Monthly Archives: May 2009
‘Thanks, Dad’
He taught you how to drive a tractor, pushed you on the swing and drove you to all your sports practices. He silently held...
A final salute: Playing taps for 63 years
For 63 years, an Ashland County man has played his own tribute on Memorial Day to those who serve.
Ohioan makes it through first year at West Point
When the 1,300 young men and women entered the gates of the United States Military Academy last June to begin careers as officers in the U.S. Army, time became a watch word.
Ag Greeks raise record funds in support of farmers with disabilities
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State University agricultural Greek organizations raised more than $700 to help a Somerset County dairy farmer. Members...
Beef Board recommends budget
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Beef Promotion Operating Committee recommended a $41.5 million Cattlemen’s Beef Board budget for fiscal 2010, reflecting a slight decrease from...
Fisherman finds European rudd in Ohio’s Lake Erie
COLUMBUS — The first record of European rudd in Ohio waters was recorded in late May.Discovery made. It was caught by licensed Ohio commercial...
Gas won’t guzzle your paycheck this summer
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Gasoline prices are up this summer but motorists should not experience the historic highs of one year ago, said a...
Harold Ellsworth Ferguson
CALCUTTA, Ohio -- Harold Ellsworth Ferguson, 82, of Old Fredericktown Road, Calcutta, died at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown, May 10, 2009, from...
Leslie ‘Les’ Howard Howell
BEACH CITY, Ohio -- Leslie "Les" Howard Howell, 72, of Beach City died May 19, 2009, at his home following a brief illness.
Les...
Gypsy moth treatments in northeast Ohio
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- Aerial treatments designed to slow the spread and suppress the gypsy moth have begun in Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Summit, Wayne and...
