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Award-winning leaders by example

  • May 14, 2010
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Area student leaders were honored with the Ray A. Kroc award on Thursday, May 13, at the McDonald/Marlite Conference Center in New Philadelphia.The event was hosted by local McDonald's restaurants and specifically, regional owners Dana and Diane Lewis, Vickie Lewis and Amy Ansel. The awards were presented to high school and middle school students showing academic and leadership qualities in...

Problem solved East Holmes Math Enrichment Day has students focusing on problem solving

  • May 14, 2010
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Chestnut Ridge Elementary experienced some major problems this past Wednesday, May 12, but fortunately, they had the right people on the job to solve them.The problems were part of the Math Enrichment Day, an event sponsored by the Tri-County Educational Service Center (ESC), and the problem-solvers were East Holmes fifth- and sixth-graders who qualified as high-ability math students.While in the...

Berlin Elementary goes Under the Sea for Right to Read Week

  • May 14, 2010
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The hallways of Berlin Elementary looked like an underwater scene from Jules Verne’s classic novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea recently, when staff and students decorated the rooms and hallways of the school in celebration of Right to Read Week from May 10-17. Bedecked with green and blue balloons representing bubbles, colorful sea creatures, water and sand, each of the rooms took on a serious...

Pennsylvania 6-5000 keeps 'em hopping

  • May 14, 2010
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Dancers young and old took to the dance floor to "cut a rug" to the sound of swing music as the Wooster High School Jazz Band presented its annual Big Band dance in the Wooster High School Commons on May 8.Under the direction of Dan Adams, the jazz band performed classic swing hits from the Big Band era, including music made popular by the legendary Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Benny...

Seniors take a final bow

  • May 14, 2010
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The seniors in the Wooster High School band program took their final curtain call as the Wooster High School music department presented its spring band concert on May 5, at the Wooster High School Performing Arts Center.Under the direction of Dan Adams and Doug Bennett, the 150-plus student musicians who take part in the highly successful instrumental music program performed a wide variety of...

COSI brings animal kingdom to Millersburg Elementary

  • May 14, 2010
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Beep................. beep............. beep........ beep..... beep... beep... beep.. beep. beep. beep. beep. beep.beepbeepbeep.bbbbbbbbeep.That was the sound of Kevin Seymour’s radio transmitter in action at Millersburg Elementary on Tuesday, May 11, as it honed in on the mighty black bear lurking in the school’s auditorium. This dangerous beast, however, was only Daryl Haven, the school’s...

Make tracks to Dennison May 19-23 for the 31st annual Railroad Festival

  • May 14, 2010
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With the return of thrill rides, the mixed martial arts expo and the 250 Split Mud Run, the 31st annual Dennison Railroad Festival will be more exciting than ever. It’s a family-friendly festival where visitors can enjoy free musical and dance performances, free kids day activities, car show, delicious food and more. The festival begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, and continues until Sunday,...

Applications now being accepted for woman of the year award

  • May 14, 2010
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The Dennison Railroad Depot Museum is gearing up for the annual Lucille Nussdorfer Tuscarawas County Woman of the Year award banquet and applications are now being accepted. The awards banquet will be held August 19 as a kick-off to the American Soldiers Homecoming August 20-22. This prestigious award is named after Lucille Nussdorfer, who started the Dennison Servicemen’s Canteen that served...

Tuscarawas Philharmonic becomes new resident at KSU Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center

  • May 14, 2010
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Sounds of a cultural fixture of the Tuscarawas Valley will emanate from the new Performing Arts Center at Kent State University at Tuscarawas when the Tuscarawas Philharmonic relocates there this fall. The cooperative venture was announced at the Saturday, May 8, Tuscarawas Philharmonic concert. “The Tuscarawas Philharmonic is extremely excited about this partnership,” said Agnes Swigart,...

Disaster dude, preparedness princess wanted; Red Cross ducks ready to waddle away

  • May 14, 2010
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Feathers are flying at the Muskingum Lakes Chapter of the American Red Cross as it prepares for its 11th Annual Duck Race fundraiser, sponsored by the New Philadelphia Kiwanis Club. With the duck race set for June 6, from 1-4 p.m., at Dover City Park, the Red Cross is ready to crown its next Disaster Dude or Preparedness Princess. If you think you have the right waddle in your step, the Red...