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Monthly Archives: August 2005

SALEM, Ohio - How would you like it if the county commissioners came knocking at your door to say they were selling off your farm or home to build a new Wal-Mart? Or, if they said most of your neighborhood would be razed and a car dealership would replace the ranches and saltbox homes that had been there for years? The

SALEM, Ohio - A barn fan apparently electrocuted and killed 11-year-old J.R. Smith of Salem Aug. 7. Police reports say the boy's father, Roy, called for help from the family's home on West Middletown Road north of Salem Sunday evening shortly before 9 p.

SALEM, Ohio - False alarm. Tests on the cow most recently suspected to have mad cow disease have come back from the lab with negative results, according to the USDA.

LISBON, Ohio - Gerald Thoma has been plotting for a year to buy granddaughter Samantha Cope's lamb at this year's Columbiana County Fair.

As I was washing dishes in the kitchen Sunday afternoon, the TV in the next room provided some background noise.

There are people who walk the path of life so graciously, so quietly, that we sometimes don't stop to celebrate the enormity of their presence.

The last week of July and first week of August were always the longest and hottest weeks of the year on the southern Illinois' farm of my youth.

Late summer is an excellent time to establish forages. The following steps will assist producers in successful renovation and establishment of grass fields and legumes.

Imagine a couple thousand research and extension types from all over the world in one place. No, not the plot for the latest horror movie, but a description of the Cincinnati Convention Center last week.

Trying to go from breakfast all the way until supper, I'm reminded, again how much better off I'd be "grazing" through the day with several light meals and snacks rather than two bigger meals.