Are periodical cicadas a threat to field crops? The quick and dirty answer to this question is NO. Are they a thread to the health and welfare of anything? There is no quick and dirty answer to this question.
The best way to answer the second question is to start by looking at what the periodical cicada is, what it feeds on, where one would expect to find them, and its life cycle.
The periodical cicada or 17-year cicada is an insect with an extremely long life cycle that takes 17 years to get from the egg stage to the adult stage. Some people mistakenly refer to this insect as a locust. Unfortunately, locusts and cicadas are not one-in-the-same. Locusts are a type of grasshopper (Order Orthoptera). Cicadas (Order Hemiptera) are not grasshoppers. And the 2 look nothing like one another.
The Rev. Jane Schockey
TORONTO The Rev. Jane Schockey is the new pastor of Hill Top United Presbyterian Church in Toronto.
Schockey was ordained as a minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA) at the end of December and installed as the pastor of Hill Top in mid-January.
A native of the Ohio Valley, having grown up in Bellaire, she pursued ministry following high school, obtaining her bachelor of arts degree in Bible and theology and began leading youth ministry at Calvary Presbyterian in St. Clairsville.
She went on to seminary to receive her master of divinity degree, returning to the Ohio Valley to lead Christian education at Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church in Wheeling, where she is employed part-time as its church administrator.
Local volunteer receives OSU Extension award
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The Overholser family was recognized by the Ohio State University Extension for their support of county and statewide Extension programming. Pictured from left to right is Taylor Dill, Aaron Overholser, Banks Overholser, Lindsey Overholser, Brody Overholser, Peggy Overholser, Bo Overholser and Sam Custer.
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GREENVILLE The Overholser family was recognized by the Ohio State University Extension for their support of county and statewide Extension programming. The family played an active role in promoting the Ohio State University Extension in Darke county.
Aaron, Lindsey, Bo, Peggy, Brody and Banks received the Ohio Joint Council of Extension Professionals Friend of Extension Award on December 9, 2020, during the Ohio State University Extension Annual Conference at the Ohio Union on The Ohio State University campus.
May 3, 2021
The Ohio State University Extension of Washington County announces the winners of the annual 4-H College Scholarship Awards. Each applicant must be a high school senior or college freshman and a 4-H member for at least three years.
Funding was provided by the Washington County 4-H Endowment Committee through funds housed at Marietta Community Foundation.
Two winners receiving $500 scholarships are:
Kesselyn Bigley, daughter of Jessica and Joe Kidd and Jason and Emily Bigley. She is a member of the Salem Liberty Homemakers and Lower Salem Boys 4-H Club. She is a senior at Marietta High School and plans to major in Animal Science or Livestock Production and Management at an undecided university/college.
By Vinayak Shedekar, Ohio State University ExtensionJoin Ohio State University Extension for a webinar focused on drainage design, installation, and management including updates on recently passed H.B. 340 on Ohio’s “petition ditch laws” that address the installation and maintenance of drainage works of improvement in Ohio.