Monthly Archives: June 2007
Despite devastating tornado, Kansas fair being reborn
GREENSBURG, Kan. - The phrase "true grit" is often associated with cowboy toughness - an indomitable spirit - that proved an asset in settling the West.
Competition in the kitchen
It's finally summertime. That means there are all kinds of activities to look forward to, like bonfires, swimming and spending time with family and friends.
Vets: Some horses in worse shape after foster care than when ‘rescued’
CANFIELD, Ohio - Thirteen horses were hauled back to Thomas Skelton's Canfield area farm June 18, but veterinarians who inspected the horses both in foster care and at the farm since their return say some of them are in worse shape now than when they were taken.
Trashy clothes
REEDS MILLS, Ohio - Seventeen-year-old Coral Roach, in her drop-waist party dress, is shooting for something trendy, yet modest.
Judge clears Wayne County hog farmers, employee of most charges
WOOSTER, Ohio - There was a collective sigh of relief from the defendants and their supporters when Wayne County Municipal Court Judge Stuart Miller cleared Creston hog farmer Ken Wiles and his employee, Dusty Stroud, of all animal cruelty charges after a day and a half of testimony June 19-20.
Evolution of an exhibition
PAINESVILLE, Ohio - There are decades of economic and social and personal histories crammed into a cardboard box in the Lake County fair office.
Ways to graze
(Editor's note: This story is the first in a three-part series on sheep farming. Each story focuses on a different type of sheep production.
Fair is foundation for many friendships
LISBON, Ohio - Water balloon fights, concerts, campground cookouts, roaming the midway in search of the perfect french fries (or the perfect date).
Feeding glycerol to cows has limits
Are you a label reader? Probably not, unless you get bored when you are on "business" in the bathroom and you don't have Readers...
Someone fire this marketing agency
I'm not the most frugal of individuals, but I'm by no means a spendthrift. Either way, I have little respect for things crossing my desk that strike me as a colossal waste of energy, time and money.
