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Lady Knights win; boys fall to Smithies in dual

  • April 5, 2010
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Riding the strong performances of Macy Adkins, Kendra Martin, Rachil Reynolds and Jasmine Troyer, the Lady Knights edged the visiting Smithville Smithies 75-62 in a dual meet Tuesday, March, 30, at the West Holmes track. Adkins brought home three first-place finishes, winning the 1600 (6:11.96), the 800-meter run (2:51.37) and the 3200 (13:56), where the Lady Knights took the top three spots...

Veteran General squad will get stiff test early

  • April 5, 2010
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Bryan Ehrlinspiel is going to know a lot about his Wooster Generals’ baseball team very, very quickly. It’s a good thing then he is putting a veteran squad on the field this season, with eight lettermen and a solid corps of pitchers to fall back on. With 15 games in 21 days – including a four-game stretch in Tennessee over spring break – Ehrlinspiel and Co. are going to get tested early...

Bahler one of Bates foundation’s top eight

  • April 5, 2010
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Long-time educator and coach Roy Bates was never afraid to go head–to-head with anyone on virtually any issue. But as any successful teacher and coach knows, far more is accomplished with students who are willing to work together and put in additional work, all the while avoiding trouble and negativity. It was for those students Bates designed the Roy S. Bates Foundation Award, to single out a...

Borderline spring cleaning

  • April 6, 2010
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Spring is here. I know that's a bit of an understatement and one that you probably already knew. How I know spring is here in my rural neck of the woods can't be found in the greening of the yards, the winter wheat poking up, or even the flowers and buds on trees. It's in the manure.Any good farmer worth his or her salt knows to clean those pens when the ground is frozen and throughout the...

Don't poke me!

  • April 6, 2010
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By now, it is probably safe to assume that you and most of your friends and family have a facebook account.Facebook is a handy tool for many of us. In fact, my class reunion was actually planned using facebook a couple of years ago. It is also a great way to stay in touch with long-distance friends. The social networking phenomenon has spawned an entirely new culture and with it, a whole new set...

EDUCATION

  • April 6, 2010
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Three faculty members and six students from the College of Wooster recently returned from the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) national meeting in San Francisco, where they not only shared their research with thousands of other scientists, but also received an award (honorable mention) for their work as a student chapter of the ACS. Paul Edmiston, associate professor of chemistry, Melissa...

HEALTH

  • April 6, 2010
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Governor Ted Strickland has joined with the Ohio Department of Aging and Ohio’s Aging Eye Public Private Partnership to proclaim April as Ohio Aging Eyes Month to promote awareness of age-related eye diseases that affect more than one million Ohioans. “Blindness and vision impairment represent a significant burden not only to aging Ohioans, but also to their family and communities,” said...

NEWS

  • April 6, 2010
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Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray recently warned consumers to watch for scammers who impersonate military members online to swindle money. “We have recently heard of various scenarios in which con artists claim to be deployed servicemen in order to exploit well-meaning people,” Cordray said. “The stories run the gamut, from selling non-existent cars online to using dating sites to entice...

NEWS

  • April 6, 2010
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Ohio Governor Ted Strickland recently announced that the wait lists for home and community-based services funded through the Department of Aging, including PASSPORT, Assisted Living, Choices, and PACE, have been eliminated. “Older Ohioans should have access to a spectrum of choices when deciding where they would like to receive medical and personal care services,” Strickland said. “I...

NEWS

  • April 6, 2010
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The United Kennel Club’s 2010 Beagle Nationals is a hunting beagle event held annually in Coshocton. This year’s event will be April 17-18 at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds, 707 Kenilworth Ave. The first hunt will begin at 7 a.m. on Saturday, April 17, with a bench show at 2 p.m. The bench show offers something a little different, in which the beagles are judged on a breed standard. Another...