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Washington County Extension and Outreach has begun a monthly feature of local 4-H families this year, with the first showing just how 4-H can change someone’s life.
This month’s feature is Jeremy and Kari Statler, and their children Caleb, Abigail, and Elijah. They began taking part in 4-H when the second child Abigail begged her parents to let her show a goat. At the time her only farm experience was from spending time on her grandparents’ farm, and her parents decided to build a goat pen at their office at Statler Construction, Inc. The family’s passion for 4-H and showing animals grew from there, with them purchasing an eight acre property south of Wellman where they now live and raise chickens, goats, cows, and a llama. The youngest child Elijah has been showing animals since fourth grade, and he shares how it’s influenced him personally, “Well it definitely changed my life as it just showed me how much I like animals. And then at our old house I never really had cho
The Washington County Board of Supervisors approved a proposal to clear an area of brush and timber near the Kewash Nature Trail during their meeting Tuesday.
Supervisor and Conservation Board member Stan Stoops presented a request from Jason Bell, a tenant of county-owned farm ground, to clear an area south of the trail. Conservation Executive Director Zach Rozmus explained that the area proposed is all south of the trail, including a waterway that has had a lack of maintenance, “We went out there and looked at it with them, it’s not going to impact the trail whatsoever. We had kind of approached the idea of we know that we had the second phase of the Kewash Trail coming up and we were just going to tie it in at the same time, so we were going to have some equipment involved with that too where we could potentially extend it out there. But I just wanted to let everyone know that from the conservation side of it we don’t have any objection to it at all because it’s just goi
Stewart Elementary 1st grade students learned how farmers are superheroes too. They listened to a book and drew pictures of different jobs farmers do to provide our foods, fuels, and fibers. Photo courtesy of Rinner.
Those who believe in the value of teaching agriculture in the classroom are invited to donate to a program currently in its second year from Washington County Extension and Outreach.
Agriculture in the Classroom is held monthly in various elementary classrooms in Washington County, and in its first year 39 classrooms participated with 725 students and 48 adults experiencing lesson topics including beef, corn, dairy, soybeans, turkeys, water and soil conservation, the farm crisis of the 1980’s, and seed germination.
As we turn the calendar to 2021, Washington residents are reminded of New Year’s Day closures happening this week.
The Washington City Hall and public library will both be closed this Friday, and garbage routes will not be affected. The Washington County Courthouse, Washington County Mini Bus, and Washington County Extension office will also be closed Friday. Post offices will be closed Friday, as well as most banking institutions.
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