Indiana man sentenced in death of woman left at field
ROCKPORT, Ind., (AP) — A southern Indiana man has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for the death of a Kentucky woman whose body was found in a farm field.
The sentence came after 42-year-old Lonney Schroeder of Rockport pled guilty last month to murder charges, admitting he killed Sheila Denson of Philpot, Ky. Denson’s body was found in a Spencer County field in September 2008. An autopsy determined that the 42-year-old died of strangulation and multiple injuries to her head and neck.
The Evansville Courier & Press reported that Schroeder became a suspect after investigators learned he was friends with Denson and that his father maintained the property where her body was found.
2010 Indiana State Fair to toast state’s hog industry INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (AP) — This year’s Indiana State Fair will celebrate the state’s $3 billion hog industry by putting hogs and pork products center stage during the 17-day fair.
A series of events, exhibits and displays will toast Indiana’s 3,000 hog farming families during the fair’s “Year of Pigs” tribute. Indiana Pork Producers executive director Mike Platt said the Aug. 6-22 fair will highlight the large role the hog industry plays in the state’s economy.
Last year, Indiana hog farmers raised some 8 million pigs. The hog-themed fair comes amid tough times for hog farmers dealing with the recession, record high feed prices and the misperception that hogs can pass the so-called “swine flu,” or H1N1 virus, on to humans.
Longtime Kentucky pork producer CEO Ovesen dies FRANKFORT, Ky. — Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer said he is saddened by the passing of Mike Ovesen, 63, the longtime CEO of the Kentucky Pork Producers Assoc. (KPPA), who died Jan. 3.
“Mike was one of Kentucky agriculture’s most stalwart leaders and one of the state’s foremost advocates for unity and teamwork among the various farm groups. But more importantly, he was a good friend,” Farmer said.
Ovesen was CEO of the KPPA from 1987-2009. He operated a family farm in Magnolia, Ky., from 1972 until his death. Ovesen also served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, earning a Purple Heart.
Dairy price program hosting Michigan district meetings WILLIAMSTON, Mich. — The Dairy Price Stabilization Program (DPSP) will be the topic at all four Michigan Holstein Assoc. (MHA) district meetings, in various locations around the state next week.
The DPSP’s primary objective is to prevent severely depressed producer milk prices and reduce the price volatility that has plagued the dairy industry. Lucas Sjostorm of Holstein Assoc. USA will be the featured speaker at each meeting and will explain details and answer questions about the program.
Scheduled meetings across Michigan are as follows:
Jan. 20: Mooville Creamery, Nashville, 11:30 a.m.; districts II and III
Jan. 21: Byron Family Restaurant, Byron Center, 11:30 a.m.; districts IV and V
Jan. 21: St. Johns
Jan. 22: Charmont, Cass City, noon; District I
Jan. 23: Club Shadows, Evart, 11 a.m.; District VII
Everyone is welcome to attend these meetings. They will be able to purchase a meal at any meeting and do not need to be a member of the MHA to attend. For more information contact Suzanne Tuttila at 517-655-6590 or e-mail mich holstein@fnwusers.com
Two sentenced for sex with animals on Tennessee farm COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — A man who was at an Enumclaw, Wash., farm where a man was fatally injured having sex with a horse five years ago pled no contest Jan. 4 to having sex with animals on a farm in Tennessee.
The Maury County Sheriff’s office said 58-year-old James Michael Tait was sentenced to 10 years of probation. The farm owner, 44-year-old Kenny Thomason, pled guilty on Jan. 5 and was given two years of probation. They were arrested in October. Investigators seized videos.
In 2005 in Enumclaw, Tait videotaped another man having sex with a horse. The man died of internal injuries. Tait was convicted of trespassing and given a suspended sentence. That case led to a new Washington law against bestiality.
S. Korea reports outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea reported its first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in eight years last Thursday, prompting quarantine officials to slaughter animals to stop its spread, officials said.
Six dairy cows at a farm in Pocheon, about 30 miles north of Seoul, tested positive, Agriculture Ministry official Lee Chang-buhm told reporters. On Jan. 7, quarantine workers began slaughtering all of the 185 dairy cows at the farm to stem the spread of the disease, according to another ministry official, Kim Dae-gyun.
Lee said quarantine workers plan to slaughter 1,500 pigs, 346 dairy cows and several dozens of deer and goats within a 500-yard radius of the site of the outbreak. The government imposed restrictions on the movement of the animals and disinfected the area within a six-mile radius of the outbreak site, Lee added.
The disease last hit South Korea in 2002 when some 160,000 pigs either died of the disease or were slaughtered to prevent its spread. |
