As birthdays go, the 60th was really one for the books
It was around nine, maybe 10 oclock, and Id just awakened on the day that marked the start of my 60th year on this planet, when I finally understood something that had eluded me for all those previous years. There were dolphins, just inside the last wave break – so close to the shore that you could have patted them had you wanted to – and all they were doing was swimming this way and...
Memories of winter fun, before it became so over for me
Winter fun is so over for me. In fact, I really can’t remember any fun the season may have presented to me and it wasn’t because I didn’t look for it. I just chose to ignore any possibilities. All the opportunities for me to have winter fun would have turned into bad decisions, probably ending in a hospital visit. And if you include all the Ohio drivers who forgot how to drive in winter,...Kokosing Construction Co. interviews ACWHCC students
Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center (ACWHCC) recently was an important stop on the five-school interview circuit of Kokosing Construction Company, Inc. Two Kokosing staff members spent a cold February morning interviewing ACWHCC students for summer jobs that may possibly lead to full-time employment with the construction giant. Seven construction technology students applied and were chosen...Jaeb named to fall semester deans list at The College of Wooster
Anastasia Jaeb, a graduate of West Holmes High School, has been named to the deans list for the fall semester at The College of Wooster. Jaeb, a senior womens, gender and sexuality studies major from Millersburg, achieved a grade point average of 3.65 or above.Local students recognized
Selena Herrera and Cameron Yoder have received recognition on the Indiana Wesleyan University deans list for the fall semester of the 2013 academic year. To be named on this list, a student must obtain a 3.50 grade point average on a 4.00 scale and carry at least 12.0 graded credit hours for the semester.Critchfield Law Resident Scholarship and Diversity Scholarship announced
Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston, Ltd. has announced it is sponsoring two law scholarships for the 2014-2015 school year. The Critchfield Law Resident Scholarship is offered for current or former residents of Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Medina or Wayne counties who have completed at least one semester of law school. The Critchfield Law Diversity Scholarship is offered to a minority student...
Close match for West Holmes in Academic Challenge
Do you know what a Hypertext Transfer Protocol is? Or a spondee? Or in what year Wings won the first Oscar for Best Picture? The high school Academic Challenge teams from the tri-county area, including Loudonville, Chippewa, Triway, Orrville, Rittman, West Holmes and Dalton high schools, answered questions like those throughout each round of the 2014 Tri-County Academic Challenge tournament...
Orrville takes top spot in Tri-County Academic Challenge
Do you know what a Hypertext Transfer Protocol is? Or a spondee? Or in what year Wings won the first Oscar for Best Picture? The high school Academic Challenge teams from the tri-county area, including Loudonville, Chippewa, Triway, Orrville, Rittman, West Holmes and Dalton high schools, answered questions like those throughout each round of the 2014 Tri-County Academic Challenge tournament...
Heimlich Heroes coming to East Holmes schools
An elderly man in a nearly deserted restaurant wobbles in his chair, rises, then doubles over, trying to breath. His attempts to find oxygen bring only twisted, grotesque heaves.The few adults in the restaurant stare in frozen terror as the man chokes.Suddenly, an 11-year-old boy steps up to the man, administers the several abdominal thrusts widely known as the Heimlich Maneuver and jars the...