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Meet Your Neighbor: Bob Pattison by Kathy Belden The red and white flag that proudly flies outside of Bob Pattison’s home has been mistaken for an OSU flag. It’s not! This proud University of Nebraska Cornhusker is a long way from his roots. When I interviewed Bob, his love for his home state of Nebraska [...]
By Julie Mathie-Cross Sitting in a small office located within the district office at North Canton City Schools is a woman in charge of feeding 2400 hungry students each day. Amy Merda-Wallace feeds each elementary student for $2.35 per day, and the Middle School and High School students for $2.60. Price is not the only [...]
Meet Your Neighbor – Arlene Fouts By Julie Mathie-Cross Walking through the doors of Zion Lutheran Church, one would never guess that it is filled with preschool-aged children. The church is the home of Bixler Preschool. The children are enjoying a bit of free time before dismissal. Each child is creating, pretending, building, cleaning up [...]
by Kathy Belden Kevin Maxwell is a small town guy who has made it big. He was born in the Steubenville, Ohio area “actually Mingo Junction-population 150!” he says with a big laugh. ”My grandfather was the mayor of that small town,” he added. He spent his formative years in East Springfield, below Carrollton. An [...]
By Kathy Belden Charlotte and Jim VanVranken have lived in their home near the Fairways Golf Course for so long that the majestic trees in their front yard were mere saplings when Jim’s father planted them so many years ago. They have lived in their home since 1953 and have made several additions to accommodate [...]
By Dan Mucci North Canton’s Noah Scholl, 15, is a balloon artist. He first became interested in balloons at the tender age of four. At age six, he began balloon twisting. By age eight, he was earning money by doing balloon art for the Stark County District Library. Today, Scholl travels throughout Ohio and occasionally [...]
By Jeremy Watts Mr. Paul Beinlich could rightfully to change his name to ‘Mr. YMCA.’ As he, the executive director of the North Canton Y describes it, “We are sort of intertwined.” Paul is so intertwined that he’s spent the last four decades in service to the community through his work with the YMCA – [...]
By Kathy Belden What does Lisa Paynter have in common with the first man to step on the moon? She lived on the same street in Wapakoneta, Ohio, as astronaut Neil Armstrong. That was before she moved to North Canton, where she was raised, and still makes her home. The family she grew up in [...]
By Susan Lowry You probably know Jordan Greenwald already. If you don’t, you know someone who knows him. Forget six degrees of separation; try two, three at the most. As he said, “I have lots of circles of friends, and they all intersect.” Being a people person is what he does best. Those social skills [...]
Meet Your Neighbor….. By Cathy Clark “We were lucky all our lives” was the first thing Naomi Schiltz said about her life. She has a hearty laugh and a positive outlook, both of which have served her well for 91 years. Naomi Pauline Swinehart was born in Greensburg, OH, but has lived all of her [...]