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31st Annual Senior Citizens Art Show in May!

01:00 AM, Monday, May 20

Pamela K. Matura, Executive Director, Area Agency on Aging District 7 It’s hard to believe it is already May! Our Agency loves a lot of things about May, especially the observance of Older Americans Month and the opportunity to host our annual ...

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Every year we take pride in dedicating an edition on our paper to the progress we have experienced as a community ov...

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Pamela K. Matura, Executive Director, Area Agency on Aging District 7 Happy 2013…and with the New Year, brings tho...

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Teamwork Leading to New Jobs for Southern Ohio
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<p>This drawing shows how a typical woodland trail is cleared and “benched”. (Illustration by Marjorie Boehme)</p>

Building trails on your property
Steve Boehme Have you ever hiked the Appalachian Trail or one like it? One of the great pleasures is to enjoy a wa...

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Kids’ Events Announced Girls Book Club Join us at the Port...
Kids’ Events Announced Girls Book Club Join us at the Portsmouth library location January 14 at 5:30pm the first...

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<p>Long winter evenings offer some time to relax with a good book. (Illustration by Marjorie Boehme)</p>

Winter Reading for Gardeners
Steve Boehme Nature’s Guide to Successful Gardening and Landscaping by William Flemer III explains how design shou...

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<p>Submitted Photo | Community Common</p><p>Wheelersburg Basketball team.</p>

Swishes-4-Wishes campaign
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Focus on what we truly value in life
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<p>Some trees make ideal street trees, others create problems. This planting of thornless honey locusts is perfect for the city streets of Philadelphia. (GoodSeed Farm photo)</p>

Urban Foresters Help Pick the Right Street Trees
Steve Boehme What is an “urban forester”? In Ohio, our Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) created a program to...

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Chillicothe VA Pathology and Laboratory receives accredita...
The Chillicothe VA Medical Center Pathology and Laboratory has been awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Commi...

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<p>GoodSeed Farm photo</p><p>Topping is a death sentence for large trees.</p>

“Topping” is a Death Sentence for Trees
Steve Boehme Large, mature trees often interfere with utility lines, block important views, grow too close to buil...

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<p>Submitted Photo | Community</p><p>Common Gingko trees get the name “Maidenhair Trees” from Maidenhair fern; both plants have unique fan-shaped leaves whose veins resemble long flowing hair.</p>

The Maidenhair Tree is a Living Fossil
Steve Boehme Few nursery trees have as interesting a story as the Gingko. One reason is that Ginko trees are livin...

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The price of our freedom
Terry Johnson State Representative The day of 15 November 2012 was a difficult one at your Ohio Statehouse. In ...

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USEC Inc. Names Matt Sanders to Manager Balance of Plant P...
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