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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1976
Page
11
A 4-H Junior Leaders Club meeting features 4-H Outdoor Specialist John Abell detailing camping life. He explains packing light, planning menus and teamwork, with Susan Verdoorn assisting on woods gear and a pennyroyal or fish scales trick to deter mosquitoes.
Two Central Heights High School girls were elected district officers in FFA and FHA. Sheryl Nedlock became president of the East Central District FFA, while Gaylene Springer serves as district FHA historian. They outline goals to boost member involvement and district unity across 18 FFA chapters.
The expansion began in August 1975 and finished in February adding almost 20 miles of water line for 33 new users. A new well was installed and water will be purchased from Richmond. The district in northern Anderson County now serves 180 rural families at a total cost of about $196,000 funded by $11,500 from users and $174,500 from Farmers Home Administration loans and grants. Soil surveys covered 1,806,091 acres this year, bringing total surveyed to 37,718,992 acres. 72 percent of the state has had a soil survey. Soil surveys for 34 counties have been published.
BOB BOZWORTH notes that corn and milo frozen off may recover as their growing points stay underground. Wheat damage will show only after a week. injury depends on growth stage, plant condition, and freeze duration. Frost injuries range from white to brown growing points and possible lodging or white heads, with bloom stage freezes causing sterility. Cooling effects differ by crop and location with elevation and wind influencing outcomes.
The Rambling Ranchers 4-H Club donated a 25 dollar check to the Emil Johnson paper drive, continuing monthly community service. Earlier efforts included providing collected papers to the drive and visiting Ottawa nursing homes, serving a dinner to an elderly resident, and adopting a nursing home resident for Christmas.
Guidance on portions for a family meal based on cut type. One half pound of whole chicken per person yields about three ounces of cooked meat after cooking loss and bone. A single breast half weighs about one third of a pound and serves roughly two and a half ounces of meat.
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