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Making family memories at Mosaic’s Santa’s Workshop

Summary: Area families stopped by the annual Santa’s Workshop hosted by Mosaic Connection to create artworks, gifts, share a meal and have a talk with St. Nick. Main Article: Lisa Wills and her three children, Jayden, Taylor and Dawson spent a Saturday afternoon together making gift projects with their own touch of artistry. They, along with other area families with kids in grades 1-6,...
Tusc 4-H Dairy Banquet rings in accolades

Tusc 4-H Dairy Banquet rings in accolades

The 25th annual Tuscarawas County Junior Fair Dairy Banquet was held Nov. 19 in Dutch Valley Restaurant at Sugarcreek.More than 200 members, parents, dairy product buyers and other program supporters attended the event. Special recognition was given to eight, nine, 10, 11 and 12-year 4-H dairy club members.Swiss Cow bells were presented to eight-year dairy program members. This year’s...
Ohio Holstein Association Winter Barn Meeting and Springhill Tag Sale

Ohio Holstein Association Winter Barn Meeting and Springhill Tag Sale

The Ohio Holstein Association Winter Barn Meeting and Springhill Tag Sale will be held on Saturday, December 15, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the Tag Sale will continue on Sunday December 16, 2012, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. A ham loaf lunch will be held at 12:00 noon on Saturday, December 15, at the Nashville United Church on State Route 39 at the west edge of Nashville. Lunch reservations...
Haley re-elected to Ohio Farm Bureau board of trustees

Haley re-elected to Ohio Farm Bureau board of trustees

Pam Haley, of West Salem, has been re-elected for a second, three-year term as Northeast Women’s Trustee for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (OFBF). Haley will represent Farm Bureau members from 20 northeastern Ohio counties. She will help govern the state’s largest and most inclusive farm organization. Haley and her husband, Mike, farm with his father. They produce corn, soybeans, wheat, hay...
Local banker receives banking diploma from the Ohio bankers league

Local banker receives banking diploma from the Ohio bankers league

Gabe Aufrance, commercial lender at First-Knox National Bank in Millersburg, recently graduated from the 2012 OBL Bank Management School sponsored by the Ohio Bankers League. Aufrance was one of 30 bankers who completed the intensive one-week program in September. One of the longest-standing educational traditions in the Ohio banking industry, the school was established in 1955. The...

Rotary Club to host Christmas luncheon

The Rittman-Doylestown Area Rotary Club will be hosting its annual Christmas luncheon for area seniors on Thursday, Dec. 13, at noon, at Calvary Baptist Church, 516 West Sunset Drive in Rittman. The luncheon is no cost, but a free will offering is requested to benefit the Rittman High School Choir, which will be performing following the luncheon. Additionally the Rotary Club will be asking each...
The search for Arctic/Canadian birds continues in Ohio

The search for Arctic/Canadian birds continues in Ohio

I can’t remember a year when there has been so much excitement about northern birds. Hopefully this will continue throughout the winter, giving birders many chances to see northern birds that rarely make it this far south. Both species of crossbills continue to show up around the area. As can be expected, most of these birds don’t stay in one place, rather moving constantly from one food...
Reasonably Speaking

Reasonably Speaking

It has not been a great couple of weeks for the family.What had been a delightful autumn, with Nipper’s good grade card and Thanksgiving on the way, was pretty much brought to a quick (and loud) halt by the big pickup truck that rear-ended husband and I on a road somewhere between Trail and Walnut Creek.On the up side, it could have been much, much worse. The buggy in front of us got out of the...
When your landlord is in foreclosure

When your landlord is in foreclosure

Is Your Landlord in Foreclosure? Q: What happens if the property I’m renting is in foreclosure? A: You probably make monthly rent payments to your landlord, while your landlord makes mortgage payments to a lender. If your landlord stops making payments, the lender may foreclose on your landlord, which will also affect you. In Ohio, the lender must file a foreclosure complaint before legally...
The ornaments of Christmas - traditions

The ornaments of Christmas - traditions

Each ornament on our family Christmas tree is unique. Some are antique, some are new. Some have meaning, and some are just pretty to look at. But one of our traditions is to talk about each ornament as we place it on the tree. So decorating our tree takes some time, but the kids look forward to it every year. Family traditions are an ornament of our lives, and they can become a big part of our...