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Carlos and Mildred Sears of Chandlersville will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on July 26, 2010. On July 26, 1950, Mildred Paisley, daughter of Strahl and Mary Paisley, and Carlos Sears, son of Harry and Lucy Sears, were united in marriage in...  Read Story.

Jimmy and Karen Koehler of Buffalo celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on July 17, 2010. On July 17, 1970, Karen Voytko, daughter of the late Geraldine Anderson and Mike Voytko Jr., and Jimmy Koehler, son of Beulah Koehler of Lewisville and the late Clarence Koehler, were united in marriage in Monroe, Mich. Mrs. Koehler is a...  Read Story.

Don and Gayeann Burch celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary July 12, 2010. On July 12, 1985, Gayeann Hugebeck, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Hugebeck of Cambridge, and Don Burch, son of the late William and Oneta Burch, were united in marriage at Christ's Lutheran Church in...  Read Story.

William and Patsy Johnson of Cambridge celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary July 16, 2010. On July 16, 1960, Patsy Rose, daughter of the late Charles and Leanna Rose, and William Johnson, son of Helen Johnson and the late William A. Johnson, were united in marriage at Middlebourne United Methodist...  Read Story.

Lauren Kathleen Gallant and Daniel Chesly Cochran were united in marriage on June 5, 2010, in Swedenborg Chapel on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The bride was given in marriage by her father. She is the daughter of Mark and Shelley Gallant of New...  Read Story.

Bill and Sandy Myers celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary July 6, 2010. On July 6, 1985, Sandy Vessels (Gingerich), daughter of Dick Vessels of Arizona and Neva Wolfrom of Cambridge, and Bill Myers, son of the late Walt and Freda Myers, were united in marriage in the flower garden at the home of the bride's aunt and uncle, Frank and Pauline Sarchet, ...  Read Story.

Lauren Kathleen Gallant and Daniel Chesly Cochran were united in marriage on June 5, 2010, in Swedenborg Chapel on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The bride was given in marriage by her father. She is the daughter of Mark and...  Read Story.

New Concord United Methodist Women met June 3 in the church parlor with eight members in attendance. Betty Lou LePage led the program, "Imagination." A lively group discussion followed. President Sylvia Bates opened the business meeting and the group recited The...  Read Story.

Claysville Homemakers The Claysville Homemakers recently had a special May meeting at the Westland Township Community House. Nellie Moorhead from the Cumberland-Spencer Homemakers was there to talk with the group about the Bakefest coming up in September at the Guernsey County Fair. She went over the categories for the event, what responsibilities the Claysville Club would have as this year's hostesses and what would need to be done after the Bakefest to prepare for...  Read Story.

Readers share ideas To GF of Tiffin " Do not hoe or cultivate too closely to potato plants or you may injure or harm growing potatoes. My suggestion would be to mulch around potatoes to keep down the weeds or hand weed around plants. Dear Farmer John, Could you please tell me what to do to keep a climbing rose going? My roses only last one year, then die or they live and never bloom again. Thank you for your column, I look forward to it. PM of...  Read Story.

ZANESVILLE " Students of Guernsey County native and piano instructor T'wana Mehaffey presented the 27th annual piano recital May 2 at the Christian Missionary and Alliance Church. The recital featured 10 local students. Musicians and the selections they performed...  Read Story.

NEW CONCORD " The Shady Valley Shamrocks 4-H Club met April 27 at the New Concord United Methodist Church with President Brad Comisford in charge of the meeting. Casey Art gave a safety report on lawn mower...  Read Story.

Red Hat Lady Divas met April 12 at Country Corner Restaurant in New Concord for a buffet lunch to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the National Red Hat Society. There were 22 members in attendance. Queen Mum Jackie Wisenbarger led the...  Read Story.

NEW CONCORD -- The Shady Valley Shamrocks 4-H Club met April 13 at the New Concord United Methodist Church with President Brad Comisford in charge of the meeting. Members discussed 4-H enrollment papers, collected the Flower Power fund-raiser sales and...  Read Story.

New Concord United Methodist Women met April 8 with 14 members and two guests in attendance. The group recited the Purpose. President Sylvia Bates opened the meeting with a reading about Easter, "Little Country Church." The secretary's and...  Read Story.

ZANESVILLE -- HEAP is a federally-funded program designed to help eligible low income Ohioans meet the high cost of home heating bills. Applications are available at the center. If you need help completing your...  Read Story.

ZANESVILLE -- If you missed your chance to get Girl Scout cookies this year, or if you've already eaten through your supply, you have one last chance to get more at the Girl Scouts' Zanesville Service Center. The scouts are selling eight fresh...  Read Story.

ZANESVILLE -- Ohio University-Zanesville announces the appointment of Vicki DeLucas as Financial Aid coordinator for the Zanesville campus. She brings 18 years of experience in higher education financial aid services as well as experience in...  Read Story.

UMW Norwich United Methodist Women met April 1 at the home of Sondra Little with 10 members in attendance. Jane Lowry opened the meeting by reading a poem titled, "Beauty of the Land." Devotions were read by Karen Boehm, which were five things to give...  Read Story.

New Concord United Methodist Women met April 8 with 14 members and two guests in attendance. The group recited the Purpose. President Sylvia Bates opened the meeting with a reading about Easter, "Little Country Church." The secretary's and...  Read Story.