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Berlin leads Wooster back to top of Wayne-Holmes pack

101711 WooCCboys Promo: Generals back on top of Wayne-Holmes Invitational standings Berlin leads Wooster back to top of Wayne-Holmes pack By Brian Questel One second or one place can make quite a bit of difference. So can one runner. That was evident in the Wayne-Holmes Invitational October 8 for the Wooster Generals. When Wooster had hosted its invitational a month earlier, it was missing...

Township Earth

Column Summary The palette of the season and the welcoming aromas in the air are high intensity in this part of the country. Daphne Ross, details the elements of the fall season from her five acres of township earth. Our piece of township earth is getting rinsed today, and tomorrow, perhaps for several days. More leaves will fall as the rain heavies their clinging brittleness, their layers...

The Big Sit

Columnist Bruce Glick summarizes happenings in the birding world with emphasis on the local Wayne/Holmes area. This week Bruce reports on the birding event called " The Big Sit". Find out more in the "Gone Birding" column. On Sunday, October 9, Bird Watchers' Digest sponsored the annual Big Sit. This event, originally conceived by the New Haven Connecticut Bird Club, now attracts teams from...

White Law Office: the answer to oil and gas leasing questions

Summary: The attorneys at White Law Office use their wealth of experience to expertly negotiate landowner’s oil and gas leases for the best results. Story: Ben Franklin once said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a whole pound of cure.” Mr. Franklin’s truism could be applied to any number of situations, but for the attorneys at White Law Office, these are words to swear by when it comes to...

Join Cats ‘n’ Us for a Girls Night Out Adopt-a-thon, Oct. 16

On Sunday, Oct. 16, from 1-5 p.m., the Cats ‘n’ Us shelter will be hosting a Girls Night Out Adopt-a-thon. All female cats, 1 year or older, will be $25 - a reduction from the $40 adoption fee. All cats are spayed, up to date on routine shots, on flea/tick/heartworm prevention, given de-wormer and FELV/FIV/heartworm tested. If you cannot adopt, donations are welcome, including cat litter,...
Trio of skaters place at Regionals

Trio of skaters place at Regionals

Three young members of the Wooster Skating Club took their skills to Mentor, Ohio at the Mentor Civic Arena to compete in the Eastern Great Lakes Regional Championship, Sept. 28-Oct. 4. The championship is comprised of seven states, including Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. Lauren Gwinn, 10, skated in the juvenile girls competition, and placed third in...

Wooster library exhibit offers a different perspective on Lewis and Clark Expedition

Summary: The Wayne Country Public Library will feature lectures and activities throughout the run of the Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country exhibition, including a talk by Dr. Frederick E. Hoxie, an expert on Native American history and culture. Story: Everyone has heard the famous story of the Lewis and Clark expedition to America’s western lands. But who knows the whole story? Roughly...

10/13/11 Brown gets life for Hout murder

SUMMARY: Family expresses grief over lost daughter, sister Theresa Conway stood beside Lonnie Brown May 5 outside an Orrville apartment in what she believed was shared grief and disbelief that her sister, Jami Hout, had been murdered. On Thursday Oct. 13, Conway stood in Wayne County Common Pleas Judge Corey Spitler’s courtroom and asked that Brown, 48, Back Orrville Road, Wooster, be locked...

Hiland High School to hold assembly to honor veterans

Summary: Veterans, their families and members of the public are invited to the second Annual Veterans Assembly on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at Hiland High School. Story: In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first Veterans Day Proclamation which stated: "In order to insure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans' organizations and the entire citizenry...
Mike Johnson: New Philadelphia Law Director

Mike Johnson: New Philadelphia Law Director

Mike Johnson PERSONAL INFO Office sought: New Philadelphia Law Director Age: 63 Family: wife Joan Johnson and four adult children, twin grandsons Education: New Philadelphia High School-1966, Ohio State University-1970, Akron Law School-1973 Hometown: New Philadelphia Occupation: Attorney at Law (Johnson, Urban & Range, Co. LPA) and New Philadelphia Law Director Political party...