David Eisenhower to speak at Kent State Tuscarawas
Well-known author David Eisenhower will be the featured speaker at Kent State University at Tuscarawas Oct. 12, at 7 p.m., in Founders Hall auditorium. Sponsored by the Voices of Distinction Series, Eisenhower will speak on A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower. Although admission to the presentation is free, tickets are required and will be available while supplies last at the main office...Deficits loom in East Holmes budgets
The East Holmes School District could see annual deficits as high as $2.7 million by 2016 if no new revenue source becomes available. On Monday, Sept. 19, Marsha Clark, East Holmes treasurer, presented the East Holmes board of education with a five-year budget forecast that shows the district dipping into the red next year as expenditures outpace revenues. If the district passes a 3.82 mill levy...
New Junior Fair event promises to be a popular project for years ahead
Goats crossed a bridge, traipsed up and down a seesaw, weaved in and out of orange cones, stepped over a hurdle, picked their way through a brush pile, and finally navigated across a log crossing a small puddle of water, at the first ever Tuscarawas County Fair Junior Fair Utility Goat Show held Sept. 20. Adam Black, a veterinary tech student and aspiring veterinarian, as well as a pack goat...
Ride em cowgirl – and cowboy: Western Horse Show produces sibling winners
The Junior Fair Western Horse Show at the Tuscarawas County Fair took place on Tuesday, Sept. 20, and turned out to be quite a family affair for the Keating children of the Lazy Lopers 4-H Club. Regan Keating, at just 10 years of age, won the trophy for Champion Western Horsemanship, while her older brother, Bryce, won Reserve Champion honors. My best event today was horsemanship, where you...
Prime pork at Tuscarawas County Fair Swine Show
The Swine Show at the Tuscarawas County Fair looked a little different in 2011. In past years, the winners of each of approximately 20 different weight classes all came back into the ring for the final round, presenting mind boggling decisions for the judge. This year, top winners competed in four distinct weight division championship rounds, with the top pig from each of these rounds proceeding...
Tuscarawas County Junior Fair Dog Show winners announced
The 4-H Dog Show at the Tuscarawas County Fair took place on Tuesday, Sept. 20, and showcased dogs of all colors, breeds, ages, and sizes doing their best to help their owners take home awards from the 2011 Fair. Winners were: Obedience Class Sub Novice A: First – Brittany Hixenbaugh and Buddy of the Happy Homesteaders Second – Alicia Weekley and Ginger of the Tusky Valley Stars Third...
Return of the Coal Miners Festival
The village of Midvale hopes to spark interest in its past by bringing back its annual Coal Miners Festival on Saturday, Oct. 1. The festival began in the 1970s as a way for the city to celebrate its past as a coal mining town. Now village members are hoping to successfully recreate this favorite past event. The idea for bringing back the Coal Miners Festival came from the villages water...
Musical stroll down memory lane for Dover High School choir alumni of director Walter Heck
Your voice is a gift. You must use it. If you use your voice, and use it consistently, you will not lose that quality that you once had. So spoke Walter Heck as he addressed more than 40 of his former students, all alumni of the Dover High School choir, where Heck taught from 1969 to 1981. Those gathered for the first ever choir alumni reunion from that period of time at the Dover Alliance...
Junior Fair Poultry Show continues to grow
Poultry projects have always been popular for 4-H members to take to the Tuscarawas County Fair, but this year, the poultry program has exploded. We have more poultry projects than ever, with 40 pens of broiler chickens, and over 20 market turkey projects, said small animal committee president Frances Oliver during the Monday, Sept. 19 show. Each broiler pen has three chickens, so there are...