Tuscarawas County Fair goes out with a bang at Demolition Derby smash em up, crash em up event
Summary: A few drops of rain did little to dampen the enthusiasm as the Demolition Derby closed out the 2011 Tuscarawas County Fair. When the engines ceased to roar and the smoke cleared, Teddy Boitnott, a Dennison policeman, came out in the number one spot as the Tuscarawas County Fairs Demolition Derby brought the 2011 fair to a close Sunday night, September 25. $2,000 in prize money was at...9/26/11 Recommendations made, but decisions, at McVay competency hearing
SUMMARY: Judge to rule later The course of treatment to bring an 11-year-old boy charged with shooting his mother to competency for trial is still undetermined after a Sept. 23 hearing. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Sean Warner said Holmes County Juvenile Court Judge Thomas D. Lee was presented with several treatment options aimed at preparing Joseph McVay, 11, Big Priaire, to assist in his...
New Phila Band Boosters Bingo grand reopening
The New Philadelphia Band Boosters are ready to play Bingo. The Boosters will hold a grand reopening of Bingo on Tuesday, Oct. 4 in its new location at United Church of Christ in New Philadelphia. Jeff Furbay, director of New Philadelphias Instrumental Music Department, is excited that Bingo will be up and running again. He stated, Something profound here. Bingo is one of the bands...
Young Coby Troyer gets his fingers in a sticky business
Duct tape has been used for many things over the decades, becoming an item that has been pigeonholed as the cure-all, fix-all product that can keep together pretty much anything and everything. For Berlin Elementary sixth-grader Coby Troyer, duct tape took on a whole new appeal earlier this year, and with it, he has created his own thriving little business as he makes his way through math,...
Paint Tusc Pink returns in October
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month and Union Hospital and the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce are again asking local organizations to help Paint Tusc Pink in October. Area businesses, schools, athletic teams and community agencies are encouraged to create pink-themed displays in an effort to promote the message that early detection of breast cancer saves lives. We had a...
You load 16 tons, and what do you get?
There was an old song at the turn of the 20th century that stated there was No rest for the weary. The song referred to the children laboring in coal mines, working endless hours with little pay, crouching over chutes as the coal slag rushed by and the children were asked to pick out refuse from the valued coal. After a lengthy stretch of games, the Lady Hawks volleyball team may have a...
That poke in the back
I'm filled with a longing this morning to dip inside myself and find what I know I am. I want to work from home. I want to write and create and be self sufficient within the framework of our family. I struggle with these truths, then turn the other way and know I love the check I receive from working outside the home. Money earned on other people's time is easy. It's hard to earn a check...
All quiet on the Dover front
If someone were to ask me today what the correct strategy is to obtain passage of the bond issue that would fund a new Dover High, I'd tell them to do… nothing.I'm not saying the initial strategy – fact sheets, town hall meetings, videos and so on – was wrong. But with a month to go before the election, now is the time to avoid debate and get the "yes" voters to actually go to the...
Tusc County Art Guild talks about the Painted Ladies
The Painted Ladies of San Francisco no longer look like a pastel, patchwork quilts. According to Olivia Legg, color consultant for The Sherwin-Williams Company in New Philadelphia, the Victorian-style homes have been redressed in updated, warm, earth tones. She also discussed with the members of the Tuscarawas County Art Guild, at their September meeting, how the homeowners personality...