Small town star takes the big time stage
Laura Schupbach, of New Philadelphia, is known around Ohio for having a remarkable, God-given gift: her voice. In the past, Schupbach sang with the Delphian Chorale at New Philadelphia High School. Studying private voice, she was asked to sing at events all around the Tuscarawas County area, and she became the star of various musical productions, both at the high school and community theater...
Celebrating excellence in the Class of 2011
With graduation just days away, family and friends gathered at the Wooster High School Performing Arts Center to celebrate the academic accomplishments of the Class of 2011. During the Senior Academic Awards Assembly hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships and dozens of special awards were handed out to members of the 2011 graduating class. In addition to the announcement of the...
The unofficial start of summer vacation: Kids Day in downtown Wooster
Hundreds of kids of all ages packed the square in downtown Wooster to celebrate the end of another school year when Main Street Wooster presented its annual Kids Day festivities on June 4. With dozens of different free hands-on activities just for kids, this popular annual event, which is sponsored by LuK USA, Wooster Community Hospital and Century Link, has long signaled the unofficial start of...
Sunrise at the Stadium – Relay for Life participants greet the new day with hope
Michael “Mike” Warren Taylor of New Philadelphia is only in his mid forties, but he has met a huge challenge and overcome it. As he completed yet another lap around Dover’s Crater Stadium track on Saturday, June 4, in his 13th hour straight participating in the Relay for Life walk, the sun was just rising over the horizon. It seemed symbolic of the hope that exuded from Taylor, who was...
Fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Clore lay in state in the 'People's House' as his sacrifice is honored
Flag bearers from the Patriot Guard Riders solemnly lined the steps leading into the Tuscarawas County Courthouse on Sunday, June 5, as guests quietly filed into the building to pay their last respects to Lance Cpl. Peter James Clore, a New Philadelphia Marine killed in Afghanistan, May 28.“We go to all of these calling hours for any of the fallen heroes in our area, within about a two hour...
Fallen soldier Lance Corporal Clore lay in state in the Peoples House as his sacrifice is honored
Summary: New Philadelphias Lance Corporal Peter James Clore, a fallen US Marine, returned home to be laid to rest last week. Many poured into the Tuscarawas County Courthouse to honor the soldier, who was killed in Iraq on May 28, 2011, as he lay in state beneath the rotunda. Flag bearers from the Patriot Guard Riders solemnly lined the steps leading into the Tuscarawas County Courthouse on...
Skagway and Haines Alaska
Gone Birding June 13, 2011 Bargain Hunter Bruce Glick and his wife Helen are currently traveling to Alaska where he reports on their travels, including bird sightings. Skagway and Haines, Alaska After traveling over 4,000 miles from Millersburg, we arrived at Skagway, our first Alaska destination. Those of you have traveled this route know about the steep descent from the ice-filled...
Sunrise at the Stadium – Relay for Life participants greet the new day with hope
Summary: When the sun came up over Dovers Crater Stadium on Saturday, June 4, dozens of walkers were already on the track, with some of them having never left since the annual Relay for Life walk had begun at 6 pm on Friday evening. Survivors and friends and families of those who had fought the courageous battle against cancer gathered to continue the fight. Michael Mike Warren Taylor of...