Dual SCS careers hinge on travel time in Kansas
Gwen and Marshall Handcock pursue dual careers with the USDA Soil Conservation Service. Both soil conservationists, they live in Lawrence while working in Ottawa and Mound City, commuting about 60 miles daily after Gwen's reassignment. Their situation highlights challenges and potential future reassignments within SCS.
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Kansas
Garnett
Gwen
Marshall Handcock
Usda Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Marshall
Arkansas
University of Arkansas At
Pine Bluff
Manhattan
Mound City
Lawrence
Cedric Bradford
Mrs. Handcock
Bradford
Ottawa
Salina
Gamettt
Herman Norwood
Ron Briggs
Norwood
Gwen Handcock
Soil Conservation Service
Labor key to new industry prospect in Ottawa area
Waymon Hunnicutt of Winning Ways, Inc. seeks labor in Ottawa, Paola, Eudora and DeSoto to decide which town can supply the best workforce for a potential silk screening plant. The Lenexa company may relocate 40 to 50 jobs to start, rising to 150 to 200 within three years, with site selection hinging on labor availability.
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Itawa
Waymon Hunnicutt
Winning Ways, Inc
Lenexa
Ottawa
Paola
Eudora
DeSoto
Winning Ways
Wilson
Hunnicutt
Ottawa Herald
Bob Whitworth
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Whitworth
Wild horse and burro adoption in Topeka this weekend
The Bureau of Land Management plans a wild horse and burro adoption at the Kansas Expo Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. About 45 horses and 10 gelded burros will be available with adoption fees of 125 and 75 dollars. Prospective owners must meet care and fencing requirements, be 18 or older, and may adopt up to four animals yearly.
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Topeka
Bureau of Land Management
Kansas Expo Center
Mathan Shallman
BLM
Oklahoma City
Arizona
California
Wyoming
Nevada
Skullman
Congress
Sears Catalog Store Changes Hands in Ottawa
Donn Higgins, a 17 year employee, has purchased the Ottawa Sears catalog store to run it as a Sears Authorized Catalog Store starting May 1. The store will keep service and merchandise, but become privately owned. Higgins will manage. Peggy Pots torff stays. Jim Ruse nius transfers to Independence, Missouri.
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Sears
Donn Higgins
Higgins
Ottawa
Peggy Potstorff
FCIC deadline set for farmers to apply for crop insurance
Manhattan Kansas farmers must apply by April 15 1989 to obtain FCIC backed crop insurance for barley corn dry beans sorghum oats soybeans sugar beets and sunflowers. Policies offered through private insurers and agents allow flexible coverage options based on yield and price, with cost tied to the producer's past experience.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Thomas V. Link
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
FCIC
United States Department of Agriculture
Link
Soil and Water Stewardship Week Plans Urged
The Franklin County Conservation District promotes Soil and Water Stewardship Week from April 30 to May 7. Churches organizations and individuals are urged to join the nationwide observance highlighting soil and water protection for future generations. Since 1955 the National Association of Conservation Districts has sponsored the event with nearly 3,000 local districts nationwide.
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Franklin County Conservation District
National Association of Conservation Districts
Neally
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Mary Shaffer
S. Broadway
Kan
Kenneth E. Noonan
Noonan
Franklin and
Linn
Chise
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Atchison
Jim Russenius
Independence, Mo
Peoples National Bank & Trust Ltd
Fuig
General Motors
Arena
Land Creek Nursery
Kofo Radio Live
Fertilome Company
Stark Bro
Stark's
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