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Back to school: Supplies and demands
I support schools, staff, and students every day. I am also very much a “suck it up buttercup and do what the teacher says” type of person. Nonetheless, sometimes I have to wonder, if only for a moment, if many of our public schools are TRYING to shoot themselves in the foot or if that
Antiques and collectibles: Which are trash and which are treasures?
(Editor’s note: This week, we begin a bi-weekly column provided by Garth’s Auctions. It will cover a range of antiques and collectibles topics, starting with a series of articles on how you determine the value of an object.) The appraisers at Garth’s Auctions conduct more than 100 walk-in appraisal days throughout the year at museums
Bee pastures would help meet need for pollinators for orchards and fields
WASHINGTON — Beautiful wildflowers, perhaps as alluring to bees as they are to people, might someday be planted in “bee pastures.” These floral havens would be created to help propagate larger generations of healthy, hard-working bees. Pesticide-free bee pastures can be “simple to establish and — at perhaps only a half-acre each — easy to
I’ve mastered the fine art of a hobby-free existence
It is fairly well established that one should never discuss politics or religion in polite company. I think, however, that a third category of the taboo should be added: hobbies.
Don’t be driven to distraction
“Honk if you love Jesus. Text while driving if you want to meet Him.” – Church sign. A car is a great way to get from point A to point B. A car operated while you are distracted by your cellular telephone is a weapon that may steal you — or someone else — from
Childhood dream becomes a reality for a Jefferson County beef producer
A grass-fed operation is only three years old, but it has been a long time in the making.
Corn in storage susceptible to mold
WOOSTER, Ohio — Ohio corn growers may have relished record corn yields in 2009 — with a state average of 174 bushels per acre — but grain quality is turning out to be a different story. Abnormally cool, wet weather late in the production season and during harvest has resulted in widespread levels of vomitoxin
Learn to spot who’s who at bird feeders this winter
Whether you need help identifying birds for Project FeederWatch, or you’re preparing for next month’s Great Backyard Bird Count, or you’d just like to recognize the birds at your feeders, here are some tips to help identify common winter birds. If you have a feeder in the backyard, you’re likely to see most of these
Learn to spot who’s who at bird feeders this winter
Whether you need help identifying birds for Project FeederWatch, or you’re preparing for next month’s Great Backyard Bird Count, or you’d just like to recognize the birds at your feeders, here are some tips to help identify common winter birds. If you have a feeder in the backyard, you’re likely to see most of these
Where exactly did the word ‘tractor’ come from?
In his comprehensive book about building Hart-Parr and Oliver tractors at Charles City, Iowa, John D. Culbertson wrote the following under the heading “1906”: “One day while writing advertising copy, the sales manager W. H. Williams was struggling with the cumbersome “gasoline traction engine” words when a new word ‘tractor’ flashed into his mind —
