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Sparking the positives in the lives of today’s youth

Sparking the positives in the lives of today’s youth

There are a wide variety of things to draw the attention of today’s youth. Some of them are good, some are bad and some of them can have devastating consequences. With so many options at their disposal, kids have plenty of decisions to make in terms of how they want to spend their time. One local program, Sparking Our Lives, is aimed at having youth talk about where their passions live, and...
Civil Air Patrol offers unimaginable opportunities

Civil Air Patrol offers unimaginable opportunities

Hoots and hollers echoed throughout the Dover Armory as young gentlemen and ladies raced the clock in an effort to pass each of their individual physical training tests, a test they must complete as cadets in the local composite squadron of the Civil Air Patrol. Other Civil Air Patrol volunteers gave pats-on-the-back and wisdom to improve the cadets’ scores the next time around. Meeting every...

4/10/14 Charges pending in bomb threat at Millersburg Elementary

Charges are pending against a West Holmes fifth-grade student who allegedly left a bomb threat at school. Holmes County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Sean Warner said Monday March 10 that charges are pending against a girl in the fifth grade who has been identified as the suspect in a March 6 bomb threat at Millersburg Elementary. Warner said a charge of inducing panic will likely be filed,...

4/10/14 Charges pending in bomb threat at Millersburg Elementary

Charges are pending against a West Holmes fifth-grade student who allegedly left a bomb threat at school. Holmes County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Sean Warner said Monday March 10 that charges are pending against a girl in the fifth grade who has been identified as the suspect in a March 6 bomb threat at Millersburg Elementary. Warner said a charge of inducing panic will likely be filed,...

4/10/14 High school student gets 30 days for bomb threat

SUMMARY: Sophomore further ordered to complete community service, pay for bomb squad A West Holmes Sophomore with no prior criminal record or disciplinary problems was ordered to serve a period of incarceration for making a bomb threat at the high school. The student, a male 15-year-old Sophomore, was sentenced Monday March 10 by Holmes County Juvenile Court Judge Thomas Lee to serve 30 days at...

WSO kids concert

More than 1,100 fourth-grade students from all over Wayne County descended on McGaw Chapel at the College of Wooster on Thursday, March 6, for the annual Wooster Symphony Orchestra Children’s Concert. This concert, which is sponsored by the Women’s Committee for the Wooster Symphony Orchestra and by Marcia Pollock Farabee, honors the memory of the late Dan Parmelee, who founded the WSO in 1915...

4/10/14 Old attempts at repair caused bigger problems for Holmes fairgrounds barn, restorer says

SUMMARY: Barn Again owner speaks at Killbuck Watershed Land Trust annual meeting Representing landowners who choose to put their farmland into conservancy, it is fitting that the Killbuck Watershed Land Trust’s annual meeting Thursday, March 6 heard from a barn restorer who helps people preserve their historic agricultural buildings. Barn Again owner Fred Cannon shared stories from a decade of...

POP Wayne

Some of the top student writers in Wayne County showed their competitive streak at the regional Power of the Pen competition Saturday, March 8 at Norwayne Middle/ High School. Leading the pack was the eighth-grade team from Sts. Peter and Paul in Doylestown, which placed first in grade-level competition. The team, which was coached by Kim Bryant, out-distanced Lexington Junior High (second),...

mr roberts whs

The Wooster High School Drama Club will set sail on their spring production, Mister Roberts at the Wooster High School Performing Arts Center, March 21 and 22 @ 7:30 pm and March 23 @ 2 p.m. Mister Roberts is a rowdy, realistic saga of a group of American sailors aboard a Navy cargo vessel in the middle of nowhere in the South Pacific in the waning days of World War II. The crew fights the...

power of the pen HOLMES

The top student writers at Hiland Middle School showed their competitive streak at the regional Power of the Pen competition Saturday, March 8 at Norwayne Middle/ High School in Wayne County. The seventh- and eighth-grade teams compiled enough points in the preliminary and final rounds to place second in the overall sweepstakes competition, which included teams from a five-county area. Hiland was...