Storage not so sunny as harvest tops 2009 figures
Garden City Co op and Wind River Grain report large grain on the ground with 2.1 million bushels of corn and over 5 million of wheat plus 2 to 8 million of milo. Kansas farms planted 700000 more acres to corn than 2009, raising anticipated corn for grain to 585 million bushels on 4.5 million acres. Storage space expands as elevators add roughly 2.4 million bushels and statewide capacity nears 876 million, with emergency licenses allowing extra ground storage for the harvest.
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Garden City Co-op
John McClelland
Western Kansas Elevator Cooperative
Garden City
Wind River Grain
Gulf Coast
Tles
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Kansas
McClelland
Ken Jameson
Tom Tunnell
The
Kansas Grain and Feed Association
Tunnell
Ned Bergman
Farm Service Agency
Bergman
Hutchinson
Jameson
KASS
Eric Lang
Mid-Kansas Co-op
Southeast
Groveland
Midwest
Gunmen abduct Dutch aid worker and Afghan driver
Gunmen seized a Dutch aid worker and his Afghan driver in Takhar province today and drove them toward Kunduz. Dutch officials confirmed the kidnapping and said the case will be pursued with Afghan authorities, amid rising violence against aid workers and broader security concerns in Afghanistan.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Takhar
Kunduz
Abdul Jabar Taqwa
Taqwa
Foreign Ministry
Bart Rijs
Netherlands
Rijs
Badakhshan
Parun
Nuristan
Linda Norgrove
Kunar
Ern
U.S
Hamid Karzai
NATO
Helmand
Rity
Garden City Legion Riders send off departing soldier
American Legion Riders escort Army private Alex King in a motorcade from his home to Church of the Nazarene parking lot. Police accompany them as townsfolk and friends bid farewell before King leaves for Fort Bliss then Afghanistan. King plans to drive to Wahoo Nebraska to leave his wife with relatives before deployment.
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Stars and Stripes
Garden City
Young
American Legion
Alex
Bruce
King
Wahoo, Neb
Noelle
Army
Fort Bliss
Texas
el Paso
Afghanistan
Noelle King
First Street
Church of the Nazarene
Santa Fe Street
Volunteers Weatherize Homes in Garden City Day of Caring
Special Advocates and the Senior Center of Finney County partner with the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce youth groups and Finney County agencies to weatherize nine homes. United Way coordinated volunteers and house identification while participants noted fixed incomes and rising costs. The effort aims to cut energy loss by weatherizing windows and other simple improvements.
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Finney County
Garden City Area
Black Hills
Escareno
GardCity boot polisher blends craft with conversation
Lopez, a Garden City shoe shine stand operator from Chihuahua, offers a five minute shine for 6 dollars and 20 weekly customers. He runs a store with custom handmade boots, belts, hat services, and clothing for men and children, including customized boots for women.
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Lopez
Chihuahua
Air Force outlines cyberwar world in new doctrine
A 62 page Air Force manual dated July 15, released recently, defines a fast changing cyber battlefield where attacks can come in seconds from anywhere. It emphasizes defending U S military networks, with little on offensive actions, raising questions about Pentagon motives. Analysts say the primary focus is protection and network security.
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Denver
Air Force
U.S
Pentagon
James Lewis
Center For Strategic and International Studies
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