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The Game of Life

  • August 14, 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. When I was little, I loved playing the Game of Life. We used to visit Grandma and Grandpa Cipollone at their Mastic Beach house and we spent most summer evenings playing The Game of Life around their old,...

FROMONLINE | 2013-08-14

  • August 14, 2013
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The county fair it’s a circus The county fair brings all kinds of food to the palette, brings all kinds of animals in for show, and brings all kinds of entertainment to the fair schedule; even the circus comes to the fair, people watching. When I was a child, the excitement for the Wayne County Fair began the school year before when my penciled handwriting was chosen as a schoolhouse fair...

8/14/13 Liquor permit for Millersburg business prompts strong response

  • August 14, 2013
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SUMMARY: Business owner speaks out against permit, gets in argument Tempers flared over a liquor permit at the Aug. 12 meeting of Millersburg Village Council. Council voted 4 to 2 to approve a carry-out beer and wine permit requested by Campbell Oil for its new Bellstores location on South Washington Street. Councilmembers Brent Hofstetter and Devon Polen voted against the license. Prior to the...

8/14/13 Liquor permit for Millersburg business prompts strong response

  • August 14, 2013
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SUMMARY: Business owner speaks out against permit, gets in argument Tempers flared over a liquor permit at the Aug. 12 meeting of Millersburg Village Council. Council voted 4 to 2 to approve a carry-out beer and wine permit requested by Campbell Oil for its new Bellstores location on South Washington Street. Councilmembers Brent Hofstetter and Devon Polen voted against the license. Prior to the...

You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll relate

  • August 14, 2013
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SUMMARY: It's not every night that a guy battles a maggot infestation, but there he was, doing his very best Corleone impersonation. Mike Dewey's got a confession to make. Every marriage has its division of labor; that is, one partner handles certain things as the other carries additional responsibilities. Between them, the two become one in the sense that they can rely on each other. It’s...

Surviving a Bad Day

  • August 15, 2013
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I’m having a bad day. Nothing is terrible. There isn’t a crisis looming on my personal horizon. At least not that I know about. I just didn’t get enough sleep. I woke up grumpy and I can’t get the cobwebs out of my head. It happens. It usually isn’t fatal, just frustrating. To match my mood, the weather would be cloudy with sporadic rain. Instead, it’s a lovely, sunny 75 degree stunner...

Better Days: Not Quite Conquering the Hill

  • August 15, 2013
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Summary: Twenty years ago it used to take me thirty minutes and now it takes me forty minutes. The need to get in shape and to feel like I’m doing something to fight higher gasoline prices led me to resume a former favorite activity. Better Days: Not Quite Conquering the Hill When we were growing up it was a sign of strength to ride your bicycle all the way up the hill without getting off...

8/15/13 "Jogs for Logs" 5K to help fund Fort Laurens reconstruction project

  • August 15, 2013
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Runners and walkers of all ages and experience levels can help rebuild a piece of the Revolutionary War with the Fort Laurens Museum 5K “Jog For Logs” event Sept. 7. The event is a great opportunity to learn more about war-time Ohio in the 18th century while helping to rebuild Ohio’s only Revolutionary-era fort. The run will be both educational and recreational, site manager Tammi Mackey-Shrum...

White Cane Walk REVISED

  • August 15, 2013
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Summary: The Second Annual White Cane Walk helps sighted understand the challenges of the sight impaired. The American Council of the Blind of Tuscarawas Valley (ACB-TV) invites participants and observers to the Second Annual White Cane Walk, Sunday Aug. 25 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tuscarawas County Senior Center at 425 Prospect Street at Dover. Judy Harpley, mobility specialist and...

White Cane Walk challenges sighted to raise awareness about sight impairment

  • August 15, 2013
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Summary: The Second Annual White Cane Walk helps sighted understand the challenges of the sight impaired. The American Council of the Blind of Tuscarawas Valley (ACB-TV) invites participants and observers to the Second Annual White Cane Walk, Sunday Aug. 25 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tuscarawas County Senior Center at 425 Prospect Street at Dover. Judy Harpley, mobility specialist and...