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9/17/12 Jury trial opens in shaken baby syndrome murder case

  • September 17, 2012
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SUMMARY: Prosecution says defense's arguement that toddler's death caused by accident doesn't hold up to medical evidence A fall, and not shaken baby syndrome, led to the death of a 15-month-old Wooster girl, a defense attorney said Monday Sept. 17. At the start of a jury trial charging Kelly M. Kline, 34, 4599 S. Firestone Road, Sheve, with murder, defense attorney John Johnson Jr. said...

Avant Gardener: Save seeds for next year's garden

  • September 17, 2012
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Summary: It is wise to save seeds but only if they are from open-pollinated heirloom plants that will reward you year after year with glorious flowers and nutritious food. Seed saving is a way to perpetuate plant varieties that might otherwise be lost. Nowadays we plant a lot of hybrid vegetables and flowers because that is what is made available to us at garden centers and greenhouses. A...

Replacing intolerance with compassion

  • September 17, 2012
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Summary: Angela blogs about the intolerant cultures of schools. The world is filled with angry people—people who have been badly hurt and damaged. Sometimes, they’ve been hurt so much that they project their typhoon of pain onto others. Kids and adults alike do this to distract from their own shortcomings, to assert power, to fit in with peers or to feel better about their own lives. The...

WooMan delivers third annual cycling tour

  • September 17, 2012
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Summary: Wooster Community Hospital and the Pat Kracker Breast Cancer Fund combined forces for the third year in a row. The WooMan cycling tour took place on Sunday, Sept. 16, and offered five different routes for cyclists. The funds went toward breast cancer education and awareness. The community struck back against breast cancer on Sunday, Sept. 16. Taking shots at cancer’s greatest...

Meals on Wheels reaches out for community support

  • September 17, 2012
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Summary: Meals on Wheels of Stark & Wayne Counties support the community by providing meals to homebound individuals who are nutritionally at risk. Up until about a year ago, the program was self-sustaining. Due to funding cuts and rising costs of food and fuel, Meals on Wheels is reaching out for community support to continue services. The world continues to move forward, even when...

The Ordinary Life

  • September 17, 2012
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about “ordinary” days. You know the ones, you go about your daily routine (mine always involves coffee) and nothing “fancy or big” happens, just a day of ordinary living. I have this image in my head that makes me teary every time I think of it. It was months ago and we were all sitting at our dinner table, including our dear friend Matt, and we were all...

Local students hear message with a meaning

  • September 17, 2012
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Summary: Motivational speaker Bill Ballenger along with Break the Grey, a non-profit group that includes a talented group of young people utilized music and contemporary skits to demonstrate an important message to students at Dover High School. The message middle and high school students heard at an assembly held at Dover High School on Sept. 13wasn’t new. The way it was delivered, however...

COLUMN: The rise, fall, and rise again of couponing in my life

  • September 17, 2012
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COLUMN SUMMARY: DO YOU SEE COUPONS IN YOUR DREAMS? DO YOU SPEAK IN TERMS OF FIFTY CENT VALUES AND WAYS TO DOUBLE? IT MAY BE TIME TO TAKE A BREAK FROM COUPONING - ALL SO WE CAN PICK IT BACK UP AGAIN AFTER SOME REJUVENATION. I have become lazy about coupons. Lazy as to how and where I can use them, really lazy to cut them out, and lazy about how valuable they are. Woe is me I’ve been...

University of Akron Wayne College to offer exercise program

  • September 17, 2012
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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 Fridays, Oct. 5, 19, and 26; Nov. 9...

Online courses for BLS and ACLS now available through Pomerene Hospital

  • September 17, 2012
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Beginning in October, online courses will be Pomerene employees’ and the community’s primary method of certification for BLS (Basic Life Support) and ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support). Traditional classroom-based training will remain available on a quarterly basis for BLS. Pomerene will offer ACLS in the online format only, after the Oct. 11 and 12 traditional classroom-based...