Wooster looks to be in upper half in OCC wrestling
020711 OCCwrestle Promo: Generals head into OCC Wrestling Championships at Mansfield Wooster looks to be in upper half in OCC wrestling By Brian Questel The tale of the Ohio Cardinal Conference wrestling championships boils down to one theme: Can Lexington repeat? The OCC Wrestling Championships will be held at Mansfield Senior Feb. 12, beginning at 10 a.m. Lexington has won the past three OCC...NFL has to keep tightening down on illegal hits
020711 Questel column Questel hedshot The United States is closing in on the highlight of its sporting world when the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers face off in Super Bowl XXXXV. While that grabs the attention of the sporting public, once the final seconds have ticked off the NFLs most important work of the season will begin. That work is sure to raise the ire of many players in the...
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020711 ScotsWickliffe Promo: Size isn't everything for Scots' Wickliffe Wickliffe playing big for top-ranked Scots By Brian Questel When The College of Wooster opened the 2010-11 campaign, there were questions. Every team, of course, has them. What Scot coach Steve Moore had going for him was a trio of seniors who had been crucial links in the past two North Coast Athletic Conference...
020711 District eyes ways to deal with state budget impacts
Like their counterparts across the state, the Wooster City School District is bracing for the possibility of significant funding cuts as state officials search for ways to deal with an estimated $8 billion budget deficit. During its January 25 meeting, the Board of Education told concerned parents that they are keeping a watchful eye on Columbus. The rumors are pretty rampant, said Board...Avant Gardener: Getting kids in the garden
When we were children most of us came home with a small seedling in a Styrofoam cup or a cottage cheese container. We were instructed on how to plant the seed, making a small hole in the soil with our number two pencil. We gently placed the seed in the hole, covered it, watered it and set our cup next to all the other cups on the window sill of our second grade classroom. In a week or so the...
Millersburg Ministerial Association helps churches find common goals
Tom Jones bright blue eyes lit up as he talked about the positive things that the Millersburg Ministerial Association has done for the Holmes County community. Jones, pastor of Millersburg United Methodist Church, has been president of the association for the past three years. Jones described the ministerial association as a fellowship of clergy and churches trying to model before the...
Sigler, Hershberger and WHMS team prove mettle in Power of the Pen
While the real world is all that truly matters for most of us, members of the West Holmes Middle School Power of the Pen team proved that living in a fantasy world can be somewhat advantageous. A dozen West Holmes Middle School (WHMS) students put their minds and imaginations to work during the annual district Power of the Pen competition on Saturday, Jan. 29, and displayed plenty of unique...