Search Results for:

WooMan IV Bike Rides Raises Funds to Combat Breast Cancer

  • September 16, 2013
  • Comments
  • 416 Views

Marketplace: Erb Stove

  • September 16, 2013
  • Comments
  • 511 Views
Teaser: There are two things the folks at Erb Stove most often hear from customers. The first comes when people step through the doors of the Erb Stove showroom in Berlin for the first time and see the store's impressive variety of woodburners, fireplaces, accessories and more, prompting visitors to say, very simply, "Wow!" For general manager Duane Erb, that's a sure sign they're doing something...

Column: Thrift mentality is a way of life

  • September 16, 2013
  • Comments
  • 499 Views
Column summary: Does your mind automatically think thrifty when faced with an event? Do you live out "thrift mentality"? Read on to find out what that means. I’ve discovered that there must be a gene for thrifty living. I don’t mean cutting coupons or canning and freezing to within an inch of your lives. Those are great ways to save and to have a stockpile of things on hand. What I mean is a...

Time for a test that doesn't really matter

  • September 16, 2013
  • Comments
  • 394 Views
SUMMARY: After spending a week at the beach, Mike Dewey returns with more questions that he has answers ... so what's new? Let’s start with a multiple-choice question, since those are almost always easier than ones that begin, “In October of 1843, something really important happened and, unless you can recall what it was and can write 250 intelligent words about it, you’re going to fail...

Tuesday’s Fair: A Pig-plosion of Fun and Rodeo

  • September 17, 2013
  • Comments
  • 393 Views
Summary: Tuesday’s fair events kept the crowds streaming into the Tuscarawas County Fair to see judging for hogs, goats, and draft horses and a rough and tumble rodeo! The Tuscarawas County Fair hit the weather jackpot once again with sunny skies and temperatures in the 70’s as Tuesday’s activities continued to draw large crowds to the fair. It was a pig-plosion at the hog show...

Debi and Dennis Moffitt: Sew Happy Together

  • September 17, 2013
  • Comments
  • 683 Views
Dennis and Debi Moffitt are the perfect team. Their 4,000 square foot shop, Somewhere Sewing, has become a beloved destination location for quilters, fabric artists, and anyone who loves to sew or wants to learn, and not just because the bright space is delightfully filled with more than 7,500 bolts of fabric with brand names like Hoffman Batiks, Moda, North Cott, Benartex, Robert Kaufman, or...

9/17/13 Beautiful weather brings cyclists out for Amish Country Challenge

  • September 17, 2013
  • Comments
  • 366 Views
SUMMARY: Challenge's century ride, 100K and 25 mile course see 225 participants It was a beautiful day for a bike ride. Saturday, Sept. 14, 225 cyclists turned out for the Amish County Challenge, a group ride on a 100 mile route that follows of some of the county’s most beautiful scenery and challenging hills. A chilly, foggy morning gave way to blue skies and fall-like temperatures, a stark...

9/16/13 Bed tax grants go for courthouse lighting project, festivals

  • September 17, 2013
  • Comments
  • 392 Views
SUMMARY: Commissioners award $38,000 for tourism-related promotions, events The Holmes County Commissioners Monday Sept. 16 awarded $38,000 in bed tax grants to 12 non-profit agencies. The awards include a $4,500 grant for a project that will illuminate the courthouse at night. An additional $12,000 will go for magazine advertising promoting Holmes County as a tourist destination. The bed tax...

Goodwill homecoming drive

  • September 17, 2013
  • Comments
  • 401 Views
Whitaker-Myers Insurance Group is holding its annual Goodwill Clothing Drive from 5:45-7 pm prior to the Wooster High School Homecoming game on Friday, September 27th. Set up as a contest among the five classes, the donation drive is in its fifth year. According to Linda Brinkerhoff, account executive for Whitaker-Myers Insurance Group, “We are pleased to help facilitate the community...

OBITUARY | 2013-09-17

  • September 17, 2013
  • Comments
  • 446 Views
Jonas J. Miller, 49, of 8356 TR 656, Fredericksburg, died suddenly on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 of a heart attack. He was born in Holmes County on Nov. 29, 1963 to Joe J.C. and Mattie J. (Troyer) Miller and married Ada J. Schlabach on Sept. 13, 1984. She survives. He was a member of the Old Order Amish Church where he was ordained a deacon on May 1, 2004. In addition to his wife, he is...