Monthly Archives: September 2001
For your health: Growing gormet garlic
What started as a single row in a backyard garden has evolved into a 4-acre plot and a full-time national business.
You shouldn’t believe half of what you read in e-mail
A new "friendly warning" that's been hitting e-mail boxes around the country, about the release of credit information, is a hoax.
Superfund cleanup efforts continues to drain billions from taxpayers’ pockets
A new Congress-commissioned report by Resources for the Future scholars Katherine Probst and David Konisky finds that after 20 years and billions of dollars spent cleaning up many of the U.S.'s most contaminated areas the EPA still has a lot more work to do.
Pesed, a 2,300-year-old Pennsylvania mummy, to vacation in Harrisburg
The Westminster College Cultural Artifacts Collection, will be part of the "Egypt: Untold Journeys" exhibit starting Oct. 20 at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg.
On target! : Ohio teens finish third in air rifle championship
A team of young Ohio athletes finished third at the National Rifle Association's three-position air rifle junior national championships in Atlanta Aug. 18.
Old and new murals, mosaics portray local history in unlikely public places
Floodwalls have joined the walls of post offices and libraries and the sides of buildings as the canvas for community art.
Ohio wines recognized for excellence
Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Fred L. Dailey presented awards to area wineries at the 2001 Vintage Affair at the Ohio State Fair in August.
National measures in place to strengthen crop insurance program
The USDA's Risk Management Agency, Farm Service Agency and private reinsured crop insurance companies that sell and service crop insurance policies have joined forces in a nationwide effort to improve the integrity of the program.
Museum celebrates Sept. 14 anniversary of McKinley’s death
A temporary exhibit to honor the fallen president, "A Man's Best Gift to His Country is His Life Blood: Public Servant William McKinley," will be on view in the Keller Gallery through Jan. 31.
Korean War vets eligible for medals
There are more than 1.7 million veterans still eligible for the Korean War Service Medal, including the next of kin of deceased veterans.
