Originally published in Westerville ThisWeek News and online hereWednesday June 10, 2015 2:19 PMThis year, the Westerville Fourth of July fireworks can be viewed from a new location and will offer more music than ever before.From 6 to 7:30 p.m. July 4 on the athletic fields behind Westerville South High School, 303 S. Otterbein Ave.,… Continue reading Concerts at South added to 4th lineup
Cranberry white chocolate cookiesEven the dough looks deliciousLast night, I used a recipe from Pinterest to make some delicious white chocolate chip cranberry cookies.It was a pretty straightforward recipe that I'd recommend to someone who is willing to be patient for these delicious puppies. You can find the original recipe here.The recipe does ask you… Continue reading White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
Originally published in print in the Westerville ThisWeek News and online hereWednesday June 10, 2015 2:15 PMThe 42nd Westerville Music & Arts Festival will crank up the summer heat with blues guitarist Rory Block.Usually, the festival's musical acts hail from central Ohio, but festival organizers from the Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce wanted to bring… Continue reading Headliner added to Music & Arts Festival
(This is just a work of satire, like The Onion)A local Reynoldsburg girl named Rose Cinnamon excitedly shared with her Facebook friends a video of her dumping a bucket of ice all over herself."I'm super stoked to be the first one of all my friends to be part of the SLA ice-bucket charity challenge to… Continue reading Local girl discovers ASL ice-bucket challenge, one year late
Originally published in print and online through ThisWeek NewsWednesday June 10, 2015 2:09 PMInstead of lounging by the pool, more than 125 Westerville students chose to take summer enrichment classes earlier this month, where they learned about computer coding, ceramics or even fencing.Teacher KatieWirthlin teaches Katie Davis in the class "Get Dirty with Clay"Summer Splash… Continue reading ‘Summer Splash’ classes all about fun
Dining with DebbieI come home and the very last thing I want to do is cook. But, I'm hungry. So, I've gotten creative in my cheap and quick cooking.Here is how you can also make cheap crescent roll creations:Ingredients:generic tube of crescent rolls marinara pizza sauceshredded cheesepepperonimilk and white chocolate chipshot dogsInstructions:Lay down some parchment paper… Continue reading Cheap crescent roll creations
Read the original hereWednesday June 3, 2015 8:50 PMCherrington fifth-grade students learned that regardless of their age, they can make a difference by raising money to help others.From their hard work, a $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a graduating senior from the Westerville City School District.At an assembly held at Cherrington May 14, fifth-grade… Continue reading Students donate proceeds from year of service work
I wrote about my experience with twenty one pilot’s album “Vessel” when I first heard it and now I want to share my thoughts on their new album “BlurryFace.”All throughout April, I was excited about the songs that were being slowly released. First, it was “Fairly Local” which I liked and thought was pretty different than… Continue reading Thougths on BlurryFace
Debbie Wakefield 