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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1980
Page
3
A skeptical traveler vents that popular women’s travel guides fail to prepare readers for real life on the road. She recounts misbooked flights, missing meetups, and a chaotic Worthington stop, noting that seasoned guides assume skills many women lack and overlook local quirks.
Lorain County 4-H families will host Japanese youths under the Labo exchange program running July 26 to August 26. The project, first in Ohio, places youths on farms and in urban and suburban settings while teaching language and English exposure.
In Des Moines Gary Kunde and 115 other Iowa farmers join the Iowa Till program which pays 30 dollars per acre in a one time subsidy for five years of tillage changes to protect topsoil. Officials warn soil erosion has cut Iowa topsoil dramatically with vast losses projected.
Conservationists worry as rainfall drops 50 percent, dry topsoil blows away. Iowa Till launches first hand demonstrations to promote residue cover of 55 percent after planting, with incentives statewide to reduce erosion on 17 million acres. County programs track costs, and farmers like Kunde and Huger see long term shifts and fuel savings as moldboard plows fade.
David Abfall, a 1977 Avon High School graduate and junior animal science major at Ohio State University, received the $1,000 Wilber H. Bramer Park Industry Award. He plans a summer internship at Andrews and Bangha Swine Farm in Bloomington, is active in Alpha Gamma Sigma and the Saddle and Sirloin Club, and serves as a College of Agriculture tour coordinator. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Abfall of Avon and was a member of the Avon Pioneers 4 H Club.
The House and Senate have negotiated a 20 billion synthetic fuels bill over five months. It authorizes 1.45 billion for insured loans and guarantees to spur fuel alcohol and gasohol from grain, forest products, and waste. After mid June it heads to final votes before Carter's signature.
Corrine Millett, 17, of Spencer, is among Medina County's four Dairy Princess contestants. The winner will be crowned at Dairy Day on June 19 at the Joint Vocational School. Other finalists include Carrie Carter of Elyria and Linda Ehrman, Anita Morrison, and Julie Newcomer. A dairy foods contest and poster awards accompany the crowning events.
Pressure canners are checked Thursdays through Aug 7 at the Cooperative Extension office 1575 Lowell St. Lorain County home economist Barbara J. Gilbert urges canners to bring equipment weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Programs on canning and freezing by Mrs. Gilbert are set for June 18 in Avon Lake and July 2 in Lorain, both 7 to 9 p.m. A Penfield Co-Op blood bank drive July 23 at Society Hall 6 to 8 p.m. seeks 50 donors. contact Mary Ann Clement at 647-4817.
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