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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1978
Page
9
MARCIA HOUCK outlines fall decorating ideas using gourds dried flowers and weeds. She details harvest timing preparation and processing from late summer to final drying in warm dry places, plus finishing options like wax shellac and paint and creative display ideas.
Southwest Kansas reports a second migratory grasshopper brood threatening the 1979 wheat crop. Extension entomologist Dell Gates urges control with sprays Penicap M, dimethoate, toxaphene, or ethyl parathion, or granular priorate at planting. Apply sprays to field margins or plant granular furrows around fields. double drill margins to offset feeding.
Survey results show 42 percent of acreage represented and 41 percent of owned land affected by drainage problems. District board, led by Leslie Hunter, Milton Farris, and Clayton Watts, aims for broader response and schedules a meeting at 8 p.m. on September 11 at the Franklin County Soil Conservation Service office.
Four 4-H judging teams were chosen for the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson and the Mid-America Fair in Topeka. Hutchinson entries include livestock Dean Chambers Alan Maxwell Jim Droddy Ramona Lintner dairy Pam Ted Van Horn Loren Stewart Dan Rockers horse Lowell Kissinger Chris Nourot Linda Blake Lori Kissinger horticulture Jerry Hall Mark Norton Diane Haney Bonnie Rhivers. Topeka teams feature livestock Marie Chambers Rhonda Lintner Roger Maxwell Buck Watts and dairy Peg Rockers Rex Bozworth Lori Kissinger Buck Watts.
The Osage County Fair launches in Overbrook August 24 with the 4-H horse show, livestock sale and carnival. Highlights include a dog show on August 26 at 11 a.m., a parade on August 25 at 7 p.m., and an ice cream social afterward. A second parade and street square dance close the event.
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