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Shrove Tuesday at Otterbein UMC in Bethlehem Township means Pancakes and Sausage! According to tradition, fats and eggs are consumed just prior to Lent, the 40-day period leading to Easter which begins today. Proceeds from the supper will benefit a spring trip to a work camp at the Red Bird Mission in eastern Kentucky.
2/25/2009
Album ID: 698891
Photos by Stan Myers / Canton Repository

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People gather in Akron Sunday to smash their scales to heighten awareness of eating disorders.
2/23/2009
Album ID: 697183
Photos by Scott Heckel

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The eighth grade health classes at Oakwood and Glenwood middle schools have been a little different during the past month. Class time has focused on how to save lives, with students learning techniques for cardio pulminary resuscitation. The CPR classes have been incorporated into Plain Local's eighth grade classes as part of the district's partnership with Mercy Medical Center. The hospital has opened a medical services center in GlenOak High School and started other programs...... Read more about this in CantonRep.com
2/21/2009
Album ID: 695179
Photos by Repository Staff Photographer Mike Balash

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Jon Smith began using the iPod, a portable media player designed by Apple Inc., in his special education classes at Canton's Gibbs Elementary School at the beginning of the school year. He already has seen big results. Assessment scores show the number of words students can read per minute has increased by up to 59 percent, while one student increased their word recognition by 100 percent.
2/20/2009
Album ID: 696346
Photos by Repository / Mike Balash

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Edward Mayle of Beach City was getting his truck tire replaced when another truck turned nearby, striking the guy wires of a nearby power pole, shearing off the top of the pole and bringing the highly charged lines down onto Mayle's truck. Mayle's dog, Jazz, was still inside the cab. Yet Mayle was able to get inside and rescue the 2-month-old Shar-pei/retriever mix. Firefighters battle the blaze to Mayle's truck, which was full of recycled cardboard.
2/18/2009
Album ID: 694374
Photos by Repository Staff Mike Balash / Lori Monsewicz

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Break-Ins of 5 Louisville Stores .......It was the day before Valentine's Day.....Cottage Floral & Gifts florist at 413 Sherban Ct. was among four neighboring retail outlets broken into early Friday morning. Other small businesses in the neighborhood west of downtown which was broken into were Main Street Tours at 311 Sherban Ct., Ann's Clip & Curl at 305 Sherban Ct., and Leopard City Deli and The Cool Zone, which both occupy the same building at 315 Sherban Ct. These businesses were broken into probably between 2 and 5 a.m. Friday, said Chief Andrew Turowski of the city Police Department.
2/13/2009
Album ID: 691498
Photos by Repository Photos / Stan Myers

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"The Masons in Ohio," the new exhibit in the Keller Gallery of the Wm. McKinley Presidential Library & Museum attempts to demystify the Masonic organization, to show visitors that there is a lot more to being a Mason than wearing a funny hat. Presidents were Masons. So might have been your father and grandfather. These pictures serve as illustrations of the nature of their fraternal life.
2/11/2009
Album ID: 689577
Photos by Bob Rossiter / The Repository