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Lifestyle

Chris Deffenbaugh, owner of The Oak Barrel Company, holds a reclaimed saw blade that he carved a design into at his workshop in Wooster. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal) View more photos>>

Inspiration comes around

Wayne father-and-son team creates furniture and accessories from barrels, found materials

WAYNE TWP.: Chris Deffenbaugh can't bear to see reusable materials go to waste. So when a friend asked him to help move an old, fallen-apart barrel from his basement to the curb, Deffenbaugh saw not trash, but possibility. He reconstructed the barrel and turned it into a wine rack. Read the story>>

Time to buy a home?

If you believe the time is right to buy a house, then here is information you will need. Read the Beacon Journal stories on Buying a Home.

HOME & GARDEN NEWS:

Wayne father-and-son team creates furniture and accessories from barrels, found materials

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Nature of woods exhibit is to stir action

Kids' Krafts: Necklace honors Cherokees

Lint clings to new towels

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FAMILY NEWS:

Jewell Cardwell: Girl is family's personal angel

Barbie takes on Bratz in court

Lower your phone bill with a comparison of rates

Aug. 24: Akron couple pours energy into savings

Planning vital to providing lifelong care for disabled child

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FOOD NEWS:

Summer's bounty awaits

Salmon, sandwiches recalled

Going green in kitchen goes beyond leftovers

Chicken Divan is divine idea for broccoli

Chefs bring expertise to Twinsburg market

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UPUBLISH: THE SCENE - SOCIAL EVENTS:

Red White & Blue Without You

Noted Cleveland Chef to Headline Hospice of VNS Benefit

Operation Piece Of Home Donation Drive

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Local history: Camp staff alumni reminisce as Manatoc reunion is organized

Local history notes: Great clapper caper rings bell

Akron homemaker crowned first Mrs. America in 1938

Local history: Akron's ride of the future arrives in 1957

Goodyear to donate photograph collection to UA

Akron football team was sizzling hot in 1930s

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F.Y.I.

George Dryden (left) lines up the fairway shot for his friend Pat Nelman, who is legally blind, in their golf league at Fox Den Golf Course in Stow. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal) View more photos>>

Blind golfer has a feel for game

Disease takes most of Stow man's sight, but not his love and talent for sport

George Dryden was cleaning out his garage when his buddy discovered he was getting rid of some golf clubs. ''Don't get rid of those,'' Pat Nelman said. ''You're going to play with me. . .'' Read the story>>

Summit organizations work to stop suicide

Barb Medlock, hot line coordinator, offers tips

When the Beacon Journal printed the story of an Iraq war veteran from Akron who killed himself this summer, it got the attention of Barb Medlock. Read the story>>