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A picture perfect granddaughter

  • October 15, 2009
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I loved my new granddaughter before I ever got to hold her. While I was tending the home front in Ohio, Maren Genevieve Bert was born on an overcast and misty day in Austin, Texas. Of course I would love her. She’s my one and only granddaughter. Initially I had to rely on the verbal descriptions of Maren via cell phone from my wife, better know as Nana, and my daughter, mother to Maren. Nana got...

Catch You Later

  • October 15, 2009
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It’s been several years since I have written an outdoor column, but I am pretty excited about the opportunity to do it again. I spend a lot of time in the outdoors hunting and fishing. (Some would say an excessive amount of time.) Right now most of my weekends are taken up with bird dog trials, but there will also be time for plenty of fall fishing and hunting.If you are an avid hunter, you...

State wildlife biologists predict good waterfowl hunting in Ohio

  • October 15, 2009
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Ohio waterfowl hunters should have good opportunities to take some of the most popular species of waterfowl, based on the findings of biologists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The spring pond index for the prairie pothole region of North America (Kansas to central Saskatchewan) and breeding duck surveys indicate an above average reproduction year for most duck species. Ponds are housing...

Tuscarawas County Public Library to celebrate Teen Read Week

  • October 15, 2009
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Area teens will be reading for the fun of it as the Tuscarawas County Public Library celebrates Teen Read Week, October 18-24. They join thousands of other libraries, schools, and bookstores across the country who are encouraging teens to celebrate this year’s theme, Read Beyond Reality @ your library. This year’s theme encourages teens to read a wide variety of materials that are out of this...

Miller's best of show More than just a job for area artisan

  • October 15, 2009
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Strasburg 1991 graduate Jeremy Miller stands near the railing that separates the visitors to the Wayne County Fair from the art that has been submitted for judging.Just beyond the railing sits the elegantly handcrafted wooden desk that has everyone who passes through the Buss Building talking.“That desk is just incredible,” said one passerby to another.“Thanks,” interjects Miller. “I...

Dover Knights of Columbus to host Ghost Chase 5K road race

  • October 15, 2009
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The Dover Knights of Columbus will host a 5K road race through the streets of Dover on Halloween morning, Saturday, Oct. 31. The Ghost Chase 5K will start and finish at the Dover St. Joseph Church Parish Center on North Tuscarawas Avenue. The race will step off at 9 a.m. on Oct. 31 and take runners through two local cemeteries. There will be Halloween theme awards for the top three male and...

4-H honors clubs for dedication, service to communities

  • October 15, 2009
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Each year in Holmes County, 4-H clubs are asked to submit a form sharing their activities and accomplishments over the past year. Each club strives to meet certain goals, and are awarded points for achieving those goals. Each club that accumulates 90 points during the year is enrolled in the 4-H Honors Club, from which they receive a monetary award, courtesy of the Holmes County 4-H Committee...

Traveling art therapy show

  • October 15, 2009
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This year marks the fourth annual art therapy show for Hospice of Tuscarawas, Stark & Carroll Counties that celebrates National Hospice month in November. The art show travels throughout the service area, starting in Stark County, then Tuscarawas County and ending in Carroll County. Each year, patients who are currently participating in the art therapy program decide if they would like to...

It’s time for men to know the score Buehler’s Parkside to host free prostate cancer screening, Oct. 24

  • October 15, 2009
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According to the American Cancer Society, 192,280 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed, and 27,360 men will die of prostate cancer by the end of this year. The staff at Buehler’s Parkside wants to make sure that area men don’t become part of these death statistics. That’s why the store has teamed up with the northeastern Ohio chapter of the Men Against Prostate Cancer organization to...

What's your number? Why cholesterol levels are important to consider

  • October 15, 2009
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Some people are more concerned with the number in their bank account than their cholesterol numbers, but at the end of the day, that cholesterol number might actually be more important than money in the bank.An area cardiologist, Dr. Kenneth Shafer, of the Wooster-based Cleveland Clinic, thinks knowing the exact numbers involved in cholesterol can help an individual compare and monitor what works...