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Ding dong: Library seeks volunteers for home delivery

  • March 22, 2010
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When Ann Anderson became ill and homebound several years ago her life changed in many ways. One of the things she had to give up was visiting the Wayne County Public Library (WCPL) and perusing the shelves for new releases and good reads. For a while she depended on family and friends to fill that need. Then she found out about the library’s home delivery service. Now, once a month, volunteer...

Council receives briefing on water pollution control plant

  • March 22, 2010
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As the city of Wooster gets underway with construction of the final phase of the upgrade to its water pollution control plant, Jim Borton, utilities division manager, provided members of the Wooster City Council public utilities committee with an overview of the project. Borton noted that while the initial estimate for the project came in at $11.9 million, shortly thereafter, EPA placed...

Administrative Professionals Day event slated for April 21

  • March 22, 2010
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The 15th annual Administrative Professionals Day event will be held April 21 in the J.M. Smucker Multipurpose Room of The University of Akron Wayne College’s Student Life Building. The program, co-sponsored by My Office Products and the J.M. Smucker Company Store and Café, is a presentation of the college’s office of continuing education and workforce development. Kay Frances, motivational...

Feucht joins staff at Spidell Funeral Home

  • March 22, 2010
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Scott and Waid Spidell, of Spidell Funeral Homes of Mt. Eaton and Brewster, recently announced the addition of John L. Feucht, of Navarre, to the funeral home staff. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he has been serving families of Stark County for more than 40 years with the Atkinson-Feucht and Karlo Feucht Funeral Homes. A Navarre native, Feucht graduated from Fairless High School and...

City Sewer rates are going up for first time in over a decade

  • March 22, 2010
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When the residents of Wooster open their sewer bills this month they may be in for a surprise. For the first time in over a decade sewer rates are going up and the need for the increase has nothing to do with the city’s ongoing struggle to deal with the gap between expected revenues and expenses. During a March meeting of Wooster City Council’s public utilities committee, Mayor Bob Breneman...

Citizens unite over possible pool closing

  • March 22, 2010
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Armed with petitions signed by hundreds of local residents in support of their cause to keep Christmas Run pool open this summer, members of the community packed city council chambers March 10, as Mark Cavin, chairman, gaveled the meeting of the Wooster City Council public health and leisure committee to order. For more than two hours, the citizens of Wooster and the administration discussed the...

Private applicator testing exam dates

  • March 22, 2010
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OSU Extension has announced the schedule for the Private Applicator Testing exam. Applicators may take the exam without attending new applicator school. Applicants are required to register for the exam at the following Web site: http://pested.osu.edu or phone 614-292-4070.Test dates include:Wednesday, March 24; Thursday, April 29; and Thursday, May 20. All tests will be given at the East Holmes...

Fish fry will help fund new station

  • March 22, 2010
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For the first time in 10 years, the Nashville Fire Department will hold a benefit fish fry on Saturday, April 10, from 4-8 p.m. at the station. Funds raised from the event will go to pay off land and finance a new building. A popular fundraiser in the past, the fish fry will be a good way to jumpstart the effort it will take to acquire the nearly $1.5million needed. Judy Young, treasurer, knows...

Wayne County scores second in the nation

  • March 22, 2010
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While most people are familiar with the term metropolitan, how many know what a micropolitan is? Any number of readers may be sitting in one right now and not realize it. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the idea behind these two types of statistical areas is to locate a core area containing a substantial population center together with adjacent communities having a high degree of economic...

Hastings makes news in agricultural magazine

  • March 22, 2010
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Lucille Hastings of Holmes County is featured in the “May We Introduce” section of the March 11 issue of Buckeye Farm News, Ohio’s largest agricultural newspaper. Hastings, past president of the Holmes County Farm Bureau, said, “I consider myself an advocate for agriculture. Farm Bureau is such an asset to the community.” She and her late husband, Jim, farmed in Ripley Township. She serves...