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German Village businesses changing lives in Haiti one dime at a time

  • February 15, 2010
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How many people pass over a dime lying on the ground without giving it another thought, let alone bending down and picking it up? A dime doesn’t exactly go a long way toward anything these days. Put enough dimes together, and suddenly you’ve got a much more significant amount of money. Ten cents can turn into life-sustaining food, clothing and shelter in a heartbeat. That’s what the businesses...

CF banquet to highlight last five years of hope and optimism

  • February 15, 2010
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If you could be a superhero for a day, would you? Persons living with the devastating disease cystic fibrosis (CF) are hoping that the answer to that question is yes for many area people, who are presented with the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of those families battling CF. The public is invited to join Holmes County Great Strides and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) for 55...

Wooster Chamber Music Series presents the Marion Anderson String Quartet Feb. 28

  • February 15, 2010
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The Wooster Chamber Music Series welcomes the Marian Anderson String Quartet Sunday, Feb. 28, at 3 p.m. Making their first appearance with the Wooster Chamber Music Series, the Anderson will perform Dances of Panama by William Grant Still, Four for Tango by Astor Piazzolla, String Quartet #1 by Colridge Taylor Perkinson, and conclude with String Quartet #12, op. 96 “American” by Antonin Dvorak...

Historical society welcomes President Harry Truman to Wooster

  • February 15, 2010
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“Any man who has had the job I’ve had and didn’t have a sense of humor wouldn’t still be here.” -President Harry Truman Possibly no United States president was more colorful than Harry Truman. President Truman, as portrayed by renowned historical presenter Raymond T. Starzmann, will make an appearance in Wooster Feb. 21, at 2 p.m., as part of the Wayne County Historical Society’s acclaimed...

Orrville community and Viola Startzman Free Clinic form a mutual partnership

  • February 15, 2010
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Since its conception in 1995, the Viola Startzman Free Clinic (VSFC) has continued to grow in both scope and size as it continues to serve the uninsured of Wayne County. In 2009, the VSFC saw a 15.5 percent increase in annual patient visits. While a majority of patients are from the Wooster area, an increasing number of patients are from the greater Orrville area (Orrville, Dalton and...

CAMO celebrates completion of new wing

  • February 15, 2010
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Months of hard work have paid off with the completion of CAMO’s new building addition just three months after breaking ground on Oct. 28. A volunteer construction crew framed the structure in one day. “It was truly a barn-raising,” said Central American Medical Outreach (CAMO) founder and CEO Kathy Tschiegg. Even more amazingly, CAMO completed the building project for only $86,000 and ended up...

Diabetes Support Group will host speaker Feb. 15

  • February 15, 2010
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The Diabetes Support Group will meet in the Wooster Community Hospital auditorium on Monday, Feb. 15, at 6 p.m. and will host speaker Tammy Brooks, MA, LSW, who will present Surviving Sabotage. If interested in attending this program of the Diabetes Support Group, register by calling Diabetes and Nutrition Services at Wooster Community Hospital at 330-263-8196.

To the Editor

  • February 15, 2010
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It was with great elation that I joined more than 300 people at Wooster High School on Wednesday to support the upcoming school levy. To see so many residents, students, staff and our school board members discussing this issue proved that we are, indeed, a strong community. Now, we must stand together and support our schools. What stood out to me was the positive discussion led by Superintendent...

Norm Cox will perform for seniors at The Pier

  • February 15, 2010
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On Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 10 a.m., Norm Cox will sing and play his guitar at Something for Seniors, held at The Pier near Mt. Eaton. All senior citizens are invited to come and bring a friend. Norm was born in Indiana and began performing with his father when he was 5 years old, doing the same thing he does now: playing the guitar and singing. In 1955 he and his wife, Thelma, moved to Ohio where he...

Citizens for the Holmes County District Public Library to meet Feb. 16

  • February 15, 2010
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Citizens for the Holmes County District Public Library, a political action committee formed to work toward passage of the 0.8 mil levy to be on the May 4 ballot, will hold its organizational meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 16, in the public meeting room at the main library in Millersburg. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. All persons interested in helping with the campaign are encouraged to...