Conservation in action
Knox County elected officials were updated on 2011 conservation practices Thursday by the Knox Soil & Water Conservation District. Director Rob Clendening, left, explained this concrete pad waste storage area at the McDonald broiler raising farm on Wooster Road. From left are Jarred Kittle, wildlife specialist with the district, Roger Robertson, WMVO Radio, Knox County Commissioners Roger Reed and Teresa Bemiller, and Knox County Auditor Jonette Curry. The group also visited the Hiawatha Park Rain Garden on Sychar Road, Wilson pumping plant for agricultural waste water transfer and the Dale Grassbaugh farm stream management project currently under way. (Photo by Virgil Shipley)