Roundup Ag loans open to women and minorities in several counties
Farm Service Agency announces operating and ownership loans available to women and minority group members to purchase or run family farms in Finney Greeley Hamilton Kearny Lane Scott and Wichita counties. Direct and guaranteed loans may cover livestock equipment feed seed and other business costs with terms up to seven years for operating loans and up to 40 years for ownership loans. In FY 2007 FSA Kansas lent $2,157,819 to 57 qualified applicants. local office contact is 275-0211.
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Finney
Greeley
Hamilton
Kearny
Lane
Scott
Wichita
Farm Service Agency
FSA
Kansas Farm Service Agency
Dance Classes Start Tuesday At Garden City Recreation
Adult ballroom and country dance classes begin Tuesday evening at Garden City Recreation Commission. Jon Gregory teaches ballroom at 6 and 7 pm weekly for eight weeks. Al and Linda Miller teach country dance at 8 pm. Fees are $50 per couple for eight lessons. registration at 310 N Sixth St or by calling 276-1200. Partners and proper shoes required.
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Garden City Recreation Commission
Jon Gregory
Linda Miller
Sixth St
Fostering An Urgent Call for Foster Care Teens
A one hour KC program on fostering teens in Kansas for foster families and black foster parents airs on Kansas Now channel 22 this Saturday evening. It will also be available on Video on Demand.
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Kansas
Kansas Now
Channel 22
Bierceville reunion for former Doors students announced
Former Doors students from Bierceville are invited to a reunion beginning at 9 a.m. with coffee, a noon dish meal, and a 4 30 or 5 p.m. meal. Attendees may bring school photos and memorabilia, join an afternoon history discussion, and enjoy entertainment by Gale Siebert and friends from Garden City starting about 5 30 p.m. Claudett Beavers can provide more information at (620) 355-5564.
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Pierceville
Gale Siebert
Garden City
Claudett Beavers
Tornado repairs at KSU continue on campus
Kansas State University repairs proceed after the June 11 tornado that caused 20 million dollars in damage across the campus and town of Chapman. Classes will start on schedule, with ongoing roof, wall, and window fixes at Fiedler Ward Cardwell Weber halls and other buildings.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Ed Heptig
Kansas State
Chapman
Campus
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fiedler Hall
Ward Hall
Cardwell
Waters
Bushnell Halls
Weber Hall
Heptig
Cardwell Hall
Balloonists thrill crowds at Finney County Balloon Classic
Balloon enthusiasts of all ages gathered at the Finney County Fairgrounds for the fifth annual Hot Air Balloon Classic hosted by the Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau. Despite winds grounding nine balloons on Saturday, pilots still lit and glowed their balloons Friday night and Sunday morning, while families praised the colorful displays and the peaceful ride above the ground.
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Finney County Fairgrounds
Bud Hebrlee
Albuquerque
N.M
Finney County
Hebrlee
Garden City
Convention and Tourism Bureau
Rosemary Colson
Andrew Vansickle
Frank Hunter
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ferrets thriving in western Kansas reintroduction effort
In western Kansas about two dozen rare black-footed ferrets released last December show survival and reproduction. Volunteers counted at least four reproductions, with conservationists optimistic that 3 to 5 ferrets survived. A wild-born Kansas litter may mark the first such brood in over 50 years. Federal aims include 10 self sustaining populations nationwide by 2010 and 1 500 breeding adults.
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Wichita
Kansas
Ron Klataske
Audubon of
Klataske
Meeteetse
Wyo
Plains States
Logan County
Retired Larned conservationist travels the globe
Lonnie Fehrenbacher, a former U S Agriculture conservationist, has spent years ticking off his travel short and long lists since retiring in 2005. His journeys include the Amazon headwaters, Borneo, Malaysia, Costa Rica, China to view the Great Wall and Terracotta Army, the Galapagos, Africa safaris, and plans for Madagascar India Burma Greenland Japan Australia and Europe. He travels light, keeps photos as souvenirs, and cherishes jungle experiences and wildlife encounters learned after a career shaping land and water projects in Kansas.
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Larned
Lonnie Fehrenbacher
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Fehrenbacher
National Geographic Magazine
Discovery Channel
Amazon
Borneo
Malaysia
South China Sea
Costa Rica
Great Wall
Galapagos Islands
Ferenbacher
Africa
Madagascar
India
Burma
Greenland
Japan
Australia
Europe
Amazon River
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Bierceville
Ksu
Kenny Bonnette
University of Kansas Jayhawk
Brian Carlson
Topeka
Carlson
Federal Aviation Administration
Nick Stroup
Silver Lake
Stroup
Diana
Nick
Samantha
China
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