Eick recognized as YMCA team leader
The YMCA of the USA recently announced that Ashley Eick, sports director at the Tuscarawas County YMCA, has completed the requirements to be recognized as a team leader with the YMCA of the USA. The certification was awarded by Neil Nicoll, president and CEO of the YMCA of the USA, and is presented for completing the requirements and educational studies to earn this level of professional...
Huff Run 2011 Awareness Days a huge success
Huff Run Watershed Restoration Partnership (HRWRP) hosted four Awareness Day field trips for five local school districts. There were a total of about 450 students who came to enjoy a fun day full of learning about Huff Run Watershed and why it is important to do the work Huff Run does. The students came from Bowerston and Sherrodsville elementary schools, Bell-Herron Middle School, Sandy Valley...
Popular Zoar Werktag event scheduled, June 25
Zoar Village State Memorial and the Zoar Community Association invite visitors to bring the family and experience an old fashioned Werktag. Werktag translates from German as work day and Zoar will be alive with costumed volunteers and demonstrations to help children and adults try a little 19th century labor and lunch. Experience laundry before electricity. Stir up an old-country German...
Finding a way to the other side of grief; Sharee Miller shares her familys journey through cancer at Relay for Life
As the keynote speaker for the Holmes County Relay for Life Luminaria Ceremony, Sharee Miller shared her story of hope, of sadness, of keeping alive the memory of a loved one and of vowing to live life the best way she knew how. As the lights were turned off and the flames of thousands of tiny candles penetrated the darkness, Miller told the story of how she lost her husband, Vaughn Shane, to...
Wave of emotions part of Coblentz ribbon cutting ceremony at Relay for Life
Elaine Coblentz wasnt supposed to be there. A longtime librarian at Millersburg Elementary, she was supposed to be living her retirement years in peace and joy with her husband, Perry, spending time in the flower beds, reading and traveling together. No, Elaine Coblentz most definitely was not supposed to be there. But yet she was there, on the evening of June 17, at the West Holmes High...
062711 Fisher sworn in as new Wooster Chief of Police
Summary: Wooster City Police Department veteran Matt Fisher has been sworn in as Woosters new Chief of Police. A veteran of the Wooster Police Department has been sworn in as Woosters newest Chief of Police. On June 20, Matt Fisher took the oath of office before friends, colleagues and family members gathered in City Council Chambers. Before swearing Fisher into office Wooster Mayor Bob...Personalized banking made accessible
This is not how most people think about their bank; “We’re about helping people make lifestyle changes, and helping them get out of debt.” But those are the sentiments of Chris Blough, CEO of Wayne County Community Federal Credit Union.The Credit Union is opening a new branch in Orrville, after 45 years of serving Wayne County from their office in Smithville. WCCFCU is already serving more...
With no weather-related closures, 32nd Annual Dennison Railroad Festival was declared a success
Web Summary: The 32nd Annual Dennison Railroad Festival was deemed a success. Revenues were up, and the crowds responded positively to the new dates of the event. Story: For the first time in its 32-year history, the Dennison Railroad Festival took place in the middle of June instead of the typical third weekend in May when it was previously held. As a result, the festival experienced no...6/21/11 Plea, sentencing on drug charges in Common Pleas Court
SUMMARY: Killbuck man pleads to marijuana trafficking, Millersburg man gets prison for meth A Millersburg man was sentenced to prison Thursday June 16 on a methamphetamine possession charge. Jonathon R. Leighty, 20, 7590 Township Road 652, was sentenced by Holmes County Common Pleas Judge Robert D. Rinfret to nine months in prison on one count of possession of methamphetamine, a fifth degree...