Live on Stage annual meeting and 2010 wheat harvest
Southwest Kansas Live on Stage will hold its annual meeting at 6 30 p m Tuesday at the Comfort Inn in Garden City RSVP by Sunday to Candy Rauhut at 275 6362 The 2010 old time wheat harvest using antique pull combines will be held Saturday at the Gale Frank farm Harvest should begin shortly afternoon or whenever the straw is ready to thresh About 50 acres of wheat will be harvested and may take most of the afternoon People may help operate equipment or display antique vehicles The event uses three antique pull type combines two early self propelled combines and dozens of tractors trucks pickups cars and other antique equipment Covered wagons will provide safe shaded transportation into the field for observation Contact Gale Frank Lynn Johnson Steve Weidner Ken Weidner or 272 7314 for more info
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Southwest Kansas
Comfort Inn
Garden City
Candy Rauhut
Gale Frank
Lynn Johnson
Steve Weidner
Ken Weidner
Teens honored for good deed in Lindsborg purse find
Eight central Kansas teenagers who returned a lost purse containing 7700 dollars were praised by Lindsborg Police Chief Tim Berggren who presented reward money donated by locals. Each teen received over 150 dollars along with a letter and a McDonald's gift certificate.
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Lindsborg
Central Kansas
Tim Berggren
Salina
Kansas wheat harvest faces low prices and wide basis
Kansas farmers endure a bumper crop with markets glutted by record world stocks and high carryover. Cash prices at county elevators run about 3.70 to 3.80 per bushel while the futures basis widens up to 1.30. Industry leaders warn of tight margins and rising rail freight costs as producers hold grain awaiting demand improvement.
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Kansas
Dan O’brien
Kansas State University
O’brien
Gilpin
Houston
Nigeria
D.E. Bondurant Grain
Ness City
Gary Gantz
Gantz
Kansas Grain and Feed Association
Harvest progress steady amid rain across Kansas farms
Harvest remains on track despite scattered rain in Kansas with Finney and Kearny counties receiving most moisture. Wichita and Stevens Counties saw limited rain while Ulysses area reported precipitation. Dodge City Co op notes 2.5 million bushels in 14 locations, average test weight near 63 pounds, early yields around 60 plus bushels per acre, and expects most harvest to finish by month end.
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Finney County
Tom Wright
National Weather Service
Dodge City
Wright
Wichita County
Kearny County
Gary Friesen
Scott Co-op Association
Friesen
Stevens County
Nate Holman
United Prairie Ag
Ulysses
Kansas
Bill Maskus
Dodge City Co-op Exchange
Dodge City Co-op
Maskus
Garden City man faces federal charges in two armed robberies
A Garden City man Henry L. Scott 23 faces two counts of armed robbery two counts of carrying a firearm and three counts of unlawful firearm possession with a felony conviction for the Jan 8 Kwik Shop robbery and the Jan 20 Food Mart holdup. Potential penalties include up to 20 years and 250000 fine per armed robbery 10 years and 250000 for firearm possession. The case is investigated by ATF and prosecuted by Special Assistant US Attorney Aaron Smith. Scott also faces Finney County charges including aggravated kidnapping and robbery with ongoing arraignment delays.
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Garden City
Henry L. Scott
Scott
Kwik Shop
Campus Ave
Food Mart
Buffalo Jones Ave
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Aaron Smith
Finney County
Brian Sherwood
Ulysses Exhibit Named Kansas Wonder in 8th Slot
The Historic Adobe Museum in Ulysses earned a spot among Kansas eight historical wonders with its exhibit 1930s Dust Bowl to Gas Exploration. The piece, part of 24 finalists from more than 170 nominations, highlights southwest Kansas from dust bowl hardship to Hugoton gas boom, aided by community voting and museum artifacts.
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Adobe Museum
Ulysses
Kansas
Kansas Sampler Foundation
Marci Penner
Boot Hill
Dodge City
Council Grove
Santa Fe
Anthony
el Cuartelejo
Scott County
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Topeka Zoo
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Topeka Capital- Journal
Zoo
Brendan Wiley
Wiley
USDA
Inman
Larry Schroeder
Ken Jameson
Garden City Co-op
Justin Gilpin
Kansas Wheat
Harvest
Tsk
Jack Sramek
Ginnie Sramek
Joseph Sramek
Sixth Street
Dillons East
G.C. Man
Laurie Sisk
Gretchen Hogan
Amy McVey
Trinity Lutheran Church
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