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Millersburg Head Start wins state’s highest, three-star award for excellence in early care and education

  • December 21, 2009
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In recognition of its excellent child care program and its ongoing commitment to children, Millersburg Head Start has received a Three-Star Step Up To Quality award from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services - Bureau of Child Care and Development, the state agency responsible for licensing and promoting high standards among Ohio’s child care centers. “We applaud the Millersburg Center...

Nashville TOPS news

  • December 21, 2009
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On Dec. 2, Nancy Baker was welcomed back after an extended absence from TOPS OH1573 Nashville. Being the first meeting after Thanksgiving, they celebrated a five-pound loss. Rita Sprang was their best loser. She said to walk a lot. Geneva Pringle was their best re-dedicated loser. She told them to eat smaller portions on a small plate. Tom Alexander was their best KOPS. He said no soda pop. Rita...

Northwestern alum making his mark in Minor League Baseball

  • December 21, 2009
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Kurt Landes is making the most of his love of sports and his creativity. Landes is the award-winning general manager of the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, the Triple A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The 1991 graduate of Northwestern High School and 1995 graduate of Bowling Green was named Minor League Baseball’s Executive of the Year at this year’s winter meetings in Indianapolis. “I’ve...

Scots' Koechli in elite class

  • December 21, 2009
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The awards have been coming in for College of Wooster senior soccer player Chantal Koechli.A center midfielder and four-year starter for the Scots, Koechli was a two-time North Coast Athletic Conference first-teamer the past two seasons and was named second-team all-Great Lakes Region recently. It’s no surprise, then, that she has been a cornerstone of the Scots, who were 11-4-4 this past...

O Little Town of Bethlehem

  • December 24, 2009
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O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. For Christ is born of Mary, and gathered all above, While mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wondering love. O morning stars together, proclaim the holy...

Saint Nicholas—a true hero for all times

  • December 24, 2009
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Over the years many stories and legends have evolved regarding the jolly guy in the red suit, but the true story of Santa Claus actually begins where many festivals begin…in the Catholic faith. This story begins with a bishop full of generosity and love known to the world as Nicholas. “Much of what we know about Nicholas is shrouded in legend,” said Father Ron Aubry, of St. Peter Catholic...

30 Christmases on County Road 201

  • December 24, 2009
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An anniversary of sorts slipped by last month relatively unnoticed. I’m pretty sure Hallmark doesn’t have a card for this one. We have lived in this same modest, utilitarian home on County Road 201 for 30 years.I really didn’t think much about it until we went through our annual tussle with the Christmas tree just a few days after the homey benchmark. We always buy a live tree, which is...

Local author entertains young and old by reading

  • December 24, 2009
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Killbuck students help donate one million books to children in need

  • December 24, 2009
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Killbuck elementary students are helping youth nationwide to put down their remotes and controllers and pick up a good book instead. A total of 18 first-graders from Killbuck Elementary School are joining Super Bowl MVPs Peyton and Eli Manning and Scholastic Book Clubs to help donate one million books to disadvantaged children. This fall, students in Brandi Schlauch’s Killbuck Elementary first...

Community effort helps one Ohio Marching Band get to the Tournament of Roses Parade

  • December 24, 2009
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A generous effort by members of the community has helped give 35 members of the Ohio State School for the Blind Marching Band the opportunity to perform at the 121st Tournament of Roses Parade, which takes place Friday, Jan. 1, 2010, in Pasadena, Calif.“The Ohio State School for the Blind has an all blind marching band, in fact, it’s the only blind marching band in the United States,” said...