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Stack burgers to use meat thermometer

  • May 29, 2010
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We use our grill primarily to cook hamburgers and hot dogs, and I’ve always wondered, how am I supposed to use a meat thermometer on these foods? I’m especially concerned about the hamburgers -- we usually use thin frozen burgers on the grill. First, good for you for using a meat thermometer. Too many people rely on other cues -- time on the grill or color of the meat, for example -- that...

Troyers Hollow socks

  • May 29, 2010
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Deep in Troyers Hollow, Simon Troyer operated his woolen mill and left a legacy of woven coverlets, shawls, blankets, and woolen socks. These items are much sought after by today’s collectors. From 1873 to 1915, Simon D. Troyer operated a thriving woolen mill business. I am fortunate to own a pair of the socks that I bought at auction several years ago. The toes and heels had to be hand-knitted...

Graduation and the Big Beyond

  • May 29, 2010
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Three high school sophomores, a junior, and a senior faced me around the cafeteria table. The junior leaned forward. “You went to the same high school as my grandmother. Does that make you feel old?” I laughed. It’s been 11 years since I ate at one of those cafeteria tables, but it wasn’t my memory of the old Broadway High School building making me feel old (we switched from the old building...

LEGO Engineering Camp builds to two weeks in June

  • May 29, 2010
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The University of Akron Wayne College Holmes County Higher Education Center has expanded its popular LEGO Engineering Camp from one week to two. Week one runs Monday through Thursday, June 7-10. Week two runs Monday through Thursday, June 14-17. There is a morning session for 6 to 8 year olds, from 9 a.m. to noon, and an afternoon session for 9 to 12 year olds, from 1 to 4 p.m. The week one...

Wooster Kiwanis Club grants Achievement Awards

  • May 29, 2010
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$PHOTOCREDIT_ON$submitted photo$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ The Wooster Kiwanis Club recently announced that they granted five Achievement Awards to graduating high school seniors of the area. The students receiving them are: Amanda Miller (L), Sara Green, Rachel Myers, Kristin Elliott and Katelyn Elliott. The criteria for selection included involvement in community service projects with a special emphasis...

Career Center seniors win prestigious awards

  • May 29, 2010
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Four seniors from the Wayne County Schools Career Center received the High Schools That Work (HSTW) Award of Educational Achievement at the May 27 board meeting. High school seniors who have completed a challenging program of study and demonstrated readiness for employment and for college by taking an exam receive this award from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Award recipients are...

West Holmes FFA members receive state degrees

  • May 29, 2010
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On May 1, the West Holmes FFA chapter had four members, two juniors and two seniors, walk across the stage and shake hands with Jeremy Grove, the Ohio State FFA president, to receive their State Degrees at the 82nd Annual State Convention in Columbus. These recipients were: Aaron Clark (junior), Diversified Agricultural Placement SAE; Garrett O’Donnell (junior), Specialty Animal Production SAE;...

Ohio State ATI plans Friday, June 4, open house for new Dairymaster dairy parlor

  • May 29, 2010
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The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) will hold an open house on Friday, June 4, to showcase its new dairy parlor, featuring a state-of-the-art milking system donated by Dairymaster USA. The public is invited to stop by the ATI dairy facility, located at 2332 Barnard Rd. in Apple Creek, between the hours of 2-5 p.m. A ribbon cutting ceremony is planned for 2:30 p.m...

At home, product designer blends aesthetics and sustainability

  • May 29, 2010
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While many people do their best to "go green" whenever possible and live a simpler lifestyle, for one area family it has become a part of their daily existence. For the past 12 years, Michael Jaeb and his wife, Georgia, have lived on a 55-acre farm a few miles from Millersburg with their three children, Annie, who will graduate from West Holmes this year, Ali, a junior and Zachary, a...

Dance recital reflects celebration of student achievements

  • May 29, 2010
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By Doris Wilson Little girls line up, butterflies dancing in sequined covered stomachs. Bigger girls lean over to check everyone’s feet for untied shoes. Confident that their small charges are ready, the older and more experienced girls go over complicated steps in their heads, wait for the music to start and proceed onto the stage with poise and confidence. And so begins another dance recital,...