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Wayne County scholarship application available

  • April 5, 2010
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Adult & Community Education at the Wayne County Schools Career Center is offering a $1,000 scholarship for any Wayne County 2010 graduating senior who enrolls in a full-time career development program. Full-time career development programs include Computer & Accounting Office Specialist, Computer Technology Office Specialist, Computers for Today’s Office, Medical Office Specialist, and...

Making a splash outside of water

  • April 5, 2010
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Wooster High School’s most decorated athletes were recognized at the March 23 meeting of the Wooster City School District Board of Education. Wooster High School swim team members Chase Hooley, Clay Matthew, Danny Jones and Alex McCord were congratulated for representing Wooster High School in the 2010 Division 1 State swimming championships. “These four gentlemen…represent some of the...

Big and little cowpokes alike enjoy P. Graham Dunn’s western themed Spring Fair

  • April 5, 2010
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A wild bucking bronc horse, bigger than life prickly cacti, a Conestoga wagon, and cowboys and cowgirls of all ages overtook the P. Graham Dunn showroom in Dalton recently at the company’s annual Spring Fair. To be truthful, the bucking horse was more of the rocking variety, the cacti were two-dimensional props painted by a local drama club, and the Conestoga wagon was being used to dispense...

Hello, Dolley! Frances Strickland is keynote speaker at second annual Dolley Madison Banquet and Gala

  • April 5, 2010
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“I said hello, Dolly…well, hello, Dolly. It’s so nice to have you back where you belong!” The second annual Dolley Madison Banquet and Gala opened with a rousing chorus of that famous Louis Armstrong tune and a welcome by toastmaster Charlotte Adams. The March 26 event was hosted by the Wayne County Federated Democratic Women as a way to recognize first ladies’ contributions to American...

Join Walk MS at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center

  • April 5, 2010
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Be there. Because every movement made and every dollar raised supports the mission to create a world free of multiple sclerosis. Walk MS Wooster will be held Saturday, April 17, at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 1680 Madison Ave. in Wooster. Check-in will begin at 8 a.m. at Fisher Auditorium. Walk MS is about everyone coming together to raise funds and celebrate hope for...

NEWS

  • April 5, 2010
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Ohio Department of Insurance director Mary Jo Hudson is advising consumers that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) ceased issuing new policies or renewing policies to cover flood damage, following the expiration of the program’s federal authorization March 28. Congress will not act again on reauthorization legislation until after it returns to session on April 12. The NFIP sunset could...

NEWS

  • April 5, 2010
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The ideal way to celebrate National Arbor Day is to plant trees, and the Arbor Day Foundation wants people all across America to participate. As a way to celebrate, everyone who joins the nonprofit foundation during the month of April will receive 10 free shade trees. National Arbor Day and Ohio’s Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday in April, which is April 30 this year. Everyone who...

Children’s concert by the Wooster Symphony Orchestra

  • April 5, 2010
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McGaw Chapel at the College of Wooster was the setting for the annual children’s concert by the Wooster Symphony Orchestra on March 4. Approximately 1,400 Wayne and Holmes County fourth-grade students attended the event. Music for the concert included the overture to The Magic Flute by Mozart, Kije’s Wedding and Troika Song by Prokofiev, the Organ Concerto in F major by Handel, Harry’s...

Candidates face off

  • April 5, 2010
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The candidates for the Republican nomination for the 16th Congressional District seat faced questions as broad as they will face if elected to Congress this fall during a debate held at the Wooster High School Performing Arts Center March 25. The Wooster debate was the second of two debates sponsored by the Wooster 912 Project, Ashland Tea Party, Medina County Friends and Neighbors and Stark...

Annual Wooster Ethnic Fair, April 17

  • April 5, 2010
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The planning committee for the ninth annual Wooster Ethnic Fair recently announced that the theme for 2010 is Embracing Our Differences. The fair will be held Saturday, April 17, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Wayne County Fairgrounds and is open to the public free of charge. This fun-filled day will combine entertainment and education from a variety of cultural exhibits representing more than 40...