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Elder adults’ defensive driving class

• September 14, 2011
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The Wooster Parks & Recreation Department, in cooperation with the AARP Driver Safety Program, is offering a Defensive Driving Class for adults 50 and up. Class will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the Wooster Community Center, 241 S. Bever St. There is a fee for the class, but the class is being offered free to all veterans and their spouses in honor of...

Jackson Day Dinner to be held at Memories Party Center

• September 14, 2011
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On Thursday, Oct. 6, the Wayne County Democratic Party will host its 156th consecutive Jackson Day Dinner at Memories Party & Conference Center, 2437-B Back Orrville Road, Wooster, (just east off state Route 585 at the northeast edge of Wooster.) All interested parties are invited to attend. Invited speakers will include Senator Sherrod Brown as well as all Ohio Democratic state elected...

Programs for all ages at the Wooster Library

• September 14, 2011
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Children in grades K-8 may register now for Up, Up and Away Sept. 19, at 6:30 p.m., at the Main Library. Join the staff of Mad Science of Northeast Ohio to find out some of the amazing things that air can do. Watch the science of a hot air balloon in action and experiment with Bernoulli’s Principle. You might even be lucky enough to be chosen to take a ride on Mad Science’s own...

Ballot Issue 3, the Health Care Freedom Amendment

• September 14, 2011
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The Wayne County TEA Party is sponsoring a public meeting featuring Jeff Longstreth, campaign manager, of Ohioans for Health Care Freedom at the Wooster American Legion, 1901 Sylvan Road on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Longstreth will talk about the grassroots effort to obtain petition signatures in order to place this initiative on the ballot in November. He will describe the content of the proposed...

Too Good to Be Threw sale set for Sept. 24

• September 14, 2011
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The Wooster Church of the Nazarene will once again host the Too Good to Be Threw kids clothing and toy fall/winter sale on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Stock up on girls clothes from 0-Jr and boys from 0-20, coats, shoes, boots, dress-up outfits, toys, baby care products large and small, furniture, bedding, books, videos, games, and much more. No car seats or maternity wear...

OBITUARY | 2011-09-14

• September 14, 2011
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Timothy L. Frontz, 49, of Wooster, died Sept. 12, 2011, at his home. Timothy was born August 24, 1962, in Wooster, the son of Richard E. and Jeanne M. Frontz. He was a rig operator for Frontz Drilling and was a loving, caring father and brother and a friend to many. Surviving are his father and stepmother, Richard and Patricia Frontz; his mother and stepfather, Jeanne and Charles B. Dotson;...

OBITUARY | 2011-09-14

• September 14, 2011
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William House, 88, of Wooster, died Sept. 12, 2011, at Smithville-Western Care Center. William was born Nov. 10, 1922, in Leesburg, Fla., to the late Willis and Annie House, and had been a Wooster resident since 1963. After moving from Florida to Wooster, he began working for The College of Wooster for the next 12 years. He was also a long-distance truck driver and spent a few years in oil field...

OBITUARY | 2011-09-14

• September 14, 2011
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Pauline Alice “Polly” Henry, 90, of Wooster, died Sept. 11, 2011. Polly was born June 7, 1921, in Akron, to the late Herman and Sally Jorgensen. She was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel. Surviving are her loving children, Bill (Fay), David (Debbie), Jo Anne Henry, Karen Good, and Mariellen Yappel; 11 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She...

OBITUARY | 2011-09-14

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Verena Lichteberger died Sept. 10, 2011, following a long illness. Verena was born March 11, 1914, in Dexter, Iowa, to the late Dorius C. and Matilda Jensen. She was among the first 35 people hired at The Wooster Rubber Company and worked there for 38 years. It was there that she met her husband, Harry K. “Dutch” Lichteberger, who is deceased. Verena won $5 in a contest to rename the company...

OBITUARY | 2011-09-14

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Carolyn L. Forrer, 72, of North Lawrence, died Sept. 8, 2011, at Aultman Hospital, Canton, following a brief illness. Carolyn was born August 16, 1939, in Massillon, the daughter of the late Fred and Sophia Schotsch. She was a 1957 graduate of Massillon Washington High School and was united in marriage to Carl R. “Slick” Forrer on Feb. 2, 1986. He survives. Carolyn had been the manager of the...