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Hunter Armstrong is the latest in a string of folks calling Tuscarawas County home.

The Times-Reporter  When your heart and your home are suddenly plunged into troubles, you quickly know who your real friends are. I have learned, over time, who will be there, and it is a warm feeling to know that. I have also learned that sometimes when I think a friend really isn’t, it is because they simply don’t know how to react to your sorrow, and don’t know what to say. We all offer our help, and most of us sincerely mean it, but how often can you really do something, other than listen. People are often afraid they will say something wrong at the wrong time and make you even sad...

The Times-Reporter Today is the day I’m supposed to plant my peas. Crazy isn’t it? We’ve not yet escaped the nightly frosts that are keeping spring at bay, but it’s time for those little nuggets to go into the ground. So I will lift the plastic cover off of one of my “wonder boxes”, chase whatever little varmints have resided there for the winter (usually snakes) and attempt to dig the trenches that will house the sweet green rewards in June. Peas are not really an economical crop. Easy to grow … yes, they do come right up in March, and requiring little tending, other than water...

The Times-Reporter I have mentioned my aged, but much beloved car before. This winter, true to form, it has been an absolute gem, starting immediately, and almost stopping on the slippery spots in the driveway and at stop signs. Although it is a heavy truck-type van, it does not have four-wheel drive, and is not quite of the tonnage that plows though snow and ice without a little manipulation. I began driving at 16, timid and uncertain even after high school driver’s education classes. I learned on and took my test in, my parents’ automatic shift Pontiac. The test was offered at the old ...