Monthly Archives: December 2008
These Web sites are just right for nature lovers
Each holiday season I recommend books and other gifts that might interest readers. Today I give a gift to you -- a series of...
Extension to offer small farm college
NEWARK, Ohio -- The Muskingum, Perry and Licking county offices of Ohio State University Extension will offer "East Central Small Farm College," a...
Gardeners unite: Set goals you don’t intend to keep, gain comfort with reality
TOPEKA, Kan. -- One Kansas gardening guru is adopting a new approach to 2009 New Year's resolutions. She's suggesting fellow gardeners follow suit and...
International trade show to promote Ohio
CLEVELAND -- The Ohio Israel Agricultural Initiative of the Negev Foundation is sponsoring an Ohio booth at Agritech 09 International Agricultural Exhibition in Israel...
Blending wall hinders ethanol growth
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ethanol production opened the door to the renewable fuels industry. The industry now must get past an imposing wall of...
The bootie
By Marie Walker
Leetonia, Ohio
Honorable mention
Tears flowed from my eyes while I hung the little red and white stuffed elf. It was Carol’s favorite Christmas...
Merry mischief
By Sharon Sweda
Huron, Ohio
Honorable Mention
“Doggone it!”
Janet hears Henry’s familiar bellow. She knows, without looking or hearing the stomp of his boots, that in an...
Of Christmas chores and country kindness
By Jennifer Bryan
Paris, Ohio
Honorable Mention
The frosty morning air stung my nose as I stepped out the door of our farmhouse. My parents’ boot prints...
Through the eyes of a child
By M. Merlin Acker
Wooster, Ohio
Honorable Mention
Farmer Jim awoke early one bright spring morning, traveling to the steep eastern slope on his farm overlooking a...
A question of faith
By Chet Cornman
Freeport, Pa.
Third place
The floorboard creaked and Amy froze. Someone was out there all right. Carefully, oh so carefully, she extended her neck...
