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Outdoor cats: Truth and consequences
URBANA, Ill. — You’ve probably heard that outdoor cats are bad for the bird population, but is that the whole story, the only argument for keeping your cat indoors? Dr. Kenneth Welle, a veterinarian at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital, recently explained a variety of health impacts – on wildlife as well as
One tough cookie can shake this addiction
The first Girl Scout cookie was sold on Nov. 11, 1932 by a troop in Philadelphia. The girls baked cookies for day nurseries as a community service project.
Fire destroys Nature Center at Ohio FFA Camp in Carroll County
CARROLLTON, Ohio — A fire destroyed the Nature Center at the FFA Camp in Carrollton in the evening hours April 11.
Life Out Loud: Ah, be it ever so humble…
I live in a creaky old house, sans air conditioning, and am sometimes visited by bats. Better yet, I often choose of my own free will to go camping in an actual tent that involves sleeping ON THE GROUND. Yet, put a hotel room passkey in my hand and suddenly, I’m Princess and the Pea.
Aiming for party perfect
Twas’ an hour before the big Easter dinner and all through the house, not a creature was stirring except me as I was finishing all the cooking and baking. The stockings were hung, er, folded, carefully along with the rest of laundry mountain that had recently been cut down to size. Perfect We had reached
Hidden Elm population may hold genes to combat Dutch Elm Disease
WASHINGTON—Two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists may have discovered “the map to El Dorado” for the American elm—a previously hidden population of elms that carry genes for resistance to Dutch elm disease. The disease kills individual branches and eventually the entire tree within one to several years. It has been accepted for 80 years
Grammers earn Mahoning SWCD honor
Bill and Debbie Grammer of North Benton received this year’s Goodyear Conservation Farmer of the Year award from the Mahoning Soil and Water Conservation District.
White oak decline evident this year in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W. Va. — Extensive white oak decline and mortality has been observed in several areas of Wood County. A local forester, Jack Mathers, working for Haessly Timber and Logs in Marietta, Ohio, had been tracking this decline for several years and brought it to the attention of the West Virginia Department of Agriculture and
Doin’ The Disc-Case Shuffle
Our Christmas gifts told the tale. My daughters have outgrown toys. Now, they are caught up in the micro-packaged world of encapsulated entertainment.
Shammos win Stark SWCD award
Board of supervisors elections, the naming of the SWCD Cooperator of the Year, and the outlining of 2015 programs topped the agenda at the Stark Soil and Water Conservation District’s 64th annual banquet Oct. 16 at R.G. Drage Career Technical Institute.
