Students at Hilltop Elementary School in Canfield, including this group of second graders, got a behind-the-scenes look at Farm and Dairy, as copy editor Abby Slanker shared her story at the school’s Career Day March 27.
Sometimes the most important person on a cattle photo shoot isn’t the photographer, it’s the “ear man.” Here, a little wave of the baseball cap out-of-sight of the main camera keeps this winning Hereford at attention at the 2009 Ohio Beef Expo.
Hand-painted Russian eggs, known as psyanky eggs, are on display at the Sutliff Museum in Warren, Ohio, through April. The museum, located on the second floor of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, is free, open Wednesday through Saturday from 2-4 p.m.
Ashtabula Co. 4-H youth visited the county commissioners recently to participate in 4-H Week Proclamation Ceremony. Harley Buckley and Dawnelle Corron shared their Saddle Horse experiences; Greg Howard briefly explained his new role on the State 4-H Foundation Board; Craig Anderson came with his Pekin duck, and Megan Kelly came with her miniature horse.
2009 Ohio Ayrshire royalty were chosen recently at the annual meeting of the Ohio Ayrshire Breeders Association. Eileen Gress, Ohio Ayrshire queen, and Diane Gress, Ohio Ayrshire princess, are the new royalty. Both girls are daughters of Lisa and Joe Gress of Shreve, Ohio.
West Holmes FFA’ers (L-R) Trevor Turner, Linsey Howell, Mac Golemo, Nakesha Klingler, Casey Schlauch recently competed in the district job interview contests, with two members earning the right to compete on the state level. Schlauch placed first in the freshman division and Golemo won the first year junior/senior division to advance to the state contest. [...]
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau members, representatives of the Ronald McDonald House in Pittsburgh and Ronald McDonald gather around a food donations as part of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau’s Food Check-Out Day activities. Pennsylvania farmers raised $8,397 in food and cash donations for the Pittsburgh house.
Mahoning County farmer Ed Schaefer Jr. decided to skip the flowers, chocolates and mushy card for his wife, Jen, and made a more public statement last weekend for Valentine’s Day. “There’s no better way to say ‘I love you’ than with a load of manure, is there?” he joked. Schaefer spread his love — and [...]
Here’s another fun one from our files. It was taken at the 2001 Miss Hawaii contest and we’re pretty sure that Farm and Dairy wasn’t the center of attention that day.
Here’s another good one from the Farm and Dairy files. In 2001, Mike Semchee took his paper and went scuba diving in the Atlantic Ocean in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. We wish we were a little closer to the beach right now!
