Ellsworths win fuels WHS effort at Madison
It wasnt a classic performance, but it was enough to please Wooster High wrestling coach Troy Worth. The third-year coach watched as Zach Ellsworth kicked off his senior wrestling campaign in fine style, dominating the 160-pound weight class in the Coke Classic at Mansfield Madison. Two teammates, Anthony Catanzarite and DeVonta Anderson, were runners-up in their weight classes as a thin...Bad timing sinks Generals in opener, but times bode well for future
Wooster High boys swim coach Jeff DeHaan summed up Saturdays opener with two words: Bad timing. That was his synopsis after the Generals opening quad meet at Youngstown State University. The Generals finished third behind Youngstown Boardman (163 points) and Canfield (155) with 124 points. All three of those teams finished well in front of Warren Harding (90). We were 1-2, so we...In an imperfect world, all you can do is fight against the darkness
At first, I simply laughed it off as yet another indication that we live in an imperfect world. After all, who could be upset when the first string of Christmas lights, pulled from a box housed in the garage for nearly a year, didn't work? It never occurred to me that the next five would fail, too, or that of the 15 strands I'd packed away last winter, only six would perform as I'd expected...
Home - at last - for the holidays
A Bargain Hunter story in 2006 featured the trials of Rita, who began adoption proceedings in Sierra Leone in May 2003 for her daughter, Cinda, then a resident of the All as One orphanage. Cinda was six at the time and had lived at the orphanage for about one year. Records showed she was born in a camp for displaced persons (like a refugee camp) in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The West African...Christmas -- Every Memory Will Do
I know Christmas is supposed to be wondrous and magical and full of silent nights and angels singing of high, but in our family, Christmas is usually synonymous with some sort of colossal un-seasonal sort of mishap. And after four-plus decades, not only have I come to expect these holiday follies, I actually have come to expect them and even cherish them. They prove to me your Christmas does not...
122010 Have a very merry Tuba Christmas -Wooster Tuba Christmas Conductor Doug Bennett
For many years former Wooster Police Chief Steve Thornton and Wooster City Schools music instructor Doug Bennett made the trek to Akron so that area students could participate in Akron Universitys Tuba Christmas celebration. When the number of local musicians attending that event reached 40, the pair wondered aloud whether their might be enough interest in Wooster to start a Tuba Christmas...
122010 Council approves two percent salary increase for hospital employees
This spring a new wage structure which includes a two percent pay increase will take effect for non-physician employees of Wooster Community Hospital. During their December 6 meeting, the members of Wooster City Council considered and ultimately unanimously approved the new wage structure, which is scheduled to go into effect on April 10, 2011. Every year we have the responsibility to review...Avant Gardener: Soup from the Garden
If you preserved food from the garden this year you are fortunate enough to have a stockpile of goodies to choose from when preparing your holiday meal this year. Canned, frozen and dried foods can easily be used in recipes to create delicious side dishes to accompany your main course. The oft overlooked course at the holiday meal is soup and it is one of my favorite things to make. We...
122010 Last of citys three unions agrees to one year contract freeze
The last of the three unions representing employees of the City of Wooster has agreed to a one year contract extension, effectively freezing their wages at current levels for the coming year and helping the city bridge an expected budget gap for 2011. Wooster Mayor Bob Breneman made the announced at the December 6 meeting of Wooster City Council. You had heard that we had settled with both the...