Marching band grateful to play on
PHOTO BY LISA McGINTY | LMc Photography Band director Randy Kaserman leads Dalton’s marching band onto the field at the season opener football game Aug. 28. PHOTO GALLERY BY CHRISTINA McCUNE | DGKN Dalton’s marching band during an after school rehearsal in August at the beginning of the season. DALTON They won’t be wearing their…
Read MoreHoly catfish! 400 pounds of fish ordered for 10th church event
PHOTOS PROVIDED Levi and Elmina Lee’s grandson, Tyler Lee, frying fish at Sonnenberg Mennonite Church’s 2019 Mississippi Catfish Fry. John Yoder, Darin Nissley and Dave Geiser breading fish at the 2019 event. KIDRON Sonnenberg Mennonite Church has made modifications to its Mississippi Catfish Fry for health and safety reasons because of the pandemic. The event is expected…
Read MoreDHS senior continues to raise money to help students for ‘How We Hear’
PHOTO PROVIDED BY STEPH MARTINEZ Dalton senior Ava Martinez, who began the nonprofit “How We Hear,” continues to raise money for scholarships and to purchase equipment to help fellow students. DALTON Typically at this time of the year, supporters of Ava Martinez’s nonprofit organization, “How We Hear,” are putting her annual pulled pork fundraising…
Read MoreHere comes the sun – Field draws shutterbugs
PHOTOS BY KURT & HEATHER IMMLER | DGKN Blooming sunflowers have been attracting attention from passersby in a field along Kidron Road. Woodl-yn Acres Farm Inc. grows the organic sunflowers on a field rented from Ella Yoder. SUGAR CREEK TWP. You’re driving along Kidron Road and suddenly a field packed with bright yellow sunflowers catches your eye. Their delicate petals…
Read MoreScrub up for school: Local company volunteers to sanitize playground
PHOTO PROVIDED Tyler McNeill, owner of Redline Pressure Washing, cleans off Dalton Elementary School’s playground equipment with a special sanitizing solution before school begins. DALTON School buildings are being sanitized inside and out to get ready for a new school year. A local couple wanted to give back to their alma maters this year. As…
Read MoreLearn how to call the shots
PHOTO PROVIDED Henry Beun, licensed OHSAA official teaches an e-course to prepare people to serve as basketball officials. Sign up at myohsaa.org. DGKN staff report A need exists for sports officials and a local teacher and former high school varsity coach is offering an e-course beginning next month to license new basketball officials. Henry…
Read MorePAW PATROL: Haasz donates new ride for Dalton resource officer in time for school
PHOTOS PROVIDED Brian Haasz, general manager of Haasz Automall of Dalton, School Resource Officer Matt Riley, Dalton Local Schools Superintendent Jim Saxer, and Dalton Mayor Dennis Finley pose with a pickup truck that was donated this summer to the village police department. DALTON A new police pickup truck that has been in use since earlier…
Read MoreWheelchair drive makes difference
PHOTO PROVIDED Mary Sayler was able to witness this bright smile in Honduras from an 8-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who received a wheelchair for the first time thanks to donations through Central American Medical Outreach. Mary Sayler has witnessed the profound impact a donated wheelchair can make in someone’s life. The volunteer coordinator…
Read MoreBump in the road: New set of wheels keeps local family rolling
PHOTOS PROVIDED Dylan Domer, 22, and his mother, Helen, who live just outside of Dalton, are grateful for the van they purchased from Jude and Sandee Russo who drove it to Wayne County from New Jersey. Members of three families who had never met in person as a group before strengthened their friendship over a…
Read MoreHS GOLF: Dalton earns top tourney spots
Area golf courses have been heating up this month and Dalton High School’s golf team has been earning top spots at tournaments. “The season has gone pretty well so far and I have seen a lot of improvement from last year,” said Bulldogs Golf Coach Jeff Feller. At the team’s first tournament, the Mapleton Invitational…
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