A perspective from a respected coach, a girls basketball mastermind and a rabid fan
There were many factors and common denominators that went into what led the West Holmes Lady Knights to their fourth State championship. Sheer talent, spirited coaching, a loyal community and probably most of all teamwork and friendship were the main fixings of the 2013-2014 team. It is impossible to rank these things however, as each one of these qualities were a gigantic ingredient in Coach...COLUMN: Step away from the grind before it grinds you up
COLUMN SUMMARY: When was the last time you bid adieu and went on vacation? Even for a few days? If you can't remember than it's past time. Read on for some tips. Its been a whale of a week for me and Im ready to lay on a beach somewhere, anywhere really, though preferably where they refill the glass beside me on a regular basis. The only place I know that common folk get this fabulous...It's Always Interesting, When Something Good Happens
SUMMARY: Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? That's the way Mike Dewey approached a certain spring that held only the remotest possibilities of happiness. I wasnt the first person -- and God knows I wouldnt be the last -- to fall in love during the course of an amazing rock n roll concert, but I might have been the only one to have it all on tape. No, nothing like that...FROMONLINE | 2014-04-02
Sweet song of spring, I hear Column Summary The sounds of spring are a song we celebrate, it isnt until the end of summer we may call it noise. All better than the silence of winter. The early birds are finally singing a joyful chorus. Perched in the highest branches, their happy songs echo through-out the tree tops. Our fine feathered friends who ventured north before Ohio weather was truly...
Two treated for injuries in Wednesday Jeep vs. bus accident
A bus driver and a Baltic teenager were treated for injuries after an April 2 accident in Berlin.Injured in the crash were Seth M. Miller, 17, Troendly Road, Baltic, and Mary Ellen Beachy, 45, Township Road 80, Millersburg. Miller was treated and released from Union Hospital, and Beachy was later treated for a sore back and leg pain at Pomerene Hospital, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol,...First raptor watch of 2014, and a new Bobolink Area Checklist of Birds
First raptor watch of 2014, and a new Bobolink Area Checklist of Birds Columnist Bruce Glick summarizes happenings in the local birding world. This week Bruce reports on the first raptor watch of the year, as well as a newly published Checklist of Birds for the local area. Read more about it in the "Gone Birding" column. March finally offered up a good day for raptor migration on the last day...