5/21/14 Commissioners approve enterprise zone agreement with Pennsylvania food distributor
SUMMARY: Commissioners signed a enterprise zone agreement with Dutch Valley Food Distributors for a 10 year real estate tax abatement on a new 22,000 square feet facility during their May 19 business meeting. Also May 19, commissioners opened bids on a 17,000 feet guardrail installation project. The Holmes County Commissioners approved an enterprise zone agreement with a Pennsylvania food...FROMONLINE | 2014-05-21
Every farm has a barnyard bully Column Summary Barnyard bullies do not live by The Golden Rule, its a good thing the faithful farmer does. Compared to many, I am a country girl through and through. Although I did not grow up on a working farm I spent a great deal of my first ten years on my Grandpa Millers grain and sheep farm east of Smithville. For a couple pre-school years our family...
Local officer remembered in 2014 law enforcement memorial
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 enforcement.Communications officer Sally Marmet was remembered in a brief address by Deputy Sgt. Eric Troyer during Holmes County's 2014 law enforcement memorial. The event, organized by the Millersburg Police Auxiliary, memorializes Ohio peace officers killed in...
Bloop hits end run of Lady Knights in District final
Maysville’s shortstop Kori Sidwell has endured two brutal losses at the hands of the Lady Knights basketball team in the Div. II regional tournament. After two perfect basketball seasons, Sidwell has had to watch the Lady Knights cut down nets and raise trophies.Not the case in the Div. II softball tournament at River View High School on May 20.Sidwell’s two-out RBI bloop single that scored...Slow speed chase ends with Beach city woman in protective custody
SUMMARY: Woman had been following ex-boyfriend, threatening to kill herself. Charges have been forwarded to the prosecuting attorney's office. Charges have been forwarded to the prosecuting attorneys office in a May 21 slow-speed chase that started when a Beach City woman began following her ex-boyfriend, threatening suicide. Holmes County Sheriffs Capt. Dale Renker said the woman, who is...No Down Time
Struggling with loads of laundry, clutter in the kitchen and chaos in your life? Stress can easily steal our joy. Trish Berg reminds us to simplify the small stuff and find Joy in the Journey. I arrived home last week after five days away. I had been spending the hours a day studying for comprehensive exams I have to take in June. Long story short, it was long days full of stress and...
Porcine virus not a threat to humans, but will result in higher pork prices
The Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus has killed more than seven million pigs in the United States, a 10 percent reduction in the population in just one year.The Center for Disease Control says the virus was first reported in the United Kingdom in 1971 and was identified in the Ohio pig population last June. Researchers in the Food Animal Health Research Program at the Ohio Agricultureal Research...
Tomatoes from the garden simply taste better, heirlooms even more so
Heirloom tomatoes have characteristics that make them special. They are not difficult to grow, and in recent years, they have become more popular among gardeners because they simply taste better than supermarket varieties that have been bred for consistent size and their ability to withstand being shipped hundreds and even thousands of miles. Flavor was lost along the way. It is no wonder...