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Birding updates after the end of spring migration

  • June 12, 2010
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Several mornings this week, I was able to get out and work on some breeding bird surveys in Holmes County. That is a sure sign that spring migration is over and the nesting season is in full swing. It’s fun to hear all the birds singing and see the young birds coming to the feeders. Just this morning, I watched a young Tufted Titmouse trying to figure out how to use a hanging feeder. The bird...

For some, sorry seems to be the hardest word

  • June 12, 2010
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What do a Major League Baseball umpire and a multinational oil company have in common? Nothing. It was a week of highs and lows in the news recently, news that answered some questions and raised others. The question that pings around in my head is this: what ever happened to accountability? It was a question refreshingly answered on the field of sport. As you probably all know by now, a Detroit...

Why should you know your Ohio Clerk of Courts?

  • June 12, 2010
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Q: What is a clerk of courts? A: In Ohio, the clerk of courts is the official record-keeper and agent for each court in each county. Many clerks manage millions of records. As agent of the county, the clerk manages the court’s bailiffs, courthouse security, subpoenas, transportation of prisoners, and evictions within the county. The clerk is also responsible for keeping records of titles for...

Heavy rainfall can bring on landscape problems

  • June 12, 2010
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As many of you know we have had more than eight-inches of rain fall within the last week, high winds that helped produce an F1 tornado to our local Sugarcreek area. While seeing the tornado first-hand coming straight at me, let me say it is beautiful in itself. While many of you are smart enough to avoid the path, I, on the other hand, was so mesmerized by the intensity, I missed the possible...

Nothing short of amazing

  • June 12, 2010
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You are amazing. Never forget that. You are the product of intelligent design, born of providence, not happenchance. You are sewn together - woven from the depths of the earth, by the hands of a God that you can never fully imagine, and most certainly will never comprehend. You are nothing short of amazing. But that doesn’t matter. It’s not what you believe. You and I were told a long time ago...

Pancakes and pampering

  • June 12, 2010
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Sometimes the best things in life happen at the last minute, without planning or preparation. Those live-in-the-moment events flash by in the blink of an eye but leave memories that you just know will last forever. Not too long ago, I was blessed to have a last-minute event that is burned into my memory like a flame that won’t go out until the day I die. My oldest daughter, Hannah, was gearing...

Celebrate National Dairy Month at Local Roots

  • June 12, 2010
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June is National Dairy Month, a time to pay tribute to our local dairy farmers and dairy producers. At Local Roots Market, you can find a selection of locally-produced dairy items that are worth celebrating. At this time, you can find a wide variety of cheeses in the cooler: Blue Jacket Dairy, based in Bellefontaine, produces both cow-milk and goat-milk cheeses, from the popular cheddar curds...

Career center Practical Nursing program honors students at ceremony

  • June 12, 2010
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The Wayne County Schools Career Center high school Practical Nursing program honored students at the annual completion ceremony at West Hill Baptist Church on May 24. Keri Shrewsbury of Dalton was awarded the Tillie Lorincz Scholarship and was named valedictorian of the class. She is the daughter of Cynthia Shrewsbury of Dalton. Presenting the award was Ferenc Relle of the Greater Wayne County...

Wooster High School athletic director receives award

  • June 12, 2010
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Keri Hamsher, athletic director at Wooster High School, received the Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association’s (OIAAA) Meritorious Service Award. The award recognizes special contributions, leadership, and service to interscholastic athletics in Ohio. “This is such an honor,” Hamsher said. “Athletics have always been such a big part of who I am. I played in high school and...

Orrville Community Chorus awards Victor Gerber Memorial Music Scholarship

  • June 12, 2010
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The Orrville Community Chorus Board of Directors announces the recipient of the 2010 Victor Gerber Memorial Music Scholarship. This scholarship honors Victor Gerber, former music director for Dalton Local Schools and the founder and former director of the Orrville Community Chorus The 2010 recipient of the $1,000 scholarship is Erika Stafford, a graduate of Orrville High School. Stafford is the...