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0620 New trail section paves way for riding enthusiasts in northern Wayne County

0620 New trail section paves way for riding enthusiasts in northern Wayne County

Summary: The newly completed section of the Rails to Trails project in Wayne County runs from Creston to Rittman. The seven-mile section has already been heavily used by walkers and bicyclists of all ages. The change of time, from late afternoon to early evening, meant a change on the trail near Rittman. As a mother and her daughter exited the trail, loading up their bikes to head home, other...

6/15/11 Charges filed in psilocybin mushroom sting

SUMMARY: Charges include trafficking, illegal cultivation Additional charges were brought Wednesday June 15 against suspects rounded up in a hallucinatory mushroom investigation. According to the Wayne County Clerk of Courts courtview website, the following individuals are charged in felony indictments: Justion R. Graham, 27, 140 N. Main St., Creston, with four counts of trafficking in drugs...

6/15/11 Two plead guilty in fake cocaine sale

SUMMARY: State to seek forfeiture of defendant's car A man and woman who were caught with marijuana and paraphernalia in a traffic stop that followed a drug buy pleaded to charges Wednesday in Holmes County Common Pleas Court. Phillip A. Farley, 32, and Angela R. Smith, 33, both of 3317 Township Road 629, Loudonville, pleaded to charges that stem from a string of drug sales and an April 11...

Short season means Johnson’s long-term hopes are still alive

062011 MAtthewJohnson Promo: Johnson pro dreams stay alive as Blue Jays assign him to Class A Vancouver Short season means Johnson’s long-term hopes are still alive By Brian Questel Matthew Johnson’s day-job is over and he’s moving to mostly nights. And long bus rides. And low pay. That, however, is a good thing for the former College of Wooster baseball player and Orrville native, who...

Wayne County Mustards have new look and new coach in Craddock

062011 WayneCountyMustards Promo: Craddock takes over American Legion’s Mustards summer baseball team Wayne County Mustards have new look and new coach in Craddock By Brian Questel Barry Craddock didn’t get any time off this year. The College of Wooster assistant baseball coach jumped right back into the game when the Wayne County American Legion was looking for a coach for its Senior Legion...

Van Horn trying to keep a lifelong dream alive

062011 Vanhorn Promo: Ex-Scot Van Horn signs with Rockford RiverHawks of the Frontier League Van Horn trying to keep a lifelong dream alive By Brian Questel For Greg Van Horn, it’s not complicated. “I’m just trying to keep the dream alive,” said the recent College of Wooster graduate from Rockford, Ill., where he had signed June 13 with the Frontier League’s Rockford RiverHawks. It was...

A Dinner Table Family

I was raised in a dinner table family. Our dad worked in education; our mother worked various jobs over the early growth of our family; they were home for supper. Occasionally, family member schedules would cause a ripple in the flow of our family meal time, but never a wave of interruption. My sister and I attended Scout meetings after school. Our little brother played ball, his practices were...

Know Sweat

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. Back in the summer of 1995, when I was five months pregnant with our first child, I experienced my very first mission trip. We didn’t go to Africa or the Middle East. Nope, we went to inner city Chicago...
6\14  The start of something fun

6\14 The start of something fun

Wow; what a fantastic weekend. Horses, guns, and family, it just doesn’t get much better than that. There was a Mounted Cowboy Shooting event at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, and I got to participate. Before I get to far ahead on this story I should pick up where I left off last in last week’s column. After deciding it was bad idea to continue irritating Bufford by trying to shoot off of him, I...

Dunlap Community Hospital to hold Safe Sitter classes

Dunlap Community Hospital will offer Safe Sitter classes for girls and boys age 11 to 13 on July 7 and 8. Registration deadline is June 30. Classes will be held at the hospital. The Safe Sitter program is a medically accurate program that teaches young adolescents how to handle emergencies when caring for younger children. To register your son or daughter or your child’s babysitter, call...