Day on the Farm Draws Record Third Graders to Williamsburg
Diane Yeamans reports 350 Shawnee Mission third graders from Rushton Cherokee Comanche and Christa McAuliffe attended the fourth annual Day on the Farm at the Higbie farm near Williamsburg. FFA members and Kansas specialists led lessons on livestock crops beekeeping and ecology while students asked questions and planned for future programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Yeamans
Herald
Williams Burg
Shawnee Mission
Doug and
Jean Higbie
Here
FFA
Williamsburg High School
Rushton
Cherokee
Comanache
Christa McAuliffe
Richard King
Rushton School
Mission
Lee Weis
County Extension Service
Amy Ragsdale
Comanche School
Amber Layton
Ragsdale
Yeutter defends new wheat program in Kansas
Agriculture Secretary Clay ton Yeutter urged wheat producers to adopt a long term view and ignore fears of overproduction from new federal crop program guidelines. He said the worries of producer groups are unwarranted during stops in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeutter
Manhattan
Kan
Clayton Yeutter
Kansas
Rat Lady Demonstrates Nutrition With School Rats
Carol Nichols, director of the Dairy Council of Greater Kansas City feeding demonstration, brings two rats to four area classrooms to show how nutritious and junk food affect behavior. Participants include Kathy Brooks at Eugene Field Elementary, Virginia Cook at Appanoose Elementary, Marvin DuVall at Central Heights, and Audrey Lewis at Sacred Heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Nichols
Dairy Council of Greater
Kansas City
Nichols
Kathy Brooks
Eugene Field
Virginia Cook
Appanoose Elementary
Marvin DuVall
Central Heights
Audrey Lewis
Sacred Heart
Paola teen named Kansas State Grange Ambassador at Salina
Melissa Brite of Paola was chosen as Kansas State Grange Ambassador at the state convention in Salina. Active in FFA and band, she has held junior grange roles and serves on the state youth committee. She placed first at the Regional Grange Youth Conference and will represent Kansas at the National Grange Convention in Greensboro, NC, and Wichita in November 1990. The article also notes Yeutter's wheat policy remarks at a 1,800-person lecture at McCain Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Brite
Paola
Kansas State Grange
Grange
Salina
Brite
FFA
Junior Grange
Kansas
Great Plains
Greensboro
N.C
Wichita
Yeutter
U.S
McCain Auditorium
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Higbie Farm
Weis
Future
Homemakers of America
Merritta Combs
West Franklin
James Cain
Pat Hopper
Williamsburg School
Bob West
Pomona High
Combs
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Bob Bozworth
Jo Ellen Arnold
Franklin
Rachel Deptula
Williamsburg
Williamsburg High
Diane Yeomans
Bret Pope
Farm Bureau
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Ottawa University Mowbray Union
John Graham
Kansas Farm Bureau Services
Robert Hiles
S. Main
Ottawa
Farm Bureau Insurance
State University
United States
Croucher Abstract & Co
Jeanette Croucher
West
Forurliacei
Sand Creek
Galions
Wiel
Amocos
Amoco
Keystone
Coors Light
Coors Keystone
Milwaukee
Hwy
Amoco Oil Company
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