Mark Murphy addresses TV Ruritans
Mark Murphy, Tuscarawas Valley Local School District superintendent, presented a program about the districts Excellent with Distinction rating recently awarded by the Ohio Department of Education when the Tuscarawas Valley Ruritan Club met at the Fairfield Township Fire Department on Tuesday. Oct. 18. Murphy pointed out that Tusky Valley is in the top 14 percent of schools in the state. The...
VFW Ladies Auxiliary selling cancer pins for Health and Happiness
The district president, Martha Smith, was featured at the Oct. 12 meeting of the Dover VFW Ladies Auxiliary. The meeting was opened by the president, Margaret Stocker, after the inspection was completed by district president. The opening prayer was read by Jane Conkle. The secretarys report was read and approved. The treasurers report was read by Nancy Whitehair and approved. Cancer pins are...
My best friend
Most of us are blessed with a multitude of friends. I know I have more than I deserve. Some are just folks we encounter often that share common interests. Others develop a deeper relationship, and these require some work because they are based on mutual expectations. Tallies may not be discussed, but if one side gives more than the other, then the relationship will suffer. Finally there is the...
CEO Steve Marks to present at KSU Artist/Lecture Series, Nov. 9
Steve L. Marks, chief executive officer of Main Street Gourmet, of Akron, will present Confessions of a Muffin Man – A Walk Through the Entrepreneurial Jungle at Kent State University at Tuscarawas on Nov. 9, at 7 p.m., in the Founders Hall auditorium. Sponsored by the Kent State Tuscarawas Artist/Lecture Series, the event is free and open to the public with no tickets required. The...
Alyssa Wallace named October Student of the Month
Alyssa Wallace, a senior in the Allied Health Science Technologies program, has been named Buckeye Career Centers October Student of the Month. According to her instructor, Kelley Chapman, she has demonstrated leadership ability in the classroom throughout her junior year and has maintained that into her senior year. She brings a fresh, positive attitude to the classroom daily. Alyssas...
Love of reading gets a boost from Ohio State University football stars for area second-graders
The noise level in New Philadelphias Quaker Dome was almost deafening as hundreds of the districts second-graders crowded around current New Philadelphia football players and cheerleaders, enthusiastically offering up reading books for the teenagers autographs. The children gathered for the Oct. 21 event knew that several former Ohio State University football players would soon be arriving,...
Our Volunteers Rock! theme of American Red Cross community recognition dinner
More than 3,000 hours of volunteer time in 2011 and 290 cumulative years of service were recognized as the Muskingum Lakes Chapter of the American Red Cross held their Community Recognition Dinner. The Oct. 20 dinner was held at the United Methodist Church on West High in New Philadelphia, and the 100 or so guests attending were treated to a visit from the founder of the American Red Cross, Clara...