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Urgent need for blood donors

  • August 24, 2010
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The American Red Cross Northern Ohio Blood Services Region issued an urgent call for blood donors. The Red Cross closely monitors national and local blood supplies to ensure donations are keeping pace with hospital need for blood products in order to meet ongoing and emergency patient care. ”There is a critical need for blood donors now,” said Christy Chapman, communications manager for the...

Fair board pleased with turnout for second annual Kids Day

  • August 24, 2010
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If you saw lots of children running around the Holmes County Fair on Wednesday, August 18, with their faces painted and having a fun time, the reason for that was because it was Kids Day. Many kids and families came out to the fair for Kids Day, which was a special day sponsored by The Bargain Hunter that featured discounted ride passes and plenty of fun. The kids were entertained all afternoon...

OSTPA puts on a good show despite track conditions

  • August 24, 2010
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The big boys were in town on opening day of the Holmes County Fair, August 16, and they were making a lot of noise, which could be heard all through town. For the third year, the Ohio State Tractor Pull Association (OSTPA) came to Holmes County and put on another great show. “I thought we had a really good showing here Monday night,” said Brad Giauque, a member of the Holmes County fair...

Love Center in hog heaven following fair donations

  • August 24, 2010
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The Millersburg Love Center is quite well known now after many years of providing food and other household sundries to area families in need. As director of the Love Center, Mark Rohrer has become very adept at finding incredible value in the organization’s purchasing dollars, much of which comes through the Akron-Canton Food Center, where Rohrer purchases thousands of pounds of food at a...

Holmesville Fireman’s Festival set for Saturday

  • August 24, 2010
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Holmesville will be a beehive of activity on Saturday, August 28, when the annual Holmesville Fireman’s Festival will take place on the main square, at the fire house and around the school. Included in the daylong event will be a fireman’s festival parade, a chicken barbecue, live music, games, an auction, a visit from Metro Life Flight and more. “It’s going to be one full day of fun,” said...

Kno-Ho-Co Ashland CAC Head Start becomes a partner in dental health

  • August 24, 2010
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Kno-Ho-Co CAC Ashland Head Start has been selected as a mentorship team for the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) Head Start Dental Home Initiative (DHI). Members of the Kno-Ho-Co Ashland CAC Head Start mentorship team are: Tammy McGinnis-Geerts, health services manager at Kno-Ho-Co Ashland CAC Head Start; Shary Straits, family advocate Kno-Ho-Co Ashland CAC Head Start (Echoing Hills...

Death of baby llama hits 4-H community hard

  • August 24, 2010
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Most people enjoy looking at baby animals, especially at county fairs since there is usually an abundance of them to see. Unfortunately for one animal owner at the Holmes County Fair, what he thought was a good idea didn’t turn out to be what he had planned. “It’s sad for the kids and I can’t believe how much it has affected everybody, 4-H kids especially,” said Jim Schafer, a member of...

2010 Farm Tour sure to provide a glimpse of Holmes County’s ag community at its best

  • August 24, 2010
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Plenty of hard work and painstaking time has gone into the preparation of the fourth annual Holmes County Farm Tour, which will take place along Holmes County’s country roads on Saturday, August 28. Denny Snell, one of the event’s coordinators, traveled many miles around Holmesville, Charm, Winesburg, Mt. Hope and places in between in search of quality stops which would provide insight into the...

OBITUARY | 2010-08-24

  • August 24, 2010
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Ellen H. Wheeler of New Philadelphia died August 23, 2010, at Union Hospital, on her 90th birthday. Born August 23, 1920, in Davis, W.Va., Ellen was a daughter of the late John and Edith Harsh. She was a teacher who retired from the former IV North Elementary School. She had also taught at Strasburg Elementary, Crestview Schools in Ashland, and the William Donley School System in East Lansing,...

OBITUARY | 2010-08-24

  • August 24, 2010
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Margaret L. “Marge” Bowditch, 85, of the Maple Grove area of Uhrichsville, died August 22, 2010, at the home of her daughter, following a lengthy illness. Born Dec. 9, 1924, in Uhrichsville, Marge was a daughter of the late Benjamin Thomas and Florence Lucille Greer, and was a lifelong resident of Maple Grove. She was a member of Uhrichsville First United Methodist Church her entire life and a...