Lakin couple nurture oasis with peppers and charity
Leo and Bernice Steinmetz tend a lush garden at 410 South Hamilton Lakin shading a busy life of drip irrigation raised beds and wildlife. They are 2002 Kearny County Grand Champion jalapeno pepper growers who plan to make hot sauce this month and share produce at the weekly farmer's market as a community service.
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Leo
Bernice Steinmetz
Hamilton
Lakin
Leo Steinmetz
Rabbit
Kearny County
Steinmetz
Kansas
Rocky Ford
Colorado
Garden City Company
Bernice
Kearny
Granada
Colo
Lakin’s Farmer's Market
Kansas Schools Brace for Gov Graves Cutbacks
Kansas superintendents report stockpiled reserve accounts as Gov Graves trims state funding by 17 million for public schools. Urban districts like Wichita face larger losses while some districts plan for further reductions after January. Contingency reserves may cushion harm but long term stability remains uncertain.
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Topeka
Iola
Craig Neuenswander
Bill Graves
Kansas
Wichita
Rex Bruce
Sharon Springs
Bruce
Graves
Finney County weighs use of USDA grant funds for sewer project
The Finney County Commission meets at 8:30 a.m. at the Administrative Center to discuss leftover USDA rural development grants for the Sower District No. 3 project. Engineer Max Morgan suggests fencing lift stations and adding automatic alarms for security and flood or power failure. A public hearing on vacating Hund Street and part of McPherson Street in the Otto Hund West Link Subdivision is set for 11:30 a.m. The panel will also discuss transferring the communications tower on state wildlife and parks land, county building monitoring services with Bill Heller of Heller Electric, and two non-elected personnel closed sessions.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Division of Rural Development
Finney County
Max Morgan
Morgan
Hund Street
McPherson Street
Otto Hund West Link
State Wildlife and Parks
Bill Heller
Heller Electric
Clay County vote machine error taints county race
Clay Center voters faced a disputed result after a faulty voting machine misread Mayo across the 2nd District, shifting Mayo ballots to Jennings. An objection board will recount by hand, with Mayo claiming a 465 to 153 potential margin before the error.
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Clay Center
Clay County Commission
Jerry Mayo
Roy Jennings
Mayo
Jennings
2Nd Commission
USD 457 Board to consider bids at Monday meeting
At 7 30 p m Monday the USD 457 Board of Education will discuss purchases totaling 133 065 67 including 10 sewing machines two full size vans custodial supplies a gas line and gymnasium HVAC system for Pierceville Plymell Elementary. The district trimmed vehicle purchases to two vans.ongoing maintenance updates and a Community College joint projects proposal from Garden City Community College are on the agenda.
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USD 457
Board of Education
Pierceville
Plymell
Kathleen Whitley
Jeff Crist
Garden City Community College
Gccc Board of Trustees
Ed Rutter
Rutter
Memorial Stadium
Young blacksmith William Poland II crafts at Fort Larned
William Poland II, 11, started as a nine year old at the Fort Larned forge under ranger Pete Bethke. He builds items for county fairs, learning by watching and practicing in the 1867 era workshop. His 4-H self determined project includes an S shaped ram’s head hook.
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William
Karen
Bethke
Hays
Ellis
Fort Larned
Ellis County
Jill Stafford
Kansas State University Research and Extension
Stafford
William Poland
Fort Larned National Historic Site
Larned
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Lakin’s
Kathy Hanks
Hanks
Tim Conrad
Lebo-Waverly
Dale Dennis
Conrad
John Carlin
Terry Karlin
Oswego
Karlin
Neuenswander
Kansas City
Kan
Ray Daniels
Daniels
Sara Hornbaker
Holcomb Pool
Finney County Commission
Commission
Finney County Administrative Center
Ninth St
Clay County
God
GOP
Mary Brown
Fleming St
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