By Jayden Mies Student reporter Special to the Tribune A variety of updates and topics were shared at the latest USD 438 Board of Education meeting, which was held on Monday, April 11. The meeting was kicked off with a report from Superintendent Becca Flowers, which included updates the KESA follow up and a legislative report.
One of the buzzwords of late is “hack.” Now hack can mean something very bad, like your computer getting “hacked,” meaning someone has digitally broken into your information and now everyone in the township somehow knows the secret recipe for Aunt Agnes’s famous potato salad and Uncle Oscar’s deer jerky marinade, (even though they were both written on the inside of the kitchen cabinet door.) “Hack” can also mean a DIY shortcut of some sort, like how to use a roman candle to light the neighbor’s wheat stubble on fire without even leaving your yard. But I digress, so now on to some hunter hacks I found, and some hunter hacks of my own.
Editor’s note: The USDA Forest Service recently announced a10-year strategy to confront the wildfire crisis and improve forest resilience. Increasing fuels treatments will be paramount to creating healthier forests and reducing wildfire risk to communities. Forests across the country are implementing these treatments at the scale of the problem to mitigate wildfire risk to communities and restore forest health.
PRATT – For nearly 42 years, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has offered financial assistance to parties carrying out projects focused on conserving and improving wildlife diversity in Kansas, and that tradition is carrying on in 2022.
Delay Planting Winter Squash and Pumpkins Though this time of the growing season is a good time to plant most of our warm-season crops such as tomatoes and peppers, it is best to delay planting of winter squash and pumpkins until about mid-June. Planting those two crops now will result in a crop that is mature enough to be attractive to the first generation of squash bugs in July.
Small non-farm businesses in 69 Kansas counties and neighboring counties in Colorado, Nebraska and Oklahoma are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary counties that began Nov. 15, 2021.
Formed in January 1939, Ninnescah Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. has been providing dependable electric energy to its members for over 75 years. As a member-owned, full-service electric utility, Ninnescah powers over 4,000 meters in all or part of ten counties in South-Central Kansas, including the counties of Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford, and Reno.
Greensburg, KS - Jimmie Jones lived a life of love, hard work and service. He passed away on March 31, 2022, in Tempe, Arizona, at the age of 86. Jimmie was born to Charles Jones and Orva Zimmerman Jones on January 5, 1936, near Greensburg, Kansas. While in college he met Joyce Holt in Greensburg and they married on December 27, 1958. The family quickly grew with the addition of four children: son Jeff and daughters Janell, Jill and Joy.
Mildred Grace Walker, age 93, of Burlingame, KS, passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2022 at Brookside Retirement Community, Overbrook, KS. She was born on July 19, 1928 in Iuka, KS the daughter of Clinton Mott and Clara (Brown) Mott. Mildred graduated from Mullinville High School, Mullinville, KS, with the Class of 1946.
Renee (Letholt) Richards, 68, died Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Services were held on Friday, April 15, 2022, at Ascension Lutheran Church and burial followed at Greenlawn Cemetery, Pratt, KS.