A weekly roundup of 4-H news for the week of May 1, 2008
AURORA, Ohio — One of Portage County’s newest 4-H clubs, the Trail Blazers, have recently begun operating in the Aurora area.
They have elected...
Energy bill is approved in Ohio
Ohio lawmakers have agreed on a bill that could set the state’s energy policy.
Planting a new crop: Ag educator rebuilds FFA program, wins national award for efforts
SMITHVILLE, Ohio — Learning the steps to the scientific method — predictions and tests and controls and formulating hypotheses — can be downright complicated...
300 attend West Branch FFA banquet
The West Branch FFA banquet drew 300 people, the largest crowd in the chapter's history.
Cleveland Browns’ Braylon Edwards promotes healthy habits
COLUMBUS — Students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District recently played host to a new gym teacher for a day, Braylon Edwards, wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns.
Taylor donates 70 acres to easement
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — Williams County farmland owner Mildred Taylor recently donated permanent agricultural easements totaling 70 acres on her Florence Township farm to the...
West Virginia livestock owners encouraged to vaccinate for rabies
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With two cases of rabies confirmed in livestock already this year, the West Virginia Department of Agriculture is encouraging farmers to...
Scotts MiracleGro products recalled
CHICAGO — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 issued “stop sale, use or removal” orders April 25 to Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. and two affiliates,...
New Lake Erie shipwreck Web site is now online
LORAIN, Ohio — Ohio Sea Grant has launched a new interactive Web site, Shipwrecks and Maritime Tales of the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail,...
First peregrine falcon chicks of the year hatch in Cleveland
COLUMBUS — The first peregrine falcon chicks of the 2008 season have hatched at the Terminal Tower nest in downtown Cleveland, according to the...