Monthly Archives: February 2009
I guess I’ll have to send myself flowers
My husband and I don't take much stock in Valentine's Day cards and such. One year, I shamed him into getting me a heart-shaped...
Let’s go on rural broadband
One the biggest drawbacks of living in rural America is the high cost and low quality of connectivity: antiquated dial-up Internet speeds, costly satellite...
Gullibility: Not-so-PC virus
Warning: Many Internet users are becoming infected by a virus that causes them to believe without question every groundless urban legend and dire warning...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Feb. 12, 2009
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget.
Ohio’s minimum wage rate increased
A quick look at a few business-related topics this month. The first of the year brought an increase in Ohio's minimum wage rate. For...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of Feb. 12, 2009
NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Laurel FFA will host the Buckeye Donkey Basketball Show at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at Laurel High School gymnasium in...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Feb. 12, 2009
BOWERSTON, Ohio — The Silver Spurs 4-H club met Jan. 29 at the Bowerston Public Library with 19 members present.
The club welcomed three...
The 2009 Great Backyard Bird Count is a success
The highlights of this year's Great Backyard Bird Count Feb. 13-16 are likely to include reports of northern species moving south in huge numbers....
An unwelcome guest on the farm
"Winter in Missouri. The coyotes are singing almost every night now down in the hollow, the creek bed that runs below my southern boundary....
Wayne County farm gets $250,000 clean coal grant
The Ohio Air Quality Development Authority has approved a $250,000 grant to co-fund the design of a 10 million BTU hybrid fluidized bed gasifier for use in heating greenhouses at Cedar Lane Farms in Wooster, Ohio.
