Garden memorial at hospice offers reflection space with butterflies
A hospice garden near the Sixth Street building invites reflection with benches, a rock garden, wind chime music, and a water feature. Iridescent metal butterflies line the entry walls, sold for 50 each with names engraved, funded to cover costs.
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Wheat price surge stretches across Great Plains farming
Farmers plant 2011 winter wheat amid volatile markets. Rich Randall of Scott City Kansas notes high profits and forwards much of next year’s crop to lock in prices. Analysts cite Russian export ban as a major shift. price swings pale beside bread cost impact.
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Kansas Wheat Stocks Hit 23-Year High Despite Slow Sales
Kansas wheat stocks reach 23 year high as producers hold grain amid market volatility and strong yields. Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service revises 2010 wheat production to 360 million bushels with an average yield of 45 bushels per acre, the fifth highest on record. Overall grain production up 30 percent due to higher per acre yields since 2006. About 368.5 million bushels, or 92 percent of stocks, are stored off farm in elevators warehouses or mills. farm bins hold 32 million bushels.
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Education funding talks explore two Senate bills
Educators and politicians discussed two proposed Senate bills to restructure education funding using general funds and a 20 mill levy for instructional costs while local districts would cover other expenses with equalized property or sales taxes. The plans include optional cross county tax districts and a shift to career oriented curriculum starting in sixth grade.
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