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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1989
Page
3
For the first time in over a year, moisture conditions in East Central Kansas are adequate. A 14 county area shows 67 percent surplus top soil moisture for the week ending Sept 10. Subsoil moisture improved. harvest progress lags with 65 percent corn mature and 10 percent harvested.
Wil liamsburg student Milliken, son of Orlin Milliken and member of Williamsburg High School FFA, earned a silver award in the National FFA Outdoor Recreation Proficiency competition. He also received a certificate after winning a $100 state award, part of 29 agricultural proficiency honors funded by Yamaha Motor Corp United States.
Gene Raymond of Garnett attended Demand Strategies 89 and the National Livestock and Meat Board summer meeting in Charles ton, D C. The Meat Board, a 67 year old coalition, builds demand for beef veal pork lamb and processed meats. Raymond is a director and joined fellow directors in previewing a beef advertising program approving the pork industry long range plan and reviewing committee session programs.
Ken Claerhout, a DeKalb Pfizer Genetics seed dealer in Princeton, named among the company's top salesmen in August. He joined more than 1,200 dealers at the international headquarters in DeKalb, Illinois, receiving a Chicago trip to learn about products, view laboratory demonstrations, and tour a company research farm and production plant.
A retirement reception for Susie McClelland will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Parmalee Products, 1510 Davis Road. McClelland, among the first hires when the industry moved to Ottawa, has the longest tenure at the Ottawa plant and notably turned over the first dirt shovel at last spring’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new plant.
Kansas State University Extension presents a TELENET program addressing downtown retail futures. Panelists include Ken Stone from Iowa State, Brenda Spencer of Main Street, Steve Bittel and Stan McAdoo, with Ryan Hobson and David Darling guiding a discussion on trends and community response for Kansas towns. The Ottawa Adult Education Center hosts the broadcast Friday October 6 from noon to 1 30 p.m.
Farmers must decide by September 30 whether to participate in the USDA crop insurance program for 1990. FCIC notes policies cover 1990 winter wheat and barley, available through private insurers and agents, with $3.45 per bushel loss coverage.
Helen Heathman, a longtime employee of Anchor Federal Savings formerly Anchor Savings, will retire Friday after 13 years with the firm located at 421 S. Hickory.
AP Farm Writer Don Kendall reports that rural America added to its population in 1988 with about 64.8 million people or 25 percent of the U.S. total, including 4.95 million living on farms. Experts caution that 1990 urban maps may reclassify fringe rural areas as urban, potentially downplaying growth. The South hosts 44 percent of rural residents, while the farm population remains older and largely white.
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