Archive for January 5th, 2013
Everett F. Pursley
Everett F. Pursley, 83, of West Salem, died Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at the Ohio Veteran Home in Sandusky. He was born in Granger, the son of Esley and Florence (Cooke) Pursley.
He had been engaged in farming all his life and also worked on the pipelines. He was a U.S. Marine veteran, serving in the …Read More
Harry W. Porch
Harry W. Porch, 85, of North Port, Florida, formerly of Brunswick, went home to be with the Lord Monday, December 31, 2012. He was the son of William and Lois (nee Greer) Porch, born May 20, 1927 in Mt Pleasant, Pennslyvania.
Harry served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He was a machinist for United Manufacturing …Read More
Nancy A. Craig
Nancy A. Craig (nee Widdifield), 76, of Reynoldsburg, passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2012. She was the daughter of Raymond and Marie Widdifield, born in Brunswick. She was also the stepdaughter of M. Blake Carlton.
Ms. Craig was preceded in death by her father, Raymond; mother, Marie Perkins Widdifield Carlton; and stepfather, M. Blake Carlton.
Ms. Craig …Read More
Jeremy A. Brown
Jeremy A. Brown, 23, passed away suddenly Tuesday, January 1, 2013. He was born February 6, 1989, in Medina.
Jeremy will always be remembered as the nicest person. He loved going to rock concerts, riding bicycles, doing extreme sports and driving fast cars.
He is survived by his parents, Terry and Donna (Hartman) Brown; sister, Angela Brown; …Read More
Frank R. Markiewicz
Frank R. Markiewicz, 91, passed away Monday, December 31, 2012. He was born October 4, 1921 in Cleveland, to the late Edward and Lottie (Bogacasi) Markiewicz.
Frank was a night foreman for 34 years at Fastener Industries. He was a former member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus. Frank was an avid golfer, …Read More
Myers signs one-year, $7 million deal
Chris Assenheimer
The Gazette
CLEVELAND — Brett Myers will be in a comfortable spot and returning to the rotation — two things the right-hander said that made the choice to sign with the Indians an easy one.
Myers, 32, passed a physical Thursday at Progressive Field and officially agreed to a one-year, $7 million contract Friday with Cleveland …Read More
Banner, Haslam court Kelly
Scott Petrak
The Gazette
Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner laid their cards on the table and pushed their money into the middle.
They went all in for University of Oregon coach Chip Kelly.
They were left waiting to find out if they’ll be awarded the grand prize.
ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported at 11 p.m. Friday the Browns …Read More
Colts can’t dig way out of big holes
Chad Grant
The Gazette
WESTFIELD TWP. — Fall down, climb up. Fall down, climb up. Fall down.
So it went over and over again Friday for Cloverleaf’s boys basketball team as it lost to Copley 70-57 in Suburban League action.
The Colts (2-9, 0-6) fell behind big and battled back to cut the deficit on multiple occasions, but each …Read More
Bucks overcome the blues
Brian Dulik
The Gazette
YORK TWP. — The Buckeye boys basketball team snapped out of its post-holiday funk in the nick of time on Friday night.
Ryan Grauel, Matt Cox and Jeff Miller combined to make four unanswered free throws in the final 76 seconds, lifting the Bucks to a 53-50 Patriot Athletic Conference Stars Division victory over …Read More
Memorable night for Prunty, Grizzlies
Casenhiser (#20) and Brogan Scott (#13) during the second quarter. (JUDD SMERGLIA)
Rick Noland
The Gazette
WADSWORTH — The Wadsworth boys basketball team made its first victory in its new gym a memorable one — and a heartbreaking loss for one of its biggest rivals.
The Grizzlies forced overtime on a banked 3-pointer at the buzzer by Austin …Read More