HARDIN COUNTY–Join Ohio State University Extension and Channel Equipment on July 6 for the West Central Ohio Hay Day, sponsored by the Champaign and Clark County Farm Bureaus, and America's Trusted Insurance Group. The event will take place on the Southeast corner of South State Route 68 and W. Dallas Road, Urbana. Otherwise, go to Channel Equipment at 338 W. Dallas Road, Urbana, and follow the signs. The day will begin at 10:00 a.m. with talks from Extension personnel on various aspects of growing, making, storing and feeding quality hay.
Creating tools to assist those who are differently abled was the focus of Ohio Northern University’s engineering design capstone completed this semester by 169 first-year students enrolled in most of the T.J. Smull College of Engineering disciplines. A total of 34 teams designed projects that ranged from mobility assistance devices to educational games to trainers for skills like handwriting.
The 2023 Ohio 4-H Achievement Awards were presented earlier this month at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center in Columbus. Eleanor Curlis from Forest received the Food and Nutrition Achievement Award.
Curlis, 18, has received county and state recognition for the many food and nutrition projects she has completed. She has been a 4-H member for nine years in the Hardin Hi-Lighters 4-H Club. She is a senior at Hardin Northern High School and will attend college to study dietetics. Eleanor is the daughter of James and Sheri Curlis.
