Showmanship Techniques Highlight Livestock Contest
Copeland, Hush, Huschka and Henson compete in a senior showmanship round as youths train animals for county fair. They focus on animal positioning, calm handling, and subtle cues with show sticks to elicit cooperative movement. Judges emphasize intensity, calmness, and precise footwork during ring work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copeland
Stainbrook
Kaden Hush
Plains
Hush
Kate Huschka
Finney County
Huschka
Jacob Henson
Jacob
Mater
Shafer Sunbelt assets face bank liens in large bankruptcy case
Sunbelt debts total 4.9 million with a 5.28 million storage value for wheat and corn. Shafer Farms owes 3.43 million to Farm Credit, with first priority liens on accounts and Shafer land. Shafer owned about 6,900 acres in Greeley County plus land in surrounding counties and a feedlot valued at 31,920. Elevators valued at 856,757 in bankruptcy filing. Shafer personal property at 4 million. Bank has sold Shafer land and plans more sales, including three Greeley County tracts worth 856,757 and two Wallace County grain facilities bought for 225,000 and 54,750. Auctions of Shafer Farms and Sunbelt Grain equipment occurred March 11 with liens on equipment. Bank holds proceeds until court decisions.
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Sunbelt
Shafers
Shafer
Mick Gechter
Farm Credit
Scott City
Greeley County
Tom Scott
U.S
Thomas Lasater
Wallace County
Berning
Russell Berning
John Deere
Kenworth
Benning
Bronze hobby fuels art as Romesburg tailors sculpture
Romesburg talks of bronze artistry behind his wood sculpture replicas the wrangler and elk titles selling two editions each and commissioning the elk. He recalls art fascination sparked at age five inspired by a grandparent's glass etching and enjoys molding each piece despite the challenge of selling at gun shows in Garden City.
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Romesburg
Florene
Wichita
Phoenix
Garden Cit
Rodeo draws families from several states to Garden City event
Karen Jones notes higher gas costs cut her family’s rodeo attendance in half as they chase junior and senior divisions. She plans to attend enough events to qualify her girls for finals, budgeting over 600 for the trip, with total costs near 4000 for finals in Pueblo, Colorado. The event features barrel racing and bull riding attracting attendees from Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas and Oklahoma.
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Sions
Schneer
Wyoming
Nebraska
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
Karen Jones
Jones
Garden City
Pueblo
Colo
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E. Fulton Terrace Garden City
Wharton’s
Delta Dental
BCBS
Southwest
Kurt F. Martin
DDS
Ronald L. Roholt
Craig E. Miller
Campus Drive
Sianieg
Grant Ave
Kansas
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