Search Results for:

Wayne County Federated Democratic Women host second annual Dolley Madison Dinner

  • March 15, 2010
  • Comments
  • 516 Views
The Wayne County Federated Democratic Women will host the second annual Dolley Madison Gala Banquet and Celebration, Friday, March 26, at the Wooster United Methodist Church, 243 North Market, at 6 p.m. The Dolley Madison dinner recognizes first lady contributions to American culture. The year’s featured speaker and honoree is Frances Strickland, Ohio’s first lady, wife of Gov. Ted Strickland...

Area hunters provide meat for needy families

  • March 15, 2010
  • Comments
  • 742 Views
This past deer season created a wonderful opportunity for area hunters to get out into nature and partake in a sport which many of them have grown quite passionate about. But it also gave them a chance to do something else Holmes County’s people have become known for, and that is supporting those around them who are less fortunate. That opportunity came through Farmers and Hunters Feeding the...

Rumbaugh returning home

  • March 15, 2010
  • Comments
  • 746 Views
When a tiny 4-year-old ballerina slipped on her ballet shoes and took her place at the barre at the Wayne Center for the Arts for the first time, little did she know that nearly 20 years later she would return to that same dance studio in a very different capacity. When members of the Wayne Center Ballet (WCB) take to the stage at the Wooster High School Performing Arts Center, at 7:30 p.m. on...

Murdock to present Songs of the Great Lakes

  • March 15, 2010
  • Comments
  • 737 Views
They are songs of hard work and hard living. Of ships that go down and ships that come in. That’s how singer Lee Murdock describes the rich repertoire of music he’ll present during his Songs of the Great Lakes concert March 21, as part of the Voices From the Past series at the Wayne County Historical Society. Murdock’s music “is grounded in the work song tradition, from the rugged days of...

Wooster Chamber Music Series presents the Juilliard String Quartet

  • March 15, 2010
  • Comments
  • 773 Views
The Wooster Chamber Music Series welcomes the return of the Juilliard String Quartet to the series on Sunday, March 21, at 3 p.m. Their program will include works by Schubert, Bartók and Beethoven. The concert will be held in Gault Recital Hall at Scheide Music Center on The College of Wooster campus. Tickets for the concert are $12.50 for general admission, $10 for seniors and students, and...

Child support enforcement agency/sheriff’s office to continue partnership

  • March 15, 2010
  • Comments
  • 791 Views
A highly successful partnership between the Wayne County Child Support Enforcement Agency and the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office will continue in 2010. During their March 3 meeting, the Wayne County commissioners voted unanimously to authorize the continuation of a contract under which a deputy from the sheriff’s office is assigned full time to the child support enforcement agency to assist that...

Grants help ease tight law enforcement budgets

  • March 15, 2010
  • Comments
  • 704 Views
When revenues are down and county budgets are tight, grant funding can hold the key to providing counties like Wayne County with much-needed additional funding for law enforcement activities. During their March 3 meeting, the Wayne County commissioners received the welcome news that county law enforcement agencies have received a trio of grants totaling just over $110,000 to support a variety of...

Rotary Club gears up for annual auction

  • March 15, 2010
  • Comments
  • 701 Views
In April, the Rotary Club of Wooster will celebrate 35 years of auctions to raise money for community projects. On Friday, April 9 and Saturday, April 10, more than 200 members of the club will continue a tradition that began in 1976. For those two days, Wooster High School will become the venue for the public auction of more than 2,500 antique and collectible items. The auction is the largest...

DNA test reconfirms killer’s identity in 1981 murder Cordray and local officials bring resolution for family of murdered girl

  • March 15, 2010
  • Comments
  • 1329 Views
Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray joined Wayne County Sheriff Thomas Maurer and Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney Martin Frantz March 11 to announce the results of DNA testing recently completed in connection with the 1981 murder of 12-year-old Tina Harmon. Testing performed by Cordray and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI) on evidence submitted by the Wayne...

Killbuck Ladies’ Night Out offers ladies way to bid farewell to winter

  • March 15, 2010
  • Comments
  • 981 Views
This year’s Killbuck Ladies’ Night Out will welcome spring with lots of green and glitter on Friday, March 19. The fifth annual event is shamrock-themed in honor of St. Patty’s day and will offer tons of ways to say hello to the upcoming spring and say goodbye to the winter blues. Village merchants will have local vendors join them in offering a wide variety of unique activities and treats...