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fortify (v.) to protect to strengthen to confirm for single-parent families * * * * * Single parent? Take the night off! Fortify at Orrville Christian Church will provide no-cost childcare for single-parent families for the evening. We'll feed your children supper and keep them entertained so you can run errands, or clean the house, or just sit by yourself in the blessed quiet. If what you really need is to talk about something (anything!) other than permission slips and Elmo, stay and eat with us, and have coffee after supper. Details When: 5:30-8:30 PM these Thursdays January 14, 2010 February 11, 2010 March 11, 2010 Where: Orrville Christian Church 925 N. Elm St, Orrville (across from the park) Preregister each child, or bring health insurance information, and doctor, dentist, and hospital contact information to the church. (Updated once a year.) Check your children in at the church. We recommend waiting until the doors close behind you to shout, “Free at last!” To preregister, or for more information, call Carol at 330-464-8700. Your Human Resource Center The purpose of the Active Parenting Now Program is "to support to the development of human potential through the family structure by providing parents with the information and skills to foster in their children the qualities necessary for thriving in a democratic society: cooperation, courage, responsibility, and self-esteem." - quoted from the Active Parenting Now program written by Michael H. Popkin, PhD. This is a parenting program being offered by Your Human Resource Center with a grant from the Ohio Childrens Trust Fund. It is for parents, grandparents, guardians, or anyone interested on gaining more knowledge to work through the challenges and joys of parenting. It will be offered on Mondays at YHRC, 2587 Back Orrville Rd, Wooster. It is a video based interactive program that lasts for six weeks. We will also be offering the Active Parenting of Teens Program which will begin on March 29th. All of the dates and times for the programs are as follows: Active Parenting Now Mondays 5:30pm to 7:30pm Active Parenting Of Teens Mondays 5:30pm to 7:30pm Active Parenting Now Mondays 9am to 11am Active Parenting of Teens Mondays 9am to 11am Register by calling Your Human Resource Center at 330-264-9597. Upcoming fundraisers for a cure for Cystic Fibrosis: All monies raised will go towards research for better meds and hopefully one day a CURE for Cystic Fibrosis!! 1. The first fundraiser will be at CiCi's Pizza in Wooster on Tuesday, January 26th from 4pm-8pm. 10% of your bill will go towards a cure for Cystic Fibrosis if you put your receipt in the jar. There will be a raffle for a prize too. 2. Our second fundraiser will be on Thursday, January 28th from 5pm-8pm at Friendly's Restaurant in Canton by Belden Village. Up to 15% of EVERYONE'S bill will go towards a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. There will be a raffle for a limited edition Ohio State basketball signed by the coach of the Ohio State basketball team, Thad Matta. 3. Our third and fourth fundraiser will be on Tuesday, February 9th and Tuesday, March 9th ALL DAY LONG at Tumbleweed Restaurant in Wooster. For this one, you will need to present a coupon (see below-simply print this page) in order for 10% of your bill to go towards a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. 4. Our walk for a cure for Cystic Fibrosis will be on Saturday May 1st. Check-in is at 9am and walk begins at 10am. "Come enjoy a day of FUN, FREE FOOD, AND LOTS OF PRIZES!!"
Saturday, February 6, 2010 9am-4:30pm Start: 01/26/2010
End: 02/24/2010
Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District’s Annual Tree & Nature Packets Sale! The Wayne Soil & Water Conservation District is taking orders for their annual trees sale until February 24th. The packets consist of evergreen, hardwood & flowering trees, wildflowers and new this year – Rain Barrels. You can obtain an order form by calling 330-262-2836 or stop by the office at 428 W. Liberty Street, the County Administration Building, between 8:00 am & 4:30 pm. FREE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES Why not get ALL of your refund? You may qualify for Earned Income Tax Credit February 2010 Wilderness Walk Wed., Feb. 3, 10 a.m. Join a naturalist on the 1st Wed. every month for a walk on our trails. See what's interesting today! All ages. Free. Selfbow Making Course Thu., Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, Mar. 4, 11,18, 25 6:30-9 p.m. Find a tree, cut a log, split a stave, get the shaving bench out, file with the rasp, shave with the draw knife, do a little tillering, finish with some sand paper, burnish the wood, build a Flemish string, and go outside and fling some arrows. It's not as easy as that to make a selfbow. But with some elbow grease and common sense, you'll have a shootable bow. We'll start with an introduction on the principles of bow making, then give you a hickory stave, tools, and equipment and help you make a selfbow. The fourth session, you learn to make a Flemish string and "how to" on making natural wooden arrows. Equipment and tools furnished. Max. participants: 6. $90/member, $95/nonmember. Registration deadline Feb.2. Tim Palaski and Ken Schlegel, Instructors. Fri., Feb. 5, 8 p.m. Join TWC's Astronomy Club for a Planetarium Show, then view the real things through telescopes. All ages. Free. Bird Banding Demonstration Sat., Feb. 6, 10-11:30 a.m. See birds up close as banding procedures are explained and demonstrated. Discover what is learned from bird banding research. Lynda Price, Naturalist. Free and open to the public. Sat., Feb. 6, 2 p.m. Foxfield Preserve is a nature preserve cemetery at TWC. Natural burial is an economical, environmentally friendly alternative to modern burial, as fewer resources are used. As a nature preserve, we provide wildlife habitat, a clean watershed, and clean air. Walking trails allow the community to enjoy the beauty and serenity of the preserve. A natural burial at Foxfield Preserve leaves a permanent legacy for your family, community, and the natural world. Free info. session. Sun., Feb. 7, 2 p.m. Botanizer slide show by Marv Smith. Free Tue., Feb. 9, 1 p.m. We're trying a new series this year! Join us for this informal time under the Planetarium dome on the 2nd Tues. of every month. Bring your questions-you'll determine the program! Includes astronomy in the news and a tour of the sky this evening. Free. Great Backyard Bird Count Sat., Feb. 13, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Audubon and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology ask you to count birds today. We're counting at TWC! Join the TWC Birders and help take this "snapshot" of TWC birds. Come for 15 minutes or a couple of hours (as long or short a time as you like), identify and count birds, and enjoy a snack. We'll post our results to the GBBC web site, where you can see results from across the continent. Free, but we'll request a donation for snacks. Story Time: Groundhog Hill Wed., Feb. 17, 11 a.m. Celebrate Groundhog Day! We'll have great groundhog stories and funny finger plays. Visit Groundhog Hill to see a real groundhog burrow. Wilderness Walk Thu., Feb. 18, 2 p.m. Join a naturalist on the 3rd Thu. every month for a walk on our trails. See what's interesting today. Free for all ages. Sat., Feb. 20, 1-3:30 p.m. This program is for children with adults. We will learn the different walking styles of the active animals of winter. Using a track guide, we will go outside to find and identify tracks in the snow and/or animal signs. Dress for the weather! We will spend about 45 minutes indoors and 45 minutes outside. Free. Thu., Feb. 25, 10 a.m. Learn all about birds. We will pass around preserved specimens, capture and band live birds, and make a simple birdfeeder to take home. Children ages 3-5 with an adult. $4/member; $6/nonmember; adults free. Family Astronomy: Winter Skies Sat., Feb. 27, 2 p.m. Take a Planetarium tour of what to expect in the night sky this season. The hunter and his faithful dogs, distracted from the hare, battle the bull. Watch out for the crab! The twins and the charioteer complete the Osiris Group. Includes visible planets and m-objects. All ages. Free. Ohio Bluebird Society Conference-Shisler Conference Center Wooster, OH- Sat., Feb. 27: 10 a.m. - 4p.m. Learn more about Bluebirds and how you can attract them. Bluebirds will start looking for nesting sites in March-let's be ready! THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME! Visit the land of Israel Oct 11-22, 2010 with Pastor Bob Fetterhoff of the Wooster Grace Brethren Church. This 12-day Biblical tour is the most comprehensive and educational all-Israel tour including Upper Galilee in northern Israel to the Wilderness of Zin in the south. It also features unusual visits to places like Joppa, Ein Karem, Temple Treasure Institute and the ancient walled city of Acco. The cost of $4399 p/person from Cleveland includes airfare, first class hotels, buffet breakfasts and dinners daily, taxes and tips. Early Bird registration credit of $100 with $500 deposit by April 11th. For information, call (330) 264-9459, ext. 220, or email: info@woostergrace.org Spring Academy of Religion Looks at Obstacles and Opportunities Presented by Boundaries. Boundaries can be viewed as obstacles or opportunities. It all depends on one's point of view. In some cases, boundaries define territory; in others they invite dialogue. The College of Wooster's 2010 Spring Academy of Religion will explore both options when it presents "Border Crossings: Good Fences do not Make Good Neighbors." The four-week lecture series is free and open to the public. Each of the sessions will be held in Lean Lecture Room of Wishart Hall (303 E. University St.), with the exception of the third lecture on Feb. 18, which will be held in Gault Recital Hall of Scheide Music Center (525 E. University St.). All sessions begin at 7:30 p.m. "The world's religious traditions have long declared, but too seldom practiced, the need to breakdown barriers and borders," said Charles Kammer, The James F. Lincoln Professor of Religious Studies at The College of Wooster and academic dean of the Spring Academy of Religion. "Certainly one could argue that the human, perhaps the global, future depends on our ability to render boundaries and borders into sites of creativity rather than danger. We are called to see the 'other' as a gift, a resource that brings richness to our lives, not as one who is a threat to our existence. Cultivating such attitudes, however, and creating the structures to allow for border crossings, is hard, sometimes dangerous work." The four speakers will explore a range of boundaries, particularly those that exist between religions, nationalities, ethnicities, gender, and class. "Our speakers, using their experience, research, and wisdom, will help us to negotiate border crossings with the hope that we can become part of a movement that has the courage, the knowledge, and the commitment to aid in the destruction of walls and barriers so that a more just, compassionate, and inclusive future can be built," said Kammer. The series begins Feb. 4 with the Reverend Dr. John Fife, presenting "Crossing the Line: Faith, Ethics, and Law on the Border." Fife is Pastor Emeritus of Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson. He also is co-founder of the Sanctuary Movement and was moderator of the 204th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The second session, which will be held Feb. 11, features Dr. K. Christine Pae presenting "Western Princesses in the Borderlands: Searching for Transnational Solidarity Countering Globalized Militarism." Pae is an assistant professor of ethics/Christian Ethics in the Department of Religion at Denison University. At the third session on Feb. 18, Dr. Eboo Patel, executive director of the Interfaith Youth Corps in Chicago, will present "Acts of Faith: Interfaith Leadership at the Crossroads of Inheritance and Discovery. Patel was recently named to President Obama's Advisory Council of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The final session will be held on Feb. 25 with Professor Kammer presenting "Something There is That Doesn't Love a Wall." Additional information about the Spring Academy of Religion is available by phone (330-263-2473) or e-mail (ckammer@wooster.edu). Public H1N1 Clinic Schedule February 9, 2010 Pediatric H1N1 vaccine (ages 6 months to 3 years of age) is available at the Health Department’s walk-in immunization clinic Mondays, 9:00-10:00 a.m. and Consent Forms can be downloaded from www.wayne-health.org, completed, and brought to the clinic with you to reduce the time you wait for your vaccine. Consent forms are also available at the clinic sites. Children must be accompanied by legal custodial guardian. Services Provided by Wayne County Health Department St. Agnes Church Fish Fry Fridays in Lent (except Good Friday) The Wayne County Humane Society has informed us that they are in Urget Need of Dry Dog Food. Bags of dog food may be dropped off at the shelter located at 1161 Mechanicsburg Road, Wooster. Your donations are very much appreciated. The Wayne County Humane Society is in URGENT NEED of Dry and Wet Cat and Kitten Food Donations! Donations may be dropped off at The Humane Society 1161 Mechanicsburg Road Wooster Several Open Houses are bing held to provide information on how boys and girls ages 8 through 17 can get involed in the 56th running of the Wayne-Holmes Soap Box Derby. Cars will be on display and derby officials will be on hand to answer questions. There will also be videos of past races for you to watch. Information will be available on how the different cars are constructed. Derby officials will We will also have information about girls between the ages of 10 through 17 can apply for the Soap Box Derby Contest. The 56th running of the local race will be June 26th and 27th, 2010 on Benden Drive in Wooster. Open House Schedule: Friday, February 19th 6-9pm at Buehler's Milltown and Buehler's Orrville Saturday, February 20th 11am-4pm at Buehler's Milltown and Buehler's Orrville Saturday, February 27th 11am-4pm Rodhe's IGA Super Center in Millersburg For additional information, please contact Derbery Director Dennis Werntz at 330-683-2992 or Leon Hershberger at 330-263-0935 Also feel free to contact through the website where you may get information and pre-signup at www.whsoapboxderby.com The Massillon Family YMCA is once again offering Hip Hop Dance on Tuesdays from 6:30pm to 7:15pm starting March 2nd for children ages 8 to 15 years old. The cost for the March session is only $25, or just $5 with a YMCA family membership. Class is taught by Alyssa Valerrous. The YMCA welcomes all who wish to participate and annually raises scholarship funds to help make that possible. Please let us know if we may serve you or your family in this way. “Modern Beekeeping: New Ways of Doing Old Things” is the 2010 theme of America's biggest one-day beekeeping workshop, which will take place on Saturday, March 6, in Wooster, Ohio - with an additional March 5 evening program thrown in for good measure. The 32nd annual Ohio State University Extension and Tri-County Beekeepers Association of Northeastern Ohio Spring Beekeeping Workshop will include sessions for both experienced and beginning beekeepers and for both adults and children. The event will be held at Fisher Auditorium and Shisler Conference Center at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Last year, 675 beekeepers from Ohio and neighboring states attended the workshop, and a similar number is expected to swarm this year. Pre-registration is due on March 1 and costs $35 per person. The fee for participants 17 years of age and younger is only $5. The walk-in registration cost is $45 per person. The fee includes materials and refreshments. Lunch can be purchased with pre-registration, or at local restaurants nearby. For those spending the night in Wooster, a block of rooms has been set aside at the nearby Hilton Garden Inn, 959 Dover Rd., Wooster, at a cost of $89 per room plus taxes. For reservations, call 330-202-7701 or log on to http://www.wooster.stayhgi.com (mention the code name “OSU Bee Meeting”). Friday evening activities begin at 6 p.m. with tours of the OSU Beekeeping Museum, located in OARDC's Administration Building. Following the tours, at 7 p.m., participants can choose between two presentations: “Good Bees in Bad Places,” by Jim Tew, OSU Extension apiculture specialist, and “Bee Culture Through the Years,” by Kathy Summers, A. I. Root Co. The Saturday program features a keynote address, “Colony Collapse Disorder and Africanized Honey Bees: Not Everything Is All Bad,” by Dewey Caron, professor emeritus, University of Delaware, at 9:20 a.m. The presentation will be followed by 18 breakout sessions, divided into three workshops. Sessions include “Beekeeping Without Chemicals - Can It Be Done?”; “Urban Beekeeping”; “Cooking with Honey”; and several sessions designed for beginner beekeepers. There will also be sessions for kids, a baking contest and vendors exhibiting their products. Get the full list of breakout sessions and speakers at http://beelab.osu.edu/PDF/10_PRegistration_Packet.pdf; or contact Sherry Ferrell of Ohio State's Honey Bee Laboratory, 330-263-3684, ferrell.6@osu.edu. Wayne County Children Services only has three Wooster foster homes. If you would like to help, you can register for foster parent training classes by calling 330-345-5340. Classes begin Tuesday March 2nd and end Thursday April 15th. Wayne County Planning Dept. Applications for the 2010 Clean Ohio Agricultural Easement Purchase Program (AEPP) are open and available in the Wayne County Planning Department or online at www.agri.ohio.gov/farmland. This year there will be $6.25 million to distribute to Ohio Farmers to protect their farmland. Farmland preservation efforts ensure that agriculture remains a viable industry in our state. Farmland is the foundation of Ohio's $98 billion food and agriculture industry and the Clean Ohio funds, which were supported by voters in every Ohio county in 2008, are one tool for protecting Ohio's agricultural future. The Clean Ohio AEPP utilizes the agricultural easement, a voluntary and legally binding restriction placed on a farm, to ensure the land stays in agriculutre. This easement limits the use of the land to predominantly agricultural activity. The land still remains under private ownership and management and stays on the tax rolls under Current Agricultural Use Valuation (CAUV) and the farm can be sold or passed along as a gift to others at any time, yet the restriction prohibiting non-agricultural development stays with the land. Applications must reach the Ohio Department of Agriculture by April 26. The Wayne County deadline for submitted applications is April 19. The Wooster Branch for the American Association of University Women is pleased to announce the availability of its 2010 Wooster AAUW Scholarship. Applications may be downloaded at www.waynecountycommunityfoundation.org(Select "Scholarship Information" then "Wayne County") or through contacting Scholarship Chair, Peggy Guttieri at 330-264-0096.. Supported by our popular Annual Book Sale in September, our scholarships are given to Wayne County residents who are non-traditional female students who have had their undergraduate or professional education interupted and plan to continue their education. Deadline for applications is May 15, 2010 and Scholarships will be awarded by June 15, 2010. Multiple Scholarships range from $500 to $2500 and monies may be used for books, tuition, course fees, or related educational experience as determined by the AAUW Board. WHAT: Directors Needed for WaCPAC’s Youth One-Act Plays Competition WHEN: Deadline March 3, 2010 CONTACT: Margaret Leatherman, 330-465-6430 or margleather@hotmail.com Directors are needed for the Wayne County Performing Arts Council’s (WaCPAC) Youth One-Act Plays Competition that will be held May 22. Directors are needed for each of the three one-acts. Scripts and all play expenses will be the responsibility of WaCPAC. Rehearsals will take place at the Best Western in downtown Wooster, and the competition will be at WayneCenter for the Arts in Wooster. The winning play will also be performed at WayneCenter for the Arts on July 31, and on Aug.7 at the OCTAfest Junior Competition in Columbus. Directors will be able to choose their script from seven WaCPAC-selected scripts. Anyone interested in directing needs to contact Margaret Leatherman, WaCPAC president, no later than March 3. Auditions for actors for all three plays will be held Thursday, March 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 20 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. WaCPAC is a non-profit performing arts organization dedicated to providing performing arts opportunities in WayneCounty. Join The Wilderness Center for an adventure in nature with our EcoTours! Spring Ozark Ramble David Tylka, a vertebrate biology professor from St. Louis Community College, will join the trip as the local naturalist. Gordon and Dave worked together to make the itinerary unforgettable. The trips will begin with a flight to St. Louis and quick travel to Ha Ha Tonka State Park in the Missouri Ozarks. The group then heads south with a stop at La Petite Gemme Prairie, a Missouri Natural Area and native (never plowed) prairie. Then it's down into the Boston Mountain section of the Ozarks.Using Harrison, Arkansas as a base, you will visit the Ozark Underground Laboratory for a combined surface and underground tour to learn how water has shaped the Ozark Mountains from above and below. The following day we'll visit the Ozark Natural Science Center where various species of wildlife, including Box Turtles, have been radio tagged. There will be time to visit a special waterfall as well. The next day will include some stops along Buffalo National River, including Lost Valley, a spectacular limestone valley with waterfalls and Ozark wildflowers. Then the group will head east through scenic highlands to Mountain View, Arkansas to visit the Ozark Folk Center and soak up some cultural history. The group will also visit Blanchard Spring Cavern, one of the most spectacular caves in America ever opened for tourism. The trip will then swing north again with visits to Grand Gulf, Mammoth Spring and Big Spring on the way to Poplar Bluff. From Poplar Bluff the group will drop off the Ozark highlands for a daylong visit to Mingo National Wildlife Refuge to view a Cypress Tupeleo swamp. The next day we head north to the St. Francis Mountain. These ancient mountains are a granite intrusion into the mostly limestone Ozarks. There we will see Elephant Rocks and some other natural and geological places of interest. The last day will be a short drive through the Ozarks to return to St. Louis. If you are interested, contact Gordon at gordon@wildernesscenter.org or 1-877-359-5235. Cost will be about $1,828.75 double occupancy or $2,359.75 for single. To save your spot, send in a deposit of $400 per person. There will be a meeting on March 20 at 1:30 p.m. at TWC Greater Yellowstone EcoTour Working with naturalists from the Teton Science School, the trip begins in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The first few days the trip explores Grand Teton National Park and the Jackson Hole area enjoying the unparalleled scenic beauty of the Grand Tetons and viewing wildlife including elk, moose, mule deer, eagles, bluebirds, and big horn sheep. Just when you think it can't get better, the group heads north to Yellowstone National Park, the world's first and most famous national park. At Yellowstone, the adventure continues with visits to the best thermal features and viewing the wildlife of the park while staying in the historic Old Faithful Inn. The trip continues to build as the group heads out the East Entrance to Cody, Wyoming. From Cody the group will travel the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway and the Bear Tooth Highway to enjoy spectacular scenery and wildlife viewing opportunities. The trip includes: a scenic (not whitewater) float on the Snake River, a visit to the National Museum of Wildlife Art, a visit to the Buffalo Bill Museum, all lodging, many meals, naturalists and transportation in Teton Science School vans (airfare is not included). The trip is suitable for all ages. The focus is on wildlife viewing and gentle nature walks; there are no strenuous hikes. Cost of the trip is $2,070 for double occupancy. Contact Gordon Maupin at the Center at 1-877-359-5235 or gordon@wildernesscenter.org for more information. There will be an informational meeting on April 3 at 1:30 p.m. at The Wilderness Center. About The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave. S.W. WHAT: Bands Needed for WaCPAC Second Annual Battle of the Bands Bands are needed for the Second Annual Battle of the Bands being held on May 29, 1-5 pm, by Wayne County Performing Arts Council (WaCPAC) and Wooster City Parks and Recreation Department. First prize is studio time at Spencer’s Recording Studio. The leader of the winning band will also be invited to be a judge at the Third Annual Battle of the Bands in May 2011. The top three bands will also win trophies provided by Wooster Parks and Recreation, and they will perform at the Wooster Fourth of July Celebration. For more information about WaCPAC, which is a non-profit performing arts organization dedicated to providing performing arts opportunities in Wayne County, please call WaCPAC president Margaret Leatherman at 330-345-6058. Triway Parent-Teacher Conferences Hospice & Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County is hosting their annual “Have a Heart for Hospice” Fundraiser on Friday, February 24th at Memories Party & Conference Center. This is a great opportunity to visit with friends, enjoy a delicious meal, while also raising money for hospice. We have many great auction items and will be featuring an absolutely beautiful necklace designed by Christian Silva of deDiSilva Jewelers. You will also have an opportunity to hear about how your “community hospice” is making a difference in the lives of so many. | ||
