By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND - The Indians searched all of last season to find an effective closer for their beleaguered bullpen.
It took them under a week at baseball’s winter meetings to locate their stopper for 2009.
Ending days of speculation that began with an offer to longtime Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood in Las Vegas, Cleveland made [...]

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By HO HOFFMAN
Special to The Gazette
RITTMAN —  The Rittman Indians proved to be rude hosts Saturday night, not even allowing Buckeye’s boys basketball team to circle the wagons as they rolled to a 77-60 non-league win.
“Tonight was our best first quarter of the season,” Rittman coach Chad Milosevich. “(Friday) we beat our big rival Doylestown  [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
PHILADELPHIA — It’s never too late to play the what-if game.
The Browns are 4-9 and their season’s been hopeless for weeks. Changes are almost certainly coming, and may be drastic enough to include a new coach, new general manager and 25 new players.
But what if a little luck had gone their way? [...]

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By ADAM FERRISE
Special to The Gazette
Junior midfielder Sarah Flanders sat alongside her teammates on the cold concrete floor of Medina’s locker room and felt as dejected as possible after a win.
The Bees were coming off a whirlwind week and a half. They had tied Strongsville — the No. 2 ranked team in the country [...]

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By LISA HLAVINKA
Staff Writer
WADSWORTH — The city police and fire departments had a spirited call to duty Saturday when four law enforcement and safety agencies teamed up to take a group of local kids on a Christmas shopping spree at Wal-Mart in Wadsworth.
City police have participated in the “Shop With a Cop” program for three [...]

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Bruce A. Skrletts Sr., 58, of Marietta, Ga., passed away Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008.
He was born Jan. 29, 1950, in Cleveland. He was a computer engineer for Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems of Marietta. His great enjoyment was photography, particularly of his family. He was a veteran of the Navy, serving in the Vietnam War.
He [...]

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Ulysses E. Simpson, 84, of Medina, passed away Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, in Milford, Del.
He was born Oct. 17, 1924, in Etowah, Tenn. Mr. Simpson worked in the maintenance department for Ford Motor Co. in Brook Park as a member of UAW Local 1250. He was an avid hunter and gardener. Mr. Simpson loved [...]

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James M. Henry Sr., 72, passed away Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, at Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights.
Mr. Henry was born Oct. 15, 1936, to John P. and Thelma (nee Jacobs) Henry in Cleveland. He resided in Brunswick and was employed as a tow motor operator at the Chevrolet plant in Parma, belonging [...]

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Mildred “Millie” (nee Suzich) Gunter, 75, of Medina, passed away Friday, Dec. 12, 2008.
She was a dear friend of Gold Wing Road Riders Association, Chapter 1.
She was the beloved wife of Virgil; cherished sister of Evelyn; dearest mother of Darlene, Marijane, Sandra, Virginia and Mikey; beloved grandmother of Michael, Edward, Jason and Maxwell; and great-grandmother [...]

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Roger L. Brintnall passed away Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008.
He was born Nov. 19, 1918, in York Township to Howard L. and Bertha H. (nee Rauscher) Brintnall on the family farm of his great-great-grandfather, which was settled in 1832. Mr. Brintnall was a 57-year member of the Medina Rotary Club and Medina Masonic Temple. He [...]

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