Ohio enacts first step to curb Lake Erie algae
Toledo enacts laws requiring most farmers to train and certify before using commercial phosphorus fertilizer to cut runoff into streams feeding Lake Erie algae. The measure, set to take effect in 2017, focuses on education with no inspections and relies on farmer-implemented practices, while $1 million funds research on phosphorus containment.
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Toledo
Ohio
Lake Erie
Kristen Kubitza
Ohio Environmental Council
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio warns of online puppy scams and pet sales fraud
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine cautions residents about scams selling pets online after receiving over 25 complaints in two years. Losses average above 1000 dollars. red flags include unusually low prices, extra fees, and buyers dealing only by text or offering pets for free to a good home. The article also notes state hunts applications, river byway kiosks, and yellow perch stockings at Grand Lake St. Marys.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Department
Division of Wildlife
ST. Marys
Grand Lake St. Marys
Retirees Pair With Students For English Practice At Wright State
International students at Wright State University receive conversational English help from retirees through Conversation Partners. Retirees Robert and Lorraine Wagley mentor Saudi student Ali Alshehri, meeting weekly to discuss culture, country, and general topics using iPads for maps and translation apps.
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Wright State University
Wright State
Abe Bassett
Ali Alshehri
Lorraine Wagley
Robert Wagley
Dayton
Fairborn
Southwest Ohio
Conversation Partners
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Europe
America
Alshehri
Riyadh
Jim Sayer
Wagleys
Wagley
Granddad hopes for healing after pit bull attack
Leslie McElrath Jr speaks of hope for 6 year old Zainabou Drame who was mauled by two pit bulls in Cincinnati. She lies in a medically induced coma at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital with possible years of reconstructive surgeries ahead as police killed the dogs and the owner faced drug charges.
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Cincinnati
Leslie McElrath Jr
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Zainabou Drame
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Zaina
McElrath
Happy
Freedom Summer volunteers honored at Miami University
Miami University in Oxford plans a Friday ceremony and October reunion to honor Civil Rights volunteers from Western College for Women who trained in June 1964 for Mississippi voter registration. Three fallen workers are memorialized with trees near the Freedom Summer Memorial as part of the 50th anniversary observance.
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Jim Kates
Ohio College
Mississippi
Western College For Women
Miami University
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Miami
Freedom
Freedom Summer
Kates
Fitzwilliam
N.H
James Chaney
Andrew Lee
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