Yearly Archives: 2001
National Pork Board selects new CEO
Steven D. Murphy of Des Moines, Iowa, assumes the new position to manage the National Pork Board staff, which operates checkoff-funded programs on behalf of America's pork producers.
Museum lecture explains use of passenger lists
The Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center is offering an Oct. 20 class on "Finding Your Ancestor's Passenger List."
MetroParks surplus equipment auction draws big truck buyers
A surplus equipment auction for Cleveland MetroParks Sept. 29 by Joe Mescan, auctioneer, put 226 items that went on the auction block. High selling items were the trucks, tractors and equipment.
Mercer 4-H holds fund-raiser
The 4-H Benefit Auction, to help raise $5,000 to $10,000, will be Oct. 20 at the 4-H Park.
Maple syrup tour, banquet slated
The Ohio Maple Producers Association annual meeting and tour will be held Nov. 2-3 in Geauga County.
House approves farm bill that Bush doesn’t like
Critics say the White House waited too long in the legislative process to release its position, and lost its chance to help mold the bill.
Home, sweet solar home: Ohio tour spotlights solar projects
The Northeast Ohio Tour of Solar Homes Oct. 13 is a free, self-guided tour features solar homes and green building projects in nine communities.
History course traces influence of automobile on American life
Professor who was an auto mechanic before he was an academic is teaching a new course this fall is concentrating on the automobile as a new lens through which to view American cultural development.
Guernsey County Fair sale sets new record
Wal-Mart of Cambridge, as a new buyer at the Junior Fair Livestock Sale, took a deep plunge and purchased the grand champion market hog for $14 per pound.
Group has different view of Christmas
Alternatives for Simple Living wants to help you simplify your Holiday by helping you tell friends, "Buy me nothing. I'll still love you."
