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Community Plans Benefit for Mervin Miller

Summary: An August 23 fundraiser is planned to help cover medical bills and other expenses for Apple Creek resident Mervin Miller. Miller has battled a rare disease called amyloidosis for three years and recently underwent a stem-cell transplant. The benefit will take place from 5-8 p.m. at Fairlawn Mennonite Church in Apple Creek. Main story: The past several years have been difficult ones for...

Rocky turns 80; I turn retrospective

At some point in 1959 Look magazine published a full-page color photo of my hero, Rocky Colavito. Colavito was posing in his Cleveland Indians uniform in Municipal Stadium, leaning on his bat. “INDIAN IDOL” read the overlayed headline. “When Rocky Colavito comes to bat in Cleveland the crowd roars its acclaim, a fitting salute to this great young slugger,” said the caption. “In that roar is...

25th Annual Italian American Festival: Buona Festa!

Summary: The 25th Annual Italian American Festival was held Aug. 9-11 in downtown Dover. All proceeds are used for scholarships for high school and college students in the region. For a quarter century, the Italian American Festival has been engaging the community with unique ethnic-inspired contests, delicious food, and live entertainment in order to raise funds for scholarships for local high...

Alpine Cabinets

Every home is as unique as the people that live there. At Alpine Cabinets of Holmes County, customers can find custom-designed cabinetry and storage solutions that meet their needs all while adding beauty and value to their home. Alpine Cabinets serves residential contractors and homeowners in every stage of the life of a home. Whether it is custom cabinetry for a new home, meticulously crafted...

Book signing to feature author of new book that celebrates coast guard during WWII

Summary: The Dover Public Library hosts Andrew Zimmerman, a first time author who shares his book We Got Each Other Home: The Story of WWII's Legendary LST. After the death of his grandfather, Andrew Zimmerman was given a copy of a 40 page, hand written journal that detailed time spent in the United States Coast Guard aboard the USS LST 66 during World War II. In life, Zimmerman’s grandfather,...

Column: Cereal for supper is never a bad thing.

Column summary: Do you plan all your meals down the snacks you serve? Or do you wing it like I do? Read on for a look at whether meal-planning is the way to go. Mom! There’s no food in this house! In my mind I’m thinking, “Didn’t I just feed these people yesterday?” I take a moment to go look at the pantry and fridge and wonder why I even bother going to the store – everything is eaten...
Wayne County Health Department offers immunizations

Wayne County Health Department offers immunizations

Are your kid’s shots up to date? With children enrolling in and returning to school, students entering college and another flu season approaching, August is the perfect time to do a check of you and your family’s immunization records to ensure that everyone is up to date on their vaccinations. Vaccinations are among the most effective ways to protect against serious and preventable illnesses,...
The University of Akron Wayne College to offer free exercise program

The University of Akron Wayne College to offer free exercise program

Are you looking for a new way to exercise? Do you have arthritis and thought there was no safe exercise program for you? Wayne College has an exciting new exercise program that answers both questions: Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program. The University of Akron Wayne College, 1901 Smucker Road, Orrville will offer the Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program on the following Fridays: Sept. 13,...
Cleveland Clinic Wooster offers new Urgent Care services

Cleveland Clinic Wooster offers new Urgent Care services

As of August 1, the Cleveland Clinic Wooster Family Health Center now offers Urgent Care services to the community. The enhanced offerings provide close-to-home access with convenient evening and weekend hours without the need for an appointment. Staffed by family practice physicians, both children and adult patients can receive treatment for illnesses or conditions that require prompt medical...

The Wilderness Center’s forests hammered by storm

The Wilderness Center was hit by a storm Wednesday, July 10 that took only about 15 minutes to reduce 200 to 300 year old forest into a flattened, tangled jumble of broken tree trunks and dangerous widow-makers. The National Weather Service estimated winds from this storm to be 70-80 mph or more. This storm destroyed large sections of its old growth and mature forests and forced the closing of...