Diane Graebner to visit Berlin Creek Gallery
Whether it is the sight of a family building snowmen during the Christmas season, a boy carrying a pair of lambs, or a small girl admiring a flight of butterflies, the joy found in artist Diane Graebners paintings is contagious. A tiny flame is kindled deep inside the soul, sparked by the familiarity found in the views of everyday life her images portray and before you know it, the smile on...Tourism bureau receives marketing awards
The Ohio Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus held its 14th annual Awards of Excellence in Waldo on Thursday, Sept. 15. MIDDY awards are presented for destination marketing and tourism development. The MIDDY Award name reflects our region of the country, said Diane Watson, chairperson of the OACVB MIDDY awards for 2011. Recipients are recognized for excellence in planning,...
Check this out, football fan.
Are you having a hard time understanding all this volleyball hype, football fan?Or baseball fan?Or basketball fan?Sixteenth-year West Holmes head coach Jim Park knows people have divided sports interests this time of year with high school, college and professional football in full swing, the Major League Baseball playoffs just getting started, and professional basketball normally on the verge of...
Teaching in Taiwan
A brisk nine minute walk gets me to Da Du Elementary School each day. The school is located at the edge of Hengshan village along a bustling four-lane highway at a busy intersection; fortunately, there are two under-the-street tunnels for students to reach the school on foot without having to cross the highway, one on either side of the intersection. Students arrive at school by 7:30 a.m. to...
Kiddie Parade is an Umbrella Parade at the Ohio Swiss Festival
Summary: The traditional Ohio Swiss Festival Kiddie Parade featured not only all types of little tykes, trikes, and their pets dressed in Swiss garb, but also a rainbow of umbrellas as they marched along a drizzling parade route. It rained. And rained. And rained. But the traditional Ohio Swiss Festival Kiddie Parade still stepped off down Main Street in Sugarcreek in spite of the wet skies at 2...
101110 Book lovers flock to annual AAUW/Kiwanis used book sale
Summary: With thousands of books at affordable prices, book lovers from throughout the area added to their own private book collections in large numbers during the annual Wooster Branch of the American Association of University Women and the Kiwanis Club of Wooster used book sale. The Wayne County Fair may be over but the Buss Hall at the fairgrounds was teeming with activity Sept. 28, 29 and 30...9/30/11 Wooster man gets five years for growing, selling psilocybin mushrooms
A Wooster man who grew and sold hallucinogenic mushrooms was sentenced Friday Sept. 30 in Wayne County Common Pleas Court. Brian K. Brown, 44, 7040 Cleveland Road, was sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Corey Spitler to five years in prison on five counts of illegal manufacture or cultivation of drugs and two counts of trafficking in controlled substances. The charges stem from a Medway Drug...
Flat Top Bakery celebrates a grand opening in new retail location
Summary: Michael Lehr and Debbie Casto started Flat Top Bakery out of their Dover home a few years ago. As regular vendors at local farmers markets, they developed a loyal following and the business continued to grow. A recent opportunity to open a shop in New Philadelphia was seized and now Flat Top Bakery has a retail location conveniently located at the Shops at the Olde House Inn at New...9/30/11 Burglary suspect charged by grand jury
SUMMARY: Four count indictment brought by grand jury; assistant prosecutor says more charges may follow A Millersburg man tied to at least least 50 burglaries in Holmes County has been charged by the grand jury in a four count indictment. Jeremy L. Johnson, 30, 3416 state Route 83, is charged in Holmes County Common Pleas Court with grand theft of a firearm, receiving stolen property, breaking...