Garden City light contest offers prizes for holiday homes
Garden City Downtown Association sponsors a residential Christmas light contest with top prize of 100 dollars, second place 50 dollars, and third 25 dollars. Entry deadline is December 15 and winners are announced December 22. To enter, mail the completed form to the association.
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Farmers urged to register for new export grain marketing course
Farmers may register by Thursday for a December 14 to 16 course on export marketing of grains at Kansas State University Union. The three day program, sponsored by Kansas Wheat Sorghum Corn and Soybeans Commissions, costs 25 dollars and includes meals. Contact Harvey Kiser at Waters Hall Manhattan KS or call 913 532 6705.
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Kansas State University Union
International Grains Program
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Kansas Wheat
Kiser
Department of Economics
Waters Hall
Kansas State University
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Officials review videotape on Elwood bridge collapse
Kansas Department of Transportation officials reviewed a videotape taken minutes after the November 16 collapse near Elwood Kansas that killed a state employee and injured eight construction workers. Assistant engineer Dean Testa said removing wet concrete hindered the probe and hoped the KQTV footage would reveal the cause, with a ruling expected after Christmas.
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Spreading in grain futures as explained by KC board official
Roderick Turnbull explains spreading in grain futures trading at the Kansas City Board of Trade. The piece describes intermarket and intramarket spreads, examples between hard red winter and soft wheat, and between Kansas City and Chicago contracts. It notes hedging use and how spreads help align prices with supply and demand across months and markets.
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Hillsboro Considers Wind Power From Kansas Turbines
Mid Continent Energy proposes six 120-foot wind generators near Hillsboro to power Salem Hospital Parkside Home and Tabor College. The project could produce up to two megawatts annually, with a 10 year rate of seven cents per kilowatt hour. IRBs worth 11.5 percent would back the first two turbines, construction possible after a 90 day test.
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Parkside Honies
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Kansas
Mid Continent International Energy
Kansas City
Hillsboro Star-Journal
Joe S. Kilanski
Mid Continent
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