Monthly Archives: August 2005
Longtime 4-H volunteer still preaches ‘learn by doing’
PORTERSVILLE, Pa. - After more than six decades of 4-H involvement, 77-year-old Marge McElwain-Miller has finally called it quits.
Hogweed creeps into northeast Ohio
JEFFERSON, Ohio - A weed described as a freak of nature has spread across Pennsylvania and is making its way through Ohio.
Geauga County Fair: A ‘miniature’ fair attraction
BURTON, Ohio - Nancy Mayors walks out of the barn, into the pasture, and taps her hand insistently on her thigh.
Dan Tronge
SUFFIELD, Ohio - "Let's see if we can make him cry," the teacher tells his class. Halfway into the showmanship clinic, a boy just walked in with his steer and the other kids are wide-eyed, not knowing what's in store for their friend.
Buyers support youth in Mercer County
MERCER, Pa. - This year's champion record at the Mercer County 4-H Roundup didn't go to the steer, the hog or even the goat.
State fair program reaches $1 million mark; repeat winners in purple circle
COLUMBUS - There were three repeat winners in the purple circle at the 2005 Ohio State Fair Sale of Champions, but none of them were the highlight of the Aug.
Parrish violated state laws by taking prized hog home, hearing officer says
SALEM, Ohio - Did he or didn't he switch ear tags? That question doesn't matter much now for the state department of agriculture as it investigates Howard Parrish's role in the swap of his granddaughter's 2004 county fair champion hog, apparently to save the prized gilt from death.
Martha Pemberton, beekeeper: 90 years young and no sign of slowing
CANTON, Ohio - Martha Pemberton starts every day with a cup of hot tea and a big dab of honey. She's not sure, but that tea and honey might just be the secret to her longevity.
Croton, Ohio, farm: Ohio Fresh Eggs ordered to clean up, pleases inspector within 24...
SALEM, Ohio - Ohio Fresh Eggs managers were served with an emergency order to reduce flies and fix water leaks at the farm's Croton facilities Aug.
Four records smashed at Butler Farm Show sale
BUTLER, Pa. - It could be the youths' hard work with their animals. It could be the parents' last-minute phone calls.
