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A children's garden entertains and teaches

  • February 28, 2013
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Summary: Don’t just ask kids to help in the garden, let them plant one of their own. Children are naturally curious and with the right amount of supervision they can accomplish amazing things. Allowing kids to help in the garden is great but consider giving them a garden of their own where they call the shots about what to plant. Teaching young people the fundamentals of growing food is often...

Some garden myths can cause damage to plants

  • February 28, 2013
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Summary: Garden myths are as old as the practice itself. Gardeners have been known to do some crazy things to make their garden grow. Even the skilled gardener is guilty of believing some garden myths because on the surface they seem to make sense. Take for instance that watering plants when the sun is most intense can burn the leaves because the water droplets magnify the sun’s light and heat...

Slugs drink beer and zucchini wears pantyhose in the garden

  • February 28, 2013
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Summary: Garden folklore and home remedies that have been tried and proven to work for generations are still used in today’s modern garden. Do slugs drink beer? Will buried banana peels keep aphids away from your roses? Do zucchini wear panty hose? If you are a gardener these home remedies to better the garden might be familiar to you. To those of you who have never gardened, they might just...

Fran and Abe Mast: Guided by His Hand

  • February 28, 2013
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Summary: Fran and Abe Mast, founders of Graphic Publications, WKLM and Kids Collection, believe business is all about relationships--relationships with each other, and relationships with God. Story: ""The way God supplied our needs was by giving us the Bargain Hunter," Abe Mast says, sitting beside his wife, Fran Mast, in the office of Kid's Collection, the toy store they've owned and operated...

This writer doesn’t write or spell so well

  • February 28, 2013
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Summary Bruce Stambaugh shares about his horrible handwriting and spelling skills. Bruce Stambaugh writes about nature, weather, hobbies and people, often using personal experiences. Much to their dismay, he also writes about his family. He uses humor and pathos when he can’t think of anything else to include. For March 11, 2013 I love to write, but writing doesn’t like me. Let me...

This writer doesn’t write or spell so well

  • February 28, 2013
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Summary Bruce Stambaugh shares about his horrible handwriting and spelling skills. Bruce Stambaugh writes about nature, weather, hobbies and people, often using personal experiences. Much to their dismay, he also writes about his family. He uses humor and pathos when he can’t think of anything else to include. For March 11, 2013 I love to write, but writing doesn’t like me. Let me...

George Stuart Hackett

  • February 28, 2013
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George Stuart Hackett, 56, passed away suddenly in his home at Dover on Feb. 14, 2013. George was born Jan. 22, 1957, at Dover, to the late George Stuart and Virginia Weinsz Hackett III. He was a 1975 graduate of Garaway High School. George attended The University of Akron and Walsh University, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Management in 1989 from Walsh. George worked as an archivist and...

Annabelle Lynn Fait

  • February 28, 2013
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Annabelle Lynn Fait, infant daughter of Robert Fait and Jessica Bartles of New Philadelphia, was born Feb. 10, 2013 in Aultman Hospital at Canton and was welcomed with open arms into the gates of Heaven on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 from Akron Children’s Hospital following a brief illness. She is the beloved granddaughter of Dan and Sandy Fait of New Philadelphia and James and Cynde McLaughlin of...

Herbert R. “Herb” Critser

  • February 28, 2013
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Herbert R. “Herb” Critser, 94, of Naples, Fla., a longtime resident of Steubenville, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in his home. Born Mar. 12, 1918, in Steubenville, he was a son of the late Herbert and Frances Bluck Critser. Herb attended Oak Grove School in Jefferson County, and later attended Wintersville High School often riding a pony to school. He married the former Betty Davis on Jun...

Fredrick L. Johnson

  • February 28, 2013
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Fredrick L. Johnson, 82, of Holmesville, passed away Saturday evening Feb. 23, 2013 at Pomerene Hospital, Millersburg, following a two-year illness. He was born May 6, 1930 in Champaign County and was the son of Arthur and Lucille (Christian) Johnson. Fred married Mary Lou Varnes and she preceded him in death July 8, 2012. He worked 15 years for Address-o-graph Multigraph in Holmesville and was...