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Volume 1, Number 17 Shining a Positive Light on Coshocton County December 24- January 13, 2008

Pictured are Tucker and Madelyn Nelson with Alice Hoover, preparing to pass the flame of their candles to members of the River View Certified Gold Chorale, at the Saturday evening, December 13th Roscoe Village candle lighting ceremony. (Beacon photo by Mark Fortune) Story page 4

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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Mark’s Musings

MARK FORTUNE

One of the things I appreci-ate the most about Christ-mas is the quietness. Do you ever take a moment to step outside and refl ect on the lack of noise? And of course, if you are blessed to have some little ones around your house, you know that the out of doors may be the only place that you can gather your thoughts! As I get older, I notice the lack of traf-fi c, factory noise and the general overall feeling of peacefulness on this spe-cial day. This is just one of the special moments that Christmas brings. As we gather to celebrate Christ-mas 2008 and the upcom-ing New Year, a brief pause to refl ect on this past year brings things into stark reality. 2008 started out gently enough but as we all know, soon turned into the tumultuous year that will mark 2008 as a year of many fi rsts. The collapse of our fi nan-cial markets, $4.00 a gal-lon gasoline and now, very possibly the demise of our domestic auto industry, brought on a fl urry of ac-tivity and bailouts that are

still in discussion. Contin-ued job losses and layoffs around the country and in our own community means that for many this Christ-mas will be diffi cult at best. For several in our commu-nity this Christmas will be marked by a signifi cant and heartbreaking loss, whether it is through a par-ent, child or special loved one. Keep these people in your thoughts. They need to know that this commu-nity is lifting them up. The men and women of our armed forces that continue to fi ght and sacrifi ce for our country also need our prayers and support. As you know by reading and listening to all of the local media during the past few weeks, many in our community have been very busy trying to help those in need. Whether it be through the Salvation Army, Toys for Tots, United Way, churches, Food Pantry’s, or other groups and orga-nizations working hard to provide for those in need, rest assured that the people of Coshocton County have stepped up big this year. The need in 2009 may very well be as great – most of the economic pundits are expressing that it may be

mid-2010 before we see the economy start to turn around. Regardless, we are confi dent that those in our community that hold posi-tions of leadership will be striving hard to make gains on our behalf. Let’s also remember that the need for food, clothing and shelter will not leave with the tur-key carcass, melting snow, wrapping paper or the gift boxes that make their way to the trash dumpster after Christmas. This need will continue well into 2009. We have a lot of work to do. So, relax a bit during the holidays, drink some eggnog and then let’s get to it!

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On a cold Saturday evening just a week and a half be-fore Christmas, dozens of loyal and supportive mem-bers of our community joined together at the River View High School cafete-ria to bid on items donated to a good cause. The sixth annual Higher Hopes Ther-apeutic Riding Center auc-tion provides funds for the riding center located out-side Warsaw. Tom Roah-rig, head of Higher Hopes, expressed his appreciation for the many businesses and organizations that do-nated items for this year’s auction. “It just took one phone and Denny Alger-

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of course, auctioneer Jim Nelson, who volunteers his time and crew every year – they have been involved since our fi rst year! I am just so very grateful and appreciative to everyone in the community that donates items and food for the auc-tion, to all those that come out and bid and buy”.To get things started, Ran-dy Hutchison led things off with the Cowboy prayer. William “Bill” Appis told us that he heard it was a good auction – for a good purpose – and you can get some things at a good value. This helps the com-munity and I am glad that

our company, Little Deb-bie Snacks of Coshocton County – can help out. Others at the auction stated that they were just “really glad to help out the com-munity”. 100% of the prof-its from the auction go to Higher Hopes Therapeutic Riding Center, a non-profi t organization providing therapeutic riding oppor-tunities to children and adults with disabilities. For more information about the group or how you can participate in next year’s auction, you can call 740-824-4183 or visit www.higherhopes.org.

Pictured is Jim Nelson, aucti oneer with Century 21 Courtsquare Realty & Auc-ti on, talking with Tom Roahrig just before the Higher Hopes Therapeuti c Riding Center sixth annual aucti on held at River View High School on Saturday, Decem-ber 13th. (Beacon photo by Mark Fortune)

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The annual Roscoe Vil-lage candle lighting took a slightly different twist this year at the Saturday, December 13th lighting. Alice Hoover, portraying her character Eliza John-son, who was the wife of Roscoe’s fi rst doctor, read the ‘Twas the Night before Christmas story to Mad-elyn (age 8) and Tucker (age 5) Nelson, children of Scott and Jennifer Nelson of Coshocton. Follow-ing musical performances by local group “The Sis-ters of Salvation” and the River View Certifi ed Gold

Chorale, led by Dawn An-glin, Chad Miller, prop-erty manager for the Ros-coe Village Foundation, with Bambi Fitch signing, thanked those gathered for making the candle lighting a part of their Christmas observance. Miller also thanked Larry and Carol Smith of Fresno for donat-ing the tree that adorns the hillside. The crowd listened with rapt attention while trying to stay warm as Hoover mesmerized the children with an enthusiastic ren-dition of the famous story

that almost never was. Af-ter the reading, Hoover and the Nelson children lit their candles and began passing the fl ame through the River View Chorale as the sea of darkness slowly began to glow with the soft light of candles as “Silent Night, Holy Night” was sung. The audience “oohed” and “aahed” as the large tree sprang to life in a blaze of light. If you have not been to a candle lighting at Ros-coe Village we suggest you put it on your calendar for next year. You won’t be disappointed.

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While talking to a fellow father and co worker – he was telling me about the array of automobiles that he had restored over the years. I asked him if spend-ing time with his son was a part of those projects. He replied that he had “ruined “his son when it came to working on cars. He said that when his son was a

teenager, he (the father) would loose patience, and eventually send the boy to do the more remedial jobs, or just have him move out of the way so he could do the job the way he thought it should be done, in the timeframe that suited him-self. His son thereby lost all interest, and refused later to participate in his

fathers hobby.It is critical to allow the young people in our lives the opportunity to get their hands dirty in any fi eld. The mistakes they make to-day will empower them to-morrow. If we are quick to move them aside, to meet our personal wants…. then what is it that we teach them in the end? God has

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Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world.

Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting.

Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings,and teach us to be merry with clean hearts.

May the Christmas morning make us happy to be Thy childrenand the Christmas evening bring us to our beds with

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The Roscoe United Meth-odist Church was the site of the twelfth annual dinner for the Coshocton County Chapter of the Ohio Genea-logical Society. The group, under the direction of Presi-dent Joan Sheets, held the dinner to induct new mem-bers into the First Fam-ily, Pioneer Family or Civil War Families of Coshocton County. Sheets explained that, “This is honoring our ancestors and keeping re-cords of who they were – preserving our ancestry”.

When asked about the im-pact of the internet on gene-alogical research, she said that, “The internet is a great benefit, with lots of websites out there with a lot of re-sources – it can help a lot”. She also mentioned during the evening ceremonies that genealogical research is, “a lot of work”, but, “If you want to honor an ancestor, it’s worth it”. We sat next to Becky Tomes, who has been a member of the group since 1999. She likes being in-volved in the OGS “be-cause digging up informa-tion as far back as you can go – is exciting. One of our families is back to 1676”. She and current Coshocton County Chapter OGS vice-president Kathy Carnes are in a lot of groups together, such as; the Daughters of the American Revolution,

Ohio First Families, Ohio Builders and Settlers and others”.Prior to a delicious meal of Swiss steak, parmesan chicken, cheesy potatoes, succotash, spinach salad with strawberries and toast-ed pecans, Texas sheet cake, rolls and butter, the group and guests were welcomed by President Joan Sheets and the invocation was led by Irwin Jennings. Follow-ing that, the group got down to business with inductions of members into the First Families, Pioneer Families and Civil War Families of Coshocton County. You can feel the pride that the members of this organiza-tion share about the past and also get a sense that they are prepared for the future. This organization is all about those that have contributed to our county and have de-voted the time, energy and research to discover their

roots and heritage. It is about identifying and hon-oring the early ancestors, settlers and Civil War veter-ans of Coshocton County.In all, over 14 members were inducted into the First Families, 15 members into the Pioneer Families and 35 members into the Civil War Families at the dinner. For more information on you can become involved in the Coshocton County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, you can visit their website at www.coshocton-genealogy.org or by writ-ing them at: The Coshocton County Chapter, OGS, P.O. Box 128, Coshocton, Ohio 43812-0128.2009 officers of the group are; President, Joan Sheets, Vice-President Kathy Car-nes, Secretary, Virginia All-man, Corresponding Sec-retary, Becky Tomes and Treasurer, Marjorie Wright.

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Carnes Boys Honored at Annual OGS DinnerBrian and Donnie Carnes were enthusiastic about receiving their pin and certificate for induction into the Coshocton County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society’s First Families, Pioneer Families and Civil War Families lineage during the evening’s ceremonies. Pictured from left to right are; Pat Lanning, presenting a pin and certificate to Brian and Donnie Carnes for membership in the Civil War Fami-lies of Coshocton County while their mother, Kathy Carnes, proudly watches. (Beacon photo by Mark Fortune)

Jennings surprises Mother with AwardPictured are current Coshocton County Chapter of the OGS vice-president Kathy Carnes presenting her Mother, Lois Jennings, with a certificate and pin identifying her as a member of the First Fami-lies of Coshocton County. Jennings was also recognized with a pin and certificate for membership in the Pioneer Families and Civil War Families of our county. (Beacon photo by Mark Fortune)


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what they need. I’ll miss that,” she confesses.

To say that Wright is proud of what her business has accomplished, would be an understatement. “We started with about 30 dif-ferent balloons [styles], she explains. “Now we of-fer around 500!” That’s a fairly accurate description of her retailing and cus-tomer service style over the last nineteen years. It started as a place to get balloons and table set-tings for birthday parties. Within the first five years, though, the store expanded its appeal, adding teach-ing and cake decorating supplies, including Wilton products. “We have a lot of home bakers, I found out,” Wright says. In truth, 20

to 25% of her sales come from the sale of cake deco-rating or baking supplies.

The next addition included a small gift line. Being an OSU alum, she also added numerous Buckeye para-phernalia to her merchan-dise selection. Most would name Party Package as the best location in town to pick up game day decora-tions and trinkets. According to Wright, the business opened with only $1,400 in inventory. Now she is attempting to liqui-date close to $380,000 in merchandise. The sale began on December 11th, after a one-week closure to realign inventory, bring out warehoused inventory and prepare a final market-ing campaign, which in-

cludes a registration desk for prize drawings. “We wanted to go out in style and really show Coshocton how much we’ve appreci-ated their business,” she comments on the hoopla around the stores closure. Wright says she feels a little bit like she’s letting her customers down, since the store has done well and posted positive income up through last year. But after attempting to sell the busi-ness with no interested par-ties, she’s decided that it’s time to close the doors. “I suppose our local economy just isn’t conducive for a complete business sale at this time.” Wright says her primary motivation for closing is two-fold. First, she wants to spend more quality time with her family. She also has had recurring medical issues – namely pain –from spinal-fusion surgery performed about six year ago. As far as the store clos-ing, Wright confesses it was hard to come to the de-cision. “I did a lot of pray-ing and I just really believe that this is the best thing for me to do right now,” she says. She’ll miss her two long-time, loyal workers Stephanie Udder and Kerry Parr. “They are just about the best employees any-one could hope to have,” Wright confesses. “I doubt they’ll have trouble finding employment; they’re that good!” Wright uses the word “retirement” loosely. One of her customers recently joked: “You’re not retiring;

you’re just realigning!” It’s an apt description. Joining her husband Merle, who has been retired for 9 years, Wright says she wants to travel, spend more time with family – especially her six grandchildren – and just do the things she loves to do now that she’ll have time. Those interests include flower gardening, cooking and walking her golden doodle, Mr. Car-son. Wright is also a self-professed bookworm. “I’m an avid reader,” she says. “It will be so nice to finally have time just sit down and read a good book!” But Wright isn’t done working – that’s for sure. She hopes to gain part-time or full-time employ-

ment after an initial period of rest. “I think I have a lot to offer, especially in terms of people skills,” she says. “I enjoy people and think I have the kind of personal-ity that people enjoy being around.” Wright laughs that when she does return to the workforce, it will be a welcome change to work for someone else and not have to make the business decisions. The Party Package will remain open as long as there is inventory to sell. We’ll certainly miss our one-stop party supply re-tailer, but we wish Wright well as she steps into the next season in her life. May she find warmth and sunshine ahead.

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Clients at Hopewell Indus-tries, spearheaded by Cli-ent Advocate Dee Tobias, donated gloves and mittens to the local Salvation Army along with monies raised that went to the Fire Fighters Toy Chest, Salvation Army Food Pantry, Miracle on Main Street, Animal Shelter and the WTNS Christmas Castle project. Clients brought in

supplies for the animal shel-ter working with the Coshoc-ton Public Library’s Animal Shelter project. Overall, the clients have raised and given away over $550 this year. Salvation Army youth director Brennan Hinzman stated that, “We just greatly

appreciate all that they’ve done – they’ve raised money for food and clothing, among other things. We have spo-ken to some of the families that we’ve been able to help – they are so appreciative and feel blessed. It’s just been a real blessing to see this – this

is my fi rst Christmas here and this community just pulls together”. Dee Tobias, client advocate said that, ‘It feels good – a lot of us just wanted to give back to the communi-ty that has helped us, as God has blessed us – we wanted to bless others”.

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Pictured are Hopewell Indus-tries clients displaying some of the gloves and mitt ens be-ing donated to the Coshocton Salvati on Army. From left to right are; Verna Troyer, Scott Stagmyer, Lee Kallas, Bren-nan Hinzman, youth director at the Salvati on Army, Rita King and Dee Tobias, client advocate at Hopewell Indus-tries. Not pictured is Vida Myers, who was unavailable for the photo. (Beacon photo by Mark Fortune)

The clients at Hopewell Industries provided food for the animal shelter through the Coshocton Public Library through donati ons from clients, staff and families. Pictured are Hopewell Industries client Tim Eisert and trainer Terry Williams unloading food for the animals at the Library. This is an annual project of Hopewell in conjuncti on with the Library. (Beacon photo by Mark Fortune)


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The Prairie Chapel United Methodist Church has been announced as the local site for Great Food for All, a faith based non-denomi-national program offering top quality food products at great savings. The pro-gram is open to all persons, regardless of income. The program’s motto is, “If you eat, you qualify!”Pastor Everett Stoddard says, “The program is being well received and supported by a number of wonderful volunteers at the church as well as through the River View Ministerial Association of churches. Food may be or-dered by major credit card, food stamps, money orders or cash. Prairie Chapel vol-unteers once each month to go get the food and bring it back to the church where distribution occurs at around 11:00 a.m. on de-livery day.

Each basic food box comes pre-packed, frozen and ready for delivery. Pastor Stoddard emphasizes that all persons are eligible for the cost savings program and notes the food has been very good. The group only purchases quality products direct from the manufac-turers. GFFA uses its own private labels on foods pro-duced by nationally known manufacturers. Great Food uses special “bulk buys” on high quality foods – no scratch & dent, no out-dated products and no do-nated foods. The savings is passed along as a Christian outreach because the New-ton Falls, Ohio faith-based program requires very little in the way of overhead ex-penses.“We certainly don’t wish to harm our very good re-tail food suppliers in this area as we offer this. Only frozen foods are offered on

this limited basis so peo-ple will still be needing to supplement the basic food box with their food needs, especially fresh produce, milk, bread, etc., the pas-tor noted, adding, “In these tight economic times we all can use the help, espe-cially families struggling to make ends meet. This is just one way we as a Chris-tian community of faith are reaching out to our area as we seek to fulfi ll the com-mandment of Jesus to help “feed my sheep”.Orders for January dis-tribution on the 17th will be accepted at the church from 10 am to noon on Sat-urday, January 3rd. Ques-tions on the program may be directed to the church at 622-3992, through the web at www.greatfoodforall.com or through a link on the Prairie Chapel web site, www.prairiechapel.com.

Pictured are Prairie Chapel UMC Pastor Everett Stoddard, volunteer Jim Border and Dotti e Bickel, pick-ing up her order from Great Food for All, a faith-based organizati on that features frozen food at signifi -cant savings. Pastor Stoddard explained that, “This is great way to reach out with good food – its part of what God told us to do. . . just help people out.” (Beacon photo by Mark Fortune)

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The Coshocton County OSU Extension Office will facilitate an Annie’s Proj-ect, a six-week agricultural business course for women involved in agriculture, this winter.Workshops will be every Tuesday between January 27 and March 3 from 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. in theFrontier Power community room.Some of the program topics will include recordkeeping, business planning, agri-cultural marketing, family business communication, retirement, estate plan-

ning, and taxes. Women will also learn more about themselves and their fami-lies/co-workers through the Real Colors® person-ality program.Extension professionals from across the state and local agricultural industry representatives will lead thevarious sessions.Over the past several years, Annie’s Project has had a tremendous positive impact on farm women in Ohio. Last year three Ohio counties offered the pro-gram and some of the pre-

liminary program impacts showed:• 98 percent of participants had an improved under-standing of how to elimi-nate communication barri-ers that existed within their farm businesses.• 92 percent of participants believed a mission state-ment to be important to the farm business and 46 percent had already writ-ten or started the process of writing a farm mission statement.• 93 percent of participants have a better idea of the farm management infor-mation available and how to access it.Annie’s Project is limited to the first 20 registrants and is $50 per participant. To register, complete and return a registration and form and payment to the OSU Extension Coshocton County Office. Forms are available on line at coshoc-ton.osu.edu or from the Extension Office.Local Annie’s Project spon-sors include: Farm Credit Services, National City, Coshocton County Dairy Service Unit, Coshocton County Farm Bureau, Co-shocton Grain Company, Endsley Insurance Agency, and Pearl Valley Cheese.If you have any questions about Annie’s Project, please contact Marissa Mullett at [email protected] or 740-622-2265.

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shocton’s very large mur-der (not flock) of crows has taken up its winter residency. Annually, the burgeoning crow popula-tion makes our nickname CROWTOWN stick like tar. The cannons meant to scare them off detonate without real affect. We’re not sure what makes the crows love this town but certainly they have become very good at living with us. There’s a word for this–synanthro-py– literally, living with humans. Perhaps, as we

find ourselves once again unable to chase the crows away, it is time to think about how we (humans) can become more syncor-vidic–successful at living with crows. Inspired by the crows that roost in our trees, the Pomerene Center for the Arts invites the town to creatively change the para-digm. Here’s the official invita-tion: The Pomerene Center for the Arts invites Co-shocton County citizens to participate in an art exhibit called LIVING WITH

CROWS. We are looking for 8”x10” photographs, digital video (30 seconds in length), drawings, framed paintings and sculpture. Everyone is welcome to submit crow-subject art-work by Friday January 30th. The show will open Friday, February 6th. A printable entry form can be found on the Pome-rene Center website, www.PomereneArts.org. For more information contact Kelsey Schott at 622-0326 or [email protected].

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Representatives of the annual USMC Reserves Toys for Tots campaign presented certificates of appreciation to local busi-nesses and organizations that helped with this year’s effort. Olinger and Hawk-ins presented a certificate of appreciation to the Good News Book Store for hav-ing a box for toy donations at their business. Gunnery

Sergeant Hawkins has been involved in the Toys for Tots program since 2002 and stated that, “this is collecting toys from the community for the com-munity. It feels great to help out”. Olinger said that the USMC Reserves and Gunnery Sergeant Hawk-ins were “an answer to my prayers for help. I am so thankful to everyone in

the community that has helped with this year’s drive”. Olinger also stated that, “We will be serving over 170 chil-dren through the Nellie Food Pantry with new toys – and due to the ex-treme generosity of our community we will also be able to donate toys to the Firemen’s Toy Chest!”

Pictured are United States Marine Corps Reserve Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt) Brian Hawkins, a resi-dent of West Lafayette, Christi Olinger, President of the Coshocton County Board of Realtors and local Toys to Tots coordinator, and Cyndy Sedlock, assistant manager at the Good News Book Store on Main Street in Coshocton. (Beacon photo by Mark Fortune)

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Local EventsNew Coshocton Fathers Workshop - “Foundations”.A free workshop for new dad entitled “Foundations” sponsored by the Coshoc-ton County Fatherhood Ini-tiative & Coshocton County Memorial Hospital is being presented at the CCMH, Orange Street Depot (Room next to the cafete-ria) on the First Thursday of each month from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. beginning Jan. 8, 2009. This is a one-time workshop for “New Dads” to gain the basic founda-tions of diapering, feeding handling, troubleshooting, safety and other topics of importance in caring for their new sons or daugh-ters. Dads are encour-aged to bring their babies; however, an infant will be present for hands on dem-onstrations. PowerPoint presentations as well as video clips are used in this workshop.Join us for an enjoyable evening of exchanging

ideas and sharing stories with other new dads. To register or for additional in-formation please call 740-622-3760.

New Coshocton Fathers Workshop – “Framework”.A free fathers workshop entitled “Framework” spon-sored by the Coshocton County Fatherhood Initia-tive & Coshocton County Family and Children First Council will be held at the Coshocton County Ser-vices building, 724 S. 7th Street, room 135 on the Third Thursday of each month from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. beginning De-cember 18, 2008.A follow-up to the “Foun-dation” workshop this is a series of 6 workshops for any/all fathers and/or father figures to discuss various subjects that will enhance and encourage active father participation in their children’s lives. Some of the topics of im-portance will be shared are: Communication, Time

& Commitment, Nurturing, Responsibilities, etc.During the group’s round table discussion, partici-pants are encouraged to share their fathering ideas and experiences. Power-Point as well as video clips are used in this workshop.Join us for an evening of discussing responsible fa-therhood topics and shar-ing experiences with new and seasoned dads. To register or for additional in-formation please call 740-622-3760.

NoticePublic Notice.The Co-shocton County Budget Commission will be meet-ing in the County Treasur-er’s Office on December 30, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. with members of the Board of County Commissioners. On the agenda is a review of the final 2008 County Amended Certificate and year-to-date revenues.

Holiday Closing.For the Christmas holiday, City Hall will close Wednes-day, December 24th at noon and remain closed Thursday, December 25th.

City Hall will reopen Friday, December 26th at 8:00 AM. For the New Year holiday, City Hall will be closed on Thursday, January 1st and will reopen on Friday, Jan-uary 2nd at 8:00. J & J Re-fuse, the City’s contracted trash hauler, will be closed

on both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day and there-fore will be running one day behind schedule for the Thursday and Friday collection both Christmas and New Year week.

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When asked by his Uncle Mark what the true meaning of Christmas was, William Fortune, age 6, replied “it is about remembering Jesus’ birth.” Also this time of year means William and Devon spending a Saturday super-vising and interacting with a group of teenagers that are at the Agents Realty & Auction Service/Fortune’s Boot Shop location wrapping Christmas presents. The other meaning of Christmas, “It is better to give than to receive,” is un-derstood by the two boys. Like many in our commu-nity, they spend some of their time helping others. For the past twelve years, the For-tune family, which includes Grandma Mary Mason, has helped to provide Christ-mas gifts for needy children through the efforts of their December auctions.

The Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community Action Com-mission recently honored employees reaching a milestone in their tenure with the agency during an employee recognition lun-cheon. Those recognized for five years of service included Wynona Frizell, HEAP; Amanda Bates, Housing; Faun McWilliams, Fam-ily Planning; Starlynn Pat-ton, Dental Clinic; Debora Massaro, Head Start . Ten year employees hon-ored were Donna Denning, Administration; Cindy Wilt, James Dial, Shirley Baker, Teresa Rose-Wal-lace, Lisa Miller, Maureen Sanford, and Debra Bill-man all of the Head Start

Program. Fifteen year awards were presented to Head Start employees Mary Ellen Henderson, Sherrie Shoe-nfelt, Janet Mossor, Cheryl Latham, Brenda Simpson, Lisa Hochstetler, Nancy Lorentz, Karen Gibbs, Patricia Braeunig, Karla Clark and Kathie Crone-bach. Weatherization em-ployee John Flexter was recognized as well. A Twenty years of ser-vice award was presented to Kim Michael of Hous-ing and Head Start employ-ees Laurie Etzwiler, Mary Jo Hoxworth and Donna Swartz. The Kno-Ho-Co-Ash-land Community Action Commission is a private

non-profit social ser-vice organization serving Knox, Holmes, Coshoc-ton and Ashland Counties for over 40 years with175 employees and over 350 volunteers. Services pro-vided include Head Start, HEAP, Emergency Servic-es, Homeless Shelters, Af-fordable Housing, Dental Clinic, Women’s Health Clinics and Family Plan-ning, Foster Grandparents, Retired Senior Volunteer Programs, Weatherization, and Senior Citizen pro-gramming including home delivered meals, center based meals, exercise pro-grams, as well as various support and socialization programs.

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Monday, Dec. 29 – Oven Baked Chicken, Hash Brown Potatoes, Succotash, Apricots, Roll/Marg., Milk.Tuesday, Dec. 30 – Spaghetti/Meat Sauce, Italian Blend Veggie, Tossed Salad, Banana, Italian Bread/Marg., Milk.Wednesday, Dec. 31 – Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Sauerkraut, Mandarin Oranges, Dinner Roll/Marg., Milk.Thursday, Jan 1 – Closed - Happy New Year!Friday, Jan. 2 - Fish Square on a Bun, Potato Wedges, Peas & Carrots, Pineapple, Milk.Monday, Jan. 5 – BBQ Chicken, Scalloped Potatoes, Spinach, 100% Grape Juice, Corn Muffin/Marg., Milk.Tuesday, Jan. 6 – Swedish Meatballs, Corn, Pickled Beets, Noodles, Mandarin Oranges, Wheat Bread/Marg., Milk.Wednesday, Jan 7 – Ham Salad on Bun, Veg-etable Soup, 3-Bean Salad, Ambrosia, Milk.Thursday, Jan. 8 – Pasta w/ Meat Sauce, Tossed Salad, Green Beans, Stewed Apricots, Italian Bread, Milk.

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Hello again from the Co-shocton County Commis-sioners Office. Mother Na-ture is letting us know that winter is approaching. Our wireless provider is in the process of getting the stress tests ran on the Marcs tow-ers and it is our hope that by the time you read this that the antennas are being placed for service. It has been a long process, but it is moving forward. Over in the EMS division, Bernie Minuet and Todd Shroyer have been hired permanently in their posi-tions as director and assis-tant director of the EMS. They both completed their probationary period very much to our satisfaction.We are constantly hearing about the economic condi-tions in Coshocton County. It is starting to become a large factor in the county budget process. In looking at next years budget, most agencies will be budgeted the same amount they were budgeted in 2008 Beand other departments will be cut. We have to make our

decisions on the amount of monies we are certified to receive. Hopefully their will be enough carry-over to level fund all agencies, but that decision will not be made until after the first of the year. As we get into the holiday season we are well aware that many people are look-ing for employment. At the commissioners office we are always looking at ways to bring employment to Coshocton County. We are still looking at ways to increase our infrastructure which we feel is paramount to bringing employers to Coshocton County. The news coming from Columbus on the state bud-get is not good. The cuts being talked about will hurt all of us. Local government fund alone is a major source of revenue to small entities. Your board of commission-ers is constantly looking at ways to be efficient with your tax dollars.We wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Pictured are; Devon, age 8, and William, age 6, Fortune, along with mom Sheri (age withheld under threat!) with some of the gifts that were wrapped and ready to be given to children. The boys often ac-company their Mom to drop gifts off at various agencies. Last year William commented that it sure was good they showed up at Hopewell School with gifts because they didn't have anything under their tree! Like many parents, this sense of giving and caring is a tradition that we hope to see them carrying on with their own children someday. Teaching our children at a young age to understand the true meaning of Christmas and reminding them to always think of others first may be the steps that someday, indeed, lead to peace on earth. (Photo contributed to The Beacon)

State Representative Jim Aslanides was recognized as a “Friend of OSU Extension and OARDC” (Ohio Agriculture and Development Center) at a recent meeting of the Coshoc-ton County Extension 4-H Ad-visory Committee. Aslanides received this award for his sup-port of the programs and fund-ing for these two organizations as a member of the Ohio Gen-eral Assembly during 1999-2008. He has served as chair of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee and a member of the Economics, Development, and Environ-mental Committee and Infra-

structure, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs Com-mittee. While serving as State Representative, Jim Aslanides has also been honored with the “Watchdog of the Treasury Award”.The “Friend of OSU Exten-sion and OARDC” award is sponsored by the State Exten-sion Advisory Committee and OARDC Advisory Commit-tee, groups of Ohio citizen vol-unteers. The award was pre-sented by Sarah Jane Lindsey, County Director and 4-H Edu-cator at the Coshocton County OSU Extension office. (Photo contributed to The Beacon)

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Pictured are students at Sacred Heart School during their dress rehearsal for the school’s an-nual Christmas Program. This year’s program was titled “Angels, Lambs, Ladybugs and Fireflies”. (Photo contributed to The Beacon)

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Sacred Heart held their an-nual Christmas Program on Wednesday, December 17th at the school. The program "Angels, Lambs, Ladybugs and Fireflies" was performed by all the students in Kindergarten through 6th grade with a dress rehearsal at 1:00 p.m. and the evening per-formance at 7:00 p.m. The

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Win $25.00 in Coshocton County Chamber Bucks!Contest Rules: Entries must be received by Monday, January 5, 2009. Entries may be mailed to our office at 226 Main Street, Coshocton, Ohio 43812 or dropped off at our office. For your convenience you

may use the drop box located outside our front entrance. The winner will be selected by random drawing from all correct entries received

by the date above. Must be 18 or older to enter. But of course anyone below age 18 can help the contest entrant! If there are no correct

entries – the winner will be drawn at random from all entries received.

Good Luck!Circle the correct answer for each question – play the bonus question if you wish!Question 1.What store do Ralphie, his kid brother and his parents visit to see Santa Claus? A.) Macy’sB.) LazarusC.) J.C. PenneyD.) HigbeesQuestion 2.When Ralphie’s father is looking at the just received leg lamp from the street across from their house, who is the guy that asks him what it is? Is his nameA. DutchB. FrenchieC. SwedeD. None of the aboveQuestion 3.What is the name of the soap that Ralphie’s mother washes his mouth out with? A. LavaB. LifebouyC. IvoryD. TideQuestion 4.What tire goes flat on the family car during the drive home? A. Driver side frontB. Driver side rearC. Passenger side frontD. Passenger side rearQuestion 5.Getting ready to go to school is like what at the beginning part of the movie? A. Like going to the North PoleB. Like going to Cleveland during a snowstormC. Like extended deep sea divingD. None of the aboveQuestion 6.What is the name of Ralphie’s teacher?A. Ms SilasB. Ms ShieldsC. Ms SimonsD. Ms SlaughterQuestion 7.What is the name of Ralphie’s friend that sticks his tongue to the flag pole?A. FredB. FarkasC. FlickD. SwartzBONUS QUESTION!What model of car does Ralphie’s father drive? A. PontiacB. ChevroletC. FordD. Oldsmobile

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December 9, 2008Mary Ann Dawson et. al. to Beneficial Ohio Inc. d/b/a Beneficial Mortgage Co. of Ohio; $26,667

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December 11, 2008Lynette Elise Dekker aka Dawson and Mat-thew J. Dawson to Stephen D. Geary; $16,278.22

The Bank of New York as trustee to Timm Carly Boatman; $36,000Robert G. and Melissa

E. Dekker to Stephen D. Geary; $16,000Alan L. and Virginia D. Casto to Jonas and An-gela L. Miller; $122,571Charles Bechtol, co-trustee to Richard N. and Ruth C. Davis; $117,000James T. and Sarah B. Brady to Home Loan Savings Bank; $54,667

December 12, 2008Richard N. and Ruth C. Davis to Dennis A. Foster; $78,000

December 17, 2008Kathy C. MacKenzie, trustee of Walter O. Bayer Trust to Kevin C. and Kerrie A. Smith’ $140,000Homesales, Inc of Deleware to Darren K. and Leslie J. Mansfield; $38,200

Citifinancial Inc. to Christopher Barrick; $13,600Coshocton County Sheriff to RBS Citizens NA; $14,000

December 18, 2008Paul W. Guthrie to Lan-zie C. Horton, Sr. and Lanzie C. Horton, Jr. and Donald Ray Frazier; $40,000Brian T. and Lesa Winegar to Valerie Sue MacDonald and Jeremy Allen Brown; $63,000

Marriage License

December 16, 2008John Wesley Grove of Baltic and Tanya Rene Schlabach of Baltic

Coshocton Common Pleas Court – Divorces/Dissolutions

Divorces Granted:

April Dawn Waites of

Dresden to Michael McKinley WaitesDale M. Phillabaum of Newcomerstown to Christopher L. Phillabaum of NewcomerstownMelissa A. Conlon of Coshocton to John P. Con-lon of NewcomerstownDenise K. Losh of West Lafayette to Timothy P. Losh of Akron, OHJennifer Stocker of Warsaw of Michael Stocker of MillersburgCandace M. Williams of Coshocton to Kenneth S. Willliams of Coshocton

Dissolutions Granted:

Christie L. Hill of West Lafayette to Dallas L. Hill of West LafayetteHeather J. Buxton of Warsaw to Nicholas M. Buxton of WarsawCourtney Wilson of Coshocton to Brandon Wilson of CoshoctonMorgan L. Rodrigues of Coshocton to Louis A. Rodriguez of CoshoctonSherry Lynn Landis of Coshocton to Tad Allen Landis of West Lafayette

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