Monthly Archives: October 2011
Let’s talk ‘socialism for capitalists’
Today’s politics are dominated by the inside-out logic that doing nothing is better than doing anything. We even pay dozens in Congress at least $174,000 per year to ensure it
On the Outdoors: Enjoy bow season and follow the rules
Overall, archers accounted for 35 percent of 239,475 deer taken during Ohio's combined 2010-11 archery, muzzleloader and gun seasons. According to Division of Wildlife, Licking County led the state in archery harvest. Now add Coshocton, Tuscarawas, Ashtabula and Holmes to see the top counties.
Vacation With Us… Hodgdon
Alan and Kristen Hodgdon, of Darlington, Pa., recently took Farm and Dairy on a 14-day trek through parts of eastern Europe.
Vacation With Us… Bricker
Vietnam veterans, from left, Jim Brass, Lodi, Calif.; Wayne Bricker, Bolivar, Ohio; and Jim Romano, Henderson, Nev., met in Las Vegas for a reunion.
Vacation With Us… Tice
Grandfather Terry Tice, center, decided to take grandchildren Alexis Marshall, left, and Austin Tice, all of Hammondsville, Ohio, on an end-of-summer trip to an amusement park in Erie, Pa.
Vacation With Us… Mulet
Suzanne Mulet, 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, relaxes with Farm and Dairy while on convoy in Helmand Providence, Afghanistan.
Conservation district offers resources to help with the whys and hows
Conservation districts are where the why and how of conservation come together. The mission of the Guernsey Soil and Water Conservation District is to promote the sustainable use of natural resources.
An anniversary I’d rather not celebrate
This is anniversary month. It will not be celebrated or even observed. Don't anyone dare to wish me happy anniversary! It was one year...
Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: Readers share their tractor towing experiences
The column a few weeks ago brought several responses about the fun experiences folks have had while towing or being towed on tractors. Here are two (somewhat edited for space) that I enjoyed.
Judith Sutherland: Have we lost civility in this country?
It will soon be two years ago that my husband was injured in a car accident when a woman ran a stop sign and turned his full-size truck completely around in the road, fracturing a vertebrae in his mid-back.
