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Lexington wins eighth straight OCC title; Generals standing second for now

  • May 11, 2011
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051611 OCCtennis Promo: Generals netters put themselves in position to finish second in OCC Lexington wins eighth straight OCC title; Generals standing second for now By Brian Questel There was no stopping Lexington. Wooster coach Stan Burris and the other coaches in the Ohio Cardinal Conference knew that heading into the May 7 tournament, so it came as no surprise when the Minutemen took all...

Wooster puts unbeaten OCC mark, championship hopes on line

  • May 11, 2011
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051611 WHSbaseball Promo: Generals get first sectional win, look to wrap up Ohio Cardinal Conference title Wooster puts unbeaten OCC mark, championship hopes on line By Brian Questel When Wooster High School hired Derek Boyd as its head baseball coach, it probably never envisioned this start. As the Generals headed into the final week of the Ohio Cardinal Conference season and the opening of...

Handful of fifths highlight Generals’ performance at Optimist Invitational

  • May 11, 2011
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051611 Optimist meet Promo: Select group of thinclads travel to Youngstown for Optimist Invitational Handful of fifths highlight Generals’ performance at Optimist Invitational By Brian Questel The Wooster High track and field team ventured to the Austintown Optimist Meet in Youngstown May 7 and dipped its toe into the postseason waters. “There were 28 or 32 teams there,” said Wooster boys’...
051611 Matt Fisher to become new Wooster Police Chief

051611 Matt Fisher to become new Wooster Police Chief

  • May 11, 2011
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Summary: The City of Wooster has named Lieutenant Matt Fisher as its new Chief of Police. “We have selected a new police chief for our town.” With those words Wooster Mayor Bob Breneman introduced Lieutenant Matt Fisher as the city’s new Chief of Police. The formal announcement that Fisher will succeed retiring police chief Steve Glick came during the May 2 meeting of Wooster City...

Welker keeps soccer career alive, follows family footsteps to Huntington

  • May 11, 2011
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051611 Welker Promo: Generals’ Welker signs with Huntington University to continue soccer career Welker keeps soccer career alive, follows family footsteps to Huntington By Brian Questel Westin Welker followed in his brother footsteps at Wooster High School, so it may not be surprising he followed that path to college. However, while his brother may have laid the groundwork, Welker sealed the...

How Sweet the Social

  • May 11, 2011
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We have entered the social season of the warm weather months; spring brings us together after a long stretch of cold weather hibernation. Neighbors are talking more over the fences that separate them. They are waving their hands in greeting from their front porches as they sip their morning coffee or as they chill with their afternoon iced tea. Garden tractors are parked at the edge of properties...

5\10 Not what I was expecting

  • May 11, 2011
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I didn’t get a column written last week because there just wasn’t enough time. There has been more work coming in than I have had in the last three years, and it has really thrown a wrench in my schedule. I had three guys working when everything slowed down, and since then I have been getting along with one part time helper. This week along with being really busy I got to spend two days in the...

Get your garden growing with help from Local Roots at first-ever Plant Swap

  • May 11, 2011
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Is your garden overwhelmed by perennials that keep filling in spaces? Did you start more plants than will fit in your garden? Are you looking for something new and different to add to your landscaping? Come to Local Roots Market on Saturday, May 21 for the first-ever Local Roots Plant Swap. Participants must check in by 12:30 p.m. in order to participate, but the swap will run from noon until...

Mohican Basin Landowners looking for strength in numbers

  • May 11, 2011
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Approximately 400 landowners attended a meeting held at the Ripley Church of Christ May 4, to discover their options regarding the transfer of Columbia Gas leases to Chesapeake. Richard Emens, attorney for the Mohican Basin Landowners Association, stated that these leases were drafted in a very different time, when the economy and technology was not what it is today. So different, in fact, that...

Rails-to-Trails needs volunteers for May 21 cleanup day

  • May 11, 2011
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The Holmes County Rails-to-Trails Coalition is recruiting volunteers for the spring cleanup day to be held Saturday, May 21, at 9 a.m., at the Hipp Station Depot in Millersburg. “This is a call out to all volunteers, youth groups, service organizations, and trail users for our spring trail cleanup day. We will have projects for all ages and skill levels. Plus, we can also arrange for projects...