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The Farmery reinvents the grocery store

  • July 23, 2013
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Summary: Our food system is broken and this has prompted a young entrepreneur in North Carolina to reinvent the way we shop for produce. The face of farming is changing. Backyard gardeners are taking responsibility for their good health by growing their own food and eating a seasonal diet. Small family farms are doing what it takes to reach consumers through CSA, farm stands and producer-only...

Woodbury Wildlife Area, a great place for viewing grassland birds

  • July 24, 2013
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Woodbury Wildlife Area, a great place for viewing grassland birds Columnist Bruce Glick summarizes happenings in the local birding world. This week Bruce reports on a great place for seeing grassland birds. Read more in the "Gone Birding" column. Approximately five miles west of Coshocton on State Route 541 you will find yourself entering a long level area with grasslands stretching out on...

7/24/13 Health district levy to appear on November ballot

  • July 24, 2013
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SUMMARY: Cuts at state level, unfunded mandates drive need for local revenues The Holmes County District Board of Health will put a levy before voters in November. The board approved a resolution Friday July 19 to place a .75 mil levy on the Nov. 5 ballot. According to Holmes County Health Commissioner Dr. D.J. McFadden, the reason for the levy is the same as that for a levy placed before...

One restaurant, one chef: Both celebrate 30th Anniversary

  • July 24, 2013
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Jeff Allison has had the same job for thirty years. As the chef at the Chalet in the Valley, he has carefully developed recipes alongside his mentor Margaret Guggisburg who along with her husband Alfred, opened the Austrian and Swiss-styled restaurant in 1983 with the hope of sharing the food she so fondly remembered eating as a young girl in Wellsburg, Austria. Chalet in the Valley will...

Chalet in the Valley celebrates 30 years in the Doughty Valley

  • July 24, 2013
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It was 1947 when Alfred and Margaret Guggisburg moved from their native Europe to the rolling hills of rural Doughty Valley in Holmes County. A cheese maker by trade, Alfred found success in his new home as he developed new varieties of cheese he created with the rich milk from local Amish dairy farms. Margaret had a dream as well, a restaurant where they could feature the Swiss and Austrian...

FROMONLINE | 2013-07-24

  • July 24, 2013
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Bugs, jars, worms & dirt Column Summary Summer fun was once a simple kind of play; chasing butterflies, catching fireflies, burying our feet in the sandbox and eating lunch on the front porch steps. Wearing red Popsicles smiles was the best. This is the time of year when you save the mayonnaise jars, hammer nail holes into the screw top lids, and head out late dusk to collect your night...

The City Girl in Me

  • July 24, 2013
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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. There are times in my life when the city girl in me conflicts with the farm wife I have become. I grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland with white picket fences, development homes and not a cow in site. I...

After Pulling an All-Nighter, the Beach is the Place to Be

  • July 24, 2013
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SUMMARY: A day at the beach turns into something even more interesting as Mike Dewey thinks about heat, the lack of sleep and the greatest live LPs he's ever heard .. and then there's something else ... I meant no harm. Seriously. Honestly. You know me better than to believe I’d ever hurt a child. And yet, there I was, staring as the unfortunate residue of my best intentions crumbled into...

7/25/13 Dog license options could cost county

  • July 25, 2013
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SUMMARY: Dog warden, auditor to see up-front costs to comply with three year, permanent tags Permanent dog licenses meant to make registering an animal more convenient for their owners is causing headaches for the dog warden and auditor’s office. Holmes County Auditor Jackie McKee and Dog Warden Katelyn Lehman said a law passed in the state biennial budget that offers options to a traditional...

7/25/13 Apple Creek man sentenced to fines, costs in unlicensed hog butchering case

  • July 25, 2013
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SUMMARY: Judge findes court sanctions unnecessary in case An Apple Creek man who previously pleaded to violating Ohio Department of Agriculture laws regarding the slaughter of farm animals was sentenced to fines and court costs. Jecky H. Hershberger, 43, 6013 Zuercher Road, was sentenced to pay fines of $1,250 plus court costs Thursday, July 25 by Wayne County Municipal Court Judge Timothy R...