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Backyard Chickens

  • May 19, 2014
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Raised vegetable beds, container herb gardens and even landscaping that includes berry bushes and fruit trees can be spotted when driving around town, but there is one form of urban agriculture that is less apparent: backyard chickens. Whether it is due to consumers desire to be more self-sufficient, know where there food is coming from, or families wanting to experience animal husbandry, it...

COLUMN: I didn't grow up on a farm but I know beauty

  • May 19, 2014
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I didn’t grow up on a farm. I grew up in the center of Berlin on a corner lot with a big backyard. An even bigger woods was available for us to play in that the Amish neighbors behind us owned. I would pack a sandwich and disappear into that woods to explore for hours. It contained an old sugar shack that was run down and dilapidated. There was an Indian legend that went along with the woods and...

Measles outbreak costing health district thousands

  • May 19, 2014
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Costs are mounting for the Holmes County Health Department as it deals with the recent measles outbreak. Since it began dispensing MMR vaccine in the third week of April, the health district has incurred at least $16,300 in additional wages, health commissioner Dr. D.J. McFadden said. The primary reason for the increase in staff hours is mass vaccination clinics that are being held around the...

Cannon Gene Weber

  • May 19, 2014
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Cannon Gene Weber, son of Travis and Tiffany (Strouse) Weber of Big Prairie passed away May 6, 2014 at Wooster Community Hospital. He is survived by his parents; a brother, Maddox; a sister, Sloane; maternal grandparents, Kenny and Inez Strouse of Glenmont and Carolyn Strouse of Dover, and paternal grandfather, Rene Weber of Millersburg. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother,...

Crist N. Schrock

  • May 19, 2014
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Crist N. Schrock, 88, of Millersburg died Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at Walnut Hills Nursing Home at Walnut Creek. He was born March 3, 1926 in Holmes County to the late Noah C. and Susan (Raber) Schrock. He was a retired custodian and school bus driver from Hiland High School after 25 years. He was a member of Gray Ridge Community Church at Millersburg and enjoyed working with wood. He is...

Stephanie L. Yakley

  • May 19, 2014
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Stephanie L. Yakley, 42, of Uhrichsville and formerly of New Philadelphia and Sugarcreek, a beloved daughter, sister, auntie, and friend, died Tuesday, May 13, 2014 while in the care of Community Hospice House as a result of complications from ovarian cancer. A daughter of Bob and Judy (Shanower) Yakley of New Philadelphia, Stephanie was born at Dover Jan. 22, 1972. She was a 1990 graduate of...

Cindy Wiggins Stallings

  • May 19, 2014
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Cindy Wiggins Stallings, 47, of Dover died of an unexpected medical illness Monday, May 12, 2014. Born in Union Hospital June 17, 1966, Cindy is a daughter of Ruth Wiggins Campbell of New Philadelphia and the late Harold Wiggins. She was a 1984 graduate of New Philadelphia High School and for more than a decade has worked in the office of Dr. Nicholas and Barb Varrati at New Philadelphia, where...

Harry A. Shaw Sr.

  • May 19, 2014
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Harry A. Shaw Sr., 93, of Strasburg passed away in his home Tuesday, May 13, 2014 following a period of declining health. He was born Sept. 16, 1920 near Perry, Okla. to the late Ernest and Sarah (Bradford) Kukuk. Harry moved with his family at a young age to Ohio, and was raised near Canal Lewisville. He graduated from Coshocton High School in 1938, and was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1942,...

Donny Lee Marsh

  • May 19, 2014
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Donny Lee Marsh, 65, of Uhrichsville passed away Sunday, May 18, 2014 at Mercy Medical Center in Canton after suffering a stroke. Born Jan. 28, 1949 in Dennison, he was a son of the late Wayne Lowell and Pearl DeMonde (Wagstaff) Marsh. Donny was a Twin City resident for most of his life and a graduate of Claymont High School in the class of 1967 before attending Ohio State University. He...

Elden “Lefty” Lenhart

  • May 19, 2014
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Elden “Lefty” Lenhart, 86, of Dover died Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at Community Hospice House in New Philadelphia after a period of declining health. He was born Feb. 23, 1928 in Bolivar to the late Warren and Ethel (Manuel) Lenhart. Elden was a retired employee of General Telephone Company where he had worked for 36 years. He was a member of the First United Church of Christ in New...