By Carol McIntire
Editor
August 26, 2008
Organizers of the Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Expo are tying up loose ends and preparing for the Sept. 13 event.
Linda Yeager from the Carroll Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), one of the sponsoring agencies, visited county commissioners to tie up one of those loose ends.
Yeager asked for Meter Rd. to be closed from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. for the Expo that day, and before she could finish her request, it was granted.
Yeager said everything is falling into place for the second annual event, which will be held at the McClester farm on Meter Rd. (just off Andora Rd.) south of Augusta from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Joel Salatin, billed as one of America’s most innovative and dynamic small farmers is the featured speaker. He is scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Yeager said the day will include a variety of family-oriented events, demonstrations and educational displays and speakers. Among the energy displays will be one by Stark State College of Technology on fuel cell. The expo is sponsored by the Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson and Stark counties in cooperation with the Carroll County Health Department, East Central Ohio Forestry Association, Northeast Ohio Forestry Association, Ohio Department of Natural Resources Divisions of Forestry and Wildlife, Crossroads Resource Conservation and Development and Farm Bureau.
Yeager also noted the SWCD is sponsoring a 4th grade field trip to Camp NEOSA Sept. 26 and is looking for sponsors to help with the cost of busing students to the camp. Busing is expected to cost between $500 and $600 using school buses.
The SWCD annual meeting is scheduled Oct. 31 at the Church of Christ (Christian- Disciples) on Moody Ave. from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Kevin Swope, Carroll County district conservationist is the featured speaker. He will talk about agriculture in Haiti.
In other business commissioner:
-OPENED and tabled six bids for the Brown Twp./ Malvern Sewer District’s garage addition project. Bids ranged from a low of $79,960 to a high of $139,700. A recommendation is expected this Thursday from the architect.
-AGREED to accept bids for centerline markings for 25 miles of county highway until 9:30 a.m. Sept. 11 and open them at that time.
-WERE visited by Sheila Borntrager who asked several questions of Commissioner Bob Herron pertaining to a state exercise he attended on the bird flu. Herron referred Borntrager to Carroll County Health Commissioner Melanie Campbell for additional information.
-APPROVED a revised grant application for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 08 program asking for $235,000 for fiscal years 2007 and 2008.
-CONDUCTED budget reviews with Tom Cottis, Emergency Management Agency, Ed Warner, Regional Planning; Bill Wohlwent, Clerk of Courts and Patti Manfull, Carroll County Transit.
-RECEIVED the weekly dog pound report showing 27 impounded, 30 tagged and two redeemed. Five citations were issued for no dog licenses and one for a dog running at large.
-DISCUSSED an issue brought forth by Kate Offenberger of the Department of Job and Family Services, during a budget review meeting. Offenberger asked commissioners to review the county’s holiday schedule. She said even though the Friday after Thanksgiving was not a holiday, several county offices were closed making it difficult for her office to conduct business. Commissioner agreed to review the schedule.
-RECEIVED a preview of a meeting Commissioner Tom Wheaton held Monday with officials from Senator Sherrod Brown’s office, United States Department of Agriculture, and Power Grid Communications from Utah. |
