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Going Green to the Grave

  • May 7, 2010
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A primer on natural burial Northern Ohio, the program Going Green to the Grave will be held Thursday, May 13, at the Geib Funeral Center, 5600 N. Wooster Ave., Dover, from 6:30-8 p.m. Presenters include Joe Sehee, Gordon Maupin and Brian Hanner. Sehee is the executive director of the Green Burial Council and a noted authority on green end-of-life care. Maupin, the executive director of The...

Feller family honored for values and community contributions

  • May 7, 2010
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Approximately 80 relatives, friends and guests attended the Ohio Homemakers and Community Education Homemaker Family of the Year reception held recently at Broadway United Methodist Church. The Dean and Janet Feller family of Dover was honored for their exemplary family values and contributions to the community. Janet Feller is a member of the Tuscarawas County Homemakers Winfield group. The...

Club news

  • May 7, 2010
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The Town & Country 4-H Club met April 24, and talked about the recent fundraiser. Club members sold 331 flats and baskets of vegetables and flowers. The club’s profit was $981.Derrek Miller gave a committee report on different ideas for how their fair booth will be displayed. Members received their project books. Members with animal projects were reminded to attend a quality assurance...

Bugging your garden for good

  • May 7, 2010
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Many people consider bugs and insects to be pests, but when growing a vegetable and herb garden, some of these insects can mean the difference between success and failure when it comes to harvest time. Pollinators such as bees, wasps, butterflies, moths and even flies are essential. Without them, many plants would never produce fruit. Using synthetic pesticides will keep harmful bugs and insects...

Planting a Promise Tree for Arbor Day

  • May 7, 2010
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The first-grade classes at East Elementary School in New Philadelphia honored Arbor Day by planting a red maple with the help of Dan Joy of the Davey Tree Expert Company based out of Kent, and Peggy Vitt of Pella Doors and Windows. The students have been preparing for their experience through a variety of assignments and explorations. Throughout their non-fiction research, the children learned...

Learn to save your own skin from cancer

  • May 7, 2010
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There’s been a major change in thinking for many Americans when it comes to sun exposure and the desire for a deep, bronze tan as a way to compliment those summer fashions. Even people whose work is out-of-doors are very concerned. The interest in sun exposure is the result of the large amount of publicity about skin cancer and its potentially deadly impact. While the sun worshipers still are...

Cambridge Home Health Care welcomes new face

  • May 7, 2010
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Akron-based Cambridge Home Health Care recently announced that Laura Allen has joined their New Philadelphia office as scheduling supervisor. Allen is a graduate of New Philadelphia High School and resides in Dover. Cambridge Home Health Care weekly serves more than 3,000 Medicare, Medicaid, waiver, PASSPORT and private pay patients in their own homes, with 32 Ohio offices, including Cambridge...

Caring families needed for new foster care program

  • May 7, 2010
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Tuscarawas County Job & Family Services, Tuscarawas County Juvenile Court, and the ADAMHS board, in conjunction with The Village Network-Uhrichsville, are hoping to find seven local foster families for adolescents in a new Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care program. This specialized foster care program provides opportunities for troubled youth to successfully live in families rather than...

UH FirstCare expands hours

  • May 7, 2010
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Union Hospital in Dover has announced that it is expanding the hours of its FirstCare urgent care center. Starting May 3, FirstCare will be open Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and weekends from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Union Hospital FirstCare is located at 340 Oxford St. in Dover. “Opening at 7 a.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. on weekends will allow people to seek urgent care before work or...

Recovered addict shares hope through new book

  • May 7, 2010
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Overcoming addiction is not easy. In fact, it's not uncommon for addicts to try repeatedly to break addictions, often with little to no success. But one recovered drug and alcohol addict has found the answer, and because so many either struggle with their own addictions and/or know someone who does, she's sharing her secret to success through her first published book - God's Love for the...