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I’ll meet you on the hill

  • August 21, 2010
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“I’ll meet you on the hill,” is a common phrase to hear during Wooster High School’s annual marching band camp. The band’s practice field, which is located at the base of the small hill behind the high school that looks out over Follis Field, is a popular place for band alumni, parents and members of the community to spread out a blanket, munch on some snacks and enjoy watching the band...

Kno-Ho-Co Ashland CAC enrolling for Head Start

  • August 21, 2010
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As pencils are sharpened, buses start moving and temperatures begin to fall, millions of students across the country head back to school. This year, that group will include 339 children served in the Head Start program of Kno-Ho-Co Ashland CAC. For more than 45 years, Head Start has been providing children with activities that help them grow mentally, socially, emotionally and physically. This...

Vivian Miller offers compassion through cards

  • August 21, 2010
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After the doctor informed Vivian Miller, 68, four years ago that she had Parkinson’s disease, he asked how she felt about the diagnosis. Miller didn’t flinch. She mustered up her usual pluck and said, “It’s not going to put me in a corner someplace.” Indeed it hasn’t. In the time since, Miller has spent her life quietly helping others. “It’s not about me,” she said modestly. “God...

Rainbow of quilts showcase talent of local stitchers

  • August 21, 2010
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A “Rainbow of Quilts” graced the gym at Ida Sue School when the Tree City Quilt Guild presented its 2010 quilt show August 13 and 14. Held every other year, this is the seventh such show to be held by the guild since its founding in 1991. According to quilt show chairman Sally Kitchen, the 188 quilts on display were lovingly handcrafted by members of the Tree City Quilt Guild and represent...

Smiles in every barn at the Holmes County Fair

  • August 21, 2010
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It really didn’t matter which animal barn you visited at the Holmes County Fair last week. The faces and names of the youngsters changed, and the animals differed, but the results were the same. There were smiles all around, and that was before judging, before the market sales.The fair was in progress, and that’s all these dedicated 4-Hers cared about. They had worked for months to prepare...

German Culture Museum re-opens at its new location in Walnut Creek

  • August 21, 2010
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It’s not just a room full of rusty tools and yellow papers, but a place where visitors can come and learn about how Walnut Creek and the surrounding areas got to where they are today. It has been nearly 30 years since the grand opening of the German Culture Museum in Walnut Creek, which was located in the house next to the Post Office, and the museum celebrated a re-opening in its new location...

New perspective A trip to the Holmes County Animal Shelter

  • August 21, 2010
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Today we went to the Holmes County Animal Shelter. What we found was startling. We expected to see dogs that are suffering, waiting for the right owner to step in and take them to their home before time runs out and they get put down. Actually what we found wasn’t anything like we imagined. It was well-kept and not as many dogs as we thought were put down. So far this year, 169 dogs came in but...

Bus stop safety--what you need to know before they go

  • August 21, 2010
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As we begin another school year it’s important to remember all the dos and don’ts when it comes to school bus safety. It’s even more important to remind students about bus rules and proper behavior while on the school bus. Bus driver’s work extremely hard every day to make sure you’re child is safely delivered to and from school. If you take the time to go over bus safety with your children...

Hymn History

  • August 21, 2010
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Hymn History Precious Promise Precious promise God has given To the weary passerby, On the way from earth to Heaven, “I will guide thee with Mine eye.” I will guide thee, I will guide thee, I will guide thee with Mine eye On the way from earth to Heaven, I will guide thee with Mine eye. When temptations almost win thee And thy trusted watchers fly, Let this promise ring within thee, “I will...

A time to mourn

  • August 21, 2010
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According to scripture in Ecclesiastes chapter three there is a time or a season for everything. Solomon the wise author of this book explains there is “a time to be born and a time to die…a time to mourn and a time to dance.” But just knowing that there is a season and a time for everything doesn’t make going through those times any easier. Unfortunately grief is a part of life just like...