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Pork board looking for new leader

Thursday, May 10, 2001 by Other News

The National Pork Board is moving forward with its search for a new chief executive officer.

Student life during the Depression

Thursday, May 10, 2001 by Other News

A new oral history project at the University of Illinois is helping to recover the routine and preserve the ordinary through the memories of Depression era undergraduates.

Play ball – the old-fashioned way

Thursday, May 10, 2001 by Other News

Stan Hywet sponsors two vintage league baseball teams, a fun and inexpensive alternative to major league action and a return to the game “the way it was meant to be played.”

Northeastern Ohio boasts one of the country’s largest arboreta

Thursday, May 10, 2001 by Other News

The Holden Arboretum at Kirtland encompasses more than 3,400 acres, and has trails through gardens, fields, woods, past ponds, and down into the valley. Tours are available.

Sheep industry opposes WTO decision

Thursday, May 10, 2001 by Other News

The World Trade Organization’s appellate body overturned a 1999 decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission that has prompted the United States to impose import restraints on lamb meat imports.

Northwestern FFA honors members

Thursday, May 10, 2001 by Contributing Writers

Andrea Keener was recognized with the Dekalb Award

Iowa CornCam has Web visitors grinning ear-to-ear

Thursday, May 10, 2001 by Other News

Once again, visitors from around the world will be able to log onto their Internet browsers, sit back and witness one of nature’s wonders: a crop of corn growing in eastern Iowa.

Leave cute baby creatures alone, they’re not abandoned

Thursday, May 10, 2001 by Other News

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources warns that the best of intentions often lead to bad results when people pick up young animals, instead of leaving them where they were found.

Manure spill damages stream

Thursday, May 10, 2001 by Contributing Writers

A Wayne County landowner applying liquid manure through an irrigation system had manure ran down both sides of a knoll into Steele Ditch, resulting in resulted in a damaged stream, loss of aquatic life and five miles of upset land owners.

USDA upholds roadless protections rule

Thursday, May 10, 2001 by Other News

Secretary of Agriculture Veneman announces additional actions to address reasonable concerns to ensure responsible implementation.