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Educational opportunity for students at EAA Aviation Center

A free motivational and guidance course is being co-sponsored by EAA Chapter 1077, the Timken Foundation and Jack Timken. It was designed by Robin Stoddard, of Tucson, Ariz., a retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, and is aptly named Wright Flight (after the Wright brothers). Wright Flight is a nonprofit organization, working with schools that use the motivational power of aviation to help kids...
The world has gone eclectic

The world has gone eclectic

Something fantastic has happened. It has become fashionable to wear mismatched socks! Let me tell you what a huge blessing that is for a mom like me who loses socks daily in the washer and dryer loads. A mom who can’t seem to find her kiddos a matched pair of socks at 7:10 a.m. as the bus is roaring down the road toward our lane. A mom who needs to stay calm in a chaotic world full of insanity...
The babble about e-coupons

The babble about e-coupons

I got ripped off yesterday.No, my car is still parked outside, and we still have all the electronics in our house. What IS missing though, are my coupons. I’ve waxed poetic enough in the past on how much I love The Cleveland Plain Dealer. It’s my favorite newspaper. I love its crisp Sunday pages and I go through it and take it apart just in the order I like to read it. Anyone touching the...
Checking the roads and the scenery simultaneously

Checking the roads and the scenery simultaneously

When I moved here more than four decades ago, one of my initial purchases was a county road map. I wanted to learn my way around the ridges, valleys and hamlets of the area. I drove both the highways and back roads in order to get to know the topography and citizenry of this place called Holmes County. Geography buff that I am, landscape variations between the glaciated and the unglaciated...

Christmas Bird Counts plus January Birding Update

Christmas Bird Counts plus January Birding Update Columnist Bruce Glick summarizes happenings in the local birding world. This week Bruce reports on the Christmas Bird Counts as well as update on early January birding. Find out more in the "Gone Birding" column. Weather is always a factor in birding, and such was the case last month for the different CBCs held in our area. Millersburg started...

Life in these parts about to change

I’m happy for the Tuscarawas County Port Authority for finally figuring out a way to pay off its massive debt – from previous projects – by selling non-potable water to drilling-related companies that need massive amounts of water in their fracking operations. Port Authority Director Harry Eadon announced last week that the plan is to open a well near the entity’s operation at the old...

A Long Winter's Fuel

Column Summary It may seem like time for spring clean-up in our yards these past few days, and folks have been out tidying up, hopefully some of that time was for real winter prep. Winter is here; no more question, no more doubt. Hopefully the mildness of the pre-season has given you plenty of time to prepare for what lies ahead; blankets of inches, drifts deep as feet, sloppy-stomp slush, and...

1/9/12 Grand jury charges Wooster couple in alleged TV rental thefts

SUMMARY: Grand jury also charges Millersburg man with weapons under disability The December session of the Holmes County grand jury filed charges against a Wooster couple who allegedly traded televisions they rented from a Millersburg company for rent. Monica L. Nussbaum, 24, and Eric R. Ramey, 26, both of 2222 Melrose, Apt. 107, are charged with four counts of theft, fifth-degree felonies. The...

OUTLOOK: Merit Seed

Merit Seed has been serving the Holmes County farming community since 1936. For three generations, the Yoder family and their trained staff has been helping farmers yield the most from what they plant. Hybrid seed corn is available in traditional, modified, Round-Up Ready and Triple Stacked. In addition to organic corn seed, they offer certified organic alfalfas, Climax Timothy, Med-Red Clover...

Fitness, fun and fellowship fuel local man's love of walking

Summary: The cold weather doesn't stop Dr. Keith Van Epps from walking each morning at Crater Stadium at Dover in an effort to stay healthy. As a retired physician, Dr. Van Epps has seen first hand the devastating affects of a sendentary lifestyle in patients he has known throughout his career. Dr. Van Epps stays inspired with the help of a longtime friend who joins him several times a week. On...