Making room for more memories
Time for a confession. In my zeal, I actually got rid of memorabilia I regret discarding. In my plan to tame the amount of kid clutter in my home, I took photos of my kids with all their oversized art projects. The pile included a paper mache pizza, bonsai tree, Michael Jackson statue, elbow-macaroni picture frame, pretty scarecrow lady, yarn bunny picture. Really, when I think about it, I do not...
Home School Wednesday at NJC is more than justa field trip
Summary: The Norma Johnson Center had the final Home School Wednesday for the season. The program will resume in the fall when school is back in session. Designed to give homeschooled kids an opportunity to learn in the field, Home School Wednesday is more than just a field trip, its a learning experience. Who says a classroom has to have four walls, desks lined up in neat little rows and the...
052311 Woosters Public Square Historic District to expand
Summary: Woosters Public Square Historic District is getting ready to expand. As work prepares to get underway on the Merchants Block LLC development project, the members of Wooster City Council voted unanimously to expand the citys existing Public Square Historic District to include the site of the former Freedlanders Department Store. According to supporting documentation provided to the...Avant Gardener: Low maintenance landscaping allows more time in the garden
Summary: Choose fast-growing, low maintenance plants for the landscaping so you can spend more time in the herb and vegetable gardens tending to the plants that will feed you later in the season. Applying practical concepts like location and succession planting will insure a healthier garden and less work for the gardener. In the vegetable garden I learn patience. There will be no food for...
052311 Family Dollar gets city council OK for renovation tax incentive
Summary: A retail building in downtown Wooster is about to receive a major facelift. The building on the corner of Liberty and Grant Streets in downtown Wooster that formerly housed a Sherman Williams store will be getting an extensive facelift thanks to legislation unanimously approved by Wooster City Council during their early May meeting. It is with enthusiasm this evening that I bring...
Dante's Inferno; Local restaurant gutted in overnight blaze
Around 7:45 a.m. on Monday, May 16, the last of the fire trucks pulled away from the scene of a massive fire in downtown New Philadelphia. Only charred remains sit at 261 West High Ave., the home of Dante's Pizza and Pasta House.New Philadelphia Fire Department responded to the commercial structure fire in the century old building around 2:30 a.m. When New Philadelphia Engine 2101 arrived on...
Vietnam veterans to be honored with special program
The Holmes County Veterans Service Center will present Welcome Home, Honoring Those Who Served, a special program honoring Vietnam veterans, May 27, at 6 p.m., in the West Holmes High School auditorium. The program is open to the public.The program will be a welcome home ceremony for all Vietnam veterans. All veterans from any era are encouraged to attend. The ceremony will include two speakers...Trumpet in the Land to offer acting workshop
This summer, Trumpet in the Land will offer an acting workshop for students in grades three through nine. The workshop will be held from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., on four Wednesdays, beginning July 13. After four weeks of instruction with some of the areas most talented performance professionals, participants in the program will come together to perform Circus Time, a childrens show, which will...