Oberlin News-Tribune

Getting Mr. B's methods on paper
by PAUL MORTON Associate editor When Jim Billingsley became the band director at Oberlin High School, he revolutionized not only the Oberlin band, but also high school bands around the area. Pat Price, who played in Billingsley's band before teaching English at Oberlin High School for 12 y ...
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Big change at Langston: Only one-way traffic in driveway now by KATHLEEN WILLBOND News-Tribune editor Last week, between 240-250 students were registered for the upcoming school year at Langston Middle School, the home of the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Principal John Crecelius, in his third year at Langston (and starting his 41st year in edu ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Board OKs busing for private school kids High school students will be riding Oberlin school buses this year after all, but they won't be dropped off at Oberlin High School. The school board on Tuesday voted 3-2 to transport high school students to Open Door Christian School in Elyria and Lake Ridge Academy in North Ridgeville for a fee. ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Main Street director resigns suddenly by PAUL MORTON Associate editor The Family Fun Fair, scheduled for Saturday in downtown Oberlin, will have to go on without Oberlin Main Street-Chamber director Greg Tisher, who resigned suddenly last week. Oberlin Main Street-Chamber board of trustees president Krista Long said Tisher ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Fourteen-year-old George Li wins inaugural piano contest George Li, a 14-year-old pianist from Lexington, Mass., is the first-prize winner of the inaugural Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition. His performance of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, with Jahja Ling conducting The Cleveland Orchestra in Severance Hall on Friday, ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
Local minister heeds God's call to serve by PAUL MORTON Associate editor As if he wasn't busy enough working as a pastor and soon as a monitor at Prospect Elementary School, Mark Reynolds has joined the Oberlin police auxiliary. Reynolds, who pastors Life Builders Foursquare Church in Oberlin, recently graduated from the police a ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY

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