7070
www.troyercorp.com
If it’s comfort food you’re looking for after a day at Mid Ohio Raceway, Kingwood Center or Mohican State Park, don’t miss Troyer’s Dutch Heritage restaurant for Amish-style cooking at its made-from-scratch best. It’s open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through [...]

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