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ATH: Fill a raft with ice, invite friends over, and throw a party!

ATH: Fill a raft with ice, invite friends over, and throw a party!

  • May 25, 2011
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Summary: Hot days and warm, sultry nights provide the perfect setting for throwing impromptu parties and celebrating summer with friends. Check out our quick and easy – as well as inexpensive – entertaining ideas! Summer is the perfect time to throw an impromptu party in the backyard or on the deck. Forget the glossy magazines depicting expensive decorating themes and exotic foods –...

Wooster High offering pair of June basketball camps for area youth

  • May 25, 2011
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053011 WHSboyscamp Promo: Wooster High looking to build relationships, as well as skills, in basketball camps Wooster High offering pair of June basketball camps for area youth By Brian Questel The fruits of any season, good, bad or mediocre, hardly begin with the official start of that season. Instead, those outcomes have been determined by the work done – or not done – in the years and...
Sharing the Surplus

Sharing the Surplus

  • May 25, 2011
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SUMMARY: A new retail store in downtown Millersburg distributes more than just high quality merchandise at greatly discounted prices; it also distributes hope to those in need around the world. STORY: Derrick Miller and Jared Coblentz' first entrepreneurial venture didn't go quite as well as they'd hoped. Their product was labor-intensive and wasn't all that profitable. Plus, their available...

If I never write another thing

  • May 25, 2011
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Before I share with you all what’s “on my heart” I wanna give a shout out to those of you who have asked or encouraged me about this column. I don’t take your encouragement for granted, thanks for all the kindness. It is also worth mentioning that I appreciate the editor of this paper so much. Ann Swinderman gives me space if I don’t feel I have anything to say- words have weight and are...

5/24/11 Holmesville man sentenced for stealing $2,255 from grandparents

  • May 25, 2011
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SUMMARY: Drug habit led to thefts A Holmesville man who stole more than $2,000 from his grandparents in one month to feed a drug habit was sentenced Tuesday May 24 in Holmes County Common Pleas Court. Jamie T. Jarvis, 22, 7099 state Route 83, was sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Robert D. Rinfret to restitution and one year in prison on one count of theft from an elderly person and one count of...

Handful of Generals rise to occasion to earn regional track berths

  • May 25, 2011
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053011 DistrictTK Promo: Moving on: Generals advanced five thinclads to Division I regional meet in Youngstown Handful of Generals rise to occasion to earn regional track berths By Brian Questel Big competitions bring out big performances. That was certainly the case for the Wooster High boy’s track team at the North Canton Division I District Track and Field Championships May 18 and 20...

The best team in baseball? The naysayers can find it right here in Cleveland

  • May 25, 2011
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053011 Indians column The best team in baseball? The naysayers can find it right here in Cleveland Who’d a thunk it? The Cleveland Indians – the best team in baseball – and by a lot? Of course, writing for a paper a week before you may have picked it up to peruse means a lot can happen – especially in baseball. But as I write, the Indians continue to be the surprise team of MLB. Fresh...

Baseball Generals get double celebration at banquet

  • May 25, 2011
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053011 WHSbbwinsOCC Promo: First-year coach, first-team title as Wooster baseball team wins OCC Baseball Generals get double celebration at banquet By Brian Questel There was a quarter-century gap between Wooster’s High’s last baseball championship and its Ohio Cardinal Conference title in 2008. The wait for the next one wasn’t nearly as long. After losing a 2-1 decision in eight innings on...

Shoes Don't fit - Give It

  • May 25, 2011
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I thought the two closets in our daughter’s room would soon be emptying so I can move into the space. Many things have indeed been removed but after two failed attempts at selling prom dresses, the bulky gowns are now back in her closet. A large tub of shoes, a big bin of purses and a box full of accessories continue to wait for moving day, not to mention two five foot rods; tops and bottoms...

Lasting Impressions

  • May 25, 2011
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Struggling with loads of laundry, clutter in the kitchen and chaos in your life? Stress can easily steal our joy. Trish Berg reminds us to simplify the small stuff and find Joy in the Journey. When my children were born, I was left with an indelible impression of God’s love. Each time I was blessed to give birth to a baby, it felt as if God had taken a piece of my heart and gave it legs. Though...