Wheat crops likely to survive Kansas freeze experts say
In southwest Kansas over 12 inches of snow fell as overnight lows dropped to the 20s. Garden City growers Wharton and Ward described the moisture as protective for some trees while fruit trees flowering could lose blooms. The 2006 wheat crop remains stressed by drought and insects but should survive the freeze.
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Mike Ward
Ward
Garden Center
Highway 83
Garden City
Creekstone Farms pressures testing for mad cow disease
Kansas meatpacker Creekstone Farms Premium Beef pushes for 100 percent cattle testing for mad cow disease, prompting a clash with the Agriculture Department which opposes universal screening and plans for a lawsuit. CEO John Stewart cites customer demand especially from Asia while noting Japan’s market impacts and past sales losses.
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Kansas
Creekstone Farms
Agriculture Department
Creekstone
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John Stewart
Ed Loyd
Japan
Stewart
Bill seeks to restate federal law in Kansas
In Topeka a Kansas House budget panel heard House Bill 2945 to bar state welfare benefits to illegal immigrants mirroring federal law. Sponsor Rep. Ray Merrick argued it would aid homeland security while critics warned it scapegoats immigrants and inflames election year fear.
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Ray Merrick
R-Stilwell
Kris Kobach
Shocker alum cheers Wichita State Sweet 16 run
Garden City resident Darin Miller, a Wichita State University alumnus who played 1993 to 1997, expresses pride as the Shockers reach the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1981. The team, seeded No. 7 in Washington DC, beat Seton Hall then upset Tennessee to advance.
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Garden City
Kansan
Wichita State University
George Mason University
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At&t
Wichita State
Washington, D.C
Seton Hall
Tennessee
The
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Park groups map Finnup master plans for joint usage
Representatives from Finnup Park’s four entities the Lee Richardson Zoo Finney County Historical Society Museum the Recreation Commission and the Parks Department reviewed long term plans to share property and market the park as a single attraction The Finney County Historical Society Museum wants more city land for exhibits including a sugar beet house and to move the entrance for expansion with storage and research space for the library as it grows See Attractions Page AS
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Parks Department
Mary Regan
Finney County Historical Society
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