Ways To Keep Warm By MARCIA HOUCE
Warm colors like red, orange and yellow create a warming mood. Wear warm colored clothes to gain a psychological boost and use dark fabrics to absorb sun heat. Close fits at ankles wrists neck and waist cut heat loss paths. Up to 90 percent of body heat escapes from an uncovered head. Increase escape routes to cool the body. Footwear with thick soles and boots plus tights thick socks and opaque hose help warmth. Garments with defined waistlines long fitted sleeves turtlenecks shawls and robes, and sleeping wear like hooded robes or bed jackets also retain heat. Clean clothes preserve insulation. dirt clogs reduce warmth. Fabric loft decreases with washing wear and dirt. maintain thickness. Inner sole ideas can restore boot warmth and fabric absorbency drops from fabric softener buildup.
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Marcia Houce
Club Days Coming Up
JO ELLEN ARNOLD invites 4 H members to participate in County Club Days on Feb 24 and March 10 at Ottawa Junior High School. Events include instrumental and vocal music demonstrations dramatics project talks public speaking and musical games. Cancelations due to weather will be announced on KOFO radio.
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JO Ellen Arnold
Ottawa Junior High School
Kofo Radio
Franklin County Conservation District Meeting Highlights
The annual meeting set for February 1 at Celebration Halls includes a dinner, bank sponsorship, and Kansas Bankers Association award announcements. Honorees are farmers Andy and Mrs. Duffle of Pomona and Raymond and Mrs. Mulcahey of Williamsburg for outstanding conservation farming. Limerick contest winners Brenda Wray, Clare Diefenbacher, and Becky Tippin receive top prizes, with two conservation board seats up for election and Wilbur Levering as speaker. Entertainment features the Ottawa High Cytones under Dale Fox.
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Franklin County Conservation District
Franklin County
Kansas Bankers’ Association
Andy Duffle
Pomona
Raymond Mulcahey
Williamsburg
Brenda Wray
Appanoose
Clare Diefenbacher
Hawthorne
Becky Tippin
Central Heights
Darrell Macy
Albert Dunbar
Wilbur Levering
Merchants National Bank of
And Still More Snow Farmers Battling Weather
Franklin County farmers faced deep snow and one lane roads as a blizzard reappeared after a brief thaw. Dairy services suffered most as milk trucks struggled, bulk tanks filled, and cattle sometimes went unfed. Some used tractors with cabs, others hired a bulldozer to clear driveways, while residents braced for more snow and subzero wind chills.
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Joan Istas
Franklin County
Bob Bozworth
Bozworth
USDA suspends Fort Scott Packers Tucker Bros Livestock
The USDA suspended Raymond and Tom Tucker of Tucker Bros Livestock for 30 days for violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act. An ALJ set a 20 day prior suspension from Jan 11 and ordered cease and desist for issuing insufficient funds checks and late payments. They must maintain full records of all livestock dealer transactions.
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Raymond Tucker
Tom Tucker
Fort Scott
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Packers and Stockyards
P&s
Tuckers
Tucker Bros. Livestock
Department
Missouri
Kansas
John Liebert
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Rigid Form, Inc
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Butler
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Schuh Bros. Agri-Builders
Hwy
Topeka
USDA
Fort Scott Packers
Farm End Road
Tire Service
Tirep
Bath
PHN Deere
John Deere
Bulers
Shredder
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