As New Philadelphia lost the services of George Houston, Dover City Council will soon bid farewell to Roy Crawford who has served on Council since the early 80's. I have known Roy for a long time, going back to the days of the Dover Jaycees.

Roy has been a great public servant and has always had the best interests of Dover at heart. He was always well organized and prepared for the various projects on which we worked together. Perhaps it was because of his engineering background, but he paid close attention to details, always making sure that people knew what was expected of them and that all the bases were covered. His leadership of Dover City Council will be missed. We certainly wish him all the best as he embarks on his new job at the Ohio Department of Transportation District 11.

Last weekend I did our remote broadcast at the J.E. Reeves Home for the annual Ice Cream Social. What a great time I had being on the grounds of that wonderful home and spending time with members of the Dover Historical Society. One of the highlights of the day was the opening of the new exhibit, "Canal Dover: Life in Nineteenth Century Tuscarawas County." The exhibit is located upstairs in the Carriage House, and I think everyone should go and learn more about the people and the early beginnings of the place we call home. It won't take much gas to get there, and the exhibit is free. I want to thank Matt Lautzenheiser, director of the Dover Historical Society and the J. E. Reeves Home, for his time and for arranging for the broadcast. And while I'm at it, I also want to thank Don Kemp of Kemp Insurance and Doug Sopher of Sopher Insurance for their support and interest in getting the story of the Dover Historical Society out to our listeners. Their interest in promoting community awareness of our rich history is most commendable.

While at the event I had a chance to talk with our Tuscarawas County Bicentennial Queen and attendants. Cassie Mizer is the queen, and her attendants are Danielle Henry and Katrina Zucal. These young women are doing a terrific job representing Tuscarawas County and our Bicentennial by attending almost every event here in the county and participating in parades and other events around Ohio. It takes a lot of time and they have truly made the effort to tell the story of Tuscarawas County.

For 58 years WJER has been the only local broadcast station that has taken an interest in lost pets. We have been matching up found dogs, cats, cows, horses and I think an iguana with their lost owners. So it is only natural that we want to do whatever we can to promote a social event for dogs. Last weekend was the 6th Annual Strut Your Mutt at the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds. We  were glad so many of you brought your dogs over on a leash to the doggy social event of the year! It is indeed fun to get your leash, and Strut Your Mutt. Our broadcast at the event was sponsored by the Geib Pet Crematory. They are one of the Corporate Sponsors of the event, and they will also provided free pictures of you and your dog.

Those are my views, if you want to see these comments and more, check out the WJER website at wjer.com and click on R News and Views.