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$having for dollars

$having for dollars Ask anyone who knows me. I’m always on the lookout for ways to save money. I believe saving on the small things can add up and make a difference over time. I like what Benjamin Franklin said a long time ago, “Watch the pennies, the dollars will take care of themselves”. That saying has always stuck with me. I’d wager a dollar or two that when Ben came up with that now...

One conversation I wish I could redo

Summary: Have you ever wished you could go back and change a past conversation and say things differently? Amber shares about one that she would change. A few years ago, a relative of mine accepted Jesus as his Savior. It was very exciting for me to hear of that happening and I got a chance to talk with him after his conversion. He had some concerns, however, because he had been living a...

Holmes County Christian Women’s Club to meet

The Holmes County Christian Women’s Club will begin the 2014 year at Der Dutchman in Walnut Creek Feb. 4. The speaker will be Kevin Hewitt, executive director of the Christian Children’s Home of Ohio. The topic will be Fame and Fortune Were Redirected By God. The brunch is held at the Der Dutchman in Walnut Creek from 9:30-11:30 a.m. There is a fee for brunch. For reservations, call...

Kindergarten registration

The West Holmes Class of 2027 kindergarten registration (entering school August, 2014) will begin Feb. 3. Parents with children who will be five years of age on or before August 1, 2014 are asked to call and register their child at the elementary school the child will attend by April 4, 2014. When parents call, they will be asked some basic information about their child, and they will schedule a...
Crinkled paper and a final effort at home lead to spelling bee gold for Schmucker

Crinkled paper and a final effort at home lead to spelling bee gold for Schmucker

Nerves always play a role in any spelling bee. Students have to stand in front of their classmates, grinding out words into a microphone, hoping they can remember how to spell some pretty tough words. It isn’t easy. West Holmes seventh grader Chasidy Schmucker found a way to allay her trepidations and turned it into victory at the annual West Holmes Middle School Spelling Bee which took place...
A happy marriage built on lots of love and Legos

A happy marriage built on lots of love and Legos

Matt Shilling was just a boy when his family decided to take a road trip from Virginia Beach to see relatives in Wayne County. His mom told him to pack his suitcase, which he dutifully did. Upon arrival in Ohio, young Shilling said, “I opened my suitcase and it was all just Legos.” He promptly was taken to a retail store to buy clothes for his stay. “I heard the story,” said Jodi...

Local Non-Traditional Students Receive Support

The typical mental image formed when hearing the words “college student” consists of a late teen or early twenty-something hanging out with friends in a messy dorm room talking about music, spring break plans, and maybe their lofty career goals. But according to the US Department of Education, that picture only describes a fraction of the approximately 18 million undergraduates in our...

To this day, French isn't even my second language

SUMAMRY: Picking up a story he left last week, Mike Dewey explores the hidden depths of American jazz and comes up snake-eyes. No surprise there. She was a jazz fan and I was a rocker. You’d think, with good reason, that we’d have nothing in common, for I am and always will be a believer in the fact that if you date or go steady with or get engaged to or, gasp!, actually...

Snow rollers

It is an unusual occurrence in Ohio, but over the past few days conditions have been right to create snow rollers. The ones here were snapped on The College of Wooster golf course by photographer Karen Skubik.They are nature-made snowballs, created when the temperatures were near freezing. A bit of ice formed on some snow and the wind pushed that snow, while the ice allowed more snow to stick as...

1/27/14 Natural gas outage in Walnut Creek due to faulty meter

A faulty meter has been attributed to loss of natural gas service to several Walnut Creek customers Jan. 6. Jason Gilham, with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, said Monday, Jan. 27, that a frozen meter was responsible for outages of natural gas service for 20 customers in Walnut Creek, including Walnut Creek Elementary. Gilham said his office contacted the Northeast Ohio Natural Gas...