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Wayne County Safe Communities reports two traffic fatalities between January and March, 2010

  • April 18, 2010
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Safe Communities reports that there were two traffic-related fatalities in Wayne County in the months of January, February and March 2010. This compares equally to the same time period in 2009. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), each fatality has a comprehensive cost of $3,366,388 associated with it. The total fatality cost for Wayne County so far in...

Going, Going, Gone…

  • April 18, 2010
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It took 50 hours, five auction sites and more than 10 auctioneers but the books have been closed on the 35th annual Wooster Rotary Club Antiques and Collectables Auction. Antique and collectable lovers from across the state flocked to Wooster High School April 9 and 10, for a chance to bid on more than 2,100 lots, ranging from Indian relics to a fully restored flame red 1963 Studebaker pickup...

Getting involved in Wooster’s curbside recycling program

  • April 18, 2010
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Interested in getting involved in Wooster’s curbside recycling program? Here’s a quick list of the items Wooster’s trash and recyclables hauler, Waste Management, Inc., can and cannot accept for recycling. PLASTIC #1-7 soft plastic household bottles or jars and other plastic containers such as: . soda bottles . salad dressing bottles . milk/water jugs . laundry/cleaning product...

Pomerene Hospital to host Relay For Life cornhole tournament

  • April 18, 2010
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Pomerene Hospital will be hosting a Relay For Life Community Cornhole Tournament on Saturday, May 15, at The Farm at Walnut Creek. The tournament will begin at 10 a.m. Cost per two-person team is $50. This cost includes tournament play, lunch for the day and admission into The Farm. Families and children are invited to The Farm that day for food, fun and animal interaction. General admission to...

Plant and animal research safety top priority inside the PAAR facility

  • April 18, 2010
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In the summer of 2012, the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) will welcome some of the top scientists in the world doing research on infectious diseases in plants and animals to a facility virtually unmatched in the nation.According to Mauricio Espinoza, OARDC communications and technology associate editor, "under federal guidelines, all facilities handling potentially...

Research at PAAR facility will impact the lives of people around the world

  • April 18, 2010
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Dignitaries from across the state gathered at OARDC April 8 for the groundbreaking ceremony for a facility that will have effects well beyond the borders of the city, state and even the country.The secure bio-containment laboratories that will be the centerpiece of the Plant and Animal Agrosecurity Research (PAAR) facility will enable OARDC scientists to expand their already strong research...

Gershwin’s Rhapsody at OrrVilla

  • April 18, 2010
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An OrrVilla community event will be held at Maple Terrace on Sunday, May 2, at 7 p.m., and features George Bixler, executive director at OrrVilla. Bixler, who has a degree in music performance from Bluffton College, will play a variety of styles - jazz, sacred, popular and classical, including Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” The public is invited to this free concert. Refreshments will...

Military news

  • April 18, 2010
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Army Reserve 1st Lt. Gregory N. Stell has been mobilized and activated at Fort Dix, N.J., in preparation for deployment to serve in support of either Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom. The soldier is a member of the 344th Tactical Psychological Operations Company, Camp Mabry, Austin, Texas. The soldiers are normally activated from Army Reserve or Army National Guard units from...

A talented but modest handyman

  • April 18, 2010
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Zack Miller, 26, never thought he would consider being called a handyman. He still doesn’t, for that matter.“If you asked anyone in my family, they would all say I would be the last person to be considered a handyman,” Miller shared modestly. Yet, when he described what he had done, it was pretty evident he fit the definition.“I enjoy working with my hands,” Miller said. “I like to...

Governor announces Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board appointments

  • April 18, 2010
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Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland recently announced appointments to the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board. In addition to the governor’s 10 appointments, Robert Boggs, Ohio Department of Agriculture director, serves on the 13-member board, as well as a selection from both the House Speaker and Senate President. The Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board is charged with establishing standards governing...