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Volunteers needed to plant trees at Water's Edge |
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Written by Sentinel-Tribune Staff
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Saturday, 11 May 2013 07:56 |
PERRYSBURG - Black Swamp Conservancy is looking for volunteers to be part of a major tree planting project at their new Water's Edge Preserve in Sandusky County. The event will take place May 18.
The conservancy invites individuals, families, community groups, Scout troops and businesses to help plant more than 2,000 trees on their new 60-acre nature preserve. Conservancy staff will be working from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; volunteers can be scheduled for smaller time frames that best fit their availability.
Water's Edge Preserve is located on the Sandusky River, south of Fremont. It includes almost one half mile of river corridor along with a small river island. Historically farm ground, the Conservancy is doing a large-scale reforestation of the property beginning with next Saturday's tree planting.
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Written by Sentinel-Tribune Staff
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Saturday, 11 May 2013 07:56 |
Country Guys and Gals
Members of the Country Guys and Gals 4-H Club met May 4 at the Jerry City Cemetery for a clean-up project with the Gleaners.
Members were reminded that Camp Round up was Thursday. Club members that have attend camp talked about their experience at Camp Palmer.
The group voted to donate three crowns for the top three queen court placers.
The club queen and king candidates were nominated and voted upon; Jon Shinew and Brianna Hammond will be representing the club.
KJ Bradford and Andy Curtis presented a video they made on how to make an "Alley Oop." Keli Bradford and Kristen Curtis demonstrated how to make a photo coaster.
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Elmwood FFA has four contesting teams rank in top five of Ohio |
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Written by Sentinel-Tribune Staff
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Wednesday, 08 May 2013 08:45 |
The Elmwood FFA recently completed four different career development events.
Of the teams, the best success was achieved by the Ag Engineering team. They are temporarily in first place out of 48 teams.
Team members completed a 100-question written test on areas such as hydraulics, chemical storage, electrical wiring, and safety in the preliminary round. In the finals portion of the event, they will perform various skills related to the previous categories including arc welding, electrical wiring, sprayer calibration, and environmental management. Competing for Elmwood will be Mitch Beaverson, Jon Shinew, Jay Graham, and Lorne Strausbaugh. In the preliminary portion of the contest, Beaverson stood in third in the state out of 352 individuals. He is followed by Shinew in fourth, with Graham in fifth, Stausbaugh in ninth. Dimitri Davidson was 12th, and Cody Keaton in 47th.
The Farm Business Management team ranked second of 57 teams. This event required contestants to answer 90 questions on various aspects of Ag. Economics. Contestants also solved problems related to finance, and marketing.
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Grand Rapids farm included on summer tour |
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Written by Sentinel-Tribune Staff
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Saturday, 11 May 2013 07:55 |
The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association has announced its farm tours and workshops which will be included in the 2013 Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series, featuring free public tours of some of Ohio's finest sustainable and organic farms.
This year, Omega Meats in rural Grand Rapids, will be one of the featured farms.
OEFFA has offered these tours for more than 30 years, providing opportunities for Ohioans to see, taste, feel, and learn what sustainable food and fiber production is all about from the farmers themselves.
Consumers interested in local foods, farmers and market gardeners wanting to learn more and network with other farmers, and aspiring and beginning farmers are encouraged to attend.
The Omega Meats Farm tour is set for June 15 as it features the pasture-raised livestock farm.
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Perrysburg man honored with volunteer award from Flying Horse Farms camp |
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Written by Sentinel-Tribune Staff
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Wednesday, 08 May 2013 08:44 |
On April 4, Flying Horse Farms hosted its annual Volunteer Appreciation event. Northwest Ohio native, Craig Campbell Sr., was given a special award that evening with it being named in his honor.
The purpose of the event is to celebrate the people who have donated time to make the camp for children with serious illnesses possible. Located in Mt. Gilead, the camp provides cost-free camp experiences to children with serious illnesses and their families. Flying Horse Farms relies heavily on volunteers to make camp possible - in 2012, more than 1,400 volunteers donated 37,000 hours of service.
"The Craig Campbell Sr." award was introduced with its namesake as the first recipient. The award, to be given annually, was created based on Campbell's countless hours of volunteer work at Flying Horse Farms.
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