Hill-Stead Museum receives CT Humanities Council Grant Jun 5, 2008
The estate also included a large working dairy farm and orchard. Stately trees, seasonal gardens, over three miles of stone walls and woodland trails for walks or cross-country skiing accent the grounds. (Farmington Valley Post, CT)
You know you are from Lodi if ... Jun 4, 2008
Mama Llama wrote on Jun 3, 2008 9:55 PM:" We still have one of the glass milk bottles from the Milk Stop....I remember going through the drive- through there. And remember Blewett's Dairy?...and do the grade school's still have the kids doing "crossing guard duty"? " ... Mama Llama wrote on Jun 3, 2008 8:29 AM:" I remember Lodi when Valley Cinemas was first built and called Westgate Cinemas; Dairy Queen and Cherokee Rollercade still existed on Cherokee Lane; and Phillip's Farms had a fruit stand... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
T's: Food lures customers Jun 2, 2008
The Procter and Gamble detergent plant to the south was just pasture land in front of the Sancken Dairy. The only other home in the area was the state residence for the head doctor at Gracewood Hospital located just across the highway. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Unforgettable, sumptuous getaways in Dixie May 30, 2008
At Tennessees Blackberry Farm, guests can explore heirloom gardens, enjoy tastings with the master gardener, and attend sheep milkings with the cheesemaker and dairy team. During your s 00000B03 outhern sojourn, you might be lucky enough stumble upon a full-tilt feasta pig pickin featuring a whole hog in North Carolina, or a Lowcountry boil of shrimp, sausage and corn in coastal South Carolina and Georgia. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Preserving heritage of family place May 22, 2008
Your premier agricultural newspaper to provide up-to-date Capitol news, compelling livestock topics, current dairy coverage, timely crop reports and management tools for today's operations. Market Info. (Agri-View, WI)
New club celebrates old engine collecting May 20, 2008
They were also used to drive electric motors and generate power; were developed to power milking machines on dairy farms and were even installed on the first lawn mowers and washing machines. "Back then, when a man went to town and bought his wife a gas-powered washing machine, that was the equivalent of going out and getting the biggest, best Maytag you can get today," Brumfield said. (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)
Hawken School Hosts 23rd Annual White House Antiques Show May 3, 2008
The 23 room White House and the 325-acre property once comprised one of the most extensive dairy farms in Ohio. It currently serves as a study, dining, and office facility and is available to local community groups for tours, wedding receptions and other gatherings. (PR Newswire)
Full Story... Apr 17, 2008
By 1914 the first floor was remodeled for use by several businesses, and by the mid-1930s, the occupants of the first floor were a cafe, an ice cream company and a dairy. During the years that followed, there were businesses such as a lithographing and engraving company, a photography studio, a floral shop, a real estate office, a thrift shop, and most recently, an antiques dealer. (Albert Lea Tribune, MN)
VARIETY: Entertainment Briefs Apr 10, 2008
Perkins grew up on a dairy farm and later operated Perkins Dairy. A student at Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts in Ames, his time there was cut short when President Roosevelt closed all banks. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Country's Marty Stuart rocks Clay County fair Apr 4, 2008
Highlights: Florida High School Rodeo Competition, noon and 5 p.m.; poultry judging contest, 9 a.m.; dairy goat and rabbit show at 10 a.m.; Sunburst beauty pageant at noon. Sunday. (Florida Times-Union)
Toxic fumes, blisters & brain damage : The cost of doing business? Apr 3, 2008
Willet Dairys cows are lined up together, eating feed, in one of the farms barns ... " Yet the threat of a sewage bath pales in comparison to a more dangerous problem: Breathing poisonous fumes. After years living next to Willet Dairy, the largest industrial farm in the state, Strecker and her neighbors in Genoa are reporting the kinds of health problems eco-watchdogs lose sleep over, from blistering eyelids to brain damage. Manure is known to release gases that, in high concentrations, are... (Ithaca Times, NY)
Letters to the Editor - 3/4/2008 Mar 5, 2008
Readers responded to an article Sunday about a lawsuit filed by a Murrieta family alleging a dairy and organic food store distributed contaminated raw milk that left their son severely ill. Level of risk. (North County Times)
Savor in Buckhead Feb 22, 2008
There's a nice balance between European and domestic makers look for Brillat Savarin triple-creme from Normandy; Yellow Buck Camembert from California; and Sweet Grass Dairy pecan chevre from right here in Georgia. The meat case has several varieties of cured hams, assorted salamis, p t; and duck confit. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Anne Martell Feb 3, 2008
Mrs. Martell was the eldest of her siblings and grew up on a Harney Lane dairy farm. She attended and received diplomas from Harmony Grove Elementary and Lodi High School. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Mary Elizabeth Colby, 93; co-founder of the Port O' Call chain of gift stores Jan 19, 2008
Born Mary Elizabeth Reid on July 31, 1914, Colby grew up on Shady Brook Dairy Farm in Scottsburg, Ind. She studied journalism at Indiana University and graduated in 1936. (Los Angeles Times)
A Frisco for the future Jan 1, 2008
Frisco police announce that Schepps Dairy is offering a 10,000 reward to anyone with information that leads to an arrest and an indictment in the case of a man who broke into a Frisco woman s apartment, tied her up, stabbed and sexually assaulted her. Later he used her bank card at an automatic teller machine in Southlake. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
One market closes as another expands Dec 29, 2007
The new market will be the third revision of the former Leo s Dairy property. Trolinger opened the first business, Village Craft Factory Direct furniture store, in November 2006. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Anything local is usually a hot seller for holidays at Wyoming County shops Dec 6, 2007
Items of local interest at the Dusty Dog include a Shadowbrook Dairy milk bottle and a full box of Procter e washing powder from the 1950s. Ms. Hemann said smaller and independent stores like hers create a homey feeling. (Scranton Times, PA)
Ask Babe: More questions for the Babe Nov 24, 2007
There were some Robert Gould All-Stars statues issued in 1955 and a set of Big League Stars statues issued in 1956 that were the same as a set from Dairy Queen produced in 1955. "Both the Dairy Queen and Robert Gould statues have the player's name embossed on the base, so it would be easy to tell who the player was," said Lou Criscione of www ... The Gould, Big League Stars and Dairy Queen statues came packaged with a card. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
A family affair Nov 12, 2007
In 1907, he traded the diner for a dairy store, which later became a grocery warehouse called Lewis Golub Cash and Carry Wholesale Grocery. 1. (Albany Times Union)
Small towns a big source for seizure of illegal guns Oct 29, 2007
Coming Today ~Hansen's Dairy opens second store, in C.F.~ ~Lifestyles: What your Halloween candy offerings say about you~ ~Jury selection set to begin in Waterloo murder case. In print and online, 24/7. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Small towns a big source for seizure of illegal guns Oct 28, 2007
Coming Monday in the Courier ~Hansen's Dairy opens second store, in C.F.~ ~Lifestyles: What your Halloween candy offerings say about you~ ~Jury selection set to begin in Waterloo murder case. In print and online, 24/7. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Top French Exports & Imports Aug 26, 2007
Dairy products & eggs ; $1. 4 million (up 107%). (Suite101.com)
Taking a walk down Cherokee Aug 26, 2007
School operates its own dairy and printing press. Between 1916 and 1920: Lincoln Highway is redirected from Lower Sacramento Road to Cherokee Lane into Stockton. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Calendar of Events Aug 11, 2007
An old Rhinelander favorite, Jet's Dairy Bar, is set to re-open. SPORTS. (Forest Republican, WI)
Answers needed to pesky questions Aug 7, 2007
- Are butter beans considered a dairy product. - Can you cut yourself with sharp cheese. (Lumberton The Robesonian, NC)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Jul 31, 2007
Demand for dairy goods from farms that avoid antibiotics and growth hormones is soaring, and consumers are willing to pay the price. But other dairymen see little difference in the final product. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Feral cat program deemed a success Jul 25, 2007
Several cats at the Pike County Courthouse have been successfully trapped, treated and returned to their colony as well as several at a local dairy that has been over run with cats. e are attending to the immediate needs in regard to feral cats here in Pike County, Jinright said. (Troy Messenger, AL)
SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR 7/13 Jul 14, 2007
Fruits and vegetables in season, baked goods, prepared foods, dairy, eggs, meats, honey, plants, preserves, wool fibers and articles. Through October 27, Riverside Farmers & Artisans Market, Historic Catskill Point, end of Main Street, Catskill. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Out of the way Iowa Jul 8, 2007
Back on the road, Newton was next and Myrna Ver Ploeg, president of Maytag Dairy Farms, gave me a tour of the spotless facilities where the world's most famous blue cheese is made, and aged in caves ... Sure enough, the town is home to Wells Dairy, which makes more ice cream nearly 120 million gallons a year, most of it under the Blue Bunny name in one location than any other company. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
celebrating bastille day in ste. genevieve Jul 6, 2007
Food producers include Alpine Dairy Goat Farm from Webster Groves, Claverach Farm from Eureka, Family Friendly Farm from Cape Girardeau, American Grass Fed Beef from Jackson, Goat's Beard Farm from Harrisburg, Hinkebein Hills Farms from Cape Girardeau, Living Springs Ranch from Belleview, Missouri Elk Farmers Association, Monroe Farm from Berryman (Washington County,) Pioneer Apple Orchards and Market from Jackson, Prairie Grass Farms from New Florence, SayersBrook Bison from Potosi, Sunflower... (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Walking with HEROES Jul 1, 2007
Inside a large, clean garage, Lori Arnold, who owns the 200-acre organic dairy farm with her husband, William, jumps onto a foot-high rubber platform that serves as her stage. A few feet away is the capsule used to rescue all of the men. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
More of this story Jun 26, 2007
Pine straw valued at 75 was stolen and recovered at a location on Battley Dairy Road, Hamlet. Someone did 400 damage to a vehicle parked at a nightclub on Ledbetter Road, Rockingham. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Auction benefits Old Order Amish medical needs Jun 21, 2007
And, livestock including horses (Haflingers, Standardbreds and Belgian crosses and a Hackney pony), cows (Holstein, Jersey, Brown Swiss and Red and White dairy cattle) both heifers and bulls will be on the auction block. Pigs will also be sold. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
A Changing Landscape Jun 18, 2007
Though most newcomers commute to jobs elsewhere, farms, dairy plants and companies such as Patterson Frozen Foods (being renamed Patterson Vegetable Co. when it changes hands) remain sizable employers ... He milked cows and farmed on the West Side before going to work at a Turlock dairy refrigeration company. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Nielsen Auction Promises Spectacular Collection of Antique Tractors, Horse-Drawn Equipment Jun 16, 2007
Your premier agricultural newspaper to provide up-to-date Capitol news, compelling livestock topics, current dairy coverage, timely crop reports and management tools for today's operations ... Turning into Floyd and Sharon Nielsen's driveway and glancing at their tidy farmstead, one would never guess what Floyd has packed away in their shed and the dairy barn that once held their herd ... They were dairy farmers, raising four children on the farm. (Agri-View, WI)
Lacewings and Lavender Greenhouse Opens at Mitchell Farm May 9, 2007
Lavender, English thyme, parsley, rosemary, oregano, sage and several varieties of basil and mint are a sampling of the many herbs Gail grows, then pots in decorative containers for display in the Mitchell farmstand, a vintage dairy barn which she has spiffed up considerably for the new season. In addition to herbal planters in three sizes, there are pansies in a variety of containers, dainty violas in tiny porcelain baskets and more, displayed against a backdrop of farmhouse antiques. (Voices, CT)
Casino proposal is talk of the town May 4, 2007
MIDDLEBOROUGH -- This is a town of 22,340 people, 700 horses, at least 40 dairy cows, about a dozen working vegetable farms, a number of cranberry bogs, and an Indian tribe's dream to raise one of the world's largest gambling casinos out of a swath of scrub pine. The dream belongs to the Mashpee Wampanoags, a group of 1,450 descendants of the Indians who met and befriended the arriving Pilgrims nearly 400 years ago and who in February gained official federal recognition. (Boston Globe)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: Paddle a canoe for charity Apr 20, 2007
Members provide a wide variety of service projects locally and internationally, ranging from granting scholarships locally, to painting at the Boys Club to traveling to Nicaraguan villages to donate dairy goats. The club also serves as the sponsor of the La Costa Canyon Interact Club. (North County Times)
Ultimate revenge of the bullied Apr 16, 2007
As research for previous books, Picoult has watched cardiac surgery (for Harvesting The Heart), milked cows on an Amish dairy farm (Plain Truth) and visited an Arizona jail (Vanishing Acts). Nineteen Minutes took her to the sheriff's office that responded to the Columbine shootings at Littleton, Colorado. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Community calendar Apr 14, 2007
Stow-Munroe Falls School Orchestra Parent Association Car Wash Fundraiser -- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dairy Queen, 3645 Fishcreek Road, Stow. Hinterglas Maleri Workshop -- 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Summit Artspace, 140 E. Market St., Akron. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Living)
Cybertrip: Wander Wisconsin Apr 13, 2007
Lest you forget this is the Dairy State, take a look at "Shopping" for the local cheese shops, along with antique shops that dot almost a dozen towns. Heading north along the Mississippi and crossing the Wisconsin River takes you into the rolling, wooded countryside of Crawford County -- -- which promises trout streams along with the woods and rolling farmland, plus canoeing on the Kickapoo. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Sometimes It Can Pay To Save Your Trash Apr 7, 2007
Sample prices for cups from past years by various manufacturers include a Coca-Cola cup, 1960, $20; Popeye on a Happy Birthday cup, 1950s, $8; Dairy Queen cup, 1949, $8; and Votes for Women, Empire States, 1915, $200. Q. I am 89 and still have a 1902 bathing suit that belonged to my mother. (The Ledger)
LISTMANIA: Things we wish were still here. Apr 5, 2007
Guyber wrote on April 02, 2007 4:27 PM:"Do you remember KLGN? KBLW? Glacus Merrill saying "meanwhile, have a good day, neighbor" Marv's "Broasted Chicken" in Smithfield Do you remember when there were Theurer's Markets in Lewiston, Richmond AND Providence? Bowcutt's (LD's)Cafe? Van Plumbing and Heating in Lewiston which was actually a hardware store and TV repair shop. My dad still has snelled fishhooks in his tackle box which were about a nickel for a pack of six from Low Cost Drug. The drug... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Antiques & Collecting: Sometimes it pays to save trash Mar 31, 2007
"Collectors understand this better than most other people. Old ads, milk bottles, worn shoes, spark plugs, barbed wire, insulators, credit cards, swizzle sticks, key-chain tags and empty boxes that once held bullets all are seriously collected by groups who have even formed clubs to trade information.Did you ever think of saving old paper cups? Not just any paper cup.It should be decorated to show it was used at an event like a World's Fair or the Olympics. Or it should have an important brand... (Florida Today)
Vintage Sports Report Mar 25, 2007
The statues were virtually identical to the Dairy Queen statues of 1955. The big difference was that there was a card inserted, making them highly collectible. (Philadelphia, TheInsiders.com)
Regional Round-up Mar 17, 2007
Included on the tour are the former Fletcher Dairy of Arcadia; the former home of Dr. Roger Gray; the Rayburn House; the 1842 home owned by Ray and Dara Beaver; and the Plain and Fancy Bed and Breakfast, formerly the Allgier Farmstead. Ste. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
'Mason City' makes it valuable Mar 12, 2007
Even old dairy and soda bottles are marketable ... That old Hermanson s Dairy milk jug or Mohawk Nehi pop bottle could be worth something to the right person. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Taste of Woodstock you want in the morning Mar 5, 2007
Maybe that's not as poetic as the trip Joni Mitchell wrote about in 1969, but since Yasgur's farm and that other Woodstock are a long way from the maple-and-dairy gantlet that leads to Vermont's Village Inn of Woodstock, my husband and I were feeling pretty satisfied with the way our weekend had started out ... You can download a Vermont Cheese Trail map at and decide on your own must-see dairy; unfortunately, we had to limit our dalliances in order to get to the Village Inn with time to unpack,... (Boston Globe)
Burrows Diary Crme closes after 25 years Feb 21, 2007
Wanda and Cotton Burrow said farewell to the Dairy Creme last Saturday as they opened the doors for the last time for an auction. The Burrows are retiring after 25 years. (Tri-City Tribune, AR)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: Joe Walsh concert to benefit Grauer School Feb 6, 2007
The cost is 65 per person and includes a tour of the Winchester Cheese Co., a dairy farm of 500 Holstein cows, where you will learn the entire process of how Gouda cheese is made and also sample some outstanding California cheeses. Lunch is included at Marie Callendar's in Temecula, and then it's off to Callaway vineyard for a tour and wine tasting before heading home. (North County Times)
My yummy Valentine Jan 27, 2007
Fresh fish is the big draw here, while the meat is traceable and smallholders supply vegetables and dairy produce. Start with a fresh crab salad, or smoked cod's roe from Cley Smokehouse on bruschetta with horseradish cream cheese. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Weekly Review Jan 23, 2007
Starbucks announced plans to convert to using only growth-hormone-free dairy products. The coffee chain was challenged by a state TV personality, who claimed that its presence in Beijing's Forbidden City. (Harper's Magazine)
