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Growing herbs in containers

  • June 26, 2010
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Although container-grown plants usually need more frequent watering and fertilization, pests and disease problems are virtually eliminated.Growing herbs in containers is ripe with advantages. Pots can be moved to locations that are more desirable when weather dictates: into the shade when it’s too hot and into the sun as the season progresses and sunny areas become overshadowed by trees,...

Parents, help children with reading

  • June 26, 2010
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My daughter just finished kindergarten and is behind her peers in reading. We’ve had her eyes checked and she doesn’t seem to have physical problems that could be the cause. How can we help her get caught up this summer? There are a number of things you can do -- and it’s important that you try. A recent report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation revealed the importance of children reading...

No need to scream over ice cream

  • June 26, 2010
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My husband chooses strawberry ice cream over other flavors because he thinks the fruit makes it healthier. Does it? I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there’s not nearly enough fruit in ice cream to allow it to qualify as a serving of fruit. If your husband wants to use ice cream to gain a serving of fruit, he can top off his treat with a half-cup of strawberries, blueberries,...

Beautiful and bloody

  • June 26, 2010
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I have had bleeders before, but never one in a beautiful box with a wonderful eagle etched in the box. It was thought in early medicine that it would help in certain illnesses if you would bleed the patient. Sometimes too much blood was drawn and as a result the patient ended up dying! Actually, there is a little blood stain in the box. This treasure was a bargain for $90. Recent auction prices:...

A pretty cool ride

  • June 26, 2010
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Would you lose a limb in order to hope to save your life? That agonizing question is one that many have faced over the years. The season finale of House M.D. in May showed a young woman dealing with that gut-wrenching dilemma after a crane crashed into a building, causing it to collapse. Her leg was pinned. Her decision involved whether she should wait for crews to temporarily raise a concrete...

Memorial scholarship created to assist education and business students

  • June 26, 2010
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The Don and Oneta “Grandma” Way Memorial Scholarship was recently created with a major gift from the estate of Oneta Way and is being administered by the Holmes County Education Foundation (HCEF). The scholarship will be awarded in 2011 to Holmes County students demonstrating financial need and majoring in either education or business. Students may apply for the scholarship beginning in January...

Area students named to dean’s list at COW

  • June 26, 2010
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The College of Wooster has released its spring semester dean’s list. Included are the following area students, who achieved a grade point average of 3.65 or above: Brandon Buehler, Anne Henley, Sarah Huttie, Lucy Moser, and Andrew Retzler.

Relay For Life keynote speaker Rebecca Augsburger uses faith, humor to beat cancer

  • June 26, 2010
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Rebecca Augsburger has been through the valleys in life as she battled cancer. She prefers the mountaintops. Augsburger was the keynote speaker at the American Red Cross Relay for Life Holmes County luminaria service on Friday, June 18, at West Holmes High School, where hundreds gathered to honor and celebrate those who have battled cancer, whether they lost that battle, or are still at it to...

Local company to be part of Gulf of Mexico cleanup effort

  • June 26, 2010
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With millions of gallons of oil from the crippled Deepwater Horizon oil well pouring into the Gulf of Mexico, one Wooster company will be doing its part to aid in the massive cleanup effort. Wooster-based ABS Materials will be dispatching equipment and its patented Osorb material to the gulf to help in the effort to separate the millions of gallons of oil/water mixture collected as part of the...

Baby giraffe gets new name and home

  • June 26, 2010
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Who would have guessed that an event nearly 450 miles from Holmes County would bless this area with such a unique “little” guy? “On the evening of Jan. 2, 2010, at The Farm at Walnut Creek’s sister ranch, Lazy 5 Ranch in Mt. Ulla, N.C., a baby giraffe was born,” explained Henry Hampton of The Farm at Walnut Creek. “This was a five-foot baby without a name.” But before Hampton could...