Monthly Archives: August 2001
The eight proposition intruder
Farm and Family Living columnist Laurie Marlatt Steeb writes about her experience when a drunken driver drove headlong onto her brother's farm.
Larding needles weren’t for sewing
Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about what some of the terms included in old cookbooks mean in terms of fireplace cooking.
Big bids for rabbits at Washington Fair
With only 15 market pens on the auction block at Saturday's Junior Fair Market Livestock Sale, the bunnies brought in the bucks, netting nearly $4,000 in sales.
Web site is source of sources for West Nile Virus information
As West Nile Virus gets increasing attention as a threat to both public and animal health in North America, the Agricultural Research Service's National Agricultural Library has put up a "go-to-first" Web site for information about it.
Red Cross says thanks
Patricia Lang of Holmes County Red Cross writes to thank those who contributed to the chapter's annual auction.
Records shattered at 2001 Ohio State Fair sale of champions
Stark County's Laura Kline shows the grand champion market steer.
Pa. officials seize tractor-trailer for hauling wheat after asbestos load
The driver had hauled asbestos from Portland, Conn., to Youngstown, then allegedly picked up wheat at McCullough Grain in Sharpsville.
Ohio hit by dramatic rise in HMO preumims
Six states, including Ohio, will be hit hardest by planned increases in managed care health insurance premiums by the large national and regional plans.
Ohio Cup vintage baseball festival set
The Ohio Historical Society event, with three fields, is the largest and oldest such event in the nation, drawing 21 clubs.
Number of older Ohioans to double in 2015
Miami University Gerontology Center warns Ohio needs to plan for the consequences of the buldge in seniors that will hit in 2015.
