Flora is a gentle girl
Meet Flora, a female brindle 2-year-old Mountain Cur mix found as a stray. This young girl is very active, loves attention and being petted, and knows how to sit. She takes treats with a gentle mouth and shows no resource guarding. Due to her size and activity level, she would do better in a family with older children and no seniors. She has had all of her vaccinations and is microchipped. Her...
Gentle giant seeks family
Bernie is a 4-year-old male Saint Bernard mix weighing 120 pounds. He is hard to resist with his droopy eyes, big head, slobbery mouth and goofy expressions. He is a big boy but still could use a few more pounds to gain as he came to the dog shelter on the thinner side. He tends to take things at his own pace, which is mostly slow and easy. Bernie has a mischievous side and can be stubborn...
Enchanted Forest coming to TWC
The Wilderness Center's Enchanted Forest will be Oct. 13-14 with groups departing from 6:30-7 p.m., 7-7:30 p.m., 7:30-8 p.m. and 8-8:30 p.m. Families will be escorted along pumpkin-lit trails to meet friendly nocturnal characters as they sing, tell jokes and share stories of life in the nighttime woodlands. Following a 45-minute walk, families can return to the Interpretive Building for...Watch for scams in wake of Equifax data breach
Only scammers could find a way to make bad news, like 143 million customers with compromised personal information, even worse. In the wake of the Equifax data breach, con artists are trying to capitalize on the upsetting situation. All consumers, even those that have put an immediate fraud alert or credit freeze on their credit files, must be doubly vigilant. Scammers are already finding new...
The last mow of summer is coming soon
Our house is very picky about her lawn and wants it always looking its best. As we get deeper into fall, the lawn is ready for her last mow until 2018. There really isn’t that much to mow. The hot dry weather of the last weeks has left our lawn looking rather forlorn. But the weeds will grow with or without rain, and we have a bumper crop. The lawn also is suffering from skunk hunting. The...
Wayne County family has mastered the unicycle
Many adults express frustration that their kids spend too much time on their electronics or playing video games. They reminisce about how they played outside when they were young and didn’t stay inside looking at screens. A Sterling family decided to address that problem head on. When Scott and Charlene Stollers' kids opened their Christmas presents in 2013, they found unicycles. “The...
Letter: Improper use of authority must stop
Police brutality is wrong. Because when you have to use the word brutality, it’s usually unjustified. The four words, “police brutality is wrong,” have caused a lot of stir in the last couple of months. I’ve seen countless videos on the internet and the news of police officers using their authority incorrectly. The campaign “Black Lives Matter” started because of police...
'Busy' Taylor Burnison crowned queen at WHHS homecoming
Taylor Burnison moved into the West Holmes School District from Triway in her seventh-grade year. It is now apparent that during the next six years she has endeared herself to her classmates. On Friday, Sept. 30 at West Holmes High School, Burnison was tabbed as this year’s homecoming queen, showing exactly how much respect her schoolmates have for her. “This is a great experience for...
Schmid to perform at Singspiration
John Schmid will perform at the Orrville Grace Brethren Church's Singspiration, a free event on Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. Schmid is the founder and director of Common Ground Ministries, a singing ministry based in Berlin with a focus on prisons in the Ohio corrections system. Schmid’s style of singing, a blend of country, folk and gospel with a touch of the contemporary, has gained audiences...