Monthly Archives: December 2005
Myers, Wuebkers win state Farm Bureau contests
COLUMBUS - The winners of three Ohio Farm Bureau contests are rooted in eastern Ohio. Andrea Myers, former Farm and Dairy reporter and Mahoning County native, won the Excellence in Agriculture award.
Focus: What do you want to do?
The calendar officially says December. The holidays. The pace. The weather. The end of the year. The year's 12th month is either welcome or despised: a reminder of tasks undone or accomplished, of goals unmet or fulfilled, and of plans waylaid or on track.
Giving thanks more than once a year
A wonderful little boy told me the other day, "It doesn't have to be Thanksgiving Day to say what you are thankful for.
Christmas is Only a Dish Towel Away
Winter fast approaches and so does the Christmas holiday. I see large snowflakes blending with spattering rain as I wait to taxi my daughter Kathie and our neighbor Michael to school.
Doing time in tiny chairs
Few things strike greater fear in the parental heart than these: parent-teacher conferences. Highly educated adults, captains of industry, even veterans of foreign wars can be reduced to puddles of insecurity at the very prospect of conferring with their child's teacher.
State Grange presidents honored
COLUMBUS - Ohio State Grange President Laddie Marous and Pennsylvania State Grange President Betsy Huber received recognition from the National Grange Membership/Leadership Director, Ed Luttrell recently at the National Grange Annual Convention held in Columbus, Ohio.
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau meeting results in push for property tax reform
HERSHEY, Pa. - At its annual meeting Nov. 14-16 in Hershey, the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau adopted a policy calling for property tax reform and presented several awards to members.
Mighty oak trees not thriving in Ohio
COLUMBUS - One way to keep the mighty oak from losing its dominance in Ohio forests may entail bringing back an old friend that made possible its survival and expansion for thousands of years: fire.
Farmers in Belmont, Monroe counties can get money to improve environment
BARNESVILLE, Ohio - Funding for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program will soon be allocated to Belmont and Monroe counties to assist farmers interested in implementing environmental protection measures on their land.
