SCS Accomplishments In 1979 Are Plentiful
John W. Tippie, State Conservationist, notes 1979 achievements in soil surveys, water quality and supply studies, and windbreak irrigation. The article covers conservation districts, RCA public meetings with 5,000 attendees, and major programs like GPCP, RC&D, and watershed projects across Kansas, including flood protection, soil mapping, and range management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sos
John W.tipplé
Usda Soil Conservation Service
Salina
SCS
Hugh Bennett
Congress
Soil Conservation Service
Conservation District
Amost
Tippie
Resources Conservation Act
RCA
Kansas
Usda Rca
USDA
Great Plains
Plains
GPCP
Fall River
Verdigris
Rc&d
Woodson County Conservation District
Grant-Shanhai
Chautaqua County
Moran
Southeast Kansas
Corps of Engineers
Kansas Water Resources Board
Flint Hills
Rc&d Council
Cottonwood-Neosho Rivers
Bob Bergland
U.S
Burches and Simcox Honored at Franklin County Dinner
Two conservation award winners named Sonny Burch of Ottawa RFD 2 and Howard Simcox of Princeton will be honored at the Franklin County Conservation District annual meeting with a dinner at Celebration Hall. Simcox will also be recognized for terrace and waterway work on his 190 acre farm near Princeton. John Junior Armstrong of the Kansas Farm Bureau will speak, showing slides from China.
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Franklin
County Conservation District
Floyd
Sonny) Burch
Ottawa
Armstrong
People’s Republic of China
Simcox
Princeton
the Herald
Sonny Burch
The
Herald
Youngsters win with limericks posters in Franklin County contest
The Franklin County Conservation District sponsored a poster and limerick contest. Division I winners include Christine Guinn and Heather Peterson of Wellsville in grade four, with tied third place to Steve Steichen and Susan Saner. Division II winners are Becky Tippin of Central Heights, Leigh Ann Henry of Garfield, and John Fischer of Sacred Heart. Limericks capture top honors with Kim Allison, Tim Spears, Julie Marks, and Patrick Foster. judges include Ottawa officials and local educators.
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Franklin County Conservation District
Christine Guinn
Wellsville
Heather Peterson
Steve Steichen
Sacred Heart School
Susan Saner
Leigh Ann Henry
Garfield School
Ottawa
John Fischer
Green Forest
Kim Allison
Tim Spears
Stan
Julie Elisabeth Marks
Pomona
Jill
Patrick Foster
Dorothy Nichols
Carmen Peffly
Franklin County
Howard Doyen
Helen Jamison
Tally Creek
Harry Peckham
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Soldier Creek
Jackson
Nemaha
RCWP
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Soil Survey
Burches
Olathe Baldwin
Spring Hill
Kerosun
Okero-Sun, Inc
Omni
Nitcher Building & Supply
National
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
the Advertising Council
TRE
W. 3Rd
Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd
Sonny” Burch
Mr. Howard Simcox
18 Wheel Road
ASCS