Monthly Archives: October 2001
Middendorf estate auction eclectic
Studded with enough impressive antique furniture and furnishings the sale drew a good sized crowd of bidders who came for more than just curiosity.
Kingsville branch packed with grapes
The OSU Grape Research Branch in Ashtabula County, a 25-acre facility with research vineyards, hosts an estimated 600 visitors a year, most of them students.
Gun shop auction attracts bidders.
High sale was a 1863 Sharps carbine with saddle scabbard that sold for $3,500.
Greensburg Antique Show adds third day
The show is scheduled Nov. 2-4 at the Mountain View Inn east of Greensburg, Pa.
GMO tests are available to farmers
OSU researchers have outlined a number of tests available to farmers that measure levels of herbicide and insect tolerance of such crops as corn or soybeans.
Genealogical seminar offered in Mahoning County
The Mahoning County chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will hold a Nov. 3 beginning genealogy fall seminar.
Area toy museum can unleash the kid in you
A Marx toy collector, Francis Turner, has rekindled the dreams and memories associated with the former West Virginia toy manufacturer by opening of an Official Marx Toy Museum in Moundsville.
Antiques show returns to Bath elementary
The Revere Antique Guild will hold its 53rd annual antique and collectible show Oct. 19-20.
Ag Encounter 2001
More than 400 elementary students from the New Castle Area School District explored agriculture's role in their everyday lives at the ag event at Lawrence County Fairgrounds.
Ohio milk producers not convinced compacts work
Dairy producers who turned up at a Farm Bureau informational meeting came with lots of questions, quite a few opinions, and a big dose of an "we ought to take a good look at this, but I'm not sure it will work" attitude.
