Sugarcreek teen wins big with Great Scavenger Hunt Contest at local library
Justin Troyer was recently chosen as the monthly winner of the national Great Scavenger Hunt Contest, a trivia-based program that encourages reading for fun and helps promote a lifelong love of books and libraries. Young adult author Kay Cassidy, author of The Cinderella Society, funds the program in which 800 libraries across the U.S. and Canada currently participate. As the winning participant,...
Annual rigatoni dinner fundraiser
The annual Rigatoni Dinner, sponsored by Community Hospice, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 4-8 p.m., at Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School. The school is located at 777 Third St., New Philadelphia. Community Hospice is a community based nonprofit organization that serves patients and their families throughout Carroll, Tuscarawas, Stark and Harrison counties, as well as part of...
Sheely graduates from basic combat training
Army Pfc. Justin M. Sheely has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and...
Lady Hawks in midst of a very drei season
McKenzie Miller readied, cocked and fired a three-pointer midway through the fourth quarter of the Lady Hawks game against Newcomerstown on Monday, Feb. 13 at the Reese Center. Her shot arched high in the air and nestled in the net, hitting nothing but fabric. As she back-peddled back down the court, she tried valiantly to keep her game face on, but a huge grin eventually crept across her...
Jake DeHaan: A victory measured by the length of time
All victories are measured by time. Jeff DeHaan is about times, and as swim coach at Wooster, he knows the quickest times are the ticket to success. Hes seen plenty of victories at Wooster and his boys team has won nine consecutive Ohio Cardinal Conference championships, but if one were to ask DeHaan about his greatest victory, it is one that is 19 years old and getting older. That...
Patience, my young Padawan
So, you want RG3, do you?Well, just because you hear from all of the guys who think they know what is going on that Robert Griffin III is all that and a bag of chips, that doesn’t mean he will automatically be the guy who leads the Browns out of the dankest, darkest age of Browns football lore.The fact is, Griffin’s Baylor Bears played in a Big 12 League, which was pretty much averse to...
Explore the world of international investments
Youre probably accustomed to measuring the progress of your investments, and the overall condition of the investment world, by checking on indexes such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500. And since these types of benchmarks focus almost exclusively on American companies, you might get the idea that the best investments are located right here in the United States. But that...
When the popcorn pops, it brings back sweet memories
Snack foods, like most any marketed product, have with time changed their shapes, their ingredients, and their preparation. The first snacks were natural snacks in their truest form; berries, nuts, roots, and fruits. Today you can find eatables in the gas station: airy cheese puffs in crackly plastic bags, formed “potato” chips in tall cardboard cans, and even seasoned broken pretzels in...
New findings shed light on diverticulosis
I spoke with a friend recently who said he had a bad attack of diverticulitis. First, is that the same thing as diverticulosis? Also, can a high-fiber diet help prevent either condition? Diverticulosis is a disease of the large intestine (the colon) in which pockets form and bulge outward from the colon wall. It gets more common as you age, particularly over age 60. Many people who have...