End of summer picnic
The Dover VFW Ladies Auxiliary celebrated the end of summer with a picnic at Geibs Family Center in Dover. It was discussed to start having bunco and card parties to fund the clubs charitable donations. Mark your calendars for the upcoming meetings Sept. 14 and Oct. 12, at 7 p.m., at the Geib Family Center.
Plant mums to keep beds colorful throughout the fall
The start of school signifies the unofficial start to fall, even though the season doesnt actually begin until Sept. 23 at 5:05 a.m. Another sign that summer is fading to fall is the onset of madness caused by spending entirely too much time with your school-age children and the availability of the common hardy mum at local nurseries and garden stores. Mums are actually called chrysanthemums...
Comparing the birds of Alaska with the birds of Ohio
Since we returned home on August 13, several people have asked me what my favorite bird was in Alaska, while others wondered how different the birds were from what we were used to here at home. Ill try to answer those questions, at least give them a shot. Definitely on my list of favorite birds were the three Long-tailed Jaegers soaring over their nesting grounds in the mountains near Denali...
New faces for 100 year old WHS Speech and Debate program
When the speech and debate competition season begins in a few short weeks there will be both new and familiar faces on the coaching staff of Wooster High Schools (WHS) highly successful program. When his duties as the new associate principal at Edgewood Middle School prevented Ned Lauver from continuing as head coach, assistant coaches William Franck and Holly Custer were named co-head coaches...
Car enthusiasts gather for 32nd annual Rod Run
Anyone out tooling around town the weekend of August 19 was sharing the road with some of the most spectacular street rods in the Midwest. To be exact, 135 of them. August 19 and 20 the Wayne County Fairgrounds was a street rodders paradise as the Buckeye Ramblin Rods hosted the 32nd annual Rod Run and Roast. One of the top annual car shows in the region, the Buckeye Ramblin Rods event...
A rural ride; Holmes 100 offers bikers a tour of scenic Holmes County
Got a bicycle and a sense of adventure? Then lace up those sneakers and head to Millersburg to ride in the Holmes 100, a bike tour of 100, 60 or 25 miles through Holmes Countys beautiful Amish Country on Saturday, Sept. 10. The Holmes Century 100 Bike Ride will begin at the Millersburg Courthouse and end at Hipp Station. The ride includes a post-ride barbecue chicken dinner for those...
Hands on History makes afternoon fun for the whole family
It is not every day that you could see Revolutionary War and Civil War reenactors standing side by side. The two wars were separated by roughly 80 years and revolved around different circumstances, but the uniforms and weapons were not that different and that was something that attendees to Fort Laurens August 21 program, Dressed for Battle, learned. We wanted to do a program that gave...
082911 Back in session
Summary: For the over 3600 students in the Wooster City School District it was back to the classroom as the district kicked off the 2010-2011 academic year on August 22. It was back to the classroom as the Wooster City School District welcomed its over 3600 students to the 2011-2012 academic year. On August 22 the buses rolled and cars cued up outside of the districts six elementary schools,...
Congressman Bob Gibbs stops by Tuscarawas County to connect with local employees, Community Improvement Corporation members, and Buckeye Career Center Natural Resources students: discusses business and technology future for area
Local business leaders and employees of Zimmer Surgical, as well as Buckeye Career Center students, recently had the opportunity to spend time dialoging with Congressman Bob Gibbs about the issues facing the county and beyond. Doing nothing is not an option, stated U.S. Congressman Bob Gibbs as he addressed a group of employees gathered at Zimmer Surgical in Dover during a visit to the area...