Brian Dulik 
The Gazette 
MEDINA — Emily Witsaman has been closely watched by college coaches since her freshman season on Medina’s volleyball team. 
Only one NCAA Division I university, however, was going to win the recruitment battle for the 6-foot-2 junior. 
That lucky school is the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, which has locked up Witsaman’s talents beginning in the [...]

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Allison Wood | The Gazette
MEDINA — He didn’t order anyone to wear a surgical mask, but Judge Dale Chase isn’t taking any chances.
The lobby of Medina Municipal Court smelled like disinfectant Wednesday after Chase ordered everyone to use hand sanitizer, citing concerns about the swine flu.
“I thought it might be a suitable precaution,” Chase said [...]

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Lisa Hlavinka | The Gazette
WESTFIELD CENTER — HazMat workers in full gear, bloodied victims crying out for help, ambulances and police car lights flashing in the background. With the right camera angles and lighting, this could have been the set of the latest action movie, but its purpose was more serious.
On Wednesday morning, local emergency [...]

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Allison Wood | The Gazette
WESTFIELD TWP. — An armed man who robbed the Pilot Truck Stop at 8924 Lake Road around midnight Saturday is believed to be the same person who held up a gas station in Medina Township and another in Richfield earlier this month.
“We have confirmed almost 100 percent it is the same [...]

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Maria Kacik | The Gazette
MEDINA — Most people who donate material items to the Community Services Center have good intentions. But sometimes they cause more trouble than they help, Director Michelle LaMar said.
For instance, she said between Tuesday and Wednesday someone pushed a pile of loose, shabby clothing through the drop box at the center, [...]

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Richard W. Westlake, 68, of Brunswick, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2009 in Cleveland. He was born December 13, 1940 in Litchfield.
He was a chef at the Holiday Inn in Richfield and served in the U.S. Army. He was a member of North Royalton Baptist Church.
Survivors include his loving wife of 37 years, Judith [...]

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Mackenzie Leigh Thompson, 17, of Charleston, Tennessee, and formerly from Medina, departed this life Friday, April 24, 2009 at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee with her grandmother, Sarah and her Aunt, Sophie, by her side. She was born December 29, 1991 in Medina County and had lived their all her life.
Mackenzie was a [...]

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Katherine R. Spitler, 76, of Wooster, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2009 from injuries received in an automobile accident. She was born August 26, 1932 in Wooster, the daughter of William and Sadie Christy Mowrer.
She was a homemaker who loved her family and spending time with her grandchildren.
Surviving are her husband, Franklin E. Spitler, to [...]

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Victoria Lynn Schroder (nee Richards), of Brunswick, left us to join the angels Monday, April, 27, 2009.
She was the beloved daughter of the late Raymond and Edith Richards; dearest sister to Ray (Jan) Richards, Richard Richards, William Richards and Beverly (Mike) Neidert; aunt to Carissa, Dustin, Chase, April, William and Bradly; great-aunt to Issaac, Owen [...]

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Janet Marie Pearrell, 62, of Brunswick, passed away Monday, April 27, 2009 in Copley. She was born March 21, 1947 in Akron.
She was active in St. Ambrose Church and taught PSR.
Survivors include her husband of 39 years, Roy Pearrell of Brunswick; sons, Benjamin Pearrell of Brunswick, Todd Pearrell of Brunswick and Brian (Kynslee) Pearrell [...]

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