Monthly Archives: September 2005
A new reality TV show helps an Iowa dairy farmer’s dream come true
SALEM, Ohio - On NBC's new reality show, Three Wishes, wishes really do come true. Iowa dairy farmers Terry and Amy Aberson will have their wish granted Sept.
The Darr dash
NEWCOMERSTOWN, Ohio - This farm office is a flurry of activity. George Darr and his intern sit facing one another in the Sunset Acres second-floor farm office, dialing or answering the phone almost nonstop.
From field to fabulous: Straw bales build house of gold
CARROLLTON, Ohio - Diana Dally can't wait to finish building her dream house. She's daydreaming of soaking in the spa-size bathtub that will overlook her 2-acre lake and the giant hemlock.
Look back and relive beloved times
Have you ever been driving along, listening to the radio, when a song comes on that simply takes you back to a day, a moment in time, a place you never thought you would be again? I have experienced that same incredible jolt at times when looking at treasured photographs.
Summer’s end is filled with yellow
The end of central Illinois' heat-stoked, rain-starved summer is being whispered in the yellow leaves rattling on my backyard's black walnut trees.
Moving In
No matter how much we plan ahead at our house, it seems those plans always change. I choke back some frustration, let the rest of it torture the eardrums of my family in heated words, and tell myself to stay flexible.
Forging a ‘failure for life’ in first grade
There is a certain, delicious agony in failing first grade. Granted, it's virtually impossible to really flunk out on the second day of school, but me, I'm an overachiever.
Tuscarawas Co. Farm Bureau celebrates its members’ successes
SUGARCREEK, Ohio - "Hog Wild for Our Ohio" was the theme for the 2005 Tuscarawas County Farm Bureau annual meeting Aug.
Stark County Fair totals more than $443,000
CANTON, Ohio - Nearly half a million dollars poured out of bidders' pockets at the Stark County Fair's junior market livestock sales.
ODA offers free nitrate testing of corn stalks
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio - Ohio growers concerned about elevated levels of nitrate content in drought-stressed corn stalks to be chopped for livestock forage or silage may bring or send samples to the Ohio Department of Agriculture to be tested free.
