Lantern tour allows Schoenbrunn to be seen in a different light
Summary: Historic Schoenbrunn Village begins the season with a lantern tour. Perfect weather and dedicated volunteers made the event a success. The evening event allowed visitors an opportunity to step back into the past and see Schoenbrunn in a different light. The Historic Village of Schoenbrunn celebrated their first event of the season on Saturday May 21 with a lantern tour. Three hundred...
Knighthawks pitchers dominate NE Ohio Knockout tournament before one of their aces gets knocked out by illness
The pitching for the Holmes County Knighthawks 12-and-under baseball team gave opposing batters headaches all weekend long at the ninth annual Northeast Ohio Knockout tournament – held Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22 at Allerton Sports Complex on the campus of Kent State University – before a headache, sore throat and high fever sidelined one of head coach Jamie Horn’s aces for the...
Holmes County Dirt Dawgs prove, In order to be the best, you have to play the best, besting some of Ohios best
The Holmes County Dirt Dawgs lived up to their team motto – In order to be the best, you have to play the best – as the eight-and-under girls softball team kicked off its six-tournament summer season by capturing first place at the second annual Ohio Fastpitch Club (OFC) Spring Blast tournament, held Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22 in Wilmington, Ohio. Competing against select teams...
Borderline latte
I’m writing this from my usual table. Not my dining room table, where I normally do, but my branch office as it were. I’m sitting in a Starbucks, my Starbucks as I like to think of it, laptop plugged in, online radio streaming in my earbuds, and my skinny vanilla latte ready for drinking. What’s happened to me?I love coffeehouses. Whether they are a national chain or an independent one,...
Cutting back
Well, the weather finally broke! After months and months of wet snow, then rain, snow again, and then more rain – we finally got some good weather here in Ohio. I actually think we skipped “spring” all together and went from winter to monsoon to summer. I’m no expert on the subject – it’s just how it feels. It was finally time this last weekend to get the summer started! In fact, I...
Misc. Monday 05-23-2011 - Who is the greatest living athlete?
I hear arguments on the radio all the time about who the greatest athlete in today's sports may be or who could be named the greatest athlete of all time. This week, let's go between those two and compile a list of the greatest "living" athletes.The following list is completely debatable. There are several sports fans that feel that if an athlete is going to be on this list, then they need to be...DAR members to participate in wreath laying ceremony at Fort Laurens
The Fort Laurens Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at the Pros Table in New Philadelphia on May 13. Members were thanked for their contribution of cookies and Easter items, which were distributed to veterans in Tuscarawas County nursing facilities. The membership voted to repeat the project in October. Janet Howe displayed and discussed DAR memorabilia, which had been...Tusc County Art Guild showcases scholarship winners
There was a collage of artistic talent laid out before the Tuscarawas County Art Guild at their May meeting in the Tuscarawas County Center for the Arts. The guilds 2011 art scholarship recipients displayed their artwork, along with a synopsis of their illustrations. President, Marcie Dryden of Tuscarawas, introduced the students, after reading the highlights from their submitted applications...