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Bend a little, help a lot

  • April 24, 2010
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Spring can oftentimes be a reminder of finding inner peace and warmth, and the higher temperatures can have the potential to inspire exercise and physical activity. But with spring’s symbolism of freshness and growth comes subtle reminders of what has been left behind. And the Bend-efit, sponsored by The Studio on Liberty, manages to wrap all of these themes into one event. Due to a snowstorm...

Living the Amish faith half way across the world Ukrainian 'Amish' exhibit similar faith choices to Amish, Mennonite beliefs

  • April 24, 2010
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Over the past year, Ed Kline and others have visited with a group of people who don't drive cars, use electricity, take photos, use phones and promote a very simplistic lifestyle. While this scenario may sound extremely familiar to those in and around Holmes County, the nation's most populous Amish community, it is not the Amish Kline has visited with, but rather a group of people half way around...

The ultimate away game for Wooster High School musicians

  • April 24, 2010
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On a Thursday morning during spring break, the alarm clock went off a lot earlier than most days. The usual groaning and complaining about an early wake-up call were there, but after remembering that was the day of a monumental trip to New York City, things began to look up. More than 200 high school musicians from the Wooster High School band and orchestra program spent the last weekend of...

Magic and comedy unite at Oasis Club, April 30

  • April 24, 2010
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Combining the edge of stand-up comedy with the mystery of magic is not a simple task. But Kevin King, an entertainer who resides in Wooster and graduated in 1986 from West Holmes High School, makes it sound like a piece of cake. Watch where you leave that cake, because he might just make it disappear…or float in the air. His tricks are quite fascinating and he explained that he is most...

Green fair encourages common sense actions

  • April 24, 2010
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"Being green is a mindset" and one that is rooted in "common sense," said Bill Spratley, keynote speaker for the third annual Scarlet, Gray and Green Fair, held April 20, at the Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center in Wooster.Spratley noted there are many things that individuals, groups and communities and policymakers can do to affect environmental issues. Individuals can start with...

Holmes County Great Strides walk set for Sunday, May 2

  • April 24, 2010
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Some walk by themselves, some move along in groups of 20, while others simply walk hand in hand. The method of transporting oneself along the Rails to Trails path vary for the Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides Walk. However, each of the participants has two things in common: they all have been touched by someone with the disease, whether a family member, friend or neighbor, and they all care deeply...

Wooster Ethnic Fair: Around the world…in six hours

  • April 24, 2010
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Around the world in 80 days? How about six hours? That’s what the thousands of visitors to the ninth annual Wooster Ethnic Fair were able to do at the Wayne County Fairgrounds April 17. During the opening ceremonies Wooster City Schools Superintendent Michael Tefs said that through his work as a member of the Ethnic Fair committee he was “inspired by the commitment of this community to...

Kidron icon kicks off yearlong 55th anniversary celebration

  • April 24, 2010
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In 1955 one of the most unique stores in Ohio, if not the world, opened its doors for the first time in Kidron. Fifty-five years later, the legendary Lehman’s Hardware kicked off a yearlong celebration of its 55th anniversary with the first in a series of open houses.With drawings, activities and product demonstrations from one end of the store to the other, visitors seized the opportunity to...

Immunization works!

  • April 24, 2010
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Recently, parents may have received letters from their child’s school concerning additions to immunization requirements for the 2010-2011 school year. These changes affect children entering kindergarten and those entering seventh grade. What are the changes and why were they made? Children entering kindergarten have had two changes to the requirements. The first is that all children must have...

Diabetes: testing for A1C

  • April 24, 2010
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You may be familiar with blood sugar testing for diabetes – but perhaps the “A1C” test is new to you. A1C is actually not a new test, but a very important one for diabetes. A1C is a blood test that shows your average blood sugar level over the past two to three months. Sugar in your blood attaches to red blood cells, which typically live up to three months. The test measures the percentage of...