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Tis' The Season

  • December 1, 2010
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We all know tis’ the season of snacking, shopping, singing and shining up our stars. Let’s look at all of these holiday elements as they are listed. First, snacking; what follows closely after are dietary changes of greater restriction. Of course, we deny our nutritionist’s holiday advice and overindulge ourselves anyways. It’s only once a year, right? Snacking, or let’s just call it thirty...
Millersburg comes alive with holiday spirit

Millersburg comes alive with holiday spirit

  • December 1, 2010
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With a belly-rumbling ho-ho-ho, Santa Claus officially brought Christmas to Historic Downtown Millersburg (HDM) on Friday, Nov. 26. Beginning at 6 p.m., patrons joined in the celebration to kick off the Christmas season in downtown Millersburg with an evening of family fun. In an event designed for the entire family, it was the children who were the focal point, and Santa Claus did not...

Hooley has big goals, big mission for final swim campaign

  • December 1, 2010
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Wooster High boy’s swim coach Jeff DeHaan knew this season would different. Graduation always takes a toll, and the fact that Alex McCord, the most storied swimmer in nearly 80 years of swimming at WHS, had taken his talents to Ohio State clinched that view. That was an undercurrent of thought that began last season with the idea this year would be more difficult, and Chase Hooley admitted to...

Veteran Scots early pick to win NCAC hoop title

  • December 1, 2010
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Winning has become commonplace for the College of Wooster men’s basketball team under the tenure of Steve Moore, and it doesn’t look like the winning is going to stop anytime soon. The Scots, who won the North Coast Athletic Conference championship last year for the sixth time in a row with a 25-6 record and 15-1 mark in league play, were the preseason pick to win the NCAC again. That respect...

All-American Girl

  • December 1, 2010
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The storied West Holmes High School volleyball program got another feather in its cap Monday, Nov. 29, when it was announced that former Lady Knights middle-hitter, and current Wheeling Jesuit senior, Keysha Allison was named a 2010 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II third-team All-American, making her the first West Holmes volleyball player to ever attain All-America...

BLOGS07 | 2010-12-02

  • December 2, 2010
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Unstoppable (PG-13) 98 min.A film starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson and directed by Tony Scott, who also directed The Last Boy Scout, Crimson Tide and Enemy of the State.DT: You'd think that a runaway train movie with the title "Unstoppable" would indicate that the efforts of the film's characters to stop the runaway train would be in vain but you'd be wrong. When you...

The most wonderful time of the year

  • December 2, 2010
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Well, it's that time of year. Some call it the most wonderful time of the year. The time where expectations are high and we put them on ourselves. We've gotten past Thanksgiving and Black Friday madness. The Christmas trees and decorations are sparkling in windows as we now go to work in the dark and come home in the dark.Don't read me wrong here. I love the Christmas season and I am looking...

1206 Fighting for the Holmes County connection: Hovis, Miller among those seeking seat vacated by Gibbs

  • December 2, 2010
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When Holmes County Commissioner Joe Miller learned the Republican Party was seeking applicants for the seat vacated by State Senator Bob Gibbs, he felt it was important to have a Holmes County person apply and get the job. When Rob Hovis, the GOP’s county chair, found out about the application period, he felt it was an opportunity to not only serve this area, but also find a way to fix some...

Smithies on the cutting edge

  • December 2, 2010
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Walk into Smithville High School any weekday morning, and students will be busily going to class, getting books from their lockers, or chatting to friends. While they may be doing a variety of activities, they are almost all carrying the same thing: a net book. The small high school off of SR 585 is fast becoming a leader in technology-based curriculum and education. As the first semester of...

Printing business turns images into works of art

  • December 2, 2010
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Printing business turns images into works of art by Patricia M. Albrecht After learning about silk screening in high school and realizing how much he loved the art aspect of the craft, Scott Trammell set out to achieve a lifelong goal of owning a print shop. Following 20 years of experience in traditional screen printing and apparel decorating working at his in-laws business, Scott, his...