Search Results for:

Use citrus when decorating for a fresh complement to pine

  • November 24, 2010
  • Comments
  • 396 Views
My grandmother’s youth was spent in Scotland, far away from available citrus fruit in her day. When citrus was available, it was very costly and certainly out of reach to the common folk, such was my grandmother. Each year at Christmas my grandmother received an orange in her stocking. It was a delicious treat. It’s easy to take the availability of our food for granted. It wasn’t so long...

Make holiday guests part of the family when they visit

  • November 24, 2010
  • Comments
  • 288 Views
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and with Christmas comes overnight guests. It’s ok if you don’t have a lavish guest room to accommodate friends and family. Even a child’s bedroom can serve as a cozy place for your guests to relax after celebrations have died down and everyone is ready to settle in for the night. Whether you use a cot in the corner, a couch or a borrowed room...

The deck is stacked with Tuscarawas County history

  • November 24, 2010
  • Comments
  • 360 Views
Playing cards have always had a special place in history. If lore is to be believed, it was a game of cards that spurred the invention of the sandwich, and playing cards for many have led to fame and fortune with the ever-popular poker tournaments. But now the Dover Historical Society is selling decks of playing cards with history on them, as each playing card features a historical photo from the...

Holiday variety show igniting Christmas spirit

  • November 24, 2010
  • Comments
  • 275 Views
For 30 years the Wayne County Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) has been hosting the All Star Holiday Variety Show, and though the light-hearted entertainment breeds holiday cheer, the benefits of the event are even more heartwarming. According to Judy Cox, secretary and treasurer of the Wayne County FOP, the proceeds are used for scholarships, public service activities in Wayne County and lodge...

11\23 Things to be thankful for

  • November 24, 2010
  • Comments
  • 276 Views
Thanksgiving has as many different meanings as there are people to celebrate it. To most of us it is a day spent with family, and loved ones. Many of us express our thanks in a prayer before a large meal. Visit with each other while consuming way to much food, then spend the rest of the day watching TV, or planning a Black Friday shopping trip. The reason for this is tradition. Most of the folks...

Reading in the Mall

  • November 24, 2010
  • Comments
  • 276 Views
“Reading is the foundation of all learning which makes it important that children learn to read as early as possible,” said Cindy Laughlin, director of Even Start of Tuscarawas County and board member of the Tuscarawas County Literacy Coalition during the Even Start Family Reading Festival, Saturday November 6 at New Towne Mall. “This was our tenth annual reading festival, it’s a free event...

Letter to the Editor

  • November 24, 2010
  • Comments
  • 352 Views
To the Editor, On Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5-6, the American Legion Post 205 of Dover, held their third year of Gifts for Yanks Day. Last year’s two-day event was a success and all donations go to Columbus for distribution. Ohio veterans in Ohio hospitals are asked to send a list of what they would like to have for a birthday or for Christmas, be it a phone, radio, TV, phone cards or other...

Letter to the Editor

  • November 24, 2010
  • Comments
  • 335 Views
The legacy of Red Cross sisterhood has sadly come to a conclusion this past week. Longtime former Red Cross Director Lois Gordon passed away peacefully at the golden age of 83. Lois, of New Philadelphia, proudly served our local Red Cross of Carroll, Harrison and Tuscarawas counties for more than 50 years. She, along with fellow Red Cross Director Carol Cunningham, who served prior to Lois,...

Dover High School to host East Central Ohio League Band and Choir Festival

  • November 24, 2010
  • Comments
  • 352 Views
Dover High School will serve as the host for the 11th annual East Central Ohio League Band and Choir Festival to be held Monday, Nov. 22. The day’s activities begin with a 9 a.m. rehearsal for the 88-voice choir and 77-piece symphonic band. These 165 students represent all seven schools of the ECOL, which are Cambridge, Claymont, Coshocton, Dover, Meadowbrook, New Philadelphia, and River View...

Patriot Pen and Voice of Democracy winners announced

  • November 24, 2010
  • Comments
  • 272 Views
The New Philadelphia Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1445 has selected the local winners for the 2010-2011 Patriot Pen and Voice of Democracy competitions. The Patriot Pen competition is open to students, including those that are homeschooled, in the sixth through eighth grades. Students are judged on a themed type-written essay of 300-400 words. This year’s theme was titled, Does Patriotism...