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Dover's End of Summer Celebration is free and full of fun

  • August 20, 2013
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Summary: Dover’s End of Summer Celebration is a destination for families as the season comes to a close. The City of Dover is giving residents and visitors one last chance to enjoy the season with their End of Summer Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 1 beginning at noon at Dover City Park. Scott Jerles, Dover’s director of parks and recreation says the event is an excellent way to highlight the...

Somebody to Love: The Holmes County Humane Society

  • August 21, 2013
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Summary: Last year, the Holmes County Humane Society placed 119 pets in safe, loving homes, solely through the work of volunteers and the support of generous animal lovers. Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of our four-legged friends? Story: With names like Arlo (as in Guthrie) and Marvin (as in Gaye), you'd think these guys could belt out a tune. But, really, the most they can do...

Mysterious and Unusual Places event invites guests to share their stories

  • August 21, 2013
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Summary: Unidentified flying objects. Strange land structures. Intriguing underground tunnels. Things that go bump in the night. These and other things will be topics of public discussion at the Holmes County Historical Society's Mysterious and Unusual Places in Holmes County. Have you ever encountered a UFO? Ever stumbled upon a Sasquatch? Or maybe there's an unusual building or land feature...

Breitenbach Wine Cellars Annual Dog Show

  • August 21, 2013
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Summary: Breitenbach Wine Cellars is gearing up to host an annual family event that promises to go straight to the dogs. Story: You know it's bound to be fun once you get a glimpse of the contest categories--"You’re so ugly, you’re cute," and "Senior Citizen," "Best Costume" and "Best Trick." Then of course there's the prettiest female and the most handsome male, in addition to the smallest,...

Where do the warblers go for the winter?

  • August 21, 2013
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Where do the warblers go for the winter? I've always been interested in knowing more about the life cycles of our eastern warblers. A fair number of them nest in Ohio, especially when you include the species that are found mainly in places like Mohican State Park. But when winter closes in, only the hardy Yellow-rumped Warbler can be found with any regularity, and even that bird is mainly found...

Rolling Thunder POW-MIA memorial coming to Killbuck

  • August 21, 2013
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The Memorial to Ohio’s Prisoners of War and Missing in Action (POW-MIA) will be available for viewing at the Killbuck Early American Days thanks to Rolling Thunder Chapter 5 of Lexington. A program to honor the POW-MIA of Ohio will begin at 2 p.m. The memorial contains the names of 137 Ohioans declared missing in action during the Vietnam War. The memorial was created by the Rolling Thunder...

8/21/13 Airport gets full funding for last phase of runway project

  • August 21, 2013
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SUMMARY: New airstrip could be completed by mid-2014 After months of stonewalling over funding for a new runway, The Federal Aviation Authority has come through for the Holmes County airport. The Holmes County Airport Authority Monday Aug. 19 received $2,022,896 in federal dollars for the third, and final, stage of its runway extension project. Coupled with a $100,000 Ohio Mideastern Government...

FROMONLINE | 2013-08-21

  • August 21, 2013
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Celebrating our first days First days happen to all of us, we come into this world born fresh into our very first day, a day we will never remember, but it is the first day a mother remembers forever. Today is your first day of your motherhood, of your fatherhood. Today you became a big sister, a big brother for the first time. Today your parents became grandparents, and today your grandparents...

FROMONLINE | 2013-08-22

  • August 22, 2013
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Summary: Last year, the Holmes County Humane Society placed 119 pets in safe, loving homes, solely through the work of volunteers and the support of generous animal lovers. Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of our four-legged friends? Story: With names like Arlo (as in Guthrie) and Marvin (as in Gaye), you'd think these guys could belt out a tune. But, really, the most they can do...

8/22/13 Health district looks at changes in role as vaccination provider

  • August 22, 2013
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SUMMARY: Changes in federal law becomes budget issue With up-front costs to purchase vaccines increasing, the Holmes County Health District is re-thinking its role as a vaccine provider. Holmes County Health Commissioner Dr. D.J. McFadden said that the health district has almost spent its yearly budget on vaccines as of the end of July. The health clinic’s vaccine line item stands at $19,367...