Fair Youth Livestock Auction Highlights 4H FFA Awards
Youth 4-H and FFA members showcased 127 animals at the fair auction funding premiums for those who raised them though the animals went to slaughter. Pigs named Walker and Texas Ranger tied to wins as Harley Stapleton and Tanner Mongeau earned reserve and champion honors amid years of showing experience.
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FFA
Jacob
Harley Stapleton
Garden City
Walker
Texas Ranger
Stapleton
Tanner Mongeau
Mark Petersen
Walking taco thrills at county fair and fairgoer favorites
A casual Finney County Fair survey finds hot dogs ham burgers funnel cakes and snow cones top the menu with Jayhawk snow cones favored for grape and cherry flavors. The event highlights kids learning to raise animals budget and prepare stock for auction, with four hand FFA members showing 127 animals and state fair dreams in 32 days.
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Finney County Fair
K-State
Hutchinson
Healthier kids meals push calories over limit at chains
A CSPI study finds kids meals often exceed 430 calories with juice boxes and sides like applesauce or yogurt, while Subway avoids sodas. Eating out now makes up about one third of daily calories for children, up from 30 years ago. The report labels expectant fast food norms as shaping lunch and dinner.
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America
CSPI
Margo G. Wootan
McDonald’s
Burger King
KFC
Christi Woodworth
Sonic
Jack In the Box
Kathleen Anthony
Winnipeg Greyhound beheading suspect described as hard working
The suspect Vince Li, a 40 year old immigrant from China who once worked as a church custodian, is charged with second degree murder after the stabbing and beheading of Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus near Portage la Prairie. Church and delivery references portray him as reliable and steady.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
China
Grant Memorial Church
Tom Castor
Vince Weiguang Li
Castor
Edmonton
Vincent Augert
Portage la Prairie
Greyhound
Tim McLean
McLean
Anna
Trains Grow From Hobby For Harp And Family
Reed Harp and his mother Alicia discuss how the Southwest Kansas Modelers group mentors youth. The club meets Mondays after school, and Reed has built a growing diorama with a lake, church, mill, and figures at the Main Street layout above Sears. Reed earned a grand champion ribbon and aims to expand next year.
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Alicia Harp
Southwest Kansas Modelers
Southwest Kansas
Sears
N. Main St
Robert Simmons
Odsge.net
Two U S soldiers among 11 killed in Iraq violence
In Baghdad two U S soldiers died and at least nine Iraqis were killed by roadside bombs in the capital and surrounding areas. Another American was wounded as officials described a 10 am attack near a highway in New Baghdad. The tally brings U S deaths to 4,131 in the Iraq war since 2003. Iraqi leaders work to resolve a power sharing dispute delaying provincial elections amid Kurdish objections to seat distribution in Tamim province.
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Muqtada al-Sadr
U.S
Associated Press
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Kirkuk
United States
Iraq
Tamim
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