Heights FFA Wins State and District Honors at Kansas Contest
Central Heights High School FFA teams earned multiple medals at the state competition held April 25-28 at the University of Kansas in Manhattan. Farm management placed fourth with Darrell Garber Steven Haight and Cody Ray, Haight earned a top state score, and Ray received bronze. Livestock judging placed sixth district, state silver for Haight, bronzes for Anderson and Garber. Dairy cattle selection earned bronze, with Garber silver. Agriculture mechanics won bronze. Ray Bruner and Schmitt led welding and electrical. Poultry participants Kathy Wood and Travis Haight earned bronzes individually.
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Kansas
University of Kansas At
Manhattan
Heights
Darrell Garber
Steven Haight
Cody Ray
Fort Scott
Prairie View
Haight
Garber
Ray
District
Eric Anderson
Anderson
Randy Bruner
Robert Schmitt
Bruner
Kathy Wood
Travis Haight
Jill Wichman
Jack Hobbs
Tony Stottlemire
Boeing To Customize New Air Force One
Boeing Military Airplane Co will modify a 747 destined to be the next Air Force One in Wichita for a year of work. Officials keep details private with no photos or announcements planned, saying only that the airplane will arrive, be modified, and later fly away.
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Boeing
Wichita, Kan
Boeing Military Airplane Co
Air Force One
Wichita
United States
Air Force
Allen Hobbs
BMAC
Farming clubs teach futures to protect prices in Kansas
Richard Barrett, a Caldwell farmer, buys a cattle futures contract at 67 dollars per hundredweight and sells at 69 cash. Kansas State University promotes producer marketing clubs to reduce price risk, funding mini contracts with members’ 100 dollar stakes. Bankers back clubs as risk management education, not speculation, with long term learning emphasized.
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Wichita, Kan
Caldwell-area
Richard Barrett
Barrett
Kansas State University
Caldwell
Bill Tierney
Tierney
Kansas
Leo Schiltz
Caldwell State Bank
Schiltz
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Visa MasterCard
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Otasco
Tiassiclo
Tiger Paw
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Croucher Abstract & Co
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Heartland Refuse Collect
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