Local Finney County Fair prepares after yearlong storage
4 Hers resume activities led by Chris Hall who cleans and repairs open class crafts displays. Finney County Fair Board relies on many departments and volunteers including custodians staff and youth services. Events begin Thursday with a hamburger feed and band concerts at the Grandstand followed by Friday watermelon feed and more concerts. Saturday features sidewalk art and a demolition derby while Sunday includes a pedal pull and a grand awards presentation. Planning for next year starts as soon as this year ends.
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Chris Hall
Finney County Fair Board
Finney County Road and Bridge Department
Western State Bank
Grandstand
Bornina Barn Band
Jason Brown
Finney County Farm Bureau
Chase Mitchell
Farm Credit of
SW Kansas
Garden City Co-op
Grandstand Plaza
Commerce Bank
Finney County Fair Association
Finney County Fair
Fungicide spraying rises as area corn under disease threat
A Kansas crop weather report shows 58 percent of corn in good condition with 13 percent excellent and 21 percent fair. Dusty Dowd of Syracuse Flying Service notes a 50 percent boost in fungicide spraying on wheat and corn to combat gray leaf spot, costing 18 to 20 dollars per acre. Kansas State Extension warns growers to scout for soybean rust spreading from neighboring states, while 72 percent of soybeans have bloomed.
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Kansas Agricultural Statistics
John “Dusty” Dowd
Syracuse Flying Service, Inc
Dowd
K-State
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Kansas Ag
Thompson
Farming Fall Row Crops Outlook Shows Mixed Ratings
Fall row crop projects receive 12 percent excellent, 56 percent good, 27 percent fair, 4 percent poor and 1 percent very poor. Sorghum shows 8 percent excellent, 66 percent good, 20 percent fair, 5 percent poor and 1 percent very poor. Sunflowers rated 11 percent excellent, 52 percent good, 25 percent fair, 8 percent poor and 4 percent very poor.
Board of Education seeks approval on 2007 budget
Garden City board members negotiate a 2007 08 school year plan adding seven teacher days by 2010 and expanding safety measures. A health report card would track BMI height and weight and suggest parent actions. District aims to approach state median student contact days while adding safety and health initiatives.
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Board of Education
Utz
Gail Dunford
Garden City
George Hopkins
Polly Witt
Health Services
Witt and Nutrition Services
Tracy Johnson
Johnson
Dunford
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Kansas & Garden City Coop
Grandstand Arena
Southwest Dairy Association
Joe Gandelman
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Finneycountyfair.org
Janice
Commerce
Commercebank.com
IRS
Commerce Bancshares, Inc
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