Yearly Archives: 2012
Take a guess how this is going to end
Since you speak English as well as anyone, perhaps you understand the working paragraph of a May 19 Washington Post column that explains the...
Bad gas causes problems for boaters
Jarrod Craft, lead mechanic at Ravenna Marine, has a big cardboard box full of bad news. Bad news to boaters that is. The stuff...
The secret life of a drainage ditch
You've heard the saying that the value of land is based mainly on location, location, location. But after working for many years in a...
Life as a news junkie
I watch the news mainly to feel better about myself. No matter how dorky I might be on any given day (and my dork...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week May 31, 2012:
ASHTABULA, Ohio -- The Saybrook Raiders met May 21. Proceeds from the bake sale fundraiser were used to buy everyone a T-shirt. The club...
A roundup of FFA news for the week of May 31, 2012:
MILLERSBURG, Ohio -- Thirty-three members of the West Holmes FFA attended the 84th annual state convention May 3-4 in Columbus. Members Travis Campbell, Garrett...
Moorefield Farms is sold on hay
For Josh Moorefield, of Shreve, Ohio, making hay is what got him into farming, and kept him farming.
Creating a new digital divide?
Technology is helping communication companies merge telephone, television and Internet services, but a push to deregulate may leave some customers on the wrong side of the digital divide during this convergence, according to a Penn State telecommunications researcher.
‘Abnormally dry’ soil causing issues with early-planted crops
Although planting is ahead of last year, much of the area is short on rain and some damage is being observed.
Farmers, say hello to the weather market
Put this week in your diary as the one that determines if we make a weather market run back up on grain prices, or continue the weekend downturn into new lows. Rain will be the reason.
