Monthly Archives: May 2013
Giving is a blessing
If you really want a blessing once in awhile, do something nice for a friend or a stranger, and do not accept any pay for it. You will experience that giving is a blessing.
Retired Jitterbug lived a long, exciting life
Retired now, a gray and white Jitterbug bass lure keeps a faded eye on things from a wall in my office, a safe place...
Part IV: Caring often meant family separation
“It sure beat starving,” Charlie would often say of the many ‘room and board’ deals he struck for himself and his brothers over the years of their hard-scrabble childhood.
A roundup of FFA news for the week of May 30, 2013:
What's going on in FFA chapters around our neck of the woods.
What is it that’s driving farmland value?
Farmland values continue to increase by large amounts each year and have reached record levels in most states in the Midwest, measured by both non-inflation adjusted (nominal) and inflation adjusted (real) values.
Youngstown school now offering aquaponics, growing opportunities
Choffin Carreer and Technical Center in Youngstown is offering an aquaponics program in hopes of bolstering the city's burgeoning local food scene.
Changes to Pork Quality Assurance Plus
COLUMBUS — As the Pork Quality Assurance Plus program goes through changes, state PQA Plus trainers have learned that they are still able to...
Mahoning Co. 4-H granted use of Southern Park Stables
Southern Park Stables was part of the Southern Park Racetrack, established in 1911. This racetrack, with entrances off McClurg Road and Washington Boulevard, and the surrounding acres were a huge draw for people who wanted a day in the country.
Stables built in early 1900s for gentlemen’s pastime
(Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from a 2012 article by John A. Darnell Jr., and reprinted with permission from the Boardman News.)
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OSA launching Soybean Yield and Quality Contest
The Ohio Soybean Association (OSA) is announcing the launch of the state's fourth Soybean Yield and Quality Contest for the 2013 growing season.
