Two Music Therapy Employees at State of the Heart Earn Honors

Pictured is Amy Pearson and Brittany Scheer.

Two Music Therapy professionals with State of the Heart Hospice recently achieved accomplishments in their respective fields. Amy Pearson, an employee with the nonprofit agency for six years, recently completed requirements for certification to be a Hospice and Palliative Care Music Therapist. Brittany Scheer, an employee of the agency for three years, recently received her Master of Arts in Music Therapy from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.

“These accomplishments are achievements of personal and professional growth that are important to both Amy and Brittany,” stated Traci Straley, Director of Social Services for State of the Heart. “The agency will gain professionally with their accomplishments. Their care to the patients and families that we serve will continue to be of a high quality, empathic and supportive nature. Both are vested in their profession and with providing competent music therapy services to the patients served.”

Innovators Robotics Team Featuring Versailles Student Completes Successful Season

Front Row Left to Right: Conrad Pickl, Phillip Fishbein, Ean Milligan, Chad Rindler, Nate Prikkel
Middle Row Left to Right: Carl Pickl, Jenny Watson, Jane Spoltman, DJ Gehron, Justin Chu, Austin Huber, Michael Armstrong, Josh Klar
Back Row Left to Right: Mitchell Smith, Max Spoltman, Matthew Korthauer
Not pictured: Nana Anim, Jonathan Yagisawa, Pedro Campos, Blake Nischwitz, Joseph Zoller

Innovators Robotics, Team 3138, a twenty-one member high school robotics team, which includes Versailles’ Sophomore-Chad Rindler, and also includes students from ten different school districts. The team just completed a successful 2013 season winning several team awards:

• “Engineering Inspiration Award” celebrates a team’s outstanding efforts in advancing respect/appreciation for engineering and engineers, both within their school and their community at Queen City Regional at Xavier University’s Cintas Center in Cincinnati;
• “Gracious Professionalism Award”, presented by Johnson and Johnson. Gracious Professionalism is a way of doing activities that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community. Knowledge, competition, and empathy are comfortably blended at the World Championship Competition at the Edward Jones Dome, in St. Louis, MO.

And an individual award:

• “First Dean List Award” by co-captain and Northmont Senior, Justin Chu, which recognizes students for their outstanding technical knowledge, leadership skills, individual contribution to their team, and community outreach. Justin received this award Cross Road Regional at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terra Haute, Indiana.

Innovators Robotics won the team awards for their Business Intelligence Program software “Innovators Predictive Analytics Scouting System.” This system was created by Innovators Robotics Scouting Mentor Rob Miller, and Student Scouting Programmer Josh Klar (So. Vandalia-Butler), with additional of input from drive team members: captain, Justin Chu (Sr. Northmont), driver, Austin Huber (Jr. MVCTC/V-B), and other Ohio First Robotics Teams.

Dan Gehret Excavating donates to DCPD Blacksmith Shop

Darke County Parks has begun the construction of the late 18th Century Blacksmithing Shop that will be located in the same area as the Log House on Shawnee Prairie Preserve.

Materials, Labor and use of excavating equipment to begin the project have been accumulated on the site. Dan Gehret Excavating is pictured beginning to dig the footer needed for the shop. “I am continually amazed at the number of people and businesses that have rallied around this project and offered their help and professional services,” Roger Van Frank, Director of Parks stated. Van Frank continued, “Darke County Parks strives to preserve the history of the county and this is just another way that we can educate and keep alive a part of that history which is so important for generations to come.” The Park District Board of Commissioners has also expressed their gratitude for the numerous hours and materials donated to this project.

If you have questions or would like to donate to the project please contact Roger M. Van Frank, Director of Parks at 937-548-0165.

Old Fashion Hymn Sing

The Pitsburg Church of the Brethren will present an Old Fashion Hymn Sing on Sunday, June 2, 2013, at 6 PM. Everyone is invited to come and sing (or listen to) their favorite hymns. Pastor Ken will ask members of the audience to name their favorite hymn, taken from a couple of different song books, and everyone will have the opportunity to join in the singing. Come and challenge the musicians as you re-live some of the old memories of earlier days.

The church is located at the west edge of Pitsburg, OH, at 8376 Pitsburg-Laura Road.

Meeting of Darke County Volunteer Network

The Darke County Volunteer Network will meet on June 4 at noon at the State of the Heart Hospice building, 1350 North Broadway in Greenville. All area volunteer administrators are invited to attend. This group is free and we encourage anyone that manages volunteers to join. The meetings are a great way to network, share ideas, and learn from guest speakers. During this quarterly meeting Kim Custenborder from the Catholic Social Services will be sharing information.

It’s a brown bag lunch meeting and we work to keep the meetings strictly to an hour. Any questions, call Cheryl Stafford, RSVP Recruiter at 937-548-8002.

WHIO: Guns Among Items Stolen from Mercer County Detective's Car

WHIO is reporting that an unmarked police car assigned to a detective in Mercer County had several items, including a firearm and ammunition, stolen from it while it was sitting in a parking lot in Celina.

According to WHIO's report, the following were taken:

• a Sheriff’s Office Remington 870 12 gauge shotgun with extra ammunition in a green case
• two Glock .40 cal. handgun magazines and extra ammunition
• a Sheriff’s Office winter jacket with a metal breast badge
• a Sheriff’s Office rain coat with a metal breast badge
• a bullet resistant vest
• a Sheriff’s Office stocking cap
• a black briefcase with evidence collection materials
• an emergency throw-rope
• loose change

If you have any information about this theft, you need to contact the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office Detective Division at 419-586-7724.

Click here for the original story at WHIOtv.com.

WHIO: Gorrell Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Home Invasion

WHIO was in the court room this week as Mackenzie Gorrell was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to 6 burglary and robbery charges. According to WHIO, it will be the 23 year old's third prison stint since he turned 18.

Gorrell was arrested last month after a standoff with officers at a house in Gettysburg (click here for the post related to that incident).

He was being sought in connection to a home invasion in Greenville where he and an unknown person entered a home and stole cash and the keys to a vehicle, holding the occupants, two adults and a child, at gunpoint (click here for the post for that incident).

Click here to view the report at WHIOtv.com

CHANGES IN OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS

The project of activating outdoor warning sirens from the Darke County Emergency Communications Center located at the Sheriff’s Office is now complete. Some residents in county Villages will notice a change in testing of these sirens.

Beginning June 3, 2013 sirens located in Ansonia, Arcanum, Ithaca, Bradford, Burkettsville, Gettysburg, New Madison, Wayne Lakes, North Star, Rossburg, Union City, Versailles, and Eldora Speedway will be tested the first Monday of every month at noon.

If inclement weather is occurring and/or is forecast to occur that day, the monthly test will be postponed until the following month. This decision will be made at the discretion of the Darke County Sheriff’s Office Administration. The City of Greenville will continue to activate their own sirens however, a back-up activation point has been added to the Darke County Emergency Communications Center.

The weather events that trigger a siren activation remain the same. Activation of a warning siren is based on a tornado warning from the National Weather Service or a verified spotting by a training official.

Tornado and wind related events killed nearly 25 Ohioans in the past five years despite advances in how people are alerted of strong storms. Experts agree there isn’t one perfect plan for alerting those in the storm’s path, but say the key is having several systems in place to ensure there are multiple ways a resident can be notified.

What it comes to emergency preparedness, local communities use a variety of resources to help get the word out to their citizens about pending disasters. Authorities encourage citizens to do all they can to make sure that are in a positions to get alerts about potential threats.

United for a Cure Motorcycle Benefit Ride: June 1st

Stillwater River Cleanup Looking for Volunteers

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Plan to participate in the 12th Annual Stillwater River Clean-Up that is scheduled for Friday June 14, 2013. The Stillwater Watershed Project, Darke, Miami, & Montgomery Soil & Water Conservation Districts, ODNR, Scenic Rivers Program, Darke & Miami Co. Parks District, Brukner Nature Center, Ohio EPA, Veolia water, New Tech Plastics, Inc., McDonalds, and many others are taking part in a fun filled day cleaning up/canoeing the Stillwater State Scenic River.

There will be four starting points you can chose from. They include: Stillwater Beach Campground, Indian Hills 4-H camp, Fenner Road, and Aullwood Nature Center. Volunteers will get outfitted with a canoe, gloves, trash bags, and water. Individuals are welcome to bring their own canoes to help out.

The clean-up will start promptly at 8:30am and end around 12:00pm. Please dress appropriately for the event, no sandals or flip flops (water shoes will work). For more information or to register contact Greg McGlinch at 937-548-1715, ext 3. Please pre-register by June 5th to guarantee you will get a canoe.

PEPCON Concrete donates to Darke County Park District Blacksmith Shop

Recently Pepcon Concrete of Bradford, Ohio donated almost 14 yards of concrete to the Darke County Parks Blacksmith Shop project. The concrete was used for the foundation/footer of the Blacksmith Shop that is being built by Volunteers of the Park District. “Once again the local community has made donations of time, labor and materials available to complete this project by Prairie Days 2013. We are extremely fortunate to have such a giving community to assist in projects such as these,” Stated Parks Director Roger Van Frank. “The Blacksmith shop will resemble an 18th century blacksmith shop and will offer educational workshops. It will also act a as a gathering place for local Blacksmiths to trade ideas and practice their trade when completed.”

Pictured is one of Pepcon’s trucks making the first delivery of concrete.

If you have questions regarding the project or would like to donate and /or volunteer please contact Roger M. Van Frank, Director of Parks, at 937-548-0165.

New Member of State of the Heart Bereavement Team Announced

Meredith Carpe, who has been with State of the Heart Hospice as a social worker for the past eight months has joined the nonprofit agency’s bereavement staff. With offices in Greenville, Coldwater and Portland, State of the Heart cares for patients and families in eastern Indiana and western Ohio who are confronting a life limiting illness. She resides in Greenville.

“I have always been attracted to hospice and the hospice philosophy of care and have wanted to work for a nonprofit agency,” she said. She has a Master in Social Work degree from the University of Cincinnati and has worked previously as a care manager in Cincinnati for the aging population and as a mental health therapist in a program near Athens, Ohio.

An important part of the care that State of the Heart provides patients and families is bereavement support. A family can have bereavement services for 13 months or more after the death of a loved one. Grief support is provided to adults and children. There is no cost for any of the grief support offered by the agency, and, anyone can have grief support services regardless of association with hospice care.

“With my mental health background, I thought I would enjoy the bereavement aspect of hospice care and would enjoy leading support groups. I believe there is opportunity for growth in our bereavement efforts and I am pleased to be a part of that growth. It will be exciting to see our programs and outreach expands.”

For more information on any of the services provided by State of the Heart, visit the agency web site at www.stateoftheheartcare.org.

How We Swimmers Contaminate Pools

2013 National Recreational Water Illness & Injury (RWII) Prevention Week

Darke County, Ohio — The week before Memorial Day (May 20–26, 2013) is Recreational Water Illness and Injury (RWII) Prevention Week. Every year, thousands of Americans get sick with recreational water illnesses (RWIs), which are caused by germs found in places where we swim. The goal of RWII Prevention Week is to raise awareness about healthy and safe swimming.

Have your eyes ever started to sting and turn red while you were swimming in a pool? Did you think it was because of the chlorine in the water? It’s not actually the chlorine that makes your eyes red. It’s di- or tri-chloramines. These chloramines form when chlorine combines with what comes out of (e.g., pee) or washes off of (e.g., sweat and personal care products) swimmers’ bodies and are different from the mono-chloramine, which is sometimes used to treat our drinking water. Di- and tri-chloramines irritate the eyes and respiratory tract and can even aggravate asthma. But the mixing of chlorine with urine not only creates chloramines—it also uses up the chlorine in the pool, which would otherwise kill germs. These germs get into the water when they wash off of swimmers’ bodies or when infected swimmers have diarrhea in the water. Chlorine and other pool water treatments don’t kill germs instantly. And just one diarrheal incident can release enough germs into the water that swallowing a mouthful can cause diarrhea lasting up to 2–3 weeks.

Swimmers, It’s Our Job to Keep Germs, Poop, and Pee out of the Water

We all share the water we swim in, and we each need to do our part to keep ourselves, our families, and our friends healthy. To help protect yourself and other swimmers from germs, here are a few simple and effective steps all swimmers can take each time we swim:

• Keep the poop and pee out of the water.
• Don’t swim when you have diarrhea.
• Shower with soap before you start swimming.
• Take a rinse shower before you get back into the water.
• Take bathroom breaks every 60 minutes.
• Wash your hands after using the toilet or changing diapers.
• Check the chlorine and pH levels before getting into the water.
• Proper chlorine (1–3 mg/L or parts per million [ppm]) and pH (7.2–7.8) levels maximize germ-killing power. 
• Most superstores, hardware stores, and pool-supply stores sell pool test strips.
• Don’t swallow the water you swim in.

Parents of young children should take a few extra steps:

• Take children on bathroom breaks every 60 minutes or check diapers every 30–60 minutes.
• Change diapers in the bathroom or diaper-changing area and not at poolside where germs can rinse into the water.

Remember…Think Healthy. Swim Healthy. Be Healthy!

For more information about healthy swimming, visit www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/ or www.darkecountyhealth.org

Friends of Quality Greenville Schools Launch Website for Campaign

The Friends of Quality Greenville Schools have launched a website containing information on the upcoming ballot issue to fund a new K-8 building and renovations to the high school in Greenville.

GreenvilleStrong.com launched late last week and already has plenty of content relating to the existing buildings, as well as posts from Superintendent Doug Fries and Darke County Economic Development Director Marc Saluk discussing the needs and benefits of having new, updated facilities.

One interesting, and exclusive piece of information currently on the site is the presentation delivered by Mr. Fries at last week's first organizational meeting for the campaign. Among other things, results from the district's online survey are detailed. Curious about how the community responded? Click on the link above to find out.

The site will be updated with more and more information as we get closer to the election, and the group also has a Facebook page and Twitter account you can follow to get up to the minute updates on things.

The plan itself is very similar to the issue presented and defeated in August 2011. It would fund the building of a new K-8 facility on Ohio Street, and include funds to perform upgrades on the high school. This plan is a balance of affecting all grade levels, while remaining economically favorable compared to other building options. The total ask will be a 5.69 mills levy (including the state required 0.5 mill operating and maintenance levy). This breaks down to costs of:

	Per Year	Per Month
Cost for home valued at $100k	$             174.26	$       14.52
Cost for home valued at $100k (For owner 65 and older)	$             130.69	$       10.89
Cost for commercial property valued at $100k	$             199.15	$       16.60
Cost per acre of Ag Land (Range)	$2.10 - $2.62 per year

This represents the state paying 43% of the cost of the K-8.

Be sure to check back to GreenvilleStrong.com often over the next few months to get the latest information on the campaign.

S is for Snakes

Thank you to all of the Park Pals who were able to make it out for the Darke County Parks’ monthly PALS (Practicing And Learning Stewardship) program in May. Our topic was S is for Snakes. During the program, we talked about what makes a snake a snake and how these reptiles survive this dangerous world. We headed outside to search for snakes, but we had a cool cloudy morning for Pals, which left all the snakes in their homes trying to keep warm. However, on our walk back we collected several earth worms to feed the Parks’ Brown Snake and Box Turtle. We gathered in the Live Classroom where everyone was able to touch/feel the Black Rat Snake. The next item on our agenda was to help with the feeding of the Reptiles and Amphibians. As the Park Pals watched intently, Parks’ Volunteer, Masen Rich fed the Corn Snake and were delighted as it gobbled up two mice right away. The Pals thought it was neat to see and couldn’t believe snakes only eat once a week. Then we got the Box Turtle out and everyone watched him eat the earthworms and then an apple. We wrapped up the day by making our very own Strawberry and Banana Snakes. If you missed out on May’s Park Pals, please be sure to join us for June’s Park Pals on Saturday, June 8th for Frogs, Turtles and Snakes from 9:30-12:00. This program is for children in Kindergarten through 2nd grade.

For more information call the Nature Center at 937.548.0165 or visit our website at www.darkecountyparks.org

Greenville Area Dog Club Donates to Scentral Park

Each year the Greenville Area Dog Club holds an auction during the holidays and shares the proceed with a local community group. This year they selected the Darke County Friends of the Shelter. The funds will be used to complete and maintain the new Scentral Park dog park.

The Friends of the Shelter is a 501 (c) 3 non profit group. The park is located at 5066 County Home Rd, just south of the Sheriff’s office.

Shown are the following: L-R sitting, Dog Club members Jean and Ralph Stachler, Sue Young, Sherry Shafer and Candy Null. L-R standing, Shelter members Jan and Linda Demuth, dog club member Deloris Miller, Shelter member Jeanie Harshbarger accepting check from Becky Baker. Rear, Shelter member Kurt Fritsch. The Friends will continue to accept donations for the maintenance and upkeep of the park.

Annie’s Garden Surprise

The Ladybug Garden Club and Spencer Landscaping helped Dave surprise Annie with a beautiful polished granite birdbath they placed in her garden. Annie loves the blue color and the vine leaf design of the zinc plated iron base. This great donation will be one of the many auction items at Annie’s Wild West Gala. You can view most of the auction items by going to www.garstmuseum.org and clicking on the Gala Photo Link at the top left hand side of the home page.

Annie’s Wild West Gala will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2013. This is a fundraiser for The Garst Museum and The National Annie Oakley Center. All funds raised at this event will benefit the Garst Museum in Greenville, Ohio.

Part of Annie’s Wild West Gala is Annie’s Wild Raffle. Prizes for the raffle include accommodations for a weekend Gatlinburg get-a-way, an Apple iPad 4, and Bose Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones-Quiet Comfort 15.

Tickets for the raffle ($5.00 per chance) or for the event ($12.00 per person) can be purchased from the Garst Museum.

The Garst Museum is located at:

205 N. Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331

937-548-5250

web site: www.garstmuseum.org

email: information@garstmuseum.org

Area Museum Asking…?

Do you remember gardening as a child? It was a family project often for pride and more often from necessity. This was long before our current First Lady Michelle Obama planted a new White House Garden to encourage nutritious eating.

Abigail Adams thought it was important to have a garden to feed the President during those long Washington winters! During the First World War our First Lady, Edith Wilson and then during the Second World War First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt also encouraged all Americans to plant a garden to easy the issue of rationing in what they called Victory Gardens.

Your Versailles Area Historical Society is planning on recreating those by gone days of gardening and canning in their Gallery Display “From the Good Earth” featuring an early 1900 kitchen and showing off canning and cookware from the late 1800’s to the 1970’s.

We need your help in finding gardening, canning and cooking items to help create our display. From preparing vegetables and fruits to making sausage and canned meats, we need your help!

We will need these items on loan from Memorial Day until early August when we change our display for autumn.

If you can help us by loaning items, please call Alice Huffman at 526-3953 or Deb Pohl at 423- 1106 for details and drop off times and locations.

WHIOtv.com: SR 47 Named After Local War Hero

WHIO was at a dedication ceremony as the stretch of SR 47 that passes through Ansonia was renamed "Pfc Douglas E Dickey Memorial Highway."

Pfc Dickey was killed during the Vietnam War. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism during Operation Beacon Hill 1 while serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade, 3rd Marine Division.

Click on the image below to view WHIO's report.

2nd Annual Jaxin Steward Memorial Walk Will Be on June 22nd

The photo of Jaxin was taken on 6-13-10 fourteen days prior to his death. This photo was taken to an artist and the resulting sketch was used on his tombstone.

Click here to download and print a registration form.

The family of Jaxin Alexander Steward is hosting the 2nd Jaxin Steward Memorial Walk. The walk will be held on Saturday June 22, 2013 at the Ansonia Church of God shelter house beginning at 9am. The walk is approximately 2.5 miles as it winds through the streets of Ansonia ending at the Ansonia Cemetery on St. Rt. 47 at the east edge of the city limits.

Jaxin’s Cause came about as a way to honor Jaxin Alexander Steward’s very short life. Jaxin, the youngest son of Ashley McCleskey, died at the age of 4 months 19 days as the direct result of bed-sharing with an adult. Jaxin smothered.

The pain of losing an infant was compounded by the fact that his death was completely preventable. The use of a pack and play, a bassinet or a crib would have saved his precious life.

Wanted: Darke County Women Age 14-19 for the Miss Annie Oakley Shooting Contest & Costume Contest.

The contest is part of the Annual Annie Oakley Festival that is held at the Darke County Fairgrounds, the last weekend of July. The Miss Annie Oakley Shooting and Costume contest begins on Wednesday, July 10 at 6pm for a mandatory publicity photo shoot at the Annie Oakley Park Statue at 6pm in downtown Greenville. Then the shooting practice will be held at the fairgrounds on Tuesday, July 23 at 6pm, with the shooting preliminaries held the next night, Wednesday, July 24 at 6pm. The winners of the preliminaries will have a shoot off on Thursday, July 25 at 6pm.

All of the shooting contest is open to the public with no admission charged. Darke County Women Age 14 to 19, complete the application and send it in. Deadline is Wednesday, July 10 at 6pm. No Exceptions. IF YOU NEED INFORMATION, or HAVE QUESTIONS. CALL (937) 547-9947.

Click here to download and print and entry form.

GTS Will Close for Memorial Day

INTEGRITY AMBULANCE SERVICE VOLUNTEERS

Integrity Ambulance Service volunteered their services the morning of May 4th for the EUM Christian Preschool 1st Annual 5K for Education.

Along with volunteering, several Integrity Ambulance Service employees also showed their support by teaming up and participating in the 5K as part of the Wayne HealthCare Challenge.

Pictured are: Amanda Welbaum, Ian Welbaum, Jamie Feldner, Christi Garland, Kate Kester, Evan Ross, Ian Ross, Sheri Widener, Devan Powell.

Mississinawa Valley Joe Schmitz elected District 5 President

2013-2014 District 5 President Joe Schmitz from
MIssissinawa Valley at the 85th Ohio FFA
Convention before being elected into state office.

At the 85th annual Ohio FFA State Convention one of our own chapter members was elected to the Ohio FFA State Officer team. Joe Schmitz was elected District Five President and will be representing nearly 20,000 FFA members in Ohio.

Joe Schmitz has served two years as a chapter officer and participated in numerous Career Development Events with the chapter. His family has a livestock and grain farm in northwest Darke County. His father Don Schmitz farms as well as appraises damaged crop fields for Rain and Hail Crop Insurance LLC. His mother, Tina Schmitz is a bus driver for Mississinawa Valley Local Schools. Joe comes from a strong tradition of State Officers as his sister Sara was State FFA Treasurer in 2008, and his cousin Allen Schmitz was elected State FFA President in 2008.

As a State Officer Joe will go to many different FFA Chapters in the state of Ohio teaching leadership qualities and skills at chapter visits. He will also be making many appearances at chapter banquets and providing speeches about the endless opportunities offered through the FFA. He will spend most of his summer at FFA Camp in Carrolton, Ohio where he will teach members all about the Ohio FFA. Joe will make many contacts throughout the agricultural industry and represent the Ohio FFA. To finish his year as an officer he will plan and conduct the 86th Ohio FFA Convention in Columbus, Ohio. Mississinawa Valley FFA is a satellite program of Miami Valley Career Technology Center. FFA is a student organization that promotes premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.

"Baby Chicks and Coffee" © By Abraham Lincoln

My mother is telling me to go get some kindling. She always adds a few more words to her commands because she knows the added words will make me get up and do what she wanted in the first place.

So her, “Go get some kindling, if you want any breakfast.” The last part is all about motivation. She knows I am a kid and always hungry and will eat, in her words, “whatever is set on the table.” Me going and getting the kindling is the immediate task but getting me up to go get it is helped by the gnawing sounds coming from my stomach.

At least she didn’t tell me to go get some eggs from the hen house. I don’t mind getting eggs but I never had any house slippers and don’t remember seeing anybody but really old people wearing them, so I would have to go outside and get in the chicken house in bare feet. I am not so much worried about getting some dreaded disease as I am about stepping in too many poo piles and tracking that in the house.

Mom would remind me to walk on the grass and turn my feet on the sides to scrape off anything that might be stuck there. My feet had to be clean so I could walk on mom’s moped linoleum in the kitchen unless I wanted to get yelled at.

If I did get eggs, I had to wash off any poo stuck on the sides of the shell. Sometimes in the laying process there will be a fine, fuzzy, feather stuck fast to the shell. Those are pulled off. And if you happened upon an old nest on the floor in chicken house then you had to hold each one up next to a candle to see if there was a baby chicken inside. If there was, you had to throw that egg away.