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There is plenty of time left to plant for an autumn harvest

There is plenty of time left to plant for an autumn harvest

  • August 15, 2014
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I’ve heard complaints we didn’t get a summer. What? It’s been a wonderful summer. I didn’t have to water the garden once. My air conditioner wasn’t running nonstop and last time I checked, summer doesn’t officially end until the third week of September. Quit complaining. Plant some cool season vegetables and herbs. There is plenty to be happy about. And there is plenty of time left to...
Weeds, harvest and life

Weeds, harvest and life

  • August 15, 2014
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As I tug at the weeds that so quickly spring up in our garden, I realize how the simplest things can teach the most pertinent lessons. Weeds, for example. Weeds arrive with no effort from the gardener. In fact, we would prefer that they didn’t bother. But, they do. And, they do so very persistently. Have you ever noticed that bad habits do much the same thing? Unintentionally, we add something...

8/15/14 Future of fairgrounds in Millersburg is greenspace

  • August 15, 2014
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SUMMARY: Buildings to come down as park district takes over The Holmes County Fair is over for another year. Rides have been hauled away, tents are coming down, and building closed up. But this time, the quiet settling over the county fairgrounds will be permanent - interrupted only by the sound of demolition as the fair’s buildings come down. The fairgrounds owes it new home at Harvest Ridge...

8/18/14 Airport authority wants $1.5 million bond to fund jet hangar construction

  • August 18, 2014
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SUMMARY: Airport authority says hangar would pay for itself in new rentals and jet fuel sales. A new, 14,400 square feet jet hangar at the Holmes County Airport should bring in enough revenues to fund payments on a $1.5 million bond needed to construct it. The Holmes County Airport Authority Monday Aug. 18 asked the Holmes County Commissioners to back the $1.5 million bond, which will be used...

Surviving cancer and feeling guilty about it

  • August 18, 2014
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Summary Bruce Stambaugh shares about dealing with survivor’s guilt. 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 can’t think of anything else to include. For August 25, 2014 I wasn’t surprised when I got the word. Three years after my successful...

Surviving cancer and feeling guilty about it

  • August 18, 2014
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Summary Bruce Stambaugh shares about dealing with survivor’s guilt. 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 can’t think of anything else to include. For August 25, 2014 I wasn’t surprised when I got the word. Three years after my successful...

A Summer Tale That Ends With Smiles All Around

  • August 19, 2014
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SUMMARY: Baseball is the most difficult of all games to play well, because almost nothing prepares for what might happen next. Of course, as Mike Dewey relates this week, that's what makes it so much fun. In the summer of 1978, I was a year out of college and what I knew about imparting life lessons to teenagers wasn't much. I could teach them how to cheat at cards. I...

COLUMN: Standing on the precipice ready to fly

  • August 20, 2014
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My August is a precipice, a steep cliff that keeps dropping away from me ever steeper. I stand on this edge not only peering out at the drop, but looking ahead in the distance. I can’t quite make out what’s ahead in the hazy ephemera, but I know it’s there – solid and warm - waiting for me to arrive. My husband stands with me on this cliff, just a step back, and together we watch our last...

COLUMN: Standing on the precipice ready to fly

  • August 20, 2014
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My August is a precipice, a steep cliff that keeps dropping away from me ever steeper. I stand on this edge not only peering out at the drop, but looking ahead in the distance. I can’t quite make out what’s ahead in the hazy ephemera, but I know it’s there – solid and warm - waiting for me to arrive. My husband stands with me on this cliff, just a step back, and together we watch our last...

The fall migration season is starting to heat up

  • August 20, 2014
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The fall migration season is starting to heat up Columnist Bruce Glick summarizes happenings in the local birding world. This week Bruce reports on the start of the fall migration. Read more in the "Gone Birding" column. When I saw that Su Snyder found and photographed a Canada Warbler at her home in Wooster last week, I decided there must be at least a few migrant warblers coming through our...