In honor of dad: Two 4-H members earn money for father’s disease
It's hard for young Audra and Jackie Plumley of Burton to show their dairy cattle this show season, in the wake of their father's death, but they're using the opportunity to raise awareness and funds for PanCAN, a non-profit group that supports pancreatic cancer research.
Harrison County 4-H club wins national service award
Green Valley 4-H Club of Harrison County, Ohio, won a national award in Colgate-Palmolive's 29th annual search for the country's best community projects by young Americans.
Lisbon 4-H’er and gymnast places in top one-third at national competition
Columbiana County 4-H'er Sara Stryffeler can show sheep and cattle as well as she can tumble and flip.
Interest in alternative medicine growing
More Americans are becoming interested in alternative medicine. And acceptance by mainstream health care providers is growing, too.
Twin sisters break sales records at Summit Co. Fair livestock sale
Twins Lisa and Amy Bourgeois took both the grand and reserve champion titles for their steers at the Summit County Fair last week and sold them at the fair's highest prices in history.
New video features dairy show ethics
A new youth-oriented video on dairy show ethics is available through the Holstein Foundation.
USDA depopulating Texas dairies
In a last ditch effort to get rid of bovine TB in Texas, the USDA is taking the drastic measure of buying out the dairy farms in El Paso County to create a buffer zone between the U.S. and tuberculosis-infected farms of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Ohio will host conference for amphora lovers
The Amphora Works produced art pottery in the Turn-Teplitz Region of Austria at the turn of the last century. Amphora collectors will hold a conference Aug. 9-11 at the Holiday Inn in Sidney, Ohio.
Alumnus recounts 4-H days, gives $50,000 to new center
Former 4-H'er Tiney McComb and his wife, Helena, along with his bank based in Gahanna, Ohio, pledged $50,000 to the new Ohio 4-H Center to be built on the OSU campus in Columbus.
Six inducted into state fair hall of fame
The newest class of inductees to the Ohio State Fair Hall of Fame include E. Denslow Eversole of Baltimore; Richard Lewis of Orient; C. LaVon Shook of Columbus; Ruth Stackhouse of Wakeman; Esta Lee Strauser of Mount Vernon; and Walter M. Burns of Plain City.
