The Internal Revenue Service issued a consumer alert about possible scams taking place in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. On Nov. 8, Typhoon Haiyan – known as Yolanda in the Philippines – made landfall in the central Philippines, bringing strong winds and heavy rains that have resulted in flooding, landslides, and widespread damage. Following major […]
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Salvation Army launches holiday campaign
The Salvation Army Mansfield Corps kicked off the 2013 season of giving during their Annual Civic Breakfast and Red Kettle Campaign Kick-Off on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at the Mid-Ohio Conference Center. The theme this Christmas is “Miracles.” “The goal for the red kettle campaign this year is $145,000 and with your help we can […]
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Prospective Archbishop Blair presides over St. Peter’s Confirmation ceremony
Bishop Leonard Blair presided over the Confirmation ceremony at St. Peter’s Church on Sunday afternoon. Blair is slated to become the new archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut. He will succeed Archbishop Henry Mansell. Father Gregory Hite with St. Peter’s Church stated, “We are always grateful when the diocesan bishop is able to be with us. Attending […]
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Women’s Fund celebrates Community Foundation Week
The Women’s Fund of Richland County Foundation joined more than 770 other community foundations across the country during the week of Nov. 12 for Community Foundation Week and National Philanthropy Day to celebrate local charitable giving. In honor of these events, The Women’s Fund hosted their Annual Luncheon at Westbrook Country Club to announce the […]
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Grace Helen Whitaker
Grace Helen Whitaker, nee Woodruff, was born September 25, 1924. She was the ninth of ten children and all of her brothers and sisters preceded her in death. She graduated cum laude from Coalton High School in Jackson County in 1942, and was named Jackson County Apple Festival queen during her senior year. After graduation, […]
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Jeanette Waddell Johnson
Jeanette Waddell Johnson, 94, of Mansfield passed away, Saturday morning November 16, 2013 in Primrose Retirement Community of Mansfield. Jeanette was born October 28, 1919 in Russiaville, IN, the daughter of Harry Ira and Ersie Lindley Waddell, was graduated from Russiaville High School in 1937 and attended Lafayette Business College. She worked four years in […]
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Colony Club hears story of Titanic survivor Frank Goldsmith
Tom Goldsmith recently told members of the Colony Club about his grandfather, a man who last saw his father as a nine-year-old boy on April 15, 1912 on the tilting deck of the Titanic. The boy and his parents were third class passengers on the ship. Tom Goldsmith spoke to the group at their monthly […]
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Library closed on Thanksgiving
All Richland County branches of the library will be closed at 5 p.m. on the eve of Thanksgiving (Nov. 27) and will be closed on Nov. 28 for Thanksgiving Day. For information on all upcoming programs and events at all library locations, visit the website at www.mrcpl.org.
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New exhibit at Niabos Art Gallery
Niàbos Art Gallery will hold an exhibition of artwork by local artist Jason Kaufman on Nov. 23. In the exhibition “In My Own Weiwei: Activism, Art, and Political Apathy,” Kaufman uses contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei as a model for rethinking the function and purpose of art in his own life and society at large. […]
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Ashland University Jazz Orchestra hosts Winter Festival concert
The award-winning Ashland University Jazz Orchestra (AUJO) will be hosting a free Winter Festival concert in Hugo Young Theater on Monday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 p.m. Directed by Dr. Scott Garlock, professor of music, the concert will feature three sets of music including a set of Christmas music for big band performed by AUJO, a […]