Daily Record, The Wooster, OH back issues from December 2008:
Community record
Dec 01, 2008; ... Wednesday, Dec. 3 Orrville Milk Condensing Co. Retirees, 10-11 a.m., OrrvilleMcDonald's. Rotary Club of Millersburg, 11:30 a.m., Comfort Inn, Millersburg. Wooster Duplicate Bridge Club, 1 p.m., Central Christian Church,407 N. Market St., Wooster. Rittman Senior ...
Edgar Ashcraft
Dec 01, 2008; ... EASTON -- Edgar H. Ashcraft, 74, died early Sunday, Nov. 30,2008, at his home. He was born Sept. 10, 1934, in Doddridge County, W.Va., to Vaisand Wilma (Halbert) Ashcraft and lived in the Rittman area since1973. He was employed at the Babcock & Wilcox Co. for 23 years and ...
Ivan Fahler
Dec 01, 2008; ... LODI -- Ivan L. Fahler, 84, passed away Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008,at his home. He was born in Strattonville, Pa., on Oct. 30, 1924, to Leroy S.and Mary Sleppy Fahler and was a 1942 graduate of Chatham HighSchool. He was a lifetime resident of the Chatham and Lodi areas. Mr ....
Becki Feightner
Dec 01, 2008; ... PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- Becki Linn Feightner, 47, died Saturdaymorning, Nov. 29, 2008, in Samaritan Regional Health Systemsfollowing a 1 1/2-year illness. Becki was born Sept. 16, 1961, in Ashland, and was the daughterof Thomas R. and Linda Lou (Blough) Long. She was a 1979 graduate ...
Wooster wins out and experiment station becomes part of landscape
Dec 01, 2008; ... Editor's note: This is the first of two parts. By PAUL LOCHER Staff Writer WOOSTER -- Ironically, the Ohio Agricultural Research andDevelopment Center came to town not because it was attracted by thearea's rural setting, but because it was literally forced out ...
Earl Rohrer
Dec 01, 2008; ... WILMOT -- Earl Rohrer, 91, died early Sunday morning, Nov. 30,2008, at Walnut Hills Nursing Home following a brief illness. He was born in Canton on May 27, 1917, to Eugene D. and Emma(Raugh) Rohrer and married Grace N. Sliger on Aug. 17, 1941. Shesurvives. He was a retired ...
Pauline Ross
Dec 01, 2008; ... LOUDONVILLE -- Pauline Jean Ross, 88, died Saturday afternoon,Nov. 29, 2008, in Samaritan Regional Health Systems after a briefillness. Mrs. Ross was born Oct. 4, 1920, in Ashland, and was the daughterof the late John and Winnie (Bell) Schoonover. Mrs. Ross had livedin ...
Beatrice Russ
Dec 01, 2008; ... CANAL FULTON -- Beatrice G. (Gaume) Russ, 94, Canal Fulton,passed away on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, at Chapel Hill Community,Canal Fulton, after an extended illness. She was born in Canton on June 2, 1914, to the late Leo andLoretta (Obringer) Gaume. She was employed through the ...
Linda Smith
Dec 01, 2008; ... WOOSTER -- Linda Kay Smith, 62, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008, ather home ....
20 questions
Dec 01, 2008; ... Family: Wife, Tammy Sue; children, Sarah, 24, Andrew, 19,Marissa, 19. Pets: Lucy, basset hound. Hobby: Historic preservation, for fun and profit; reading,walking and hiking. Book last read: "The Age of Jackson," by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Favorite movie: "Heaven ...
Hillsdale District Guion and Carnegie pick theater and science, respectively
Dec 01, 2008; ... By BONNIE TAYLOR Record Correspondent HILLSDALE DISTRICT -- What do a thespian aspiring to the "GreatWhite Way" and a bioscience student who spends most of her day atAshland County West Holmes Career Center have in common? Both have been chosen as Hillsdale's Daily ...
Internet good for developing skills
Dec 01, 2008; ... By CHRIS LEONARD Staff Writer SOUTHEAST DISTRICT-- Children now have some validation for allthose times mom or dad told them to go outside, enjoy the sunshineand get off the computer. According to a study released by the MacArthur Foundation inNovember, more children ...
Margaret Lee
Dec 01, 2008; ... BIG PRAIRIE -- Margaret V. Lee, 83, died on Sunday, Nov. 30,2008, at her ...
Meeting notes
Dec 01, 2008; ... Wooster Emblem Club No. 374 The annual memorial service was held at the November meeting ofWooster Emblem Club with charter member Donna Blough draping thecharter in memory of departed members. Correspondence included thankyou notes from the Village Network and People to ...
Outdoor notes
Dec 01, 2008; ... More AEP land American Electric Power (AEP) has placed 6,885 acres of Meigs andGallia counties into a cooperative management agreement with theOhio Department of Natural Resources. This agreement allows forpublic hunting, fishing, and wildlife viewing opportunities on ...
Chico's farewell tour in full swing
Dec 01, 2008; ... After 27 years as a member of the admissions staff at The Collegeof Wooster, including 22 years as the liaison for varsity athletics,Ric "Chico" Martinez has been "benched." But the popular andsuccessful recruiter isn't complaining. Martinez, who plans to retire next year, has been ...
Brothers bag bucks from same stand, days apart
Dec 01, 2008; ... By ART HOLDEN Daily Record Outdoor Editor Four years ago, Glenmont's Kevin Grassbaugh shot one of the best-antlered deer this area has ever seen. The 13-pointer was scored 2015/8 non-typical and 186 3/8 typical. The Buckeye Big Bucks Clubnamed it the top gun harvest of the ...
Robert Morris Thanksgiving Classic winner at Noble Arena
Dec 01, 2008; ... The 4th Annual College Hockey Thanksgiving Classic came to aclose Sunday with Robert Morris University taking the crown. In a hard-fought, up-and-down the ice battle, the 10th-rankedKent State Golden Flashes and the 14th-ranked Robert MorrisColonials squared off in the title game ....
On campus Stutzman picks up at Kent where she left off at Hiland
Dec 01, 2008; ... From Staff Reports Two-time Daily Record girls basketball Player of the Year JennaStutzman is picking up in college where she left off at Hiland. Stutzman is a true freshman starting on the Kent State women'sbasketball team. Stutzman has started all five games for the ...
Robb Hyde grows up visiting historical sites
Dec 01, 2008; ... By LINDA HALL Staff Writer WOOSTER -- Robb Hyde's dad could have used a bumper stickerproclaiming, "I brake for historical sites." His family took vacations in a station wagon, Hyde said, and hisdad would "turn around for a historical marker." One of the first ...
Wooster shoots down Hanover
Dec 01, 2008; ... From staff and college reports The College of Wooster drained 19-of-42 3-pointers, keying a 93-61 victory over the host school in Hanover College's John R. CollierTournament consolation game on Sunday afternoon at Hanover, Ind. The19 3-pointers made were the fourth-most in team ...
Send in your deer photos
Dec 01, 2008; ... Once again, The Daily Record will run a photo page of successfuldeer hunters. The section is tentatively scheduled to run in thenewspaper on Monday, Dec. 29. Photos can be submitted by e-mail to: aholden@the-daily-record.com, and should include who harvested the deer, what ...
Shreve kicking off holidays
Dec 01, 2008; ... By CHRISTY JOHNSON Staff Writer SHREVE -- Christmas is returning to the village and with it comesa smell which may remind residents of summer, rather than winter. For the first time, members of the Shreve Business Associationwill be serving Wayne County Fair-style ...
Personals
Dec 01, 2008; ... A GIRL, Keira Marie Zickefoose, was born Nov. 11 to ZackZickefoose and Kimberly Foster of Millersburg. She weighed 7 pounds,11.8 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long. She joins siblings ZackZickefoose Jr. and Sareal Zickefoose. Grandparents are Kathy Foster and June Roberts, both ...
Long, Musselman light city's tree to kick off holidays
Dec 01, 2008; ... By PAUL LOCHER Staff Writer WOOSTER -- You might say that David Schmitz has taken Wooster bystorm. Schmitz, who arrived in the United States for the first time fromGermany only this weekend and set foot in Wooster for the first timeon Sunday, found himself front and ...
Leatha Kaylor
Dec 02, 2008; ... NEW PHILADELPHIA -- Leatha Kaylor, 83, died Sunday, Nov. 30,2008, in Hennis Care Center at Dover, three days after her husband,Earl, passed away. They were both active residents of Hennis CareCentre since February. Leatha was born in Zanesville on May 15, 1925, to the late ...
Roberta O'Neill
Dec 02, 2008; ... WILLARD -- Roberta Ann Smith O'Neill, 86, Willard, and formerlyof Huron and Pacific Palisades, Calif., passed away Saturdayevening, Nov. 29, 2008, at Walnut Hills Nursing Home, Walnut Creek,following a short illness. Private graveside services will be held at St. Joseph's ...
Betty Jean Daugherty
Dec 02, 2008; ... CROMWELL, Ky. -- Betty Jean Daugherty, 75, died Monday, Dec. 1,2008, at Beaver Dam Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Beaver Dam,Ky. Betty was born on Feb. 21, 1933, in Ohio County, Ky., to Leva(Beasley) and Cecil Clark. She was a retired employee of Thomas Ind. in Beaver ...
Linda Kaye Smith
Dec 02, 2008; ... WOOSTER -- Linda Kaye Smith, 62, died Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008, ather home. She was born May 16, 1946, in Ravenna, the daughter of LewieArthur and Martha Viola Malone Herst. She was office manager for Dr. Tom Smith. Linda was a member ofChurch of the Saviour, Order of Eastern ...
Dr. Donald Snyder
Dec 02, 2008; ... AKRON -- Dr. Donald C. Snyder, 98, passed away on Nov. 23, 2008. He was born July 11, 1910, in Fredericksburg, the son of asharecropper. He grew up in Medina County, and he graduated fromMedina High School in 1929, Ohio Wesleyan University in 1932 andWestern Reserve School of ...
Accidents
Dec 02, 2008; ... WOOSTER -- A Wooster woman was injured in a single-vehicle crashin the 1600 block of Burbank Road on Nov. 12 at 6:34 p.m. Rebekah S. Burkholder, 49, Avalon Drive, was transported from thescene to Wooster Community Hospital. According to the Wooster Police Department, Burkholder ...
Elane and Mary Boggs
Dec 02, 2008; ... ORRVILLE -- Elane and Mary (Rogers) Boggs, 703 S. Vine St.,celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Nov. 1. They were marriedin 1958 in Wallback, W.Va., by the Rev. Doyal Cruikshank. They are the parents of Chloa (Bill) Romick of Raleigh, N.C.,Brenda (Jeff) ...
Life-altering factor for two who didn't have traditional family was parental influence
Dec 02, 2008; ... By PAUL LOCHER Staff Writer WOOSTER -- A first-ever celebration and group discussion foradoptive families was held Saturday at Parkview Church of Christunder the auspices of the Christian Children's Home of Ohio. According to Rhonda Greer, supervisor of adoption for the ...
Richard and Ruth Linhoss
Dec 02, 2008; ... ORRVILLE -- Richard and Ruth (Reed) Linhoss, 1341 Wadsworth Road,celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Nov. 25. They were united in marriage on Nov. 25, 1948, by the Revs. Susanand Edward Jones in their home in Delaware. They are the parents of four children: Darlene (Jim) ...
William and Patricia Lytle
Dec 02, 2008; ... ORRVILLE -- William "Bill" and Patricia "Pat" (Barkey) Lytle,1808 Lynn Drive, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Oct.4. They were married in 1959 at Christ Evangelical & Reformed Church(now Christ United Church of Christ) in Orrville, by the Rev.Franklin Lahr. They are ...
Roman and Sarah Yoder
Dec 02, 2008; ... APPLE CREEK -- Roman and Sarah (Burkholder) Yoder, 8559 BearHollow Road, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 20.They were married in 1958 in Apple Creek by Bishop Amos S. Miller. They are the parents of Paul D. (Colleen) Yoder of Apple Creekand Martha (Mark) Miller of ...
OSU dairy economist keynote speaker at marketing workshop
Dec 02, 2008; ... Cameron Thraen, Ohio State University's Extension dairyeconomist, will be the featured speaker for a milk marketingworkshop coming up in early January that can help you in managingyour profit margin. This workshop is intended to bring you up todate about the current dairy markets, ...
Children Services in need of foster parents for boys
Dec 02, 2008; ... By CHRISTINE L. PRATT Staff Writer WOOSTER -- When a teen boy comes into the care of Wayne CountyChildren Services, finding a foster home is a struggle, so much sothe need for new foster homes has entered a critical stage,according to agency officials. "Right now our ...
Groups claim ethanol not driving up food costs
Dec 02, 2008; ... By MARC KOVAC Dix Capital Bureau COLUMBUS -- Groups representing farmers and fuel producerscountered assertions that increased production of ethanol and highcommodity prices were the main culprits behind increasing foodprices. The Ohio Corn Growers Association, the ...
Briefs
Dec 02, 2008; ... Benefits available for special needs farmers WOOSTER -- Additional benefits are available in the 2009 FarmBill for beginning, socially disadvantaged and limited resourcefarmers. Beginning farmers are defined as individuals or entities who havenot operated a farm for more than ...
FCFC starting new program for couples
Dec 02, 2008; ... By LINDA HALL Staff Writer WOOSTER -- Research targeting unmarried couples attempting toparent their young children is a study in challenges. Describing these family units as "fragile," Bonnie Sander, EvenStart coordinator, told the Wayne County Family and Children ...
Fire
Dec 02, 2008; ... ORRVILLE -- Firefighters were called at 4:33 a.m. Saturday to aresidence at 1721 West Hill Drive when the single-family house,owned by Ellen Board, filled with smoke. Fire Chief Bob Ballentine said the problem was traced to thefurnace, where a metal plate had fallen off the heat ...
Grant denial will force Victims Assistance Office to cut staff
Dec 02, 2008; ... By KATY GANZ Staff Writer MILLERSBURG -- The Holmes County Office of Victims Assistancewill have one less full-time advocate, no part-time advocate andcould be forced to cut the assistant advocate's hours to one day aweek after being denied Justice Assistance Grant ...
Holmes finds a friend in Moore
Dec 02, 2008; ... By KATY GANZ Staff Writer MILLERSBURG -- He is the interim director of the environmentalscience graduate program at Ohio State University, but it wasRichard Moore's contributions to conservation in Holmes County, notColumbus, that convinced the Holmes County Soil and ...
Mind the outdoors this week
Dec 02, 2008; ... If you plan on going into the woods this week, or working in thefields, then plan also on wearing some bright orange clothing. The statewide deer gun season came in yesterday and thousands ofhunters, some of them safe and experienced, and some of them unsafeand inexperienced, are ...
Community record
Dec 02, 2008; ... Community Record notices must be received in writing at The DailyRecord no later than 10 a.m. two days prior to publication. Noticesfor weekend editions must be received on or before Thursday. Theywill run only once. Wednesday, Dec. 3 Wayne County Salon 372, 1 p.m., Orrville ...
Space heater, extension cord don't mix
Dec 02, 2008; ... By NICK SABO Staff Writer MILLERSBURG -- An electric space heater is believed to havesparked a Saturday house fire. According to preliminary reports, a fire at the residence of LisaHollingsworth, 856 E. Jackson St., was caused by a space heaterplugged into an ...
Library circulation still on the rise
Dec 02, 2008; ... By LINDA HALL Staff Writer WOOSTER -- Circulation throughout the library system is booming. Between October 2007 and October 2008, it rose another 6 percent,Wayne County Public Library Director Greg Lubelski said. "All of our units," he said, referring to the main ...
Meeting notes
Dec 02, 2008; ... TOPS #OH 1573 Ruth Evans was best weekly re-dedicated loser when TOPS #OH 1573Nashville met for its weekly meeting. Evans chose drinking plenty ofwater and tea as the thing to do. Tom Alexander was best KOPS. Hechose drinking water and to exercise over Thanksgiving. Bob ...
Bernice Clinage
Dec 02, 2008; ... MILLERSBURG -- Bernice (Rhees) Clinage, 85, of Millersburg, diedSunday morning, Nov. 30, 2008, at Sunshine Villa in Millersburg,following an extended illness. She was born July 27, 1923, in Oakwood, and was the daughter ofZeno and Ruth (Varner) Rhees. In 1947, she married ...
Margaret Lee
Dec 02, 2008; ... BIG PRAIRIE -- Margaret V. Lee, 83, of Big Prairie, died Sundayevening, Nov. 30, 2008, at her residence. She was born near Shreve on Feb. 25, 1925, to Dudley and Gertrude(Saunders) Bartrum and married Carl E. Lee Nov. 1, 1942. Hesurvives. She was a 70-year member of Shreve ...
Personals
Dec 02, 2008; ... A DAUGHTER, Elizabeth Paige, was born Nov. 12 to Mark and MelissaWenger of Orrville. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and was 19 1/2inches long. Grandparents are Nelson and Phyllis Wenger of Dalton and Aden andBetty Yoder of Berlin. Great-grandparents are Sam and Mary JaneWenger of ...
Ohio budget hits new level of crisis
Dec 02, 2008; ... By MARC KOVAC Dix Capital Bureau COLUMBUS -- The state will have to cut another $640 million fromits budget for the current fiscal year -- and it faces a shortfallof $7 billion for the coming biennium. "Basically, over the next two years, Ohio will confront the ...
Triway team on mission to recycle during competition
Dec 02, 2008; ... By LINDA HALL Staff Writer TRIWAY DISTRICT -- All they're asking for is a little bit ofhelp. In their opinion, it will make a big difference. Triway Junior High School KABBS team member Samantha Bowers waseven willing to masquerade as Lilly the Litter Skunk at a ...
Does seen, but not choice game ... yet
Dec 02, 2008; ... By ART HOLDEN Daily Record Outdoor Editor WOOSTER -- The deer-gun season opened Monday in Ohio, with theDivision of Wildlife estimating more than 400,000 hunters taking tothe woods in pursuit of a whitetail. The state estimated the pre-hunting season deer population at ...
Region briefs
Dec 02, 2008; ... Pearl Harbor Day program scheduled WOOSTER -- The annual observance of Pearl Harbor Day will beSaturday in the auditorium of the Wayne Center for the Arts, 237 S.Walnut St. Survivors, families and uniformed veterans will be present forthe ceremony, which will start at 12:45 ...
Correction
Dec 02, 2008; ... Check them twice The Holiday House, a fundraiser organized by the Friends andNeighbors of Every Woman's House, will be 4-8 p.m. Friday and noon-4 p.m ....
Scots to open NCAC slate
Dec 02, 2008; ... By AARON DORKSEN Daily Record Sports Editor WOOSTER -- The won-loss record is not where coach Steve Moorewanted to see it after five games, or where College of Woosterbasketball fans have seen it in a long, long time. However, the 22nd-year Fighting Scots coach is still ...
Fire safety all part of heating
Dec 02, 2008; ... The home heating season is a time for everyone to focus on firesafety when heating our homes this winter and to use extra care whenusing secondary heating sources such as space heaters. Those who areconcerned about paying their home heating bills should takeadvantage of several ...
Football, volleyball teams lead Triway awards
Dec 02, 2008; ... A successful fall season came to a close as Triway High Schoolheld a banquet to honor their athletes. Highlighting the eveningwere the 22-3 regional semifinal volleyball team and the footballteam which ventured into the postseason. On the gridiron, the Titans completed play with an ...
Golden Bears hand out hardware
Dec 02, 2008; ... A runner-up finish at the state golf tournament and a trip to theplayoffs for the football team were some of the highlights asWaynedale held its fall sports awards banquet. On the links, the golf team completed their season with a anotherWayne County Athletic League championship ...
GMOWCA All-Star Match
Dec 02, 2008; ... ASHLAND -- The fifth annual Greater Mid-Ohio Wrestling CoachesAssociation All-Star Preview was held Monday at Ashland University'sKates Gymnasium. The 21-match meet featured three 1-minute periods, with allperiods beginning in the neutral position. Overtime was a flip forchoice ...
Rennecker family installs one of area's first turbines
Dec 02, 2008; ... By CHRIS KICK Staff Writer SMITHVILLE -- A nearly mute whistle grew to a quiet, but audiblehowl last week at the Four Winds dairy farm north of Wooster, wherea wind turbine was installed to generate electricity for the farm. It was not an annoying sound, most of the ...
City still looks at budget deficit
Dec 02, 2008; ... By BRYAN SCHAAF Staff Writer WOOSTER -- City Council will take two more weeks and a meeting ofits finance committee before deciding whether or not to approve the2009 appropriations budget, which forecasts the city operating at a$2.7 million deficit. Council gave the ...
Check Into Cash robbed of $2,900
Dec 02, 2008; ... By NICK SABO Staff Writer WOOSTER -- Police are seeking two suspects in the Monday robberyof a check cashing business. A clerk at Check Into Cash of Ohio, 333 W. Liberty St., wasrobbed at 2:30 p.m. when a single male suspect entered the businessand demanded cash, said ...