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Riding in the bicycle rodeo

There’s no roping at this rodeo, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had for children who love their bikes. The Wooster Kiwanis Club and the Wooster Police Department are coming together for the third annual bike rodeo Saturday, June 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Wayne County Justice Center at 201 West North Street. The scheduling of the rodeo dovetails nicely with the...
Oberholzer retires, Willoughby elected to Board of Directors at First National

Oberholzer retires, Willoughby elected to Board of Directors at First National

Keith A. Willoughby CPA, CVA has been elected to the Board of Directors of FNB, Inc. and The First National Bank of Dennison. The announcement was made by Blair Hillyer, Chairman of the Board of FNB, Inc. Mr. Willoughby replaces Michael C. Oberholzer, who retired from the Board after 25 years of service. Keith is one of the initial founders of Willoughby & Company, Inc. a local accounting...
Old Fashioned: A Love Story for Tuscarawas County

Old Fashioned: A Love Story for Tuscarawas County

It was a warm welcome home for Rik Swartzwelder, formerly of New Philadelphia, whose new independent movie, “Old Fashioned,” was presented in sneak peek viewings at a black tie event Saturday evening Jan. 18 and to a sold out audience the next evening at the Performing Arts Center in New Philadelphia. The multi-talented and gracious Swartzwelder made everyone in Tuscarawas County feel that...

A happy ending for a confused waterfowl

Summary Bruce Stambaugh shares about rescuing a stranded bird. 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 Feb. 3, 2014 My good friend Robert phoned again recently. When Robert calls me, I listen. Known as...
Nicole Dugan: Compassionate care, a long journey to help others

Nicole Dugan: Compassionate care, a long journey to help others

Several years after her 2000 graduation from Tuscarawas Valley High School, Nicole Dugan of Strasburg found herself saddened and touched by the situations of the fellow patients in her grandfather’s long-term care facility. As she visited him weekly, it became obvious to her that she needed to be a part of helping those who were facing this journey alone, with no family or friends around them...
Healthy Tusc advocate aims to improve the community through improvements that promote physical fitness

Healthy Tusc advocate aims to improve the community through improvements that promote physical fitness

Gabriel Riggle of Gnadenhutten took the job of Healthy Tusc advocate last October. A 2004 graduate of Indian Valley High, Riggle earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Otterbein University in 2007 and his juris doctorate from Pace University School of Law in 2010. Healthy Tusc is a countywide consortium founded in 2009 to address the alarming obesity epidemic in Tuscarawas...

Dover City Schools announce community meeting

While the Dover City School Board has received a great deal of helpful feedback from the members of the community who continually participated in public meetings, members believed they needed to engage the rest of the Dover community so more people could weigh in on the coversation. As a result, in early January, they commissioned Fields Research to conduct a random telephone survey and an online...

NEWS | 2014-01-24

Dover Exchange Foundation Supports Tuscarawas County CAC The Dover Exchange Club’s Children’s Foundation will hold a ‘Carry-out’ chicken dinner BBQ to benefit the Tuscarawas County Child Advocacy Center (CAC). The benefit will be held on Super Bowl Sunday, February 2nd at Funday’s located at 1345 Fourth Street in New Philadelphia. Cost for the carry out dinner is $9 each. Dinners will be...

Shirley J. Waldron

Shirley J. Waldron, 69, of New Philadelphia, passed away Jan. 27, 2014. Shirley was born Nov. 21, 1944 in Dayton, Md., the daughter of the late Hardy and Dorothy (Johnson) Hungerford. After her graduation from high school, she attended Bible College and was Pentecostal by faith. In 2006, she retired from her career in the medical supply industry and moved to New Philadelphia to be closer to her...

It’s going to rain, someday, maybe

It’s going to rain, someday, maybe. When I ask people to name off insurances that everyone should have or consider having, most people can name off five or six types pretty quickly. However, there’s two type of insurance that is hardly ever mentioned but I believe they are some of the most important to carry. I’ll cover one of them here and I’ll save the other for later. There was a little...