Farm Bureau helps kids ‘Explore Ag’

By Esther McCoy Harrison News-Herald Correspondent

Each year comes a time when crops start growing; and the Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation will be celebrating the land and the people who work it.

Farmers are the backbone of our economy, the heart of our traditions, and energy from all generations who are needed to fulfill roles in the industry.

In the same way, soils, seeds, and animals must be nurtured so the future generations of young people will fulfill roles in the industry. Our agriculture is currently projected to have growth opportinities, indicating that in the next 10 years, we will need 470,000 new workers in agribusiness and 90,000 new workers in direct farming operations. The Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation, it is believed, is the key to a vital agricultural industry in the next decade and countless decades beyond. Many are needed to bring this about.

To cultivate future generations of Ohio Farmers, the foundation takes a three-pronged approach to inspiring their interest in and commitment to agriculture, scholarships, innovative programming and grants. They provide opportunities for hundreds of students in colleges and universities and those who are directly entering the work force, whose career paths will enhance the farming industry.

“Explore Ag,” a free immersion program where teens learn about agriculture and related STEM fields from industry experts, scientists, and educators, enables the foundation to award grants to county Farm Bureaus and partner organizations that share the goal of helping young people in ag careers.

There is always an interesting speaker. The next program is the Farm and City Luncheon to be held on Monday, April

24, at 11 a.m. at the Community Building at the Harrison County Fairgrounds. Cinda Pottmeyer will speak on how quilt blocks may have played a significant role in the Underground Railroad communication between the slaves and their way to freedom. It is free and there is a chance to win door prizes. To register, call the County Farm Bureau office at 330-3397211 or Jayne Wallace at 740-942-3378 or email Harrison@ofbf.org. The deadline is April 19.

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Ongoing Events

• HARRISON COUNTY Board of Elections will hold monthly meetings on the second Monday of each month at 1 p.m. at the meeting room by the office.

• AL-NON MEETINGS Thursdays, 7 p.m. First Church of Christ, 139 N. Main, Cadiz.

• UNIONPORT MUSEUM is open the first and third Sundays monthly from 1-4 p.m. (in the old Unionport School, Wayne Township Community Center). The public is cordially invited to stop in and look around.

• FRANKLIN MUSEUM members meet the second Wednesday of each month, 6 p.m., at the museum.

• SCIO FOOD Pantry in the Scio United Methodist Church serves people with a Scio, Jewett, or Bowerston zip code. Food and personal care items will be given out on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. In November and December on the second Wednesday only. It is an Equal Opportunity Provider.

• PINE VALLEY Sportsman’s Club Shoot is every Sunday, 9 a.m. at the club. Sign up is 8:30 a.m. Public welcome.

• TOPS CLUB Meetings at Faith Community Chapel in Leesville. Every Monday are weigh-ins at 4:45 p.m. and meetings are at 5:30 p.m. For more info, call 740-2691238 or 740-269-9283.

• THE HARRISON County Agricultural Society meets the first Monday of each month at the Harrison County Fairgrounds in Cadiz at 7 p.m. If the first Monday is a holi- day, then it will meet on the second Monday unless otherwise stated.

• HARRISON COUNTY Veterans Service will hold its meetings the first Monday of the month at 3 p.m. in the Harrison County Veterans Service Office, Courthouse.

• HARRISON COUNTY Health Department will hold its monthly meetings on the third Thursday of each month, 1 p.m. in the Coal Room located at the Harrison County Government Center.

• CADIZ AMERICAN LEGION S.A.L. Burger Night, every Friday from 5-8 p.m. Hamburgers, cheeseburgers, Legion Burgers and fries, fish tail/chicken tender meal, 21-piece shrimp meal, fish tail sandwich, chicken tenders and coleslaw. Dine-In or take-out. 740-942-3764. Thank you for your support.

• AMERICAN LEGION Cadiz Post 34 holds its monthly regular meetings on the third Monday of every month at 5:30 p.m. at the post home. All Cadiz Post 34 Legionnaires are urged to attend.

• GAMBLER’S ANONYMOUS meetings are at the Cadiz Presbyterian Church every Tuesday at 8 p.m.

• CADIZ FOOD Pantry is open every Tuesday and Friday from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. For families in need, please call 740-942-4300.

• SCIO AMERICAN Legion will hold its monthly meetings the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m.

• HOPEDALE LEGION Wing Wednesdays starting at 11 a.m.7:30 p.m. Eat-in or carry-out. Open to the public. 740-937-9995.

• HOPEDALE LEGION RIDERS has a steak fry from 5-8 p.m. on the second Saturday of the month. Dinner includes steak, potato, vegtable and bread. Dine-in or carry-out. 740-937-9995.

• THE HARRISON County CIC meets monthly on the second Tuesday of the month at 4 p.m. at alternating locations - either the Puskarich Public Library large meeting room or the Harrison County Government Center conference room. Location is dependent on meeting room availability. For specifics, please call the office at 740-942-2027.

• HARRISON COUNTY Wellness Coalition, a group of diverse people collaborating to help reduce the abuse of legal and illegal drugs in Harrison County. Third Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m., via Zoom. Info:

Boomer bust

Dear Editor, I keep hearing that no one in the younger generations wants to work while also hearing about the shortage of workers. Teaching, nursing, and many trades are having difficulty filling positions. How can we have a shortage of workers, but also say Millennials and Gen Z are lazy?

What’s really happening is we have a large, aging generation from the baby boom, and now we’re struggling to support them. Gen X wasn’t a big enough generation to cover them, and despite millennials finally becoming the largest represented generation in the U.S., they are miles behind economically. So now Millennials are expected to shoulder the burden of two aging populations and they simply cannot do so.

There are too many jobs needed to help both

740-942-8823.

• PUSKARICH PUBLIC Library Board of Trustees meeting second Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. at the main library, 200 E. Market St., Cadiz.

• CAREGIVER SUPPORT groups are held virtually, through Area Agency on Aging Region 9. They are held on the first Tuesday of every month from 1-2:30 p.m., and also the second Wednesday every month 5:30-7 p.m. If interested, call 1-800-945-4250 and request the caregiver program.

• BOWERSTON SCHOOL District Public Library will hold its regular monthly meetings on the third Monday of each month at 6 p.m. in the Penn Room at the Library.

• THE HUMANE Society of Harrison County will meet on April 27, at 5 p.m. at the new shelter: 84033 Mizer Road, Cadiz. New members are always welcome.

• HARRISON COUNTY Regional Chamber of Commerce, “Coffee & Connections” third Thursday of every month 8:30 a.m. April’s will be at the Harrison Community Hospital.

• ECOFA is an organization of persons interested in improving their woodlands and in forestry-related topics. The public is invited to attend the free meetings which are held monthly on the first Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Dover Public Library, 525 N. Walnut St, Dover. No meeting in April.

• CADIZ EAGLES has steak fries every third Saturday of the month. Eat-in or take-out. 740-9423026. 5-8 p.m. Cost: $17.

• JEWETT FOOD Pantry third Monday of the month. 10 a.m. –noon, 6-7 p.m. Jewett U.M. Church, 202 W. Main St. 740-946-5591.

• MEN’S BASKETBALL night again at Warren Township Community Center. Gym is open at 6 p.m. every Thursday. Everyone is welcome to come help keep Pastor Larry Stitt on his toes. For info, call Portia: 330-260-9528 or the Center at 330-365-9240, leave message.

• CADIZ AMERICAN Legion. Taco Tuesday. First Tuesday of every month. 5-8 p.m.

UPCOMING EVENTS aging demographics and too few Millennials. The demographic makeup of the country is changing, and no one is acknowledging we need to make a shift.

• CADIZ EAGLES fish fry is on Friday, April 21, from 5–8 p.m.

The younger generations are being forced into professional burnout and skyrocketing mental-health issues. Then they’re called lazy and made to feel responsible for every economic crisis America has faced since the early 2000s. Older generations are notorious for condescending young people then complaining those same young people don’t want to be around them.

This attitude extends to the workplace as many millennials are finding it’s not worth their time to join industries where they’re treated like garbage. I know several Millennials who have left trade apprenticeships because their 64-year-old boss yelled at them daily, blamed them for every problem, and overall treated them like they were barely human. Why would anyone want to enter an industry where that’s the standard of treatment for employees? So young people are expected to carry Boomers and Gen X economically while simultaneously being treated terribly by them? There may be a worker shortage, but it’s not driven by laziness. It’s driven by a whole generation expected to carry the weight of two generations before them. No wonder they’re tired.

Eat-in or take-out. $8 dinners. 740-942-3026.

• DESIGNER PURSE Bingo fundraiser for Tri-County Help Center on Saturday, April 22, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Marian Hall, 212 W. Main St., St. Clairsville. $25 ticket Doors open at 10 a.m. and event is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Light refreshments, coverall game, vendors country store, 50/50, and in-between game raffles. For pre-sales and more information, please call 740695-5441.

• LOOKING FOR 18u summer baseball teams from Ohio to play in the annual Bob Cene Memorial 18u Metal Bat Tournament to be held June 29 through July 2 at the Cene Park Baseball Complex in Struthers. Contact Ken Quinn at 330-719-0581 for information.

• THE LORD’S Sharing Pantry Perrysville Church parking lot, 88 Amsterdam Road SE, (state Route 164), Scio. Open 24 hours, free to all. A wide variety of items are available - toilet paper, boxed cereal, peanut butter, protein bars, shampoo, body wash and much more.

• NIGHT AT the Races, Saturday, May 13. Cadiz Country Club, Post Time 7 p.m. Heavy hors d’oeuvres. Cash bar. Call Rich Milleson 740-310-0880 or Sue Myers 740-491-0659.

• CADIZ AMERICAN Legion fish fry, first Saturday of every month. 4-8 p.m. Cod chunks, fries, slaw, bread $12. Dine-in or carry-out. A la cart items available. Open to the public. 336 E. Spring St., Cadiz. 740-942-3764.

• HOPEDALE TOWN & Country 4-H Club will be having a spaghetti dinner on April 16 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Jewett firehall, Jewett. Cost is by donation. This is a fundraiser that will help provide 4-H books, shirts and education to the youth.

• JEWETT VILLAGE will be holding a village clean-up day on April 22 starting at 10 a.m.

• THE HARRISON Lodge F & A.M. #219 will be hosting an open house on April 22 from 11 am to 1 pm at 441 Charleston Street in Cadiz. The Brothers of Harrison would like to invite people out to the open house; everyone is welcome.

Sincerely, Jessica Hatcher Cadiz

By Susan Adams

“Court action to be able to form a conservancy district on June 3, 1933, formally created the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.”

The law gave a district power “to do all other things necessary for the fulfillment of the purpose of this act, such as forestation, the building of check dams and other control works to prevent soil erosion.”

Bids for the Tappan Dam contract was awarded Nov. 24, 1934. Construction began Jan. 3, 1935. An effort was made to provide maximum local benefit by using hand labor rather than machines wherever practical. The work was done under the U.S. Works program, using relief labor supplied by the Cadiz Re-employment Office wherever possible.

Skilled laborers received 65 cents per hour, intermediate laborers 50 cents per hour, and unskilled 45 cents per hour (this is during the depression, so this was good money). The location for Tappan Lake was chosen because a geologist tell us that centuries ago, the valley contained a lake formed by a glacier that filled the valley with silty clay, sand and gravel. This soil mixture, plus the narrowness of the valley, made it the ideal site for the dam.

A Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Camp Custer, was set up July 1940 near Cadiz. About 200 young men made up the complement of the camp. The program was set up to help soften the effects of the depression by providing young men with employment and a home. The men at this camp helped plant trees and worked with farmers on conservation methods. The camp was closed in June 1942.