Yearly Archives: 2001
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.
Efforts to save dairy compacts persevere
The Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact expired Sept. 30, and the U.S. House passed the new Farm Security Act Oct. 5 without dairy compacts, but compact supporters have not given up.
Haus Orchard and Cider Mill bears fruit of labors
The Mahoning County farm market continues its family owned and operated flavor after nearly 50 years.
