If you are not a “dog person” you might as well turn the page.
But if you are one of those who consider your dog, be he or she a purebred or mixed breed, an important member of your family, you’ll understand the ongoing heartache of Tom Brugnaux of Poland/Boardman and Cindi Hamrock of Austintown who […]
This past fall, Oct. 23-24, to be exact, Aumann Auctions were in charge of dispersing the large collection of antique tractors and paper ephemera belonging to Gary Parker of Churubusco, Ind. It was a large sale and, although I wasn’t there, it’s interesting to review the prices realized for some of this “Rusty Iron.”
What […]
Like Henny “Take my wife — please” Youngman, Steven Wright has built a comedy career on one-line jokes.
A classic Wright one-liner unblinkingly and unsmilingly asks: “Twenty-four hours in a day, 24 beers in a case — coincidence?” The question is clever and rhetorical; laughter is its only answer.
Lots of coincidences
January seemed to brim […]
On Feb. 12-15, birders all across the country will participate in the 13th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), a joint project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society.
This popular citizen science project is an opportunity for families, students, and people of all ages to discover the world of wild […]
“Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you.”
I have always hated that fable. Words do hurt.
Words can kill.
Fifteen-year-old Phoebe Prince chose to take her own life rather than deal with what has been characterized as “relentless physical and cyber bullying.”
Prince was besieged in school, via text […]
“In February a farm is like a child’s hand, opened and held palm up to show that nothing is concealed in it. Without leaves to veil the farm buildings and fields, the naked facts of a farmer’s work habits and holdings are revealed even to the casual traveler passing along the road. Did the farmer […]
While recently catching up on some reading, I saw an article that caught my interest. It was titled “Is your child ready for farm chores?”
Since I work with dairy youth programs, this topic captured my curiosity. However, as a parent who had regularly enforced chores upon our sons, I had not posed such a question […]
Hello from Hazard!
We heard from only one more reader on Item No. 880, and Robert Dorner of Mansfield, Ohio, is thinking along the same lines as reader Joyce Talbert in last week’s issue: It’s a jar opener (or tightener).
Scott Moody, from Albany, Ohio, who sent in the photo and collects kitchen gadgets, wondered that, too, […]
Hello Again!
Last minute news! The deadline for accepting applications for the Grassland Reserve Program is quickly approaching. And that’s putting it lightly.
Grassland Reserve Program
The deadline for submitting Grassland Reserve Program applications is Jan. 29 for applicants to submit offers for Grassland Reserve Program easement funding in 2010 and Feb. 12 for Grassland Reserve Program rental […]
You hear all the time about embracing your inner child, but what if what you have is less an inner 8-year-old and more an inner 80-year-old?
So to speak
I was kind of mature even as a kid, downright stodgy even.
Take grammar for instance. There is an attempt by “kids these days” to embrace the […]
