072511 Commissioners approve 2012 tax budget
Summary: With the passage of the fiscal year 2012 tax budget, the process of completing the actual appropriations budget for next year is officially underway. While the start of a new budget year is still six months away, Wayne Countys elected officials are already rolling up their sleeves and getting down to the hard work of balancing the countys 2012 budget. The process of coming up with a...The family that sews together
A woman and her purse – sometimes its a complicated relationship. Its too much this, its not enough that, its too big and needs more pockets and its too small and if only it was the color of that other ladys purse. If all else is right, it has all the personality of a paper bag. Marian Smucker likes a beautiful purse as much as the next girl, but unlike most ladies, she can make...A purse for every personality
It started with a diaper bag. Mary Ann Smucker was looking for the right bag to use with her baby. Small and simple was what she wanted, just big enough to carry a few essentials. When she couldnt find what she wanted, the solution seemed obvious. Mary Ann enjoyed sewing clothes for her family, why not a diaper bag? So she created her own perfect bag. The right size, the right pockets, the...7/15/11 East Holmes passes admin retirement contribution measure in wake of changes in SB 5
Anticipating changes in Senate Bill 5, the East Holmes Board of Education Thursday July 14 moved to exempt paying into administrator salaries to offset increased retirement contributions. The board approved a resolution drafted by Tri-County Educational Service Center that holds the board harmless on compensation for increased taxes related to retirement contributions. Interim Superintendant Joe...7/15/11 East Holmes passes protective measure in wake of changes in SB 5
Anticipating changes in Senate Bill 5, the East Holmes Board of Education Thursday July 14 moved to protect administrator salaries. The board passed a resolution that would hold administrator pay harmless despite possible changes in SB 5. Treasurer Marsha Clark said the resolution lets the district reject pay scale scenarios handed down by the state. Its a zero dollar change, Clark said...
072511: Five four three two one lift off
Summary: Rockets flew through the air on July 14 as Dr. Dave Lohnes presented his Wiz Bang Science Show. Less than a week after the nation watched as the shuttle era came to close with the lift off of the final Space Shuttle flight from Cape Canaveral in Florida, rockets of a very different kind flew through the air in Wooster as OARDC scientist Dr. Dave Lohnes presented the most recent edition...7/15/11 Wilmot man pleas to charges stemming from March burglary spree
SUMMARY: Burglars claimed to be under the influence of drugs The final of three co-defendants involved in a March crime spree pleaded guilty to breaking and entering charges. Dennis G. Nicholas, 18, 14686 Navarre Road SW, Wilmot, pleaded Thursday July 14 in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to two counts of breaking and entering and one count of failure to appear. Nicholas was one of three...
072511 (Print Version) More administrative changes coming for Wooster City Schools
Summary: Changes to the Wooster City School Districts administrative staff continue as the district back fills building administration positions. The Wooster City School District is getting down to the business of filling building administration positions left vacant by the promotion of building administrators to positions in the Central Office and the resignation of a number of other key...