Page 2 - John Staats News Today

Of the several dozen wreaths carefully placed at the foot of the cenotaph in Six Nations Veterans Park during Sunday’s remembrance ceremony, one stood out.

ROCK CREEK – Jackson Birrell waded through thigh-deep water on a bucolic late-spring day last week, but unlike other anglers venturing into the swollen churn of spring melt, Birrell wasnt

The Holmes Service Office is offering flag burial boxes made by students at the ACWHCC for recently deceased veterans

Construction technology students at Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center are imagining how Intel could play a role in employment opportunities.

The building trades programs at area career centers work to provide competent, capable and certified workers for construction companies.

ASHLAND  John Staats might be sitting on a gold mine. Staats, a construction technology teacher at Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center, has worked alongside his students for over 16 years building houses for the Ashland community. This year is unlike any other. Theres a housing boom that shows no sign of stopping anytime soon, he said. Staats and his students build a house every two years and then auction it to people in the community. It gives students experience in electrical, plumbi...

Helping preschool children discover the joy of reading and the basic reading skills needed to enter school is what the Bookcase Project is all about. Officially known as Ashland County Bookcase Project for Every Child, the program is run through the Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center. This year, 80 bookcases are being constructed and filled with books to make up for missing last year due to the pandemic. In past years, 60 bookcases were given out. Dr. Julia Wright started the program ...