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Italian festival a success, date set for next year

  • October 29, 2009
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The Tuscarawas County Italian-American Festival Foundation recently met and discussed the results of the 2009 festival. Even with the extremely hot weather on Sunday, the festival was successful. Sunday’s attendance was down by about 40 percent compared with last year’s record attendance. However, Friday’s attendance was about equal to last year’s record and Saturday’s attendance...

Trust the government? Not much

  • October 29, 2009
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There was a recent Gallup poll which found that Americans think that 50 cents of every dollar sent to Washington is wasted. Thus, with government spending at $4 trillion this year, we think that $2 trillion dollars was wasted.This is the highest opinion of waste in the last 30 years. This does not imply that waste is a recent phenomenon in Washington. There has always been the widespread feeling...

BBBS Magical Night Run

  • October 29, 2009
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Participants in the Magical Night Run, held Oct. 24, braved bouts of rain and temperatures in the 40s to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Ohio, as they gathered near the tennis courts at Dover City Park for the second annual run.The Magical Night Run, presented by Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co. LPA, is part of the Ohio Subway Challenge Series.The race was...

Thousands come to the fairgrounds for the Family Fun Fest

  • October 29, 2009
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Last year, the Family Fun Fest, held at the Tuscarawas County fairgrounds, provided an event that more than 3,000 people enjoyed.This year, the seventh annual Family Fun Fest far exceeded that number, with more than 1,000 through the gate in a little over an hour after opening.People continued to flow into the event, held Oct. 24, from 1-5 p.m., right up until closing. “Our biggest obstacle...

The Grove Gift Shoppe - unique, high-quality items

  • October 29, 2009
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Finding the perfect gift is as easy as simply stopping by The Grove Gift Shoppe, 128 West 2nd Street, in Dover. Upon entering this unique, high-quality shop, customers will be greeted with a warm atmosphere, filled with relaxing scents.Willie and Jill Grove opened the gift shop in 2005. This family owned and operated business includes help from daughters, Tiffany, Stephanie, and Brittany,...

Pounds of compassion Birthday benefiting others

  • October 29, 2009
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By Patricia AlbrechtWhile many children look forward to birthdays and the presents they receive, one Tusky Valley fifth-grader anticipates gifts each year that she can give away.Missy Snyder celebrated her 10th birthday on Sept. 26, with a party at The Skate Place in New Philadelphia.In place of birthday presents for herself, she asked everyone who attended to bring items for the Tuscarawas...

Christmas Past, Country Again now open in Strasburg

  • October 29, 2009
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Strasburg. Christmas Past, Country Again, a specialty shop located on SR 250, has opened for the yuletide season. Owned by Nancy and Todd Taylor, the collection of holiday gifts includes Santa figures, snowmen, throw blankets, candles, and hundreds of other Christmas collectibles.Operating for the past three weekends, Todd Taylor explained that the...

First H1N1 influenza confirmed at Union Hospital

  • October 29, 2009
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A 60-year-old woman is the first patient with confirmed H1N1 influenza at Union Hospital. According to Carey Gardner, director of development and community relations, the woman was an inpatient two weeks ago and was admitted with flu-like symptoms and other medical complications. She has since been discharged from the hospital.“While we have only the one confirmed case, there were 21 other...

Diabetes screening can be as simple as your ABC's

  • October 29, 2009
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Diabetes has been termed the biggest public health crisis of the 21st century. While the death rate due to heart disease, stroke, and cancer are declining, the death rate from diabetes is rising at near epidemic proportions. An estimated 24 million children and adults have diabetes. Nearly one in four of those people don’t know they have the disease.Identifying and controlling diabetes is...

Not every case of the flu is an emergency

  • October 29, 2009
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Now that H1N1 flu is confirmed in the community, many people may be wondering about seeking treatment of flu-like symptoms. The Centers for Disease Control have issued the following treatment recommendations. The CDC recommends that you not go to the emergency department if you are only mildly ill with flu symptoms. Symptoms of the flu include: fever (although not everyone with flu will have a...