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Sled hockey shatters stereotypes at Alice Noble Ice Arena in Wooster

Sled hockey shatters stereotypes at Alice Noble Ice Arena in Wooster

  • March 4, 2013
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The College of Wooster Club Ice Hockey Team and the Wooster Oilers Junior Hockey Club took on a very different hockey experience on Saturday, Feb. 23, at Alice Noble Ice Arena. The players swapped their skates for sleds and left with a deeper appreciation for the world of adaptive sports.The Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio (ASPO) designed the Sled Hockey Charity Games to expose sled hockey to the...

3/5/13 Due to new law, county rainy day line item may be capped at $600,000

  • March 5, 2013
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SUMMARY: Line item to help with capital improvements, emergencies The Holmes County Commissioners are saving for a rainy day, but a state law limits the size of the reserve. Commissioners made the first quarterly payment of $49,490.39 into a reserve account line item in the county’s capital improvements budget Monday, March 4. It brings the line item balance to $549,490.39, the line item...

Just Drop In! New library book drops a win-win for both library and patrons

  • March 5, 2013
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Summary: Five new Holmes County District Public Library book drops have been placed throughout the county, making it possible for those in rural areas to return materials and avoid late fines. According to director Bill Martino, it's a win-win situation. Story: It's late Saturday afternoon, and there's something nagging at you. There was that thing you were supposed to do, but what was it? And...

Avant Gardener: Smart gardening and shopping can help wild pollinators to flourish.

  • March 5, 2013
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Summary: The role of wild pollinators is becoming clearer as bee populations decline and crop yields are reduced around the planet. Some of us are old enough to remember when the bald eagle nearly became extinct. After World War II the use of the chemical pesticide DDT in the U.S. as a pesticide contaminated fish, a primary source of food for the giant birds as run-off from over use spread into...

Singing Spectacular

  • March 6, 2013
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Summary: The Amish Country Theater's Valentine Barbershop Spectacular gathered some of the world's top quartets under one (barn) roof for an evening of melody and merriment. What has 24 legs, a collection of brightly-colored ties and a killer set of pipes? If you guessed six well-dressed beagles at a yodeling contest, you'd be wrong. At least about the beagles. And the yodeling. Jeff Conn,...

FROMONLINE | 2013-03-06

  • March 6, 2013
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A gift with an A+ grade Column Summary School subjects have changed over the decades, some have been dropped, others restructured. A good foundation is built on the basics, do they still exist? Last evening my mom gave me a special gift, a gift planned for Christmas but forgotten in the festivity of the season. It was not wrapped in holiday paper, it was not tied with ribbon and bow, it had no...

It's not too late to start vegetable seeds indoors

  • March 6, 2013
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Summary: Starting seeds indoors before the planting season begins allows you to try varieties you might not find as starts in the nurseries or garden centers. Starting seeds indoors allows the home gardener to get a jump on the growing season as well as choose plant varieties that might not be available at local nurseries and garden centers. Starting seeds indoors can be rewarding when the...

There are pros and cons to a community garden

  • March 6, 2013
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Summary: The decision to create or participate in a community garden should be made after careful consideration. It may be just what you are looking for but it may not. Community gardens can be found all over the nation and in some places; they have been there for decades while others are trying shared gardening space for the first time. Community gardens are not just for metropolitan areas...

Rooting for Spring

  • March 6, 2013
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Struggling with loads of laundry, clutter in the kitchen and chaos in your life? Stress can easily steal our joy. Trish Berg reminds us to simplify the small stuff and find Joy in the Journey. I woke up this morning to a slushy, melty, snowy mess. We were supposed to be getting three to five inches. Blowing and drifting, and possible a school delay or cancellation. Well, none of that happened...

Student awarded first Judy Nihlen Achievement Award

  • March 7, 2013
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Summary: Jung Yoon Wie received the first Judy Nihlen Achievement Award at The College of Wooster from the Women’s Committee of the Wooster Symphony Orchestra. To honor the memory of Judy Nihlen and to perpetuate her interest in music and the Wooster Symphony Orchestra, the Women’s Committee for the Wooster Symphony Orchestra (WCWSO) recently awarded the first Judy Nihlen Achievement Award...