Overtaken by progress on a lonely western Ohio road
A speaker recounts a late night traffic stop by a state patrolman on a dark country road in western Ohio. He explains rushing to a hospital where his husband needs arm surgery, and notes the distance to the hospital as the officer questions his story while a plate operation looms.
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Paul
Ohio
Ohio Crop Yields Boosted as Heat Favors Silking Stage
Crop reports show corn in good to excellent condition with rapid development and 86 percent in or through silking. Soybeans in good shape with 78 percent in or past bloom and 30 percent setting pods. Winter wheat near harvest finish. oats improving. hay high tonnage but variable quality. Fruit crops harvested. livestock stressed by heat. A narrative interweaves farm life with a late night police stop over a speeding ticket.
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Ohio
Ohio Department of Agriculture
All breed steer auction set at Cuyahoga County Fair
The Cuyahoga County Fair will hold its first all breed steer auction on Thursday August 7 at 7 p.m. in the Cow Palace arena. Bidders must register at the desk from 6 to 7 p.m. The sale features Ohio bred steers raised by young farmers like Eric Arnholt and Carolyn Packard. Proceeds fund education and future farming, with steers removed August 10. Auctioneer Steven Andrews. contact Jim Kaul at 243-0090 for details. The 1986 fair runs August 4-10 attracting over 250000 visitors with $3.50 admission and free parking.
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Berea
Cuyahoga County
Cow Palace
Jim Kaul
Kaul
Future Farmers of America
Eric Arnholt
Valley City
Ohio
Oakridge
Carolyn Packard
Amita Farms
Spencer
Packard
Fairgrounds
Steven Andrews
County extension agent nets NACAA turf and horticulture award
Lorain County Extension agent Charles Behnke earned first place in the 1986 NACAA Turfgrass/Horticulture Communications Awards Program at the NACAA annual meeting in Colorado Springs. His project trained garden center staff in horticulture pest ID and pesticide use, supported by LESCO Inc. and the NACAA. Behnke also won state honors for radio, cable TV and newsletters. Scott Sooy attended the Ohio FFA state presidents conference in Washington with a July 21 25 visit to the capital and met President Reagan.
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Charles Behnke
Lorain County
NACAA
National Association of County Agricultural Agents
Behnke
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lesco Inc
Rocky River
Cooperative Extension Service
Robert F. Burkhardt
Garden Center
Scott Sooy
Grafton
Future Farmers of America
Washington, D.C
Sooy
Lee Sooy
Ohio Ffa Organization
Reagan
Rod Twining Named Agri Kings Area Manager
Agri-King named Rod Twining manager for Lorain and Medina counties. He farmed nine years on his family operation, serves on the Huntington Township Zoning Board, and in 1984 won the Outstanding Junior Breeder Award from the Wellington District Holstein Association. Agri-King tests feedstuffs and formulates rations for livestock producers in 17 states and is based in Fulton. Twining and his wife Becky live in rural Wellington.
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Agri-King
Rod Twining
Lorain
Medina
Twining
Huntington Township
Wellington District Holstein Association
Fulton
Becky
Wellington
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