121211 Wooster Community Hospital lights Trees of Love
Summary: Brightly lit Christmas trees line the front of Wooster Community Hospital thanks to a very special program of the Wooster Community Hospital Auxiliary. In a holiday tradition dating back 17 years, the members of the Wooster Community Hospital Auxiliary threw the switch to light the 57 Christmas trees that line Beall Avenue as part of the Trees of Love program during the organizations...Volunteers to the rescue for Share A Christmas
Summary: When floodwaters threatened, students and faculty from local schools moved hundreds of Share A Christmas boxes to a new location. Story: Holmes Countys high waters wont dampen spirits this Christmas thanks to dozens of local Share A Christmas volunteers. When heavy rainfalls threatened to flood the storage center at the fairgrounds, putting more than 600 packages of non-perishable...
Victory in Three Movements
Similar to quarters in a basketball game, most conventional symphonies are written and performed in four separate movements.But just like Russian immigrant Igor Stravinsky’s unconventional Symphony in Three Movements, written and first performed in the mid-1940s, the West Holmes Lady Knights managed to condense a four-quarter, 47-37 win at Triway on Saturday, Dec. 3, into three distinct...
Smithville UM adult choir to perform
The Smithville United Methodist Adult Choir will present Mary Did You Know on Sunday morning, Dec. 18, at the 10:45 a.m. service only. The first service at 8:30 a.m. will be an Advent worship service. Join either or both services, along with Sunday School for all ages beginning at 9:45 a.m.
Dover VFW ladies auxiliary meeting notes
The Nov. 9 meeting of the Dover VFW ladies auxiliary was called to order by president Margaret Stocker. The secretary, Sandy Edwards, read the minutes and they were approved. The treasurer, Nancy Whitehair, read the treasurers report and it was approved. Emma Lehigh passed away and a donation will be given to a charity in her memory. There was a motion to sell 61 more cancer pins at $2 each...
Drawing a line in the snow
This year, Virginia and much of the east coast experienced a freak snowstorm at the end of October. Big, gorgeous snowflakes fell all day long to the glee of my children (it was so unexpected, they didnt even think to complain that it happened on a Saturday instead of a school day). Unfortunately, the leaves were still on most of our trees, and the weight of this heavy, wet snow caused lots of...
Gift giving doesnt have to be expensive or difficult
In the blink of an eye, Thanksgiving has come and gone. So too have Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Christmas and New Years Day soon will be upon us. Its not like the holidays are magically appearing. To be sure, we already have been overexposed to a much too commercialized Christmas through every form of media. The Christmas creep, as some call it, began in early fall. Indeed, Christmastime...
Making a joyful noise
Since August the members of the Wayne Center for the Arts Childrens Chorus program have been busy rehearsing the wide and challenging musical repertoire that has become the hallmark of the program. On Dec. 4, at the Wooster High School Performing Arts Center, the community had the opportunity to hear the results of their dedication to vocal music performance when the childrens chorus...