Yearly Archives: 2001
Plenty to do at Cleveland Metroparks
The Park District provides countless warm weather recreation opportunities, including swimming, fishing, boating, hiking, golf, and historical visits, and an ideal backdrop for summer family fun.
Penn State Erie has forest resource class for teachers
The course will provide third through 12th grade teachers - and other educators - information and educational tools to teach a balanced environment and ecology curriculum related to Pennsylvania's forests and wildlife.
Penn spells out dairy, sugar prices and loan rate decisions
J.B. Penn, newly installed under secretary for farm and foreign agricultural programs at USDA, says the department will sell government-owned sugar to ethanol producers and others to improve domestic prices, manage USDA's sugar inventory and help meet U.S. energy needs.
Panama collection opens at Penn State Fayette campus
The Charles H. Wall Panama/Latin America Collection includes more than 300 books, videos, CDs and hand-made artifacts pertaining to Panama and Latin America.
Ohio State Fair entry deadlines approaching
Completed entry forms for most areas of competition at the fair must be postmarked by June 20, with poultry and rabbits; agriculture, horticulture and floriculture; and horse show entries due in early July.
New book: Sustainability benefits rural communities
"Interactions Between Agroecosystems and Rural Communities," edited and co-authored by Cornelia Flora, Iowa State University rural sociologist, examines the effects of agricultural production on people and the environment.
Lessons on being a better boss
Surveys have shown that the primary factor affecting a decision to leave an organization is whether or not the manager develops a trusting relationship with the employees.
Learn how to select a portable sawmill
A workshop on owning and operating a portable sawmill will be held July 14 at Bruce Tree Farm located in Monroe County.
Learn a bit of history this summer
"Tours at Two" the summertime tours and/or activities that pair the Western Reserve Historical Society's collections with activities and tours just for kids, will take place at 2 p.m. every weekday from June 19 through Aug. 18.
Grazing tour hosted in Carroll Co.
A grazing management and beef cattle improvement twilight tour will be held June 20 to tour a managed grazing operation, and highlight ways to improve grazing systems and beef cattle herds.
