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OBITUARY | 2010-06-06

  • June 6, 2010
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Leonard “Lenny” Gene Morris, 74, of New Philadelphia, died June 4, 2010, at Union Hospital, Dover, following a brief illness. A son of the late Thomas A. and Margaret E. Morris, Lenny was born August 29, 1935, in New Philadelphia. He attended the former Jewett High School and returned to the area in 1953, where he worked as an industrial and residential electrician. For more than 30 years, he...

Sheriff’s Report, 06/05/10

  • June 6, 2010
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Report taken of trespassing on TR 561, Prairie Township. Suspicious vehicle reported on SR 83, Prairie Township. Obstructed roadway reported on TR 422, Walnut Creek Township; township trustees notified, obstruction removed. Reports taken of a one vehicle non-injury accident on TR 571, Prairie Township, a one vehicle injury on US 62, Richland Township, and a one vehicle non-injury on TR 567,...

Sheriff’s Report, 06/04/10

  • June 6, 2010
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Animal in the roadway reported on US 62, Paint Township. Reports taken of threats on TR 67, Killbuck Township, breaking and entering on Oak St., Berlin Township, theft on SR 39, Hardy Township, telephone harassment on US 62, Richland Township, and a suspicious vehicle on CR 192, Prairie Township. Barking dog reported on TR 217, Knox Township. Millersburg PD handled report of a two vehicle injury...

Sheriff’s Report, 06/03/10

  • June 6, 2010
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Citizen assist completed on SR 226, Ripley Township. Obstructed roadway reported on CR 22, Knox Township; public service notified, obstruction removed. Report taken of an animal call on TR 462, Washington Township. Disabled vehicle reported on SR 60, Monroe Township; assistance given. OSP handled reports of a one vehicle non-injury accident on SR 93, Clark Township, a two vehicle injury on CR...

Sheriff’s Report, 06/02/10

  • June 6, 2010
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Reports taken of passing bad checks on SR 520, Richland Township, auto theft on TR 323, Prairie Township, lost property on TR 222, Knox Township, theft of services on SR 39, Walnut Creek Township, and criminal damaging on US 62, Paint Township. OSP handled report of a two vehicle non-injury accident at SR 557 and CR 407, Berlin Township. Report taken of a two vehicle non-injury accident on SR...

Everyone's favorite four letter “F” word

  • June 7, 2010
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There are many words in the English language that begin with the letter F but only one word will motive people to do crazy things. If you can imagine it, they will do it all for this four-letter F word.Do you know what this word is? I bet you’ve got a few guesses, maybe some you’re afraid to say; some that you’re thinking I wouldn’t dare blog about, but if you’re thinking about that...

Borderline Futbol

  • June 7, 2010
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The world is watching. Are you? Most of the United States seems bored or perplexed by the World Cup, and most of the world thinks we are ridiculous for not succumbing to the fever of The Beautiful Game. For heaven's sake, a war was fought over soccer. And we still don't get it.I for one, am excited. I'm excited to see possibly the best American squad in the game (can you name a player? Can you...

Wooden leaves behind greatest sports legacy ever

  • June 7, 2010
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John Wooden, legendary coach of the UCLA Bruins illustrious basketball program for which he coached nearly three decades, passed away June 4, at the age of 99.Wooden put himself at the head of the all-time greats of basketball by using his incredible knowledge of the game and unmatched ability to get players to work toward a common goal.During his tenure with the Bruins, Wooden became known as...

Encouragement from the past for the present

  • June 7, 2010
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When I was a youngster, the oldest of three sisters and the daughter of an oil man, our family traveled and lived in a few different places. We ended up returning to Tuscarawas County in Ohio, where I landed in the middle of the school year of, I think it was, third grade.On that first, awkward, day of school, my skinny little bird legs were tucked under the cold metal desk and all I wanted to do...

Not all those who wander are lost

  • June 7, 2010
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Not all those who wander are lost. ~J.R.R. TolkienI’m not a radical. I grew up in a sleepy town that afforded me certain freedoms city folk just didn’t have. The days of summer were slow, languid and stretched out like a rippling curtain of promise. Mornings spent eating cereal at a table with a vase of daffodils, packing a lunchbox with baloney sandwiches and hopping on my pink Huffy bike to...