Dick Farrell column/blog
News that the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District plans to raze Atwood Lake Resort and Conference Center shouldnt be a surprise to anyone. Its history is awash in red ink, bad decisions, unfavorable market conditions and a changing culture. For years, the MWCD has propped up the lodge with money that could have been used elsewhere in the 18-county district and therein lies the issue with...Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: I would like to register strong objection to the Flow Control proposition currently under consideration by the county commissioners. Mandating our Holmes County businesses to use the services of a particular [and exclusive] waste collection and disposal service would eliminate elective pricing options and would increase corporate costs for waste disposal. In the precarious...
Spoon Market offers unique addition to Wooster
Jordan Smith and Adam Nussbaum crossed paths a couple of times as teenagers, and then again as adults. Smith went to Wooster High School and Nussbaum attended Triway High School, making the occasional encounter pretty inevitable, especially considering that the two had mutual friends. But neither could have predicted the opportunity that has now bound the duo as business partnersmaking those...Dover-Phila Federal Credit Union receives highest Weiss Rating
Weiss Ratings has issued its first-ever financial strength ratings of credit unions. With more than 20 years of experience analyzing and publishing ratings of banks and insurance companies, Weiss has applied the same independent methodology to more than 7,500 credit unions. Weiss Ratings proprietary model uses more rigorous standards than other rating agencies, placing greater emphasis on a...
Orrville Lions club installs officers
The Orrville Lions Club had their installation of officers for the upcoming year at their June 28 meeting. Dave Kowaleski, current president, detailed the job description for each office as the officers pledged to uphold their new positions. In other business, Kowaleski presented perfect attendance pins for the year to Bob Ballentine, Dino Carozza, Dale Hess, Hobie Bond, Kathi Bond, Dave...
Club members receive common sense advice
It was all about wellness and lifes stressors at the recent Orrville Lions Club meeting. Guest speaker Kristen Eash, DC, from Sterling Chiropractic Center, Inc., shared some common sense advice, reminding club members to pay attention to prioritizing the things of life and to balance and counter-balance lifes ups and downs. Take care of the things that are important to you, she said, as...
The fishing stinks, but I have hardly noticed
Normally I would be complaining and whining about not having been fishing by the Fourth of July. In fact, I dont think I have ever completely missed the spring fishing season. This year I am not sure how much fishing I would have done even if the weather hadnt been so lousy. We did finally get Berts boat out of my shop and up to Lake Erie. The plan was to do a little perch fishing that day,...
Vacations one of the best parts of summertime
My family grew up taking two-week vacations in the summertime, going north to Canada and to all New England States, south to the Florida Everglades and as far west as a drive across the Wyoming border (just to say we were there). After pulling a travel trailer thousands of miles or packing it into our Econoline van, we were always glad to finally get back home. And no doubt someone would say it,...