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WARSAW – The Walhonding Valley Museum has been in Warsaw since 2003 when it opened in the former post office building. In 2008, it moved to its current location in the former medical and apartment building on Main Street. Now, the building will face a major renovation project that is desperately needed.

“People have been so good to us and have blessed us with so much stuff that we’re running out of space,” said Brenda Davis, president of the museum. “People have been so generous in donations and money.”

Residents have donated items Local Legend Lore they have found in their basements or attics that they have no sentiLt. Col. Gomer Wolf, mental attachment to, but have ties to local history. originally from “They told us in Roscoe (the Tiverton, served in Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum) that once we got established, they’d the Air Force and flood us, and they have,” said Dave who is a member of the piloted a B24 aircraft. Snyder, Walhonding Valley Historical SociWolf served with the ety.

The society is funded through creator of the “Andy local grants, mainly the Coshocton and the MontgomGriffith Show” and the Foundation ery Foundation, and was able to character of Gomer put a new roof on the more than 100-year-old building recently.

Pyle is named after The building is currently not handicapped accessible and Davis him. He flew 35 expressed the desire to install an elevator in the building if they missions. can receive state and/or federal funding. The current renovations include redoing the second story to house more items. This entails restoring the original hardwood flooring and redoing all the plaster and ceilings.

Davis would like to take the rooms back to their original height. They hope to feature a different theme in each room.

The local Boy Scouts are also coming in to redo the basement. Formerly, it was used as a Boy Scout meeting room, and Davis hopes to bring that part of the building’s history back to life.

The Walhonding Valley Historical Society was formed in 2000 and started collecting items for the museum by using Dale and Brenda Davis’ local memorabilia collection.

“This was a dream of Marv’s, my father-in-law,” said Brenda. “He had a desire to start a historical society and that’s what started this whole thing.

Ron Davis met with Marv prior to his death and wanted to make it a reality.”

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The Walhonding Valley Historical Society hopes to restore the upstairs of the museum and uncovered these hardwood floors during renovations.

After Marv’s death, a group of residents organized and applied for a 501c3 and received the status the second time after applying. The group went to village council and asked for a lease of the old post office building.

The local 4-H group painted the building and the Lion’s Club painted the inside.

“At the time, it was wonderful,” said Brenda. “We weren’t there a year before we started running out of space, so we had to start rotating displays.”

After about a year, the Walhonding Valley Historical Society acquired the apartment building, which was formerly a medical building until 1972, and moved the museum to Main Street. Clow donated their flag pole and Frontier Power installed it.

“It’s been an adventure that’s been very rewarding to me,” said Brenda. “I’ve met some wonderful people. People come here from all over the country looking for genealogy stuff.”

The museum features a military room with items from WWI and on, with one item from the Civil War, a loom from the 1800s, a barber chair from a former local business, a post office from Nellie, and many other items.

“The big thing with me is getting kids interested in local history,” said Brenda.

The Walhonding Valley Historical Society takes items by donation, on permanent loan, or temporary loan. For more information, visit wvhistoricalsociety.org.

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COSHOCTON – Chances are, if you have heard the story of Mary Harris, you haven’t heard the complete true story of this native captive. Mary Harris never murdered her native husband, was never a “newcomer”, and certainly never jumped off a rock while trying to escape her husband.

Scott E. Butler, Ph. D., has written a book entitled, ‘Mary Harris “The White Woman” of the Ohio Frontier in 1750’ and gave a presentation on Thursday, May 12 at the JohnsonButler Humrickhouse Museum. He spoke of the life of Mary Harris, her captivity into “The legends are just the Canadian Mohican tribe, and her Catholic marriage to a native, totally wrong and whose name is unknown. It was not “Eagle Feather” as some legdespicable and ends say.

“The legends are just totally should be forgotten.” wrong and despicable and should - Dr. Scott E. Butler, Ph. D. be forgotten because they’re just slanderous to her character,” said Butler.

Some legends even go so far to say that Harris was a white scalper and viciously murdered her husband, when actually, she was a very kind and peaceful woman. Butler said the truth about Mary Harris has been known since the 1920s, but still, the legends prevail.

“I’ve done a lot of research about Indian natives in the Coshocton area,” said Butler. “Mary Harris was just one of those legends out there that I started checking out, and I found out that the legends about Mary Harris are utter bilge (nonsense).”

Butler wrote a booklet two years ago exposing the legend, and as he began to research further and acquired more information on Mary Harris, he decided to publish a book about her, exposing the lies people in the area have believed about her for decades.

“I just had to learn where to draw the line in chance of proof and logic,” said Butler. “What was relevant to the story and what was left to another author.”

Butler also talked about the Mary Harris Prizes for non-fiction writing with some connection to the Coshocton Frontier. This is open to anyone who lives or works in the county and has an interest in writing an essay on 18th Century Coshocton County. Essays are due Nov. 1 and the awards are announced Nov. 14. First place receives $1,000 and second place receives $500. The essay must be 1,000 to 3,000 words in length and can be mailed to The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Attn: Mary Harris Prizes, 310 N. Whitewoman St., Coshocton, OH, 43812. To learn more about the essay requirements, stop by the museum or call 740-622-8710.

Copies of Butler’s book can be purchased at the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum gift shop and are available at the Coshocton Public Library.

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research it to see if you come across any concrete information,” she said.

If you are interested in genealogy, the Coshocton County Genealogy Society meets the third Tuesday from 7:30 – 9 p.m. in the library basement.

Membership is $10 per person and $12 per couple and entitles you to a newsletter from the organization.

“I think people like to be grounded and it’s a hobby,” said Cross. “For some people, they live and breathe genealogy and for other people, they just want to find the death certificate of their grandfather.”

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COSHOCTON – Tracing your family tree can be a daunting task if you are just starting out. With so much information to research and gather, it can feel a bit overwhelming. But according to Carole Cross of the Coshocton County Genealogy Society, the best place to start is to begin researching with what you already know.

“Start with your family and expand to your grandparents and siblings,” she said. “You need to know birth, death, and marriage records before you begin researching.”

There are forms available for free online that show you what a family tree, or pedigree chart, should look like.

“The advantage of having your family history on a chart is that you can see where the holes are and where you need to do more research,” she said.

One local resource that can help with finding your ancestors is the Local History Room at the Coshocton Public Library. Even if you have internet at home, there are some things that are only available locally.

The Local History Room includes microfilm of past newspapers in the county that can help researchers find information for their pedigree charts. Information can be copied and picked up at the front desk for $0.10.

They also feature three volumes of birth, death, and marriage records, and have a section of genealogy that has already been completed. There are also boxes of information that is not featured in books such as pedigree charts, pictures, and videos. They also have early police records and tax records.

“The pictures are like gold because so many times, those get lost when someone moves or dies and someone else cleans out their files,” said Cross.

On Fridays from 10 a.m. – noon, there is a member of the genealogy society who volunteers in the Local History Room to help anyone researching their family tree.

“Coshocton is very fortunate that they have such a strong genealogy society,” said Cross. “They are reading every tombstone in the county and that’s available in the Local History Room. It’s a wonderful service the society gives the county by reading those tombstones because some of them are made of sandstone and the weather has beaten them to death.”

Cross said that once you start your family tree, it’s important that you receive your information from a reliable source. For those with a computer, she recommends ancestry.com, familysearch.com, and heritage.com.

She also said not to give up if you run into problems.

“Sometimes you can go back quite a ways,” she said. “Sometimes you hit a wall. You have to move on to the names you’ve already researched.

It’s an illusion that you can instantly produce a pedigree chart. Sometimes it takes years to finish it, and sometimes you never finish it.”

Cross also suggests writing down family lore and researching this as part of your family tree to see if it’s true or not.

“If someone says, we’re related to a certain person, write it down and

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COSHOCTON – My mom (Sylvia) always said that she was not a very good cook when she and my Dad (Ed) got married. Her mother never wanted any of her children in the kitchen when she was cooking. My parents would laugh about the donuts with no baking powder that the coon hound buried in the yard and I guess he would eat anything except for those donuts! Mom became a very good cook and wonderful baker, she made the best homemade bread! She always gave credit to the three people who she said made her a better cook, my dad, Aunt Dot and her mother–in-law, Becky Hunter.

Mom also liked to tell about the recipe my Grandpa (Peck) gave her

for preparing cucumbers. My parents were married in November and the next summer was a good year for growing cucumbers. Dad liked them fixed with sour cream and mom had always had them in vinegar, so she was thrilled when grandpa offered her his recipe for cucumbers in sour cream.

He started with 2-3 medium size cucumbers fresh from the garden, washed well and peeled. They were then sliced or quartered to remove the seeds, then let stand for a few minutes. In the meantime, peel and chop a whole onion or green onions from the garden. After draining the cucumbers, stir in the onion and sour cream and season with salt and pepper.

Mom said her mouth was watering at this point, but what Grandpa said next was a big surprise. He then told her to proceed out the back door with the bowl and go to the pig pen. Where he would pour the contents into their trough and stand back and watch them enjoy their meal!

She then said he roared with laughter, because Grandpa hated fresh cucumbers. He would occasionally eat a brined pickle, but never fresh.

The trait passed down to my Uncle Don and me. I like pickles, but fresh cucumbers, never!

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COSHOCTON – The Coshocton Senior Center A Matter of Balance class makes a difference and Margaret McDowell can attest to that.

“I fell and injured my back,” she said. “I took the class last spring and found it very helpful. I have better balance and do things slower, which is the most important thing to remember. I came today to encourage others.”

About 14 people are attending the program, which addresses people’s fear of falling and helps them learn how to reduce their risk.

The May 13 session of A Matter of Balance focused on the importance of staying active.

“You feel better and you can do things like keep up with your grandchildren, get the groceries in and out of your car, rake your leaves, bend down and tie your shoes and other little things like comb and shampoo your own hair,” said Christy Neighbor, assistant director at the senior center. “Being physically active helps you live longer and be independent.

Plus if you do lose your balance, recovering from a fall requires muscle strength.”

She and Jamie Williams, co-director at the senior center facilitated the program.

They both reminded participants that they don’t have to join a gym or even attend an exercise class to be physically active.

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“Park two parking spots away from where you normally do and then the next week move four back,” Neighbor said. “If you usually just sweep your front porch, try also doing the sidewalk in front of your porch. It’s about making small increases in your activity level in the beginning.”

Williams stressed that being physically active will help reduce your risk of falls because you are strengthening you muscles and working on your coordination.

McDowell said one way she tried to incorporate more activity into her life was by standing on one foot and then the other while she brushed her teeth.

“Since I fell I can’t do it that well, but I’m trying,” she said. “You’d be surprised how helpful it is.”

Williams agreed that it’s important not to give up.

“Having better balance is like anything else in life,” she said. “You are only going to get better at it if you work at it.”

During the class, the participants practice some exercises and also were able to get a gait and balance assessment from Coshocton Springs staff members, Aaron Mullins, physical therapist and Jackie Dotson, PTA, rehab director.

“These will help you figure out why you might have a problem and where you need a little extra strengthening,” Dotson said.

The senior center plans to offer its A Matter of Balance class at least twice a year.

“I took it because I’m getting older and I don’t want to fall so I want to protect myself,” said Cathy Wegener. “I like it so far. A lot of what we’ve talked about I knew, but I’d forgotten about it.”

For information on the senior center and its programs, call 740-6224852.

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• Remember that all Ohioans deserve opportunities to grow, thrive and contribute throughout their lifespans; and

• Challenge community leaders, business owners, co-workers, family and friends to make aging their business, too!

Learn more about making aging your business by visiting the Ohio Department of Aging’s website (www.aging.ohio.gov) all month long for resources, guest blogs, activities and more. Follow the Ohio Department of Aging on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and join the conversation by using the hashtag #WellBeyond60.

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• Talk to your health care provider about lifestyle changes that can improve your overall health and wellness, as well as decrease your risk of injury and disability.

• Volunteer in your community to stay active and engaged.

• Mentor younger generations and model positive attitudes toward aging.

• Go back to school or participate in local programs to learn new skills.

• Express yourself through art.

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• Talk to your health care provider about healthy choices you can make now to improve your health and wellness, as well as delay or avoid chronic disease and disability later in life.

• Start planning today for possible future care needs, and have a plan to ensure your preferences are met.

• Explore community resources that help families care for their aging loved ones.

• Volunteer in your community to improve the lives and care of older adults.

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• Explore changes to make your community elder-friendly.

• Provide opportunities for elders to contribute in meaningful ways.

• Build and promote programs and initiatives that bring generations together.

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• Consider the needs of workers who may be providing care for older loved ones.

• Make your workplace a fall-free zone for employees, customers and visitors.

• Implement business policies and practices that make it easier for older adults to access your goods and services.

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COSHOCTON – The Coshocton County Senior Center was packed on Tuesday, April 26 during its 1960s dinner. People were encouraged to come dressed in their finest 60s attire and grooved to the tunes of Brad Fuller as he sang popular songs from that era.

“I wore tie dyed t-shirts,” said Floyd Conger. “I don’t think I had a shirt that wasn’t tie dyed. The 60s was all about the music and the parties. We partied all the time. I remember all these songs. I heard them over and over again and danced to them. It was a great era for music. He (Fuller) hasn’t played a song I didn’t know. It seemed like everyone got along in the 60s. It was a good era. I could live it over again. It was a great experience living in the 60s.”

The 1960s wasn’t a good time for everyone though. Jim Lucas, WWII veteran, graduated from college in the 60s and was an eighth grade teacher.

“It was the hardest thing in the world to keep those kids from acting up,” he said.

Lula Williams remembers a pivotal point in Coshocton County during the 1960s when General Electric came to town.

“My children were born in the 1940s and they were active in the Civil Rights Movement,” she said. “One thing that happened, it was hard for a black person to get a job and make a living. When General Electric came in, they opened up all kinds of jobs for everyone in the community. They came in and started hiring black people and people started having hope.

They’d go off to college and never thought to come back because there were no jobs.”

Judi Hunt got married and had kids in the 1960s and remembers mostly the clothes and the music.

“I loved the bellbottom pants and the funky t-shirts,” she said. “The music was the tops. I’m glad I lived through it. It was the good years.”

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Water is vital to good health COSHOCTON – Why read information about water when you already know all about it? Primarily because few people drink enough and may be drinking the wrong kind.

You already know water is at the center of life. Nobody can live more than 3 to 5 days without any water intake. Dehydration is a real problem.

According to recent research, one in five seniors does not get enough water on a daily basis. Among those who do not have a caretaker, that number drops to one in four. And seniors with dementia are six times more likely to be dehydrated.

Both coffee and soda are high in caffeine, which acts as a diuretic that will dehydrate you. Worse yet, sodas, fruit juices, and other sweetened beverages are primary sources of fructose, which will only deteriorate your health.

So what is a safe source for drinking water?

Municipal water is loaded with adverse chemicals, like chlorine and fluorine. Great for bathing but not for drinking. Our folks at our water plant do a great job purifying our waste water but there are too many chemicals in it that the body has to deal with.

Ground water from springs and wells now contain farm chemicals (pesticides, insecticides & herbicides) as well as industrial chemicals, toxic wastes, acid rain and parasites, bacteria and viruses.

Most bottled water is not recommended. Drinking from plastic water bottles can pose serious health risks from industrial chemicals like bisphenol-A and bisphenol-S , as well as phthalates, which leach from the plastic itself into the contents of the bottle. BPA and BPS are estrogenmimicking chemicals linked to reproductive defects, learning and behavioral problems, immune dysfunction, and prostate and breast cancer.

However some bottled waters are better than others. We can test them for

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Drinking water is so important that…

• 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (likely this applies to half the world population)

• A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.

• Even mild dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism by 3%.

• Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

• In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger... and they eat.

• One glass of water will shut down mid night hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters

Not the Volume.

• Preliminary research indicates that 6-8 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

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Contributed by William J. Strandwitz, PhD news@coshoctoncountybeacon.com

May is “Better Speech & Hearing Month!”

Discounts available all month long to Celebrate!

• Are you tired of changing batteries in your hearing aids?

• Have you had your hearing aids cleaned & checked lately?

• When was the last time you had your hearing tested?

At Hear Again LLC, we offer rechargable hearing aids, free cleanings, and free hearing tests. It is recommended to have your hearing aids professionally cleaned on a regular basis and your hearing tested annually after the age of 50.

Call Aaron Garabrandt today to schedule your appointment.

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Distilled water can actually be dangerous. It’s too acidic and is not recommended for extended use. It will actually draw nutrition away for the body.

Carbon filters, like Brita Filter do not remove microbes, sodium, nitrates, fluoride, and hardness. Lead and other heavy metals are removed only by specialized AC filters.

However, those water dispensing machines in the back of most grocery stores dispense Reverse Osmosis purified water, which is very affordable, free of almost all contaminents and is well worth the effort. Water should be H2O and nothing else. Reverse Osmosis water is as close to truly healthful water as you will get. For purity and high absorbability, nothing is better though than Penta Water.

William J. Strandwitz PhD, is a retired Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist with more than 25 years experience in a preventive medical office. He is presently manager of Marilyn’s Natural Foods in Coshocton.

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COSHOCTON – COSHOCTON - This year marks the 180th birthday of the Johnson-Humrickhouse Home. The Pomerene Center for the Arts has occupied this glorious mansion since 1984. Built in 1836 by George Silliman and his wife Anna Johnson, this home has stood for more than a century as one of the premier examples of Greek Revival architecture in the state of Ohio.

The Pomerene Center for the Arts wants to hear the stories you have collected about the house and those who lived and visited here. Their goal is to bring light to them at the opening of a summer exhibit and gala dinner celebrating the house and its history. More details will be revealed in the coming months regarding the opening date and time of this exhibit and dinner as the center is just in the collecting and planning phase.

All proceeds of this exhibit and dinner will benefit The Pomerene Center for the Arts and will be used toward historical and architectural preservation efforts of the home.

Send your stories to: The Pomerene Center for the Arts, 317 Mulberry St., Coshocton, OH 43812, call 740-291-9836, or e-mail pomerenearts@ gmail.com.

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COSHOCTON – Any parent knows that sometimes it is a lot easier to just do a task yourself rather than enlist the help of your children. The heavy sighs, the lollygagging, the tears… and those are just from the parents! Just kidding (sort of)! Having a family garden doesn’t have to be all work and no play.

Having a garden, vegetables, fruit or flowers, should be a family affair. The obvious reason of many hands make light work comes to my mind, but what better way to connect with Rogers your family and have conversations. You can start out talking about how the tomatoes are doing and end up solving the world’s problems.

Gardening together can help build a strong work ethic and be a lesson in patience. Plants do not grow on their own without preparing the soil, watering, weeding, and harvesting. And all of those things have to occur pretty frequently in a garden. Gardening helps everyone learn the valuable lesson that hard work pays off and that being lazy and letting things go can have disastrous and frustrating results.

Patience is a flower that doesn’t grow in all of our gardens. We don’t want to wait. We want things now. Gardening is an activity that has the motto, “Just wait until next year!” Improving and building the soil can take years of cultivation and compost. A seed doesn’t sprout, grow and produce in a week; it takes weeks. Sometimes things don’t work out the way you planned. Gardening is filled with victories and mishaps, but each one is a lesson for the next time.

As a family, gardening chores can be shared and rotated based on age and ability. Little ones can certainly manage to help plant seeds and plants or help to make rows with twine. You may have to overlook imperfect rows though! Older kids are capable of learning the difference between a plant you want and a weed, raking, watering and even starting and tending to the compost pile. Everyone can pitch in on harvesting vegetables and fruit or collecting cut flowers for the dinner table or a neighbor and most importantly, everyone can talk about and decide what should be grown each year.

Simply getting outside is good for the whole family. Many studies indicate that children spend less time outside than inmates in prison! So, take a break from the indoors and tap into some creativity by wandering in your lawn and garden. Make up a story about why the carrots are orange or pretend you are earthworms and discuss your favorite earthworm food and what earthworms do for fun. Lie in the lawn and see how many plants and insects can be in a square foot. Watch bees gather pollen – do they collect it on their back legs, their belly or under their “arm pits?” Respect for nature and how the world works together is an amazing process and the education you can receive is priceless. So, what are you waiting for?

Grab the kids, turn the TV off and go outside!

Tammi Rogers is the Program Asst., Ag & Natural Resources & County Master Gardener Volunteer Coordinator for OSU Extension Coshocton County

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Contributed by Jenny Wilson news@coshoctoncountybeacon.com

COSHOCTON – Here is a traditional side dish for any picnic or cookout especially Memorial Day. Have a safe and happy summer.

Loaded Baked Potato Salad Recipe is from Taste of Home 2016 RDA Enthusiast Brands, LLC TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 40 min. + cooling YIELD: 20 servings Wilson Ingredients 5 pounds small unpeeled red potatoes, cubed 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 8 hard-cooked eggs, chopped 1 pound sliced bacon, cooked and crumbled 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese 1 sweet onion, chopped 3 dill pickles, chopped 1-1/2 cups (12 ounces) sour cream 1 cup mayonnaise 2 to 3 teaspoons prepared mustard.

Directions 1. Place the potatoes in a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake, uncovered, at 425° for 40-45 minutes or until tender. Cool in pan on a wire rack.

2. In a large bowl, combine the potatoes, eggs, bacon, cheese, onion and pickles. In a small bowl, combine the sour cream, mayonnaise and mustard; pour over the potato mixture and toss to coat.

Yield: 20 servings.

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Nutritional Facts 1 serving (3/4 cup) equals 316 calories, 21 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 119 mg cholesterol, 510 mg sodium, 20 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 10 g protein.

Jenny Wilson is a private cooking consultant with Full Spoon Cooking & More.

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