Homemakers Camp offers wide range of activities all weekend
Area women are invited to attend the annual Homemakers Camp to be held June 29-30 and July 1, at Camp Piedmont on beautiful Piedmont Lake. Theme for this years camp is Hens and Roosters Make Camp Something to Crow About! Homemakers Camp is open to women in Tuscarawas, Carroll, Harrison, Belmont, Guernsey, Jefferson, Monroe, and Noble counties. Janice Van Horn-Lane will be speaking about the...OBITUARY | 2011-06-07
Brandon Lee Speicher, 10, of Newcomerstown, perished in a house fire May 30, 2011, at his residence. Brandon was born Nov. 29, 2000, in Dover, and is survived by his father, Terry L. Speicher of Massillon. Brandons mother, Rachel L. Speicher, also perished in the May 30 fire. Brandon was just finishing the year as a third grader at West Elementary School, Newcomerstown. He enjoyed baseball and...OBITUARY | 2011-06-07
Rachel Lynn Speicher, 27, of Newcomerstown, perished in a house fire May 30, 2011, at her residence. Rachel was born May 1, 1984, in the Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va., and is survived by her mother, Victoria Vickie Law Pope of Newcomerstown. She was a graduate of the Buckeye Career Center and Indian Valley High School, class of 2002. After graduation, she studied phlebotomy at...OBITUARY | 2011-06-07
Stella G. Sliffe, 79, of Uhrichsville, died June 2, 2011, at Beacon Pointe Rehabilitation Center, following a lengthy struggle with Alzheimers disease. A lifelong resident of the Uhrichsville area, Stella was born July 12, 1931, on her familys farm near Blizzard Ridge, a daughter of the late William C. and Anna Gertrude Guthrie. She was a graduate of Uhrichsville High School in the class of...Vendor Licenses, week of 05/30/11
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Losing is a disease, but the Knighthawks get healthy in a hurry in Cooperstown
“What is losing?” the hypnotist famously asks the slumping New York Knights in the 1984 baseball classic The Natural. “Losing is a disease…as contagious as polio.”But for the Holmes County Knighthawks 12-and-under elite level traveling team, losing back-to-back games on opening day of the 104-team Cooperstown Dreams Park and American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame Invitational Tournament...Soil crusting from rapid drying may cause emergence issues
After all the rain and cold weather during the end of May, the forecast calls for us to turn a corner and finally get some warm temperatures moving into June. The increase in temperature will certainly be welcomed to help dry soils out and get planters back in the field, but this rapid warm-up may cause some issues for crops already in the ground. When planting into wet soil conditions, a big...
You cant teach a pig to sing
A lot has happened in the last two weeks. First off, I made the decision to get involved with the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association. I had been considering it for a month, and had even mentioned my interest in some previous columns. After joining the local chapter, The Northern Ohio Outlaws, at their May meeting, I was informed of all the requirements and given a schedule. Right away it became...