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Jitters Coffeehouse: A completely new approach to ‘church’

  • March 1, 2010
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If you have yet to hear about Jitters Coffeehouse, it is not surprising. However, you soon will. The coffee house is currently in the planning stages, and this will be no ordinary local hangout simply serving up a strong ‘cuppa’ Joe’. This coffee shop will exist for a very special purpose, according to one of the organizers, local teacher Judy Mann. “Jitters is going to be a coffee house...

Centralized 911 dispatching services under consideration

  • March 1, 2010
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Breaking free from a mindset that it’s business as usual and looking for new ways to get the job done more cost effectively has become a reality for businesses and government entities alike as they navigate their way through the effects of the sluggish economy. Consolidation of services on a regional scale, and the efficiencies and cost savings that go with it, may be an idea whose time has...

Walnut Creek Cheese serves up appreciation

  • March 1, 2010
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The aroma of 300 pounds of delicious, smoked sausage hung in the air as more than 600 people filled the upstairs dining area of Walnut Creek Cheese in Walnut Creek to enjoy the annual Customer Appreciation Breakfast. A steady stream of eager customers filed in for the Feb. 20 event. “I give the staff one rule,” explained manager Bruce King. “Don’t run out. You can have too much, but don’t...

Pack 71 makes headlines at GPI

  • March 1, 2010
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Eight young men from Tiger Cubs Pack 71 of the Killbuck District visited Graphic Publications on Wednesday, Feb. 24. In the process, they learned a little bit about how a newspaper is put together. Troop members got to partake in an impromptu storyboard process, which had them creating and gathering ideas and posting them on a board. The members came up with plenty of fun ideas for their troop,...

Gateway to Wooster

  • March 1, 2010
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First-time visitors to Wooster, coming into town on Route 30, often ask the same question: “Are we there yet?” Which is often followed closely by “which way do we go?” With little more than signage to guide them, visitors to town are often confused as to where to go. But all that may be changing if a private/public consortium is successful in obtaining grant funds to formulate a plan to make...

Der Dutchman opens doors to unique visitor

  • March 1, 2010
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Local glass artist shines in Berlin

  • March 1, 2010
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The Village Gift Barn in Berlin recently provided customers with a unique opportunity. Local artisan Trisha Shamp thrilled the crowds with her beautiful handmade fused glass beads and her inspiring personality. “Truly, the best part of the experience was actually meeting Trisha and learning more about her Expression Beads,” commented Naomi Gingerich, boutique manager. “Knowing the person who...

Post-radiation treatment for soft tissue injury

  • March 1, 2010
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Thanks to early detection and new therapies, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 64 percent of adults whose cancer is diagnosed today will still be living in five years. Of the more than one million people who will be diagnosed with cancer this year, half will undergo radiation therapy. Yet after beating cancer, many patients who undergo radiation therapy discover a hidden...

Immunization Works!

  • March 1, 2010
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One of the greatest accomplishments of modern medicine has been the development of vaccines. Vaccines save 33,000 children’s lives per year and as a result, the leading cause of death in this country has shifted from infectious disease to chronic disease. Unfortunately, vaccines are becoming a victim of their own success. Many parents as well as medical personnel have never seen some of these...

Red Hot Mamas menopause group to meet on osteoporosis

  • March 1, 2010
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Osteoporosis is a major public health threat for 28 million Americans, 80 percent of whom are women. Tushar Patel, M.D., of Internal Medicine of Wooster, will present Standing Tall: Osteoporosis and Menopause at the monthly meeting of Red Hot Mamas at Wooster Community Hospital, Tuesday, March 2, at 6:30 p.m., in the hospital auditorium. Each year osteoporosis causes 1.5 million fractures of the...