Dover VFW Auxiliary meeting notes for May 8
On May 8, Margaret Stocker opened the Dover VFW Auxiliary meeting. Installation of officers took place during this meeting. The new 2013-2014 slate of officers is: Margaret Stocker, president; Carol Ditto, senior vice president; Rosemary Wills, junior vice president; Mary Blickensderfer, conductress; Donna Fox, guard; Jane Conkle, chaplain; Sandy Edwards, secretary; Mary Blickensderfer,...
Using trail cameras to monitor wildlife
The June 5 meeting of the East Central Ohio Forestry Association (ECOFA) will feature Marne Titchenell, wildlife program specialist with the Ohio State University Extension Service. The 8 p.m. program will explain the best ways to place trail cameras and attract wildlife within range to take clear pictures. ECOFA is an organization of persons interested in improving their woodlands and in...
Creativity runs rampant at annual Young Authors Conference
For fifth- and sixth-grade students who love to write stories and illustrate them, the Young Authors Conference, held each May, is the perfect opportunity to take their skills to the next level. Students throughout the area served by the East Central Ohio Educational Service Center (ESC) are able to come up with an original story that they also self-illustrate and make into a book. Several...Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center achieves two firsts at annual awards program
The Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center achieved a pair of firsts at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday, May 14. The 2013 Pentagon Award presented to Pump House Ministries of Ashland was the first given to a charitable or social service agency while recognition of the late Sgt. Maj. Joseph J. Ellis as this years Outstanding Alumni was the first time the award has been presented...$1,000 Scholarships awarded
The Tuscarawas County Chapter of the Ohio Teachers Organization has awarded three, $1,000 scholarships this year. These go to Nicole Riker, daughter of Chris and Patty Riker of New Philadelphia; Corey Beal, son of Verne and Kelly Seal of Uhrichsville; and Maria Groben, daughter of William and Ann Groben of Chester, Va. She is the granddaughter of Josephine Longer of Dover. A senior at New...Students inducted into National Technical Honor Society
Buckeye Career Center inducted 13 members into the National Technical Honor Society on Friday, May 3, at a breakfast ceremony held for family and associate school personnel. John Bunn, lead pastor, NewPointe Community Church-Coshocton campus, spoke to the inductees. He told of a study of 50 people over the age of 95 who, looking back on their lives, wished they would have done three things...
Mathletes compute and compete for awards at annual Math Tournament
Thanks to the East Central Ohio Educational Service Center (ESC), young mathletes from a multi-county area have been able to pit their mathematical skills against their peers at the annual Math Tournament for decades. Each year, fifth- through eighth-graders come together at a central location for one of four days of competition. Students from area schools traveled to the Quaker Dome in New...