Hydrangeas add interest and color to the landscape
Hydrangeas are one of the loveliest additions to the garden or landscape. Unlike the hydrangeas of years ago, they now come in various sizes, shapes and colors to complement any outdoor design. They are easy to grow but it takes a little know-how to get it just right. If you already have hydrangeas but are unsure of the species, take a cutting or a photograph to your local nursery where a...
Weddings may be expensive, but marriage is priceless
I am admitting here and now, I am an unabashed lover of weddings. So you can imagine the recent royal wedding was a high point of my week, even though I didnt manage to roll out of bed until 6 a.m., just in time to see the bride arrive at the altar. Thank goodness for instant replay! I read a lot of bloggers and assorted posters complained about all the media attention the wedding received, to...
Students chosen as winners of recycling poster design contest
New Philadelphia High School students were chosen as the winners of the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Recycling Centers poster designing contest. Students designed and created their own posters for the contest. Stephanie Petranek is the high school visual arts teacher.
Building bridges - Local students to compete in international bridge building contest
Brandon Free and Patrick Moore from New Philadelphia High School and Garrett Thompson from Tusky Valley High School will be competing in the International Bridge Building Competition at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Free and Moore finished first in the regional bridge building competition held at Kent State University Tuscarawas Campus and Thompson finished second. The competition was...
TCPL's celebration of children and books
The Tuscarawas County Public Library (TCPL) held its seventh annual El Dia de los Ninos/El Dia de los Libros family event on Saturday, April 30. Each year this special multicultural celebration grows, with more families in attendance and added entertainment and activities, highlighting the importance of literacy. Carnival games, tortilla demonstrations, balloon twisting, face painting, live...
Annual Goshen Mission Cemetery cleanup includes ZTAP members
The annual Goshen Mission Cemetery spring cleanup, organized by the Tuscarawas County Historical Society (TCHS), included members of the newly formed Zeisberger Trails and Parks (ZTAP) group at the event held on Friday, April 29. The cemetery is the final resting place of Moravian missionary David Zeisberger. The cleanup brought together 19 members of the TCHS, ZTAP, and interested residents of...
Teens barraged by media
Eight to 18-year-olds are now spending an average of seven hours and 38 minutes a day using entertainment media, for a total of 53 hours each week, according to Kaiser Family Foundation/Stanford University research. An additional one hour and 35 minutes per day is spent in texting. This is more time than an adult spends in the workplace weekly. The study also noted that, because of media...
Local school food service directors banding together to prove that school lunches can be nutritious
When Cindy Jones, food service director of New Philadelphia Schools, and Angie Welch, Dover Schools food service director, attended the 2011 Ohio Farm to School Conference, with the theme, Digging into Farm to School, in Cleveland recently, they were not newcomers to the trend toward making the lunches of the states schoolchildren healthier and more focused on using local foods. Both women...
Poverty simulation experience to develop empathy for others in the community
Each day, thousands of Tuscarawas County residents have difficult decisions to make. “Do I pay the rent, or go to the grocery store to buy food for my children?” “Do I try and get a second (or third) job to make ends meet?” “My child needs to go to the doctor, but we are not eligible for assistance, and the electric bill is also due. What do I do?” “We are out of...