John Hart
Ron Heiniger, who grew up and worked on his family’s grain and dairy farm near Powhattan, Kan., has worked in research and Extension at North Carolina State University since 1994. North Carolina farmers must manage insects and diseases constantly.
Farming isn’t rocket science. Ron Heiniger always heard that growing up on a crop and dairy farm in Powhattan, Kan. He heard it when he worked on the farm with his father. He heard it from his neighbors when he managed the farm prior to going to graduate school and then pursuing a career in ag research and education in North Carolina. And he continues to hear it to this day.
Robinson, KS
Edwina Mary Reimond was born February 21, 1950, in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, to Edward and Berniece (Snidach) Reimond and passed away very unexpectedly at her Robinson farm home on March 12, 2021. Edwina grew up in Aliquippa, PA. Her dad passed from a cerebral hemorrhage a few months before she was born. Edwina s mother went on to raise the four children on her own with the help of Aunt Helen and Uncle Henry Kaleida. Edwina was baptized into the Catholic faith and continued being a faithful Christian the rest of her life. Growing up, Edwina had her older brothers Gerard and Sylvester, and sister Andrea and cousins Rose Marie, Philip, and Kenny Kaleida as playmates along with several neighbor children.