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Avant Gardener: A gardener's resolutions for a new year

Summary: A new year brings with it the hope and promise of a bountiful garden full of delicious and nutritious fruits, vegetables and herbs, a colorful array of flowers that will attract the most discriminating pollinators and a work load that requires dedication in all kinds of weather. Make a list of garden resolutions to get ready for task. It’s 2012, really? Isn’t that the future? Like...

Looking for Leftover Christmas Magic

Column Summary Christmas may be over but the magic never runs out. I could use a little Christmas magic in my New Year 2012, there has got to be leftover Christmas magic somewhere. The New Year has arrived and with this New Year, tradition is to set into motion our resolutions; even if only in thought, they have made a move in the right direction. If the resolution thought is actually documented...

Orrville Teacher Debuts Children’s Book

Summary: Local author Tammi Booth, writing as TC Booth, recently published her first children’s book, The Time Travel Storm. Booth, a teacher at Orrville Elementary School, said she based the story on the personalities and interests of her third-grade class. Main article: A local author credits her third-grade class with providing the inspiration for her new children’s book, The Time...
Table Top Discussion to focus on proposed school building configurations

Table Top Discussion to focus on proposed school building configurations

As the extensive facilities optimization process undertaken by the Wooster City School District continues to move forward, the district is seeking input from the community on possible building configurations. On Jan. 11, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., in the media center of Wooster High School, the district will hold the third in a series of Table Top Discussions during which members of the community will...

Senior volunteers needed to help children

COAD Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) is looking for senior volunteers, 55 years of age and older, to help children with special and/or exceptional needs in the area schools, Head Start centers, nonprofit day care/preschool centers, and other educational facilities. Those who meet Foster Grandparent Program income guidelines will receive a modest, non-reportable, tax-free stipend, along with...
The sounds of the Civil War coming to Wooster

The sounds of the Civil War coming to Wooster

Cathy Barton and Dave Para are on a mission. For the past quarter century this pair of versatile musicians have been introducing audiences around the world to the music that provides a unique glimpse into the heart and soul of America – folk music. The Missouri based duo will share their love of traditional folk music in Wooster when they kick off the 18th season of the Wayne County...

010912: Table Top Discussion to focus on proposed school building configurations

Summary: With recommendations for possible school building reconfigurations in hand, the Wooster City School District will seek input from the community at a Table Top Discussion on Jan. 11 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Media Center of Wooster High School. As the extensive facilities optimization process undertaken by the Wooster City School District continues to moves forward, the district is...

010912 The sounds of the Civil War coming to Wooster

Summary: The 18th season of the Wayne County Historical Society’s Voices From the Past Series gets underway on Jan. 22 when Cathy Barton and Dave Para present the Music of the Civil War. Cathy Barton and Dave Para are on a mission. For the past quarter century this pair of versatile musicians have been introducing audiences around the world to the music that provides a unique glimpse into the...

Register now for Trinity Hospital Twin City’s January Fit for Life class

Registration is now taking place for Trinity Hospital Twin City’s popular Fit for Life classes. There is a limited amount of space available in the class which begins on Tuesday, Jan. 17, in the hospital’s first floor St. Francis Conference Center, located at 819 N. First St. Fit for Life is a 12-week session of classes that meets weekly for an hour, and classes will meet on Tuesdays from...

Applications for business subsidy program now being accepted

In support of their mission of business development, the New Philadelphia Business and Community Association is accepting applications for their Lease/Rent Subsidy Program until Jan. 30. To be considered for this 12-month program, it is required that: - Applicants are members of the New Philadelphia Business and Community Association. - Applicant must have been open as a new business for less...