Archive for August, 2014

Cover crop seeding program set
COSHOCTON – Did you see crazy little yellow planes last September flying so close to the ground you could almost reach out and grab them? Were you close enough to see something come out of the airplane? Well don’t worry; it’s all good and going to happen again this September. The Coshocton Soil and Water […]

Historic Roscoe Village hosts home school days
COSHOCTON – Roscoe Village invites you to participate in its upcoming Home School Days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 15-16. It promises to be a full day of having fun while learning. Enjoy hands-on crafts with candle dipping, tin punching and wooden top painting. Hear the blacksmith’s anvil ring, print […]

Friendly Meadows Country Store thriving and growing
WALHONDING – Don and Ruth Ann Mason were happy to see Friendly Meadows Country Store expand. “It’s very nicely arranged and has a lot of variety,” Ruth Ann said. “The prices also are good.” The Masons live in Warsaw, but have found the store just inside the Knox County line to be very convenient. “We’ve […]

That’s cold
WARSAW – Jason Mardis reacts to having a bucket of ice water dumped on him Aug. 29, by two River View Junior High School students. RVJHS decided to have a little fun with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge by asking students to donate money for the chance to drench staff members with ice water. Twenty-two […]

New van purchased to help transport veterans to VA medical appointments
COSHOCTON – Dave Dilly can’t say thank you enough to those who made donations to help the Disabled American Veterans buy a new van to transport local veterans to VA medical appointments. “If it wasn’t for you, we wouldn’t have been able to accomplish this,” said Dilly who is commander of the local DAV Chapter […]

Pet of the week
COSHOCTON – Meet Big Momma. She is an adult dog who someone found on Chestnut Street with two puppies. The puppies have been adopted, but Momma needs a home to call her own. She is not believed to be spayed. She is a beautiful loving girl who tells you her story, if we could understand […]
Ronald E. ‘Ron’ Larr
Ronald E. “Ron” Larr, 80, of Coshocton passed away on Thursday August 28, 2014. Ron was born in Conesville, Ohio on November 12, 1933 to the late Gerald and Juanita (Pepper) Larr. Ron started his working career when he was 11 years old delivering the Columbus Dispatch in Conesville where he grew up. After graduating […]
Ruth Alliene ‘Rudy’ Butchko
Ruth Alliene “Rudy” Butchko, 90, of Fresno and formerly of Amherst went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at Signature Healthcare of Coshocton. Born March 12, 1924 in Washington, PA, she was the daughter of the late Hans and Ethel Minnie (Allen) Rayzor. Alliene had been a model in New York […]