By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — They learned how snap a forearm in half, blow out a knee and do some serious damage to a few choice places on an attacker’s body, but, more importantly, they learned ways to prevent becoming a victim.
Ten women who completed a self-defense class offered for free by the city police [...]

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Elsie Corrine “Dolly” (nee Brown) Bell, 75, of Oberlin, passed away Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008, at her home following a long illness.
She was born July 7, 1933, in Turtle Creek, Pa., to James Double Brown and Elsie Mae (nee Hankinson) Brown. She was named after her mother, but nicknamed “Dolly” by her grandfather. She [...]

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Ronald Januszewski, 63, of York Township, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008.
Ronald was born in Cleveland. He was employed at Ford Motor Co. at the Walton Hills Stamping Plant for 27 years. He was a member of UAW Local 420. He liked to cook and enjoyed spending time with his family, fishing, traveling and playing [...]

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Reginald H. MacDougall, 76, of Medina, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, at the Cleveland Clinic.
He was born Feb. 8, 1932, in O’Leary, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He was a civil engineer for Davy McKee Engineering Consultants. He was a member of American Legion Post 234 and the Medina Fraternal Order of Eagles. Mr. MacDougall [...]

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By ADAM FERRISE
Special to The Gazette
Chris Matejka loves to relive the moment captured on video, but it’s also still fresh in his memory.
The video depicts Matejka letting loose with a primal scream, posing for pictures and celebrating with his Cloverleaf
teammates after a 2-1 win at Brecksville, which later in the season lost just 1-0 [...]

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CHEERS: to Highland High School for being named one of America’s best high schools by U.S. News and World Report based on a “college readiness index” that included criteria such as advanced placement tests and state benchmark exams. “Readiness starts with day one. It goes all the way down to kindergarten,” high school Principal Pete [...]

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