Daily Record, The Wooster, OH back issues from March 2007:
Dalton met 25 of 25 indicators to achieve 'excellent' distinction
Mar 01, 2007; ... By SARAH SKYLARK BRUCE Staff Writer The district achieved the state designation "excellent" for thesecond year in a row. It also met adequate yearly progress, adistinction that is especially hard for excellent districts to meetbecause it measures increases in a ...
Upcoming Services
Mar 01, 2007; ... Jim Beichler, 72, Creston: Services will be this morning, March 1,at 11 a.m. at Roberts Funeral Home, Sherwood Chapel, Wooster.Entombment will be at Sherwood Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. (Obituaryran 2/26/07) Phillip Jackson, 38, Orrville: Friends may call one hour prior tothe ...
Engagements
Mar 01, 2007; ... Meenan-Scott WOOSTER -- John and Jodie Meenan of Wooster announce theengagement of their daughter, Elizabeth, to Nathaniel Scott of York,Pa. He is the son of Thomas and Barbara Scott. Miss Meenan is a graduate of Wooster High School and Penn StateUniversity, with a bachelor's ...
Superiors earned at county solo and ensemble festival
Mar 01, 2007; ... DALTON -- The Wayne County solo and ensemble festival was heldSaturday at Dalton. The festival was sponsored by the Tri-CountyEducational Service Center. Students awarded superiors were: Section A, Instrumental Adjudicator, Tom Long Chippewa -- Fraley Robertson, ...
Utilities stressed, repairs made in Marshallville
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CHANDA NEELY Staff Writer Several minor repairs were made throughout the village last yearand work continued on a major electrical system upgrade, but thepursuit of a new wastewater treatment facility has come to a stop. "We completed several important repairs and ...
Dalton shoots down Horizon
Mar 01, 2007; ... By MATTHEW FLORJANCIC Special to The Daily Record STRONGSVILLE -- Twenty-five years ago, country music star HankWilliams Jr. recorded the song "A Country Boy Can Survive." The Dalton boys basketball team did just that in the fourthquarter of its matchup with the Horizon ...
Mount Eaton ushers in new era of cooperation
Mar 01, 2007; ... By JOHN C. LORSON Record Correspondent The year 2006 ushered in a new era of cooperation in the villageof Mount Eaton. When the already contentious relationship betweenthe Village Council and the Board of Public Affairs (which overseesthe water and wastewater utilities) ...
Wooster students place in Americanism test
Mar 01, 2007; ... WOOSTER -- Six Wooster High School students posted the top scoresin the annual Americanism and Government Test sponsored by theAmerican Legion and Auxiliary of Wooster Post No. 68. The test covered topics including the United States flag, federalgovernment, including the ...
Startzman battles to keep up with need
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CHANDA NEELY Staff Writer The Viola Startzman Free Clinic is known for providing high-quality health care for low-income Wayne County residents. Last year the clinic was flooded with new patients, and anunprecedented increase in expenses put VSFC under financial ...
Personnel, utilities big concern in controlling library budget
Mar 01, 2007; ... By LINDA HALL Staff Writer The library is run like a business; its challenge is "liv(ing)within our budget just like every business does," Treasurer KatherineLong said. Since 2001, when state funding -- which accounts for 64 percent ofthe Wayne County Public Library's ...
Nichols' big triple helps Colts move on
Mar 01, 2007; ... Steve Nichols came through in the clutch for Cloverleaf, canning agame-tying 3-pointer to tie the Colts' game with Westlake at the endof regulation. Once into overtime, the Colts took care of business, outscoringWestlake 5-2 to pull out a 66-63 triumph. Parker Hewit had a ...
New motivation at work in Hillsdale
Mar 01, 2007; ... By BONNIE TAYLOR Record Correspondent Progress in the district means finding innovative ways to improvestudent performance. The district's elementary department (K-4) has earned an"excellent" rating on the Ohio Schools Report Card over the pastthree years. The high ...
Holmes County Health District waiting for building project grant
Mar 01, 2007; ... By JUNE CHANDLER-WHITE Staff Writer The Holmes County Health District continues to wait on the federalgovernment to see when it can start packing its bags for a move intoa new building, possibly on land it owns on Glen Drive. "We're a step closer in that we have done ...
Northwestern experienced good year
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CHRIS KICK Staff Writer The district experienced a good year on many fronts, includingacademics, after-school programming, volunteerism, grants andathletics. In academic performance, the district was designated as"Excellent" by the Ohio Department of Education, an ...
Aging buildings still a factor at Triway
Mar 01, 2007; ... By LINDA HALL Staff Writer Capital improvements aren't on the agenda in Triway Local Schools. "I don't want to say for sure there wouldn't be another bond issue(targeted at building projects)," Superintendent Dave Rice said,calling it a board decision. However, ...
Lingering projects completed in Millersburg
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CRAIG GIFFORD Staff Writer The last year saw several projects completed within the village as2006 was one for tying up some loose ends. Long-range projects like the wastewater treatment plant centralwater tower replacement, on state Route 241, were completed after ...
Noble Arena to host AEHL tourney
Mar 01, 2007; ... From staff reports The Alice Noble Ice Arena has big plans for the end of the hockeyseason this year. It was selected by a committee of league coaches to host theplayoff and championship tournament for the America East HockeyLeague, a Junior A program with teams from across ...
Historical building grows slow but sure
Mar 01, 2007; ... By PAUL LOCHER Staff Writer Poised on a hilltop overlooking the village is the skeleton of adream members of the Apple Creek/East Union Township HistoricalSociety hope to see fleshed out in the year ahead. The red steel skeleton is that of the building that, ...
Charities plug into GoodSearch fund-raiser
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CHANDA NEELY Staff Writer WOOSTER -- Every Woman's House and STEPS at Liberty Center areasking donors to close their wallets and log onto their computers. The nonprofit agencies kicked off the GoodSearch fund-raiser lastmonth. GoodSearch is an Internet search engine ...
Africa must gain control of resources
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CHANDA NEELY Staff Writer WOOSTER -- Can Africa Heal and Prosper? That was the topic of the final lecture in The College ofWooster's Great Decisions series, which featured author and formerCollege of Wooster professor Akwasi Osei on Tuesday in Gault RecitalHall at ...
Chippewa tax requests fails twice, but by lesser amount second time
Mar 01, 2007; ... By SARAH SKYLARK BRUCE Staff Writer The board's attempts to convince voters of a 1 percent income taxfailed -- twice in 2006. Voters rejected the proposal on the August and November ballots.The income tax would have been a long-term solution for thedistrict's ...
Cell phones change way emergency calls handled
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CHRISTINE L. PRATT Staff Writer Major strides were made in 2006 in a plan to better deliveremergency services in response to wireless calls to 9-1-1. Members of Wayne County's 9-1-1 advisory committee reconvened in2005 to review the plan adopted in 1988, with a focus ...
ATI may use part of land
Mar 01, 2007; ... By MARC KOVAC Staff Writer Ohio State University's Agricultural Technical Institute may endup using part of the former Apple Creek Developmental Center yet,thanks to the village's interest in the site. The campus earlier in 2006 abandoned plans to expand onto ...
Officials look at options for Batdorf Road contamination
Mar 01, 2007; ... By MARC KOVAC Staff Writer The county is considering its options for handling continuedgroundwater contamination in subdivisions off Batdorf Road south ofWooster, which state environmental officials have traced to humanwaste from septic systems. And the Ohio ...
Wayne Red Cross headquarters campaign at 80 percent of goal
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CHANDA NEELY Staff Writer WOOSTER -- The Wayne County Chapter of the American Red Cross is20 percent short of its $1.6 million campaign goal to fund theconstruction of a new downtown headquarters. Volunteers launched the capital campaign -- Together, Let's BuildOur ...
Police
Mar 01, 2007; ... WOOSTER -- A resident of the 3000 block of Bayberry Cove reportedher credit card was used between Feb. 2 and 14 to purchase computerequipment, valued at $1,835, without her permission. In other matters: DVDs and a game player reportedly were stolen from an unlockedapartment ...
Gault Center getting the written word out
Mar 01, 2007; ... By LINDA HALL Staff Writer New moms who sign up for a series of Gault Family Learning Centernewsletters can expect information on their children's anticipatedmilestones from infancy to the first-grade. Completion of the "Growing Together" series is a milestone ...
Downtown redevelopment 'We just wanted to increase that level of charm'
Mar 01, 2007; ... By PAUL LOCHER Staff Writer Until the wintry weather set in, a visitor to the city's centralbusiness district in 2006 and early 2007 could watch the area changealmost by the hour. In what has undoubtedly been the single biggest spate of downtowntransformation in ...
Size matters for Central Catholic
Mar 01, 2007; ... By JOHN SCHANTZ Special to The Daily Record WOOSTER -- Height can be an advantage or a disadvantage on thebasketball court. For the Hillsdale Falcons, it turned out to be a disadvantageagainst Canton Central Catholic's two big men in the Div. III WoosterSectional ...
Business owners being creative in marketing location
Mar 01, 2007; ... By BOBBY WARREN Staff Writer Has the $54 million project to relocate a portion of U.S. Route 30been a success? As beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so, too, is the answer towhether the Ohio Department of Transportation project has beensuccessful or ...
Time out The goodbye rugs
Mar 01, 2007; ... There was no funeral when my baby died. I did not get to hold myprecious little one, look in his eyes, or say goodbye. He would havebeen born Feb. 27, 2002, but he died much earlier than that. My pregnancy was going well, no problems at all. I was alone inthe exam room when the ...
Holmes goal to get tourists in county, keep them longer
Mar 01, 2007; ... By JUNE CHANDLER-WHITE Staff Writer MILLERSBURG -- Four million visitors a year might be more thanmost day-trip destinations see, but Shasta Mast knows she can't justsit back and hope the tourists find reasons to come and stay longer. "We love the day trippers ....
Exhibits and programs and forum and more at Wayne County Historical Society
Mar 01, 2007; ... By PAUL LOCHER Staff Writer The fast-growing Wayne County Historical Society posted one of itsmost active years ever in 2006. Public relations coordinator Sharon Haught said the more thancentury-old organization held 25 special events and serviced anestimated 10,000 ...
Westhill transforms old school into new
Mar 01, 2007; ... By SARAH SKYLARK BRUCE Staff Writer The old Westhill Elementary School transformed into the newRittman Elementary School. The school's groundbreaking was in thespring, and it opened its doors in August. It is built around the oldschool. Nearly everything in the school ...
Smith Orr House back on sturdy footing
Mar 01, 2007; ... By PAUL LOCHER Staff Writer There was plenty of progress made in the restoration of the JudgeSmith Orr Homestead this year, but there's still a long, long way togo in bringing the city's most historic home back to the way it oncelooked. John Smucker, president of the ...
County gets a turn in Route 30 endeavor
Mar 01, 2007; ... By BOBBY WARREN Staff Writer In many respects, 2006 marked the completion of a project torelocate a portion of U.S. Route 30 -- a stretch of highway east ofWooster and west of Riceland. In reality, the Ohio Department of Transportation will wrap up itsportion of the ...
Library building a gem
Mar 01, 2007; ... By LINDA HALL Staff Writer A lot of hopes and dreams are being pinned on the new downtownWooster library. The 45,000-square-foot building is under construction at a cost ofabout $10 million, financed by the library's building and repairfund, private donations, grants ...
Central Christian school is now under one roof
Mar 01, 2007; ... By SARAH SKYLARK BRUCE Staff Writer Central Christian School feels secure under one roof. Though staff and students don't go around singing the AmericanFamily Insurance jingle, they had only positive things to say thisyear about moving pre-K through fourth grade ...
Merry-go-round of change on juvenile center boards
Mar 01, 2007; ... By JUNE CHANDLER-WHITE Staff Writer MILLERSBURG -- At least in terms of faces, the year ahead promisesto be one of change for the Multi-County Juvenile Attention System,and Holmes County commissioners said they are preparing for acontinued uphill climb. "We have so ...
Jackson family, friends push for sex offender license plates
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CHRISTINE L. PRATT Staff Writer COLUMBUS -- Gathered in the Statehouse, wearing T-shirtsemblazoned with an image of a fluorescent green license plate, thefriends and family of Kristen Jackson joined legislators on Wednesdaytouting a law requiring the specialized plates for ...
Chipp students score high second time in standardized testing
Mar 01, 2007; ... By SARAH SKYLARK BRUCE Staff Writer The district achieved an "Excellent" rating by the state for thesecond time in 2006. An excellent rating means students scored highon standardized testing. Officials were quick to point out that though Chippewa is in thehighest 10 ...
Wooster sets goals above Excellent
Mar 01, 2007; ... By LINDA HALL Staff Writer Goals met often create new challenges. For Wooster City Schools, the degree of excellence it reached overthe last year throws down a new gauntlet -- staying the course ofexcellence and striving for further improvement. Although the ...
Millersburg still battling water well field contamination; working on getting new site
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CRAIG GIFFORD Staff Writer In the early part of 2007 it looks as though the biggestchallenges for the village this year will be its water well fieldproject and the continued growth of the downtown. The water well field has been in the works for nearly two years,as ...
Doylestown still struggling with Killian building cleanup
Mar 01, 2007; ... By SARAH SKYLARK BRUCE Staff Writer The village bought, cleaned up and prepared to demolish a buildingstanding in the way of a new library. The Killian Building, 161 N. Portage St., once held a dry-cleaning business. The dry-cleaning chemicals contaminated a ...
Barn, church create attractions at Smithville Historical Society
Mar 01, 2007; ... By PAUL LOCHER Staff Writer In one of its busiest years ever, the Smithville CommunityHistorical Society in 2006 added building No. 13 to its rapidlygrowing campus of 19th century structures in the middle of thevillage, and made significant progress in restoring Ohio's ...
Chavez faces 10 years after plea agreement for shooting
Mar 01, 2007; ... Staff report WOOSTER -- A man charged with attempted murder will receive a 10-year sentence after a pretrial hearing turned into a plea agreementWednesday in the Wayne County Common Pleas Court. Lazaro "Nino" A. Chavez, 21, whose last known address is 668 1/2N. Buckeye St., ...
Business briefs
Mar 01, 2007; ... RBB consolidating operations SHREVE -- RBB Systems will consolidate its operations to itsWooster facility by the end of summer. The move of employees,equipment and inventory is under way. Plans detail a more efficientproduction layout and additional offices to accommodate all ...
Math night a chance to bring school lessons home
Mar 01, 2007; ... By JUNE CHANDLER-WHITE Staff Writer HOLMESVILLE -- "Wait a minute. Do I recognize this game? We playedthis before, in our class." Holmesville Elementary School kindergartner Allison Franksprobably didn't know it, but she perfectly summed up the goal ofTuesday's math ...
Cuts take toll at West Holmes
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CRAIG GIFFORD Staff Writer The district hopes to not replay some of the events from 2006.Most notable was the more than $1 million in budget cuts made whentwo tries for operating funds failed. After the most recent levy request denial, last May, the districtsliced ...
Scots' basketball NCAA ticket/fan information
Mar 01, 2007; ... Whiteout in Timken Gym -- College of Wooster men's basketball fansare being asked to wear a white shirt to show their support of theFighting Scots as they host Transylvania in the first round of theDiv. III NCAA Tournament on Friday. Ticket information -- ...
Betty Frick
Mar 01, 2007; ... INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Betty Frick, 82, formerly of Wooster, diedSunday, Feb. 25, 2007, in Indianapolis, Ind., where she had livedsince 1998. A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 3, at 4 p.m. atFirst Presbyterian Church of Wooster, Beall and Bowman streets. A ...
First hurdle for new victim assistance director is finding funds after grant is cut
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CHRISTINE L. PRATT Staff Writer The Wayne County Victim/Witness Assistance Program ended 2006 bycelebrating the arrival of a new leader. Pat Edwards assumed the position of director on Dec. 4. Shereplaced Mary Anne Belanger, who retired on Nov. 15. County ...
Library programs
Mar 01, 2007; ... Holmes County Library Story Celebrations will be for children ages 2-5 with stories,songs, rhymes and crafts. Choose from Tuesdays through March 27 at6:30 p.m. or Wednesdays through March 28, 11 a.m. Register by calling(330) 674-5972 Ext. 211 or stop by the children's ...
Growth and change a vision at Montessori
Mar 01, 2007; ... By LINDA HALL Staff Writer This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first Montessorischool in Rome. The centennial celebration has a counterpart milestone in Wooster,where just one year ago two Montessori schools -- Wayne CountyMontessori, the elementary program; ...
Millersburg is one step closer to village plan, grant money
Mar 01, 2007; ... By JUNE CHANDLER-WHITE Staff Writer MILLERSBURG -- The village took a step closer Monday to attaininga village plan that may open the door to future grants funding. "Our organization wants it because if you don't have acomprehensive plan, you are not eligible ...
Plans in works for West Salem water
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CHRIS KICK Staff Writer The village in 2006 continued toward its plan of building a newwater treatment plant with the goal of providing its own water andending dependency on outside water sources. Council, the mayor and village solicitor throughout the ...
Homestead moves into final phases of restoration
Mar 01, 2007; ... By PAUL LOCHER Staff Writer The huge project to restore the Reasin Beall Homestead on thecampus of the Wayne County Historical Society has rounded third baseand is headed for home in time to serve as a centerpiece for thecity's gala bicentennial celebration next ...
IB program's payback will come 'in the future'
Mar 01, 2007; ... By LINDA HALL Staff Writer International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme student Matthew Liewhas been waiting for the second semester to become even harder thanthe first. "It's getting there," Liew said. The rigor of the curriculum at Tri-County International ...
What's up
Mar 01, 2007; ... Museums WOOSTER -- Wayne County Historical Society Museum, 546 E. BowmanStreet, is open Wednesday-Sunday from 2-4:30 p.m. and for group toursby appointment. -- The College of Wooster Art Museum is currently featuring "Artof Africa: Objects from the Collection of Warren ...
Wooster pollution control at cutting edge
Mar 01, 2007; ... By BOBBY WARREN Staff Writer The city is in the process of updating the technology at the waterpollution control plant. This cutting edge stuff does not deal withmicrochips or CPUs, but bacteria. "We're taking a biological process that has existed for years anddriving ...
West Holmes rolls into regionals
Mar 01, 2007; ... By ELLIOTT SCHREINER Daily Record Sports Writer ZANESVILLE -- The only way the Steubenville girls basketball teamwas able to slow down West Holmes was to get the team off the court. Big Red put up an 8-0 run when as many as four of the Knights'regulars went to the bench ...
Law enforcement continues battle to keep drugs at bay
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CHRISTINE L. PRATT Staff Writer A virtual elimination of methamphetamine labs and an increase inthe number of cases involving crack cocaine and Ecstasy highlight theactivity of Medway Drug Enforcement Agency in 2006. The year also brought to a virtual end a spate of ...
4-H
Mar 01, 2007; ... MILLERSBURG -- The Hoof & Hide Holmes County 4-H Club met Feb. 25at the Holmes County Department of Job & Family Services. Club members elected officers for the coming year. Officers arepresident, Robert Vansickle; vice president, Kaila Smith; secretary,Brock ...
Lane not happy to see Scots again
Mar 01, 2007; ... By CHAD CONANT Daily Record Sports Writer WOOSTER -- Brian Lane didn't see this as much of a reward. Transylvania's sixth-year head coach watched his team win itsfinal regular season game to get in the Heartland Collegiate AthleticConference tournament, then win twice ...
Healthier, stronger goal for county work force
Mar 01, 2007; ... By BOBBY WARREN Staff Writer It's been about a year since the county hired its first health andwellness nurse, and while it is too soon to measure any success,Wayne County Administrator Patrick Herron said the program is headingin the right direction. When the county ...