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donors goodwill

  • September 30, 2013
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Column: Sandpaper people, blinders, and a world devoid of compassion

  • September 30, 2013
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Column summary: Are we moving through life with blinders on? Are the people that rub us the wrong way treated with disgust? We need to use the compassion God has put in our hearts and stop being blind in our life. Blinders, that’s what we need - like horses trotting down the street so things to the left and right of us don’t distract or upset us. So we can travel through this world blindly,...

Fall birding continues as we get into October

  • October 2, 2013
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Fall birding continues as we get into October Columnist Bruce Glick summarizes happenings in the local birding world. This week Bruce continues to follow the on-going fall migration. Read more about it in the "Gone Birding" column. The shorebird show at Funk Bottoms seems to be winding down, which is to be expected after the unexpected highlight of multiple Hudsonian Godwits, along with many...

Fall birding continues as we get into October

  • October 2, 2013
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Fall birding continues as we get into October Columnist Bruce Glick summarizes happenings in the local birding world. This week Bruce continues to follow the on-going fall migration. Read more about it in the "Gone Birding" column. The shorebird show at Funk Bottoms seems to be winding down, which is to be expected after the unexpected highlight of multiple Hudsonian Godwits, along with many...

Vanilla Ice Goes Amish to Premiere on Oct. 12

  • October 2, 2013
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Vanilla Ice Goes Amish, filmed right here in Holmes County, Ohio this spring, is set to premiere during prime-time on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 10 pm e/p on the DIY Network. Look for local faces starting with the very first episode, A Stranger in a Strange Land, in which Vanilla Ice arrives in Amish country and says goodbye to modern conveniences, settling in on a farm with his Amish host, John...

greene dedication

  • October 2, 2013
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The Green Local Schools Board of Education has voted to raze Greene Middle School, but local preservationists are not ready to give up the cause just yet. The work of the Green Township Historic Preservation Society has resulted in the building, formerly Smithville High School, being included on the National Register of Historic Places. So, regardless of the building’s future, the GTHPS plans to...

10/7/13 State rep talks kennel license reimbursement, tuition with commissioners

  • October 2, 2013
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SUMMARY: Reimbursement to dog warden has not been dropped State representative Dave Hall visited the Holmes County Commissioners Monday, Sept. 30, to talk tuition, dog licenses and a severance tax on oil and gas drilling. The commissioners focused their questions on the escalating cost of attending state colleges and how the county auditor and dog warden misinterpreted a provision regarding...

FROMONLINE | 2013-10-02

  • October 2, 2013
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Bringing out the blankets Column Summary I use a blanket all year long, through every season. I even pulled the dog’s blanket off the clothesline when I took a catnap on the hammock outside. I started seasonal laundering of all the blankets in the house; lap blankets that hang over our recliners, the bedspreads, car blankets, bed top afghans, quilt rack hangers, and all the other curl-up...

WCH Welcomes New Interventional Cardiologist

  • October 2, 2013
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A hit TV show was a source of inspiration for Wooster’s newest cardiologist, Dr. Daniel Newton, in his early years. “I was a huge MASH fan, and Hawkeye Pierce was one of my heroes,” he said. The Solon native said he has always enjoyed medicine and wanted to be a cardiologist since the 8th grade. Newton studied medicine at Loyola University Chicago. For the past ten years, Dr. Newton...

10/7/13 Communication towers carry benefits for private, public sectors

  • October 2, 2013
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SUMMARY: New system for county should be operational by year end Towers that will carry radio equipment for emergency responders and county agencies could also be of benefit to the county’s private sector as well. Construction is underway on two communication towers, located in Berlin and Knox townships, that will carry upgraded, narrow band digital radio systems for law enforcement and fire...