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Sharing the warmth: Children’s 2 Coats project to provide winter wear for Big Brothers Big Sisters participants

Sharing the warmth: Children’s 2 Coats project to provide winter wear for Big Brothers Big Sisters participants

  • November 14, 2011
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“And a little child shall lead them…”. So stated the prophet in Isaiah 11:6, and those words still ring true in today’s world. One little one in particular, 7-year-old Alex Carona, is just such a child. Alex, who attends the NewPointe Community Church at the Canton campus, saw that the children’s program at his church was initiating a 2 Coats campaign, with the goal of providing new and...
Christmas Tree Festival heralds the beginning of the holiday season while benefitting area hospital

Christmas Tree Festival heralds the beginning of the holiday season while benefitting area hospital

  • November 14, 2011
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Almost 100 dazzling Christmas trees greeted guests at the 18th annual Warther’s Christmas Tree Festival in Dover during a preview party on Friday, Nov. 11. The festival is a lavish display of holiday wonders, all pulled together by the hardworking volunteers of the Union Hospital Auxiliary. All of the money raised will be used to purchase much needed equipment for the hospital. The 2010 festival...

Paterno doesn't live up to father figure hype

  • November 14, 2011
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I feel for the students and alumni of Pennsylvania State University. Through no fault of their own, their school will be forever tarnished by a child abuse scandal that is so appalling that even legendary football coach Joe Paterno couldn’t survive the ensuing firestorm. And it’s not over yet. Look for no sympathy for JoePa from this corner. In 2002, a graduate assistant informed the coach that...

Dover Public Library receives generous donation that lets the light in and keeps the cold out

  • November 14, 2011
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Summary: Sometimes the help we need is just around the corner or in the case of the Dover Public Library, just down the road in Walnut Creek where ProVia Door has their headquarters. A two-line email written to a graphic designer resulted in the donation of 18 high efficiency windows for the library. The new windows replaced the original 1954 windows, many of which were in disrepair. After a...

112111 The history of Veterans Day

  • November 14, 2011
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Summary: The students of Edgewood Middle School and their honored guests learned about the history of Veterans Day during the school’s annual Veterans Day luncheon and celebration on Nov. 11. As the students of Edgewood Middle School gathered for its third annual Veterans Day luncheon and celebration, Associate Principal Ned Lauver shared the history of Veterans Day with the students and their...

112111 Students honor area veterans

  • November 14, 2011
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Summary: With a thunderous standing ovation for local veterans and a flurry of patriotic music, the students of Edgewood Middle School commemorated Veterans Day. You could have heard a pin drop in the packed gym at Edgewood Middle School. That is until the doors to the gym were flung open and the first of over 100 local veterans stepped into the gym floor. For the next five minutes the sound was...

11/14/11 East Holmes to look for $1 million in cuts after Nov. 8 levy fails

  • November 14, 2011
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SUMMARY: Superintendent to seek input from faculty, staff Input from faculty and staff will help determine the path of an estimated $1 million in cuts to the East Holmes School district. Superintendant Joe Edinger said a series of meetings to be held Nov. 15 - Nov. 23 at six of the district schools to find savings will involve school employees looking at cuts to everything from staff,...

Sharing the warmth: children’s 2 Coats project to provide winter wear for Big Brothers Big Sisters participants

  • November 14, 2011
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Summary: The average American has not just one warm winter coat, but several in different styles and colors. A group of children are leading the way to request that those with more than one coat be willing to share with children and adults who have none. “And a little child shall lead them…”. So stated the prophet in Isaiah 11:6, and those words still ring true in today’s world. One little...

Sharing the warmth: children’s 2 Coats project to provide winter wear for Big Brothers Big Sisters participants

  • November 14, 2011
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Sharing the warmth: children’s 2 Coats project to provide winter wear for Big Brothers Big Sisters participants

  • November 14, 2011
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  • 274 Views