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The Crescent-News is distributed throughout Defiance, Paulding and Henry; as well as parts of Williams, Fulton and Putnam counties in Ohio. The newspaper office is located in Defiance, Ohio. The Crescent-News publishes daily, featuring news, sports, weather, classified and display advertising, opinion and feature articles. The Crescent-News is owned by Dix Communications, a family owned communications company with newspapers, radio stations and Internet. Dix Communications has been in business for more than 100 years. The other newspapers Dix communication owns include Alliance Publishing, Ashland Publishing, Jersonian Co., Record-Publishing and the Wooster Republican. All the newspapers are in Ohio.

Giant Industries, in conjunction with its partners in Germany, designs, manufactures and markets a full line of high-pressure, high-temperature and high-flow pumps. The company s pumps fulfill a wide range of applications, including pressure washing, car washing, carpet cleaning, desalination projects, reverse osmosis, sewer cleaning, water jetting and misting, oil field operations, paper mill cleaning and cutting operations, boiler feeds, hydrostatic testing, descaling, dust suppression, agriculture applications, vaporizing and high-pressure injection applications. Giant also markets a full slate of pump accessories, including shut-off guns, lances, turbo nozzles, electric clutches, flow-actuated and pressure-actuated unloaders, pulsator valves, regulators, chemical injectors, pump oils, towels, regulators and numerous safety devices. Giant Industries maintains its corporate offices in Toledo, Ohio, and markets its pumps and accessories worldwide.