Interviewed Frank Grieshop on his farm in Russia, Ohio today. Frank built his home here for a mere $6,000, and it is one of the most energy efficient we’ve seen. It was built into the side of a hill for insulation, has multiple solar panels on the roof and a wind turbine out back. In addition, the south side of the place are all large windows (for passive solar) and they overlook an indoor garden… Grieshop also has 70 head of cattle on his farm, all organically fed. He is what we’d consider an extremely good environmental steward… From Frank’s place, we headed north to get our “kicks” on Ohio’s Rte. 66. We stopped in Celina to pass on a press release, then headed to Spencerville where I was interviewed by the editor of the newspaper. She asked if I had any advice to help with the funding shortfall Ohio schools are currently experiencing. I said for one, even if a local levy to support a school system fails, wouldn’t it be common sense that the people who voted for the levy set up a voluntary school fund to deposit the taxes they would have been assessed anyway. This way, at least the school system would get some funds. And who knows, maybe others would get on board when they see the lengths there fellow citizens are going to help the local youth. The editor said she’d never heard of that idea, but added she thought it was a: “good one.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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