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Ernest Dean Bower

  • May 19, 2014
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Ernest Dean Bower, 94, of Bowerston passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at Park Village Health Care Center in Dover after a period of declining health. Born Feb. 5, 1920 in Bowerston, Ernie was a son of the late Robert Mack Clifford and Ethel Grace (Markley) Bower. Ernie was a lifelong resident of the Bowerston area and a graduate of Bowerston High School in the class of 1938. A self-employed...

Hazel J. Hawkins

  • May 19, 2014
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Hazel J. Hawkins, 87, of Dennison passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at Beacon Pointe Rehabilitation Center in Uhrichsville after a lengthy illness. Born Nov. 15, 1926 in Bannock, she was a daughter of the late Ralph Gordon and Mabel Gladys (Irwin) Gordon-Melville. Hazel was a longtime resident of Dennison and a member of Dennison First Church of God for most of her life. In addition to being...

Helen L. Gerber

  • May 19, 2014
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Helen L. Gerber, 78, of Sugarcreek died Sunday, May 18, 2014 at Oak Pointe Nursing Home at Baltic. She was born Jan. 4, 1936 in Holmes County to the late Clifford and Katie (Immel) Peterman. She had worked as a cook, pie baker and waitress at the former Swiss Hat Restaurant in Sugarcreek and then at the Garaway Senior Center. She was a member of the Shanesville Lutheran Church. She was married...

Adrienne Berner

  • May 19, 2014
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Adrienne Maye Berner, 86, of Dover (Parral) passed into the loving arms of our Lord in the early morning of May 17, 2014 after a period of declining health in the care of Community Hospice of Tuscarawas County. Adrienne was born April 30, 1928 in Millersburg, daughter of the late Myron Quillin of Killbuck and Zella (Cutnaw) Quillin of Millersburg, and sister to the previously deceased James...

Emma M. Myers

  • May 19, 2014
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Emma M. Myers, 91, of Dover passed away Saturday, May 18, 2014 at Park Village Health Care Centre following an extended illness. Born July 24, 1922 in Somerdale, she was the daughter of the late James and Clara (Miller) Hardwidge. Emma was a graduate of the Dover High School Class of 1940. She celebrated 58 years of marriage to Wilbert Myers, who preceded her in death Nov. 2, 2000. She is also...

'Goin' Down to Yasgur's Farm' ... It's All About Growth

  • May 20, 2014
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SUMMARY: This week, Mike Dewey does his best to get back to the land, to the garden, to the farm and discovers something uniquely human: Life is for learning. “I'm a farmer. I don't know how to speak to 20 people at one time, let alone a crowd like this. But I think you people have proven something to the world … that a half million young people can get together and have three days of fun...

The WHC will relocate to Bever St. to meet community needs

  • May 20, 2014
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Summary: The Wooster Hope Center (WHC) will be moving from its current location on 342 Nold Ave. to 445 N. Bever St. in Wooster. The WHC will expand its services and have more opportunities to work with the schools. The official move date is June 5 and a new schedule also unfolds with the change of location. As the community presents with a need, the Wooster Hope Center (WHC) responds. Most...

Farmers Markets Provide a Range of Benefits

  • May 20, 2014
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With Wooster’s Farmers Markets soon to open, one may ask, “Why shop at a Farmers Market?” The reasons are many and can be organized into categories depending on who or what benefits: consumers, producers, the environment, and the community and local economy. The Consumer For starters, the food is fresh and local. Farmers bringing their produce to the weekly market will pick their fruits and...

5/20/14 Local officer remembered in 2014 law enforcement memorial

  • May 20, 2014
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SUMMARY: Holmes County Sheriff's communications officer Sally Marmet was remembered by local law enforcement in ceremony May 18. Marmet's name was added to a roll call of those who have served their community and gone peacefully to their rest. A Holmes County Sheriff’s dispatcher was added to the list of honored dead Sunday May 18 at an annual memorial observed by local law...

Big Days and late spring migrants

  • May 21, 2014
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Big Days and late spring migrants Columnist Bruce Glick summarizes happenings in the local birding world. This week Bruce writes about birding in the wonderful month of May. Read more about it in the "Gone Birding" column. Birding teams were busy on May 17, both in the Wayne/Holmes area and in northeastern Indiana. The Bobolink Area Big Day took a traditional approach - 24 hours on Saturday...