Nightengale Named State Winner in Corn Yield Contest
Vern Nightengale, a Copeland corn producer from Missouri, earned state wins in the 2014 National Corn Yield Contest. He placed third in the Irrigated Class with 302.85 bu/acre using Pioneer P1690CHR, and second in No-Till/Strip-Till Irrigated with 303.28 bu/acre using Pioneer P1625CHR. The national field drew 8,129 entries from 46 states, with 434 state winners overall.
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National Corn Growers Association
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Garden City hosts third legislative coffee at hospital
The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce hosts its third legislative coffee at 10 a.m. in Classroom B at St. Catherine Hospital with State Sen. Larry Powell and Reps. John Doll and Russ Jennings set to attend. The free public event offers breakfast and updates on state issues. A follow up coffee is planned for April 18 with a May date TBA. St. Mary Catholic School hosts open house Thursday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. for prospective families, highlighting preschool to sixth grade and welcoming all denominations.
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Garden City Area
St. Mary Catholic School
Zoo Responds To Avian Flu In Eastern Kansas
Lee Richardson Zoo suspends feed machines at the duck and goldfish ponds after a confirmed Avian Influenza presence in eastern Kansas. Wild waterfowl are discouraged from staying. bread feeding is paused. Trumpeter swans and other waterfowl moved off exhibit until danger passes. Visit Kansas Department of Agriculture for details.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
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Zoo
Kansas State
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Picturing History exhibit at Finney County Museum
The Finney County Museum and Garden City Arts present Picturing History an art exhibit highlighting southwest Kansas history. Paintings by Wanda Stallings Terry Anderson Evelyn Schrader and others depict Windsor Hotel a Texaco station a 19th century farmhouse and area landmarks. Open 1 to 5 pm weekdays for six to eight weeks in the Front Door Gallery.
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Finney County Historical Society
Finney County Museum
Garden City Arts
Katy Guthrie
Windsor
Finney County
Quakenbush
Wanda Stallings
Garden City
Stallings
Texaco
Deerfield
Kansas
Dighton
Terry Anderson
Ulysses
Evelyn Schrader
Dodge City
Guthrie
Historical Museum
Windsor Hotel
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