Maria Kacik | The Gazette
BRUNSWICK — Parks Naturalist Andy Hudak looked out the rear window Monday of the soon-to-be-unveiled Susan L. Hambley Nature Center — just yards from the pandemonium of Center Road — to see a gray squirrel nose around for some grub in the forest outside and a red-winged blackbird cruise to a [...]

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Janet Elise Favri, 85, of Medina, passed away Friday, April 17, 2009, in Medina. She was born July 28, 1923, in Elyria to Clyde and Lucille (nee Coomer) Dague.
She was raised by her aunt and uncle, Albert and Bertha Broadsword of Litchfield Township. Mrs. Favri was a homemaker, wife and devoted grandmother. She retired [...]

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Gary W. Flinn, of Medina, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009, in Ruskin, Fla.
Arrangements were incomplete and will be announced at a later date.

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Luella Mae Modesitt Luft, 73, of Noblesville, Ind., passed away Friday, April 17, 2009. She was born Sept. 7, 1935, in Parkersburg, W.Va. She was the daughter of William and Delma (Wilkes) Modesitt.
Luella graduated from Parkersburg High School, class of 1953. She remained active with her high school graduating class, helping organize several class reunions [...]

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Francesca Collina, 91, went peacefully to the Lord on Sunday, April 19, 2009, at Medina at Elmcroft. Francesca was born Oct. 11, 1917, in Venice, Italy.
She moved to New York with her family in 1958 and resided there until their retirement. She and her husband then moved to Florida. She spent the last years [...]

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John Gladden | Gazette Columnist
Ah, opening day.
It’s what we all look forward to. The green grass, the sunshine, the pageantry, the heady smell of gasoline, the anticipation of a new lawn-mowing season getting under way.
Yard work is a major spectator sport. Guys judge one another on their mowing prowess — carefully sizing up one another’s [...]

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Scott Petrak
The Gazette
Clay Matthews was al-ways there.
From the time the reporter was a kindergartner until his junior year in college, Matthews was in a No. 57 jersey for the Browns, long hair flowing out the bottom of his orange helmet.
Sixteen years after Matthews’ last game in Cleveland, all those memories came flooding back. Clay Matthews [...]

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Rick Noland
The Gazette
INDEPENDENCE — Mike Brown was honored and gracious while receiving the Red Auerbach Trophy as the NBA Coach of the Year on Monday at Cleveland Clinic Courts, but he couldn’t wait for the press conference to end.
The Cavaliers host the Detroit Pistons tonight at 8 in Game 2 of their best-of-seven playoff series, [...]

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