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Blaze cools off to finish fifth in State tourney

Blaze cools off to finish fifth in State tourney

When you’re hot, you’re hot and when you’re not, you’re not. That was the story for the Mid-Ohio Blaze last weekend as they traveled to Columbus to take part in the Nations Ohio State Baseball Tournament. The local baseball players, playing in the 8 and under division, were quite busy last weekend, as the budding Field of Dreams players took to the dusty diamond for five games. When...
Winesburg #1 on precipice of East Holmes Little League title

Winesburg #1 on precipice of East Holmes Little League title

The East Holmes Little League baseball tournament is in full swing, with teams from Berlin, Winesburg, Walnut Creek, Brewster and Beach City doing battle. The tournament kicked off on Monday, June 18, and as of press time has progressed to the loser’s bracket finals. In the opener, Winesburg #2 got stellar pitching from Kody Miller and Austin Weaver in cruising to a 9-0 victory over Beach City...
Sign-up for Killbuck softball league

Sign-up for Killbuck softball league

Hey softball teams, it’s time to get out the big bats and unleash the long ball. Teams are currently being accepted for the Killbuck Fall Softball League, sponsored by the Killbuck Area Scholarship Fund. The league will be a Men’s Class E affiliation. Sign-up deadline to join the softball league is July 18. For more information, call Rick Allison at either 330-276-5181 or 330-763-3670.
Miller, Knapp give Every Woman’s House a leg up in Walking On To Wellness

Miller, Knapp give Every Woman’s House a leg up in Walking On To Wellness

Tammy Miller and Geneva Knapp, representing Every Woman’s House, are taking the task of physical fitness to a higher level. The two women accumulated 2,460 and 2,410 points respectively, and the Every Woman’s House team as a whole averaged 1,173 points in taking the lead in the Holmes County Park District’s Walking On To Wellness program. The same two women thrust Every Woman’s House to the...

6/22/12 Board of DD looks at retire/rehire option for superintendent

SUMMARY: Move could save up to $35,000 a year The Holmes County Board of Developmental Disabilities is considering a retire/rehire option for the training center’s current superintendent. Superintendent Scott Brace has proposed he resign and return to the superintendent’s position on reduced hours. Brace would retire from his full time position, then return on a limited contract not exceeding...

The real reason to celebrate July 4th

Summary Bruce Stambaugh shares about remembering why we celebrate July 4th. 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 July 2, 2012 Watching starbursts of fireworks from five miles above the earth was an...

The real reason to celebrate July 4th

Summary Bruce Stambaugh shares about remembering why we celebrate July 4th. 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 July 2, 2012 Watching starbursts of fireworks from five miles above the earth was an...
Thunder Over Holmes County: Old-fashioned family fun with an element of surprise

Thunder Over Holmes County: Old-fashioned family fun with an element of surprise

Ah, summer. School’s out, picnics are packed, and bike tires are pumped and ready to roll. In downtown Millersburg, summer brings with it all the favorite festivities of an old-fashioned, family-friendly Independence Day. Bring on the barbecues and balloon artists, the jello-jiggling, seed spitting and pie-eating. Fire up the fireworks and the fair food. And, of course, what summer celebration...

Author Brad Zellar discovers community and comraderie in "Ohio"

Summary: A Cleveland beauty pageant and a film convention in Hudson aren’t the only places documented by writer Brad Zellar and photographer Alec Soth in their 48-page newspaper, Ohio—Dover is, too. Zellar describes his search for community, his feelings for Dover, and how he became a member of the Moose. Story: At a time when human interaction is often limited to lunch breaks with co-workers...

Love, lungs and Link Wray

I love Link Wray. I am hopelessly, unceasingly, pulse pounding in my throat, head over heels in love with Link Wray…well, with his music, anyway. For years, my knowledge of the guitar virtuoso had been limited to his biggest hit, 1958’s “Rumble”, a gritty, slinky tune filled with frantic bursts from Wray’s guitar and band mate Shorty Horton’s walking bass line. The song always conjured...