Local professional life coach helps others ‘live fully’
SUGAR CREEK TWP. Florence Steiner believes in looking forward. For nearly 20 years, Steiner has been a medical surgical nurse. She has always worked with people. Now, she is transitioning into an additional career. She continues to be dedicated to assisting people, but on another level. She has discovered this new chapter in her life is…
Read MoreA life of service — Lehman’s Hardware founder remembered for helping others
PHOTOS PROVIDED At left, over the past few years, Jay Lehman enjoyed restoring antiques and even after retiring from the store he founded, he was seen at Lehman’s and around the town that he loved. Group photo: From back, Glenda, daughter, Galen, son, Duane and Wendy (daughter), Kevin (son) and Jenn; front row: Sherri, Galen…
Read MoreLearning to fly: Dalton teen rising in equestrian sport ranks
PHOTOS PROVIDED Top left, Madison Wade on Roo receives her first title at the Quarter Horse Congress in 2018. Top right, Wade is the Ohio Pinto Sweetheart. DALTON Madison Wade is more than a horse whisperer. She has full-blown conversations with horses. “There’s this thing with equestrians that if you’ve been around horses enough…
Read MoreSandy’s legacy: College scholarship dedicated to memory of ‘light-hearted’ nurse
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY KATY BIGGS Katy Biggs is proud of her grown grandsons, Mike and Brian, their wives, and the five great-grandchildren, above, who her daughter, Sandy Pete, didn’t get to meet. Pete died Feb. 19, 2000, after a six-year struggle with breast cancer. Dalton graduate Makenna Geiser is the first recipient of the scholarship…
Read MoreFlower power: Gardening brings joy, peace to local woman
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY ADA BYLER In a rented farmhouse just outside of Dalton, a little piece of paradise has been growing. Ada Byler has been building her vibrant but peaceful “happy place,” and has been learning about different types of flowers and plants — and having fun along the way. SUGAR CREEK TWP. When Ada…
Read MoreBidding on history: Kidron Auction approaches a century of service
ARCHIVE PHOTO BY DREW HUGLAND | DGKN John Sprunger rides in the parade celebrating Kidron’s 200th anniversary in 2019. PHOTO FROM WWW.KIDRONAUCTION.COM John Sprunger took over the auction in 1973, which is still going strong for nearly 100 years. KIDRON For years in June, in the 1930s and into the 1950s, Cy Sprunger hosted a…
Read MoreBack in the game: Youth baseball, softball resume in Wayne County
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY JASON BOYER Left, Greyson Siders, who is on a 14u team through the Dalton Youth Athletic Association winds up near the beginning of the season. It’s known as America’s favorite pastime and, at the youth level locally, baseball’s return seems to also have offered some comfort to players and fans. In mid-May, state officials announced…
Read MoreSugar Creek Township voters to see fire levies on November ballot
SUGAR CREEK TWP. Residents will have a levy to consider when they head to the polls in November to help support services provided by their local fire departments. Voters in the northern portion of the township will be considering a levy that will support East Wayne Fire District, and voters in the southern portion will…
Read More‘Letting go of the past’ Online estate auction runs through July 21
Potential buyers can bid at www.bidblindsquirrelauctions.com through July 21. DALTON An avid antique collector and her family are meticulously sorting through beloved belongings with the hope they will end up in the hands of others who will enjoy them just the same. The longtime Dalton hair stylist and former owner of The Dalton Gazette &…
Read More245-mile run for camp
PHOTOS PROVIDED Brian Polen, left, of Wooster, takes a break in Dalton on May 24 with supporters and fellow runners Chrissy and Bob Fratena and their children, Luci and Dominic. Brian Polen and some of his “crew” in downtown East Liverpool, just moments after finishing his 245-mile Run Across Ohio. From back left, Josh Vanderzyden and…
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