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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.

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What To Do

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)
Call us to let us know you're coming. (If you can't, or forget, come anyway!)

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.

Wellness Lecture Series Features Nationally Known Speakers:

The College of Wooster, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Wooster Community Hospital, and Dunlap Hospital will join forces again this year to sponsor the third annual Wellness Lecture Series. The four-part series was established to draw attention to the importance of well-being and health. The sessions, which are free and open to the public, will be held in McGaw Chapel (340 E. University St.) beginning at 7 p.m. A reception in Freedlander Theatre will follow each presentation.

"All four speakers have a national reputation," said Dan Dean of The College of Wooster's Wellness Center. "We are very fortunate to have people of this caliber on campus to talk about health issues that affect such a wide range of people. I think that those who attend the lectures will come away with a better idea of how to take care of themselves and their family."

The series opens on Wednesday, Jan. 20, when Michael F. Roizen, M.D., presents "Why the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Program is Good For You." Roizen has founded six companies and co-invented a drug approved by the FDA. He also co-wrote a medical bestseller and four No. 1 New York Times bestsellers. He still practices anesthesiology and internal medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, and uses his RealAge metric to motivate his patients. Widely known for his appearances on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Today," "20/20" and "Good Morning America," Roizen has produced several PBS fundraising specials, including "The RealAge Makeover" and "You: On A Diet."

The second lecture will feature Stephen Post addressing "It's Good to be Good: Happiness, Health, and Giving" on Thursday, Jan. 28. A professor of preventive medicine and director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University, Post has written seven scholarly books on such issues as altruism, compassionate care, and love. He also is the editor of nine other books, including Altruism & Health: Perspectives from Empirical Research, and Altruism and Altruistic Love: Science, Philosophy and Religion in Dialogue. Committed to conveying important ideas in the wider culture, Post has appeared on a number of television programs, including "Nightline" and "20/20."

The third lecture will be delivered by Deborah Madison, founding chef of San Francisco's Greens restaurant and the author of 10 cookbooks. She will present "Cultivating Food Literacy for Our Pleasure, Well Being, and the Good of the Environment" on Tuesday, Feb. 2. Her publications include Local Flavors, Cooking and Eating from Americas Farmers' Markets, Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, and What We Eat When We Eat Alone. She also contributes to such magazines as Martha Stewart Living, Fine Cooking, Organic Gardening, and Saveur. She also sits on the board of the Seed Savers Exchange and is co-director of the Edible Kitchen Garden in Santa Fe, N.M. A long-time member and leader in Slow Food, she has a long-abiding passion for farmers' markets, good eating, and good health.

The series concludes on Wednesday, Feb. 17, when Heidi Adams presents "Young Adults and Cancer: When Two Worlds Collide." A 14-year survivor of Ewing's sarcoma, Adams is the director of Grassroots Engagement for the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) and founder of Planet Cancer, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a community of young adults with cancer in their 20s and 30s, and to raising awareness about their unique medical and psychosocial needs. She is also the advocacy co-chair of the LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance, a national coalition of more than 100 organizations and institutions working together to improve survival rates and quality of life for young adults with cancer.

Additional information about the Wellness Lecture Series is available by phone (330-263-2299) or e-mail (wellness-series@wooster.edu).

Saturday, February 6, 2010 9am-4:30pm
Saturday, March 6, 2010 9am-4:30pm
Cost $35
One Day Class
Students required to bring own lunch
Call 330-264-9383 to pre-register

FREE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES

Why not get ALL of your refund?
If you worked in 2009 and earned less than:
$13,440 (no children)
$35,463 (1 child)
$40,295 (2 children)
$43,279 (3 or more children)
(Increase these amounts by $5,000 if married, filing jointly)

You may qualify for Earned Income Tax Credit
and free tax preparation services.
Our VITA* Site can help you!
*(Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)
WHEN:
January 28—March 6
Dates & times vary, reservations must be made through InfoLink
WHERE:
American Red Cross, Wooster
Orrville Public Library, Orrville
Goodwill Industries, Millersburg
Appointments are required.
To see if you qualify, Call United Way’s InfoLink
at (330) 263-6363 or (800) 247-9473 today!

Great Decisions Lectures to Address 'Money, Morals, and Might':

The Great Decisions lecture series will return to its traditional format with four speakers addressing the topic of "Money, Morals, and Might" in February. Hosted by The College of Wooster, the lectures will be held in Gault Recital Hall of Scheide Music Center (525 E. University St.). The sessions begin at 7:30 p.m. and each one is free and open to the public.

"The world in which we live today is different in many ways from what it was just a few generations ago," said John Rudisill, assistant professor of philosophy and executive director of the Great Decisions program. "People in all nations are more vulnerable, and vulnerable in new ways, to events and practices over which they have little control. Our speakers will look at that vulnerability and suggest ways in which to minimize it."

The series begins on Tuesday, Feb. 2, when David M. Lampton, Dean of the Faculty and Director of China Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), presents "China Looks at the World; the World Looks at China." Lampton was the founding director of the China Policy Program at the American Enterprise Institute as well as the Chinese Studies Program at the Nixon Center. He also is the Senior International Advisor on China for Akin Group, a major international law firm. He has been interviewed by Lou Dobbs, Charlie Rose, Jim Lehrer, Bill O'Reilly, and others, and his articles have appeared in The New York Times, Time magazine, and elsewhere. He is the author of The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money, and Minds, and co-author of Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing U.S.-Chinese Relations 1989-2000.

Matthew Bishop, American Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief for The Economist, will address "The Road from Ruin: How to Renew Capitalism and put America back on Top" on Thursday, Feb. 11. Bishop has served on the faculty of the London Business School and has co-authored several books, including Philanthrocapitalism, which looks at the business of philanthropy, and Economics A to Z, which serves as a layperson's guide to economics. His latest co-authored book shares the title of his Great Decisions Lecture and will be available on Jan. 26. Bishop has served as a member of the Sykes Commission on the investment system in the 21st Century, and was on the Advisors Group of the United Nations International Year of Microcredit 2005. His honors include being selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

Reza Asian, assistant professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and a native Shi'a Muslim from Iran, will discuss "God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror," on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Aslan is a regular commentator for American Public Media's Marketplace, and serves as the chief Middle East analyst for CBS News. His books include No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, which has been translated into 13 languages, and How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror. He has been a Fellow in Fiction at the Iowa Writers Workshop, and has written articles for such publications as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post. He has also appeared on such programs as "Nightline," "Meet the Press," and "Anderson Cooper 360."

Noreena Hertz, Distinguished Fellow at the Centre of International Business and Management at the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School, will close out the series on Monday, Feb. 22, with "Rethinking a Post-Crisis World: Globalization, Sustainability, and the Future of Capitalism." Hertz is the author of the 2001 bestseller, The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy, which argued that unregulated markets, corporate greed, and high-powered financial institutions would have serious global consequences. Her most recent book, The Debt Threat: How Debt is Destroying the Developing World, looks at the root causes of third-world debt, poverty, terrorism, war, and the fallout from collapsing states. Highly regarded for her expertise in political economics, Hertz was chosen as one of the most powerful women in Britain by Harper's Bazaar in 2008.

The Great Decisions of Wayne County lecture series is a joint venture between The College of Wooster and the local Wooster community. It began in 1981 and has run annually since that year. The primary purpose of the series is to bring to the region experts (from a variety of backgrounds) on various issues pertaining to foreign policy and international affairs.

Additional information is available by contacting John Rudisill via e-mail (jrudisill@wooster.edu).

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).

St. Agnes Church Fish Fry
Fridays in Lent (2/19-3/26)
at St. Agnes Church
E. Oak & Lake Sts., Orrville

Fridays in Lent (except Good Friday)
5-7 p.m.
Adults $7; Children $5
Take out available
Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus

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.

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
also answer questions about the Challenger Division for handicapped youths in Wayne & Holmes Counties.

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

“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.

American Legion Post 499 in West Salem has Bingo every Wednesday night for anyone 18 and older. Doors open at 5pm. Early Bird Games get underway at 6:30pm and regular Bingo starts at 7pm.