Foundation awards grants to improve human-animal bond
The Animals for Life Foundation (AFL) has approved more than $47,000 in grants for fiscal year 2012 projects that will help improve the human-animal bond, including equestrian and service dog programs to aid people living with disabilities along with a farm animal handling program for first responders. These programs help to further understanding of the mutual benefits between animals and humans...
Meals on Wheels seeks volunteer drivers in Wooster area
Meals on Wheels of Stark & Wayne Counties currently has an urgent need for additional volunteers to help deliver meals to homebound individuals in the Wooster area. Volunteer drivers typically deliver meals one day a week, beginning around 11 a.m. Each route takes 60 to 90 minutes to complete. The agency provides training and mileage reimbursement to all volunteers. We deliver more than a...
MWCD advisory committee welcomes three new members
Three new members have taken seats on the volunteer Development Advisory Committee (DAC) of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD). Jon Elsasser of Tuscarawas County, Doug McLarnan of Knox County and Joy Padgett of Coshocton County have joined the 18-member DAC, which serves in an advisory capacity to the MWCD Board of Directors and staff. Elsasser, a Zoar resident, is retired from...Kevin Waggoner
Kevin A. Waggoner, 56, of Orrville, died August 6, 2012, at Wooster Community Hospital, following a sudden illness. Kevin was born Dec. 24, 1955, in Parkersburg, W.Va., the son of Vental A. and Hilda C. Waggoner. He was a 1975 graduate of Waynedale High School and was united in marriage to Debra L. Mills on June 16, 2001. She survives. He was employed as a truck driver by Sines Trucking,...
General golfers open season with pair of strong showings
The way Wooster golf coach Mark Snowbarger looks at it, the Generals can only get better. When one considers that Wooster opened the season with fourth- and fifth-place finishes in a pair of 18-team tournaments, there is strong evidence Wooster could carve out a strong season. Wooster opened with a fourth at Sugarcreeks Pirate Invitational at Willandale August 11 and followed that up with a...
ACWHCC Adult Education August 2012 Student of the Month recognized
The Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center recently recognized Whitney Williams as the August 2012 Adult Education Student of the Month. Williams is a member the Dental Assisting class, a 600-hour program, where she is learning dental assisting skills such as: working with patients, office management, lab work and procedures, and radiography. At the completion of the course, Williams will have...8/16/12 Is a skill-based labor market keeping college-educated population low?
Technical, skill-based jobs continue to make up the bulk of employment opportunities in Holmes County, even as the percentage of county residents with college degrees increases. According to a report released by the Center for Rural Studies, approximately one in ten Holmes County residents have earned a college degree. The report found that 9.4 percent of county residents over the age of 25 have...
Cleveland Road Animal Hospital breaks ground for new facility
Residents of Wooster and surrounding communities will soon have a new Cleveland Road Animal Hospital (CRAH) and The Pet Hotel to take their pets for a host of existing and expanded services. Ground was broken in August for a new 14,185-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility on the existing site of the Cleveland Road Animal Hospital at 2752 Cleveland Road. In August 2011, CRAHs neighbor, The...
Football Generals ready to unveil new offense, new coach
The long wait is coming to an end. The countdown to the season opener for Doug Haas and the Wooster Generals is now barely a week away before the Generals host Akron Garfield August 24 to mark the unofficial start to the 2012-13 school year. Haas is stepping in, replacing longtime General boss Mike McCreary at the helm. Wooster went 4-6 a year ago and 2-5 in the Ohio Cardinal Conference,...