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Beth Weaver remembers living in a two-bedroom duplex with her husband and six children. Homeownership was never even a thought. “When you have that many kids,” Weaver said, “you just want to get through the day.” There was, she said, no time to dream. But then a friend told Weaver about Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County. The organization would give her family a home, the friend...

2/11/13 Garaway board sees students under one roof in new elementary

SUMMARY: New boardmembers propose state of the art elementary within three to five years The Garaway school board revealed its plans for the district’s elementary schools to a packed house Monday Feb. 10. In an informal question and answer session with district residents, board president Robert Coburn said the board will hold meetings to receive community input and craft a plan that will lead...

new cow vp

Deanna McCormick has been named vice president for finance and business at the College of Wooster, effective April 1. McCormick currently is vice president for finance and administration at Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore, Md., where she provides leadership for the university's accounting, business and investment functions, human resources, physical plant, information technology,...

Leading the Dance

Struggling with loads of laundry, clutter in the kitchen and chaos in your life? Stress can easily steal our joy. Trish Berg reminds us to simplify the small stuff and find Joy in the Journey. I am not a good follower. I like to lead. Just ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you that I am a leader, a mentor and plan-maker. I love it when plans that I carefully make come to fruition. I...

#LivingTheDream

Struggling with loads of laundry, clutter in the kitchen and chaos in your life? Stress can easily steal our joy. Trish Berg reminds us to simplify the small stuff and find Joy in the Journey. Yesterday was one of those days. It was crazy-busy, and started with a trip to the emergency room the night before when our eldest daughter injured her hand (don’t ask how). On ER trip and three hours...

griffin speech

Pat Griffin, founding director of “Changing the Game,” an education and advocacy program focused on addressing LGBT issues in K-12 school-based athletic and physical education programs, will present “LGBT Inclusion in Sports” on Monday, Feb. 17, at The College of Wooster. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7:30 p.m. in Room 009 of Severance Hall (943 College Mall)...

Sled hockey charity returns with new celebrity game

Summary: The Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio (ASPO) will return with the Wild Cats Sled Hockey Charity and Celebrity Game on Feb. 22 at Alice Noble Ice Arena. The Wildcats will first face a celebrity team of well-known community members. The Wildcats will then go against the Wooster Oilers for the fourth year in a row. The Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio (ASPO) will tread uncharted territory...
A Millersburg residence was badly damaged in a Tuesday Feb. 11 fire.

A Millersburg residence was badly damaged in a Tuesday Feb. 11 fire.

Holmes Fire District #1 Chief Scott Balder said the fire, at a Taylor Alley residence off East Jackson Street, started in a back bedroom and caused heavy smoke damage throughout the house. No injuries were reported.Balder said no one was at home at the time of the fire. The fire was reported by a Holmesville firefighter who was passing by. The firefighter "stuck around and helped us out", Balder...

Ducks are still taking advantage of the open water on the Elkhart River in Goshen, Indiana

Ducks are still taking advantage of the open water on the Elkhart River in Goshen, Indiana Columnist Bruce Glick summarizes happenings in the local birding world. This week Bruce reports on ducks that are staying on the Elkhart River in Goshen, Indiana. Read more about it in the "Gone Birding" column. After two more -10 nights the Goshen City Water Department has put a warning that frost has...

Inside a very special Amish wedding

Summary Weddings are a special time in the Amish culture, and this one was a very special wedding. The cool morning’s haze hung in the low, sweeping valley, kissing everything animate and inanimate with millions of moist droplets. The sun, just now slipping above the distant hillsides, began to undo the dew. An Amish church bench wagon stood alone, a silvery silent phantom in the dampened...