Monthly Archives: July 2008
A whole new meaning to July Fourth
This past week has been one in which I have come to realize how very much I should appreciate the freedom I tend to...
Of cabbage and children
Dear Bonnie Plant Company: I blame you for this.
You sent my third-grader home with an innocuous little plant.
Like kittens, puppies and fluffy...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of July 3, 2008
BARNESVILLE, Ohio — The Barnesville Progressive Home Helpers 4-H club held its regular meeting June 14 at the Main Street United Methodist Church in...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of July 3, 2008
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Seven members of the Zane Trace FFA chapter recently attended the first session of summer FFA camp at Camp Muskingum June...
One farm, one family, one fresh start
Like a person, sometimes a farm just needs the chance to start over. At New Beginning Stable in Kent, Ohio, Jason and Charlene Curtis are wiping the slate clean and breathing life into a farm that was once a black cloud over its community.
Ohio passes revamped line fence law
SALEM, Ohio -- Ohio's fence law -- the bane of many unneighborly fights that resulted in bad blood, gunfire or calls to the sheriff...
Pine Hill Meats: Former butcher jailed for drugs
SALEM, Ohio -- Former Pine Hill Meats butcher shop owner John W. Schneider has been sentenced to 18 months in jail on two felony...
Ohio gets new ag, equine license plates
SALEM, Ohio -- Starting next month, Ohio farmers and horse lovers can outfit their automobiles with license plates that will let everyone know their...
Vacation with us…Haueter
Jim and Carmel Haueter of Bolivar, Ohio, headed a bit further south in June, vacationing with Farm and Dairy in the Outer Banks in...
Vacation with us…MacMillan
Jerry and Judy MacMillan from Middlefield, Ohio, said they couldn’t be without Farm and Dairy when they traveled to Hilton Head Island in South...