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Borderline Storm

Borderline Storm

After reading the current weather forecast online, I was worried. A monster storm was supposed to move in. Phrases like "biggest of the year" and "huge snowfall amounts expected" meant I needed to take action. So I surveyed the diet pop situation. I counted 10 12-packs in various states of fullness. Could we survive being snowed in, with no way out? Would we be forced to drink more coffee, or,...
Soup from the garden can warm even the coldest day

Soup from the garden can warm even the coldest day

If you preserved food from the garden this year you are fortunate enough to have a stockpile of goodies to choose from when preparing your holiday meal. Canned, frozen and dried foods can easily be used in recipes to create delicious side dishes to accompany your main course. The oft overlooked course at the holiday meal is soup and it is one of my favorite things to make. We concentrate all...
WKTA brings back memories at winter banquet

WKTA brings back memories at winter banquet

A special presentation of WKTA (Kent-Tusc Archives) radio brought back musical memories to those in attendance at the annual Tuscarawas County Historical Society’s (TCHS) winter banquet on Tuesday, Dec. 7. Gary Petricola served as the announcer for the script, A Live Recollection of Radio Past, which supposedly aired on Dec. 7, 1953, and was written by Fred Miller, president of the TCHS. Miller...
WKTA Brings Back Memories at Winter Banquet

WKTA Brings Back Memories at Winter Banquet

WKTA Radio Brings Back Memories at Winter Banquet By Teri Stein In a special presentation of WKTA (Kent-Tusc Archives) radio brought back musical memories to those in attendance at the annual Tuscarawas County Historical Society’s (TCHS) winter banquet on Tuesday December 7. Gary Petricola served as the announcer for the script, A Live Recollection of Radio Past which supposedly aired...
Building new dreams with automobile repair shop

Building new dreams with automobile repair shop

Choose to exist or choose to live – a saying with both power and relevance to all people, especially those living with a disability; and especially when it may be easier to simply exist. Zach Rayburn has chosen to live, and he uses this motto as inspiration. Despite a motorcycle accident one year ago that left him paralyzed from the chest down, his newfound attitude breeds glorious...
122710 Ohio Lottery recognized Cornerstone student and teacher

122710 Ohio Lottery recognized Cornerstone student and teacher

For the second time in as many months a student and a teacher from the Wooster City School District have been recognized for academic and civic excellence by the Ohio Lottery. Melina Mera, a third grade student from Cornerstone Elementary School, was named the Ohio Lottery Academic All Star from the Akron region for the month of November. Each month the Ohio Lottery’s Academic All Star program...

It’s sad but true: There’s no history in History

122010 Historycolumn use hedshot It’s sad but true: There’s no history in History It’s true. You really can’t go back home. I visited an old friend Sunday morning and I shouldn’t have, for it was gone. It had disappeared. Vanished. It was nowhere to be found. No “Honest Abe.” No World War I. No Pearl Harbor. No documentary on Jefferson. Nothing on any U.S. President. No...
Flagpole erected to honor veterans and current military personnel

Flagpole erected to honor veterans and current military personnel

When a resident of Shel Mar Estates in New Philadelphia requested new owners Hugh and David Reid that a community flagpole be put up in front of the clubhouse, the Reids were happy to oblige. The Reids, who purchased the facility on November 1, asked new managers Glendon and Wendy Smith to make the project happen, and on December 7, the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, they did just that during a...

Community support sought for renovation campaign under way at Stonecreek’s Tunnel Hill Community Center

Area residents are being asked to help out as the newly formed Tunnel Hill Community Center is currently investing in updating the former Jefferson Grange building to make it more appealing and comfortable for its patrons. “We are now working to put bathrooms off to the side of the building, to replace our current outdoor bathrooms,” explained Pauline Lanzer, who is part of the volunteer...