Worlds largest Christmas project opens collection sites locally
This month, eight area locations will serve as collection sites for Operation Christmas Child, the worlds largest Christmas project of its kind. The annual project is supported by families, churches and groups, who help fill shoeboxes with toys, school supplies and notes of encouragement to be sent to children in other countries. Anyone can participate. Whether you are young or old,...
How to prevent Christmas sticker shock
Dont look now, but Christmas is next month. I know–its Dec. 25, its not like they move the date around from one year to the next, but for some reason, the Christmas shopping season always seems to sneak up on me. What usually jogs my memory to the fact that dollars will soon be streaming out of my wallet is the first few TV commercials that have snow in them. The first one I saw this...
With a little help, gardeners can continue even as they greet old age
As falls blanket continues to unfold, it reminds me that just as each season has a beginning, each season also comes to an end. Fortunately for us, this neverending cycle gives us time to contemplate, plant, tend, nurture, harvest and take a rest from the garden. As I get older, I realize I wont always be able to do some of the more strenuous aspects of gardening. It is, after all, hard...
A really good pot roast of braised beef is uncommon
Braised beef, which most of us would recognize more readily under the name pot roast, is a staple in many households. Yet really good braised beef is, in my experience, pretty uncommon. Braising is a cooking technique in which dry and moist heat are combined to slow cook foods, usually a cut of meat, in a minimal amount of flavored liquid to produce a very tender and juicy final product. The...
Anti-drug initiative coordinated by students to reach students
While Youth-to-Youth International has been around since 1982, the Dover High School chapter formed this year. DHS Y2Y members began meeting at the start of the current school year. The community-based drug prevention and youth leadership program aims to harness the powerful influence of peer pressure, making it a positive force that encourages young people to live a drug-free...
Library open house to feature live reindeer
The Tuscarawas County Public Librarys main location will host its annual Winter Wonderland Open House Nov. 15 from 1-3 p.m. It is a free event for the whole family, said Megan Kovalaske, public relations coordinator. Attendees can anticipate recipe ideas, crafts, reindeer, live string music, a Scholastic Book Fair, a Dial an Elf station and door prizes. Sponsored by the Friends of the...Fundraiser to help Uhrichsville veteran recover from surgery
A fundraiser set for Sunday, Nov. 16 will benefit George Haskins of Uhrichsville, a U.S. Navy a veteran who served in Vietnam. Haskins recently underwent lung and abdominal surgery at the Louis Stokes Veterans Hospital in Cleveland. George has worked as a sound engineer for Hitchcock Sound Company for many years until he was physically unable to continue, Sam Hitchcock, the event organizer,...Union honored as outstanding home health care provider
Union Hospital Home Health Care at Dover has been named to the Top 500 of the 2014 HomeCare Elite, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. Now in its ninth year, the HomeCare Elite identifies the top 25 percent of agencies and highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall. This is the sixth year that Union Hospital Home Health Care has achieved top...Dreaming about Florida, or was it real?
Summary Bruce Stambaugh shares about dreaming of being in Florida, or was he really there? Bruce Stambaugh writes about nature, weather, hobbies and people, often using personal experiences. Much to their dismay, he also writes about his family. He uses humor and pathos when he cant think of anything else to include. For Nov. 17, 2014 I dream a lot, vivid, colorful, goofy dreams. I often...