Allison Wood | The Gazette
MEDINA TWP. — Eligible youth between the ages of 16 and 24 can apply for one of 130 part-time summer positions funded by federal stimulus money.
An open enrollment session will be held between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday at the county’s Workforce Development Agency, 3711 Pearl Road.
Interested applicants must bring [...]

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Lisa Hlavinka | The Gazette
WESTFIELD TWP. — Amid an investigation into whether he had inappropriate contact with a female high school student, the Cloverleaf school board unanimously accepted the resignation of high school Assistant Principal Patrick Hopper Tuesday night.
The contact was through phone calls, e-mails and text messages over a period of months beginning in [...]

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Dr. Evan J. Young, 90, died Tuesday, May 12, 2009 in Medina. Evan Johnson Young was born October 7, 1918 in Akron to William Harvey Young and Laura May (nee Johnson) Young.
Educated in various Summit County public schools, he graduated from Springfield High School in 1937 as class president. He graduated in 1941 as [...]

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Russell V. Trende, 90, of Columbia Station, passed away Monday, May 11, 2009 at Southwest General Health Center, Middleburg Heights. He was born in Cleveland.
Russell was a metrologist at NASA. He was one of the first employees at NACA (1943 to 1983) before the center was changed to NASA. Russell worked with NACA Air Lab [...]

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Eugene “Ray” Stamm, 55, of Brunswick, passed away peacefully at home Saturday, May 9, 2009, following a courageous 16 month battle with brain cancer.
Ray was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He enjoyed spending time with his family and working around the house. He was creative, hard working and always planning that next project. [...]

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Victoria Lynn Schroder (nee Richards), 38, of Brunswick, passed away Monday, April 27, 2009.
She was the youngest child of the late Raymond and Edith Richards; dear sister of Ray (Jan) Richards, Rick Richards, William Richards and Beverly (Mike) Neidert; aunt of Carissa, Dustin, Chase, April, William and Bradly; great-aunt of Isaac, Owen and Savanah.
A memorial [...]

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Robert Ryba, 54, of Medina, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2009 in Medina. He was born March 7, 1955 in Cleveland.
Survivors include his wife of 25 years, Roseanne Ryba (nee Mietus) of Medina; son, Michael Ryba of Medina; daughter, Amanda Ryba of Medina; mother, Mary Ryba of Parma; sister, Leona Rak (Steve) of Strongsville; sisters-in-law, [...]

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Susan Olive Freeder, 68, of Wadsworth, passed away Monday, May 11, 2009. He was born January 8, 1941 in Wadsworth to the late Cloyd and Olive Hensal.
Mrs. Freeder was a member of First Christian Church, where she worked with the telephone ministry for funeral dinners, on the prayer shawl and prayer chain ministry. She [...]

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Ken Frase, 59, of Seville, died Saturday, May 9, 2009, in Cleveland, following a courageous three year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born in Wadsworth, September 13, 1949.
Ken attended school at Miami University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in education with an emphasis in mathematics and also attended Ashland University where he [...]

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Gary W. Flinn, 58, formerly of Wadsworth, more recently of Ruskin, Florida, passed away unexpectedly, Saturday, April 18, 2009. He was born November 1, 1950 in Calhoun, West Virginia to the late Howard and Evon (Parsons) Flinn.
Gary served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. He worked as a brick mason for many years.
He was [...]

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