SHELBY — The Shelby branch of the YMCA of North Central Ohio will offer a free empowerment and self-protection class for women and teens (14+), taught by Reneta Music. Space is limited to 20 people. Partners are preferred (mother/daughter, aunt/niece, sisters, etc.) Although a partner is preferred, it is not necessary. Music is an 8th […]
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YMCA of North Central Ohio conducts annual karate camp
SHELBY — The YMCA of North Central Ohio conducted its annual karate camp July 21 to 23 at the home of Grandmasters Reneta and Gary Music. This karate summer camp has been around since the early 1990s when the late Master Instructor Stan Hart held the camps at his house. When Grandmaster Reneta Music became […]
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YMCA of North Central Ohio karate school conducts monthly test for 30 students
SHELBY — The YMCA of North Central Ohio’s karate school held its monthly belt test on April 1 at the Shelby branch gymnasium. Thirty students were present and each received an attendance stripe or a promotion, which entailed the next belt rank or a rank stripe on their belt. Adrian Potts was named Student of […]
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Jim Gorman: ‘Growing potatoes to growing young people’ reason behind land donation for YMCA
BELLVILLE — Jim Gorman spent most of his life as an industrialist. As president of the Gorman-Rupp Co., he oversaw the worldwide manufacturing and sales of the company’s pump systems from his Mansfield and Bellville plants — and plants around the world. In 2019, Gorman stepped down from the company’s board of directors after 73 […]