Smart shopping and gardening can help beneficial pollinators flourish
Some of us are old enough to remember when the bald eagle nearly became extinct. After World War II, the use of the chemical pesticide DDT in the U.S. contaminated fish, a primary source of food for the giant birds, as runoff from overuse spread into waterways. DDT poisoned the birds and made it impossible for them to produce eggs with strong shells. Baby eagles died during incubation and never...
Summer is the perfect time to help kids learn organizational skills
Summer is here. School is out. So, we have the perfect time to teach skills that children can use throughout the year and beyond. Let me start by asking a question. How do your children organize their time? Do they organize their time? The level of organization a child manages may be somewhat age dependent, but dont assume they are too young. My mother claims I started using an organizer in...
Skip the shortcuts and make the healthier version of a favorite church supper classic
Those of us of a certain age, as the phrase goes, will remember a childhood of eating vegetables that had arrived in a can and been cooked to gray, unpalatable mush. This shared experience seems to have a direct relationship to how recently the family had arrived from somewhere else. I think my friends whose mothers or grandmothers had begun their lives in some vaguely Mediterranean country ate...Macey Roth receives Herb Heldt Scholarship
The Warwick Lions Club has announced the winner of the Herb Heldt Scholarship for 2014. Recipient, Macey Roth, the daughter of Rusty and Holly (Smith) Roth is a 2014 graduate of Indian Valley High School. Lion Keith Pretorius presented the award at the senior awards banquet in May. Roth plans to attend Kent State University to pursue a career in fashion merchandising.The Warwick Lions scholarship...
Tune in: Local commercial-free radio station to debut next year
Dover and New Philadelphia residents soon will be able to tune into another local radio station. With the call letters, WDPE that represent Dover Phila Education, the digital, high definition, low power FM or HD-LPFM station would be the first of its kind in the nation and will be at 102.3 on the radio dial. The creation of the nonprofit, noncommercial, educational radio station has been in the...
The Magnolia Mill showcases innovation, transportation and community connections
Richard Elson of Virginia, founder of the village of Magnolia, built the Magnolia Flouring Mill, also known as the Elsons Flouring Mill, in 1834. Even today, the original hand-hewn beams, sandstone laid basement, nine over six double-hung windows and red lap siding are visible in the historic multistory building that has had numerous structural additions the over the years. Augustus R. Elson,...Union counted among the nations best hospitals
Beckers Hospital Review, a monthly publication of business and legal news, has named Union Hospital in Dover to the list of the 100 Great Community Hospitals. In making the announcement, Beckers said the community hospitals included on the list all have fewer than 550 beds, are non-teaching hospitals, and are located in urban, suburban, and rural areas of the U.S. Being named to...Measles outbreak in Knox County has slowed
The rate of confirmed cases in the epicenter of the Ohio measles outbreak is slowing, even as new cases are being reported in other counties. Pam Palm, director of health promotion services with the Knox County Health Department and spokesperson for a coalition of six Ohio counties first affected by the measles outbreak, said the frequency of measles cases in Knox County has slowed...