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Wetland playas have the general characteristics: soggy soils, water-loving plants,
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Cheyenne Community Development Corporation will hold its Annual Meeting on October 12, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. at the Tin Roof Bakery at 413 E. Washington, St. Francis, Kansas. All Cheyenne County registered voters are members and are encouraged to attend. Board positions to be voted on are for two 3-year terms and one 1-year term.
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Nutrient Management is the efficient and effective use of plant nutrients to achieve economic, social and environmental benefits with the involvement of farmers and other stakeholders. Nutrient stewardship builds crop production capacity by assisting farmers and consulting agronomists to be able to produce more food, feed, fiber and energy with fewer nutrient losses, resulting in sustainable crop production. Fertilizer management, improve
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From the Land of Kansas
Reprint: original article can be found here:
https://www.fromthelandofkansas.com/blog/2021/8/25/cheyenne-county-farmers-market
Right off Main Street in the town of St. Francis, Kansas, sits the town's city park. Every Saturday, community members gather to help set up tables, and vendors begin setting up beautiful displays of their products they've either grown, raised, made or crafted. Soon, fellow community members show up to enjoy a
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Under the American Rescue Plan, EDA was allocated $3 billion in supplemental funding to assist communities nationwide in their efforts to build back better by accelerating the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and building local economies that will be resilient to future economic shocks.
American Rescue Plan funding enables EDA to provide larger, more transformational investments across
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August 16, 2021
For more information:
Heather Lansdowne
785-564-6706
AgMedia@ks.gov
MANHATTAN, Kansas — The Republican River Compact Administration (RRCA) will hold its 2021 annual meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 25, at 213 McMillen Hall at McCook Community College, 1205 E 3rd Street, McCook, Nebraska. A virtual meeting option can be accessed at the Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Water Resources website: https://agriculture.ks.gov/RRCA.
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One of the most necessary and most tedious aspects of any business is the accounting. If you don’t have an in house system, it could also be expensive. I would like to introduce you to a simple and comprehensive system that allows entry, analysis and financial reports based on your needs. Simple Financials and Inventory.
The Page options are Home, Inv, Recipes, Buy, Sell, Reports, Contacts Settings, Help, Feedback, Log out.
It is especially useful fo
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The huge Economic Impact of Tourism is sometimes difficult to understand. However, in 2018, Kansas Travel and Tourism reported that state-wide the Economic Impact was $11 Billion. This includes over 96,590 Jobs (5%
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The Cheyenne County Board of County Commissioners authorized participation in the Student Loan Repayment Program for Calendar year 2021 via Resolution No. 21-05.
At this time, Cheyenne County does not offer financial assistance for the program, but allows Cities, Employers and Foundations within Cheyenne County to participate in the program.
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What are the top 3 things your town needs?
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Wetland playas have the general characteristics: soggy soils, water-loving plants,
Nutrient Management is the efficient and effective use of plant nutrients to achieve economic, social and environmental benefits with the involvement of farmers and other stakeholders. Nutrient stewardship builds crop production capacity by assisting farmers and consulting agronomists to be able to produce more food, feed, fiber and energy with fewer nutrient losses, resulting in sustainable crop production. Fertilizer management, improve
From the Land of Kansas
Reprint: original article can be found here:
https://www.fromthelandofkansas.com/blog/2021/8/25/cheyenne-county-farmers-market
Right off Main Street in the town of St. Francis, Kansas, sits the town's city park. Every Saturday, community members gather to help set up tables, and vendors begin setting up beautiful displays of their products they've either grown, raised, made or crafted. Soon, fellow community members show up to enjoy a
The huge Economic Impact of Tourism is sometimes difficult to understand. However, in 2018, Kansas Travel and Tourism reported that state-wide the Economic Impact was $11 Billion. This includes over 96,590 Jobs (5%
Under the American Rescue Plan, EDA was allocated $3 billion in supplemental funding to assist communities nationwide in their efforts to build back better by accelerating the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and building local economies that will be resilient to future economic shocks.
American Rescue Plan funding enables EDA to provide larger, more transformational investments across
USDA is making $7.4 million available under the Agriculture Innovation Center Program [2]. Agriculture Innovation Centers may use the grants to provide technical assistance to help agricultural producers develop and market value-added agricultural products using a variety of options, except joint
June 29, 2021
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_~Kansas Gross Domestic Product grows 7.3% in first quarter of 2021~_
TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today announced that since she took office in January 2019, more than $6 billion new business dollars have been invested in the state of Kansas and 26,000 new jobs have been created.
"This administration has prioritized rebuilding our state's economic foundation and supporting
Release Date: June 11, 2021
Contact: Richard A. Jenkins, (916) 735-1500, Richard.Jenkins@sba.gov
Release Number: KS 16781-02
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Deadline Approaching in Kansas for SBA Working Capital Loans Due to Excessive Rain, Flash Flooding and Flooding
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West to
Cheyenne Community Development Corporation will hold its Annual Meeting on October 12, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. at the Tin Roof Bakery at 413 E. Washington, St. Francis, Kansas. All Cheyenne County registered voters are members and are encouraged to attend. Board positions to be voted on are for two 3-year terms and one 1-year term.
August 16, 2021
For more information:
Heather Lansdowne
785-564-6706
AgMedia@ks.gov
MANHATTAN, Kansas — The Republican River Compact Administration (RRCA) will hold its 2021 annual meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 25, at 213 McMillen Hall at McCook Community College, 1205 E 3rd Street, McCook, Nebraska. A virtual meeting option can be accessed at the Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Water Resources website: https://agriculture.ks.gov/RRCA.
"I look forward to the opportunity to speak with Kansans and learn more about the issues and concerns impacting their lives," said Senator Marshall. "I value the opportunity to hear directly
Today's First Friday e-call proved that access to quality child care is a tremendous challenge for our communities, but well worth the investment.
Aimee Baker, K-State Research and Extension- Wichita County, related how their community worked together to break ground on a new Child Care center. You can view and download Aimee's slides here [1] or on the First Friday archive [2] along with the recording from today.
Next month's program is Support
Allison Grice's exhibit of photography and graphic design has opened at Quincy Gallery with a reception on March 2nd.
Ms Grice, a St Francis native, is well known here as an exceptionally talented artist with wide range of interests. Over the years, though, it is photography that has allowed her to share her heart.
Whether it's a rusty old pickup or wheat blowing in the breeze against a sunset, Ms Grice's photography shows her love of nature and
So, if you would like to help us put with a play, either on stage or behind the scenes, please come by Fresh 7 this Saturday and let me know.
Eagle, working alongside with the St. Francis Internet Committee volunteers, reached 210 early signups, meaning the upgrade will proceed as planned.
"The support of the community of St. Francis has been simply amazing,' said Travis Kohlrus,
After seeing the 4-28-17 video of the object moving across the moon, @ http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/2017/04/ufo-caught-moving-across-moon-baffles-viewers.html it reminded me of a similar video I had shot on 10-22-14 north of St. Francis, KS at sunset. If it wasn’t for that post I wouldn’t have posted this—however both videos to me look as if they are related somehow???
It was worth a post
Camera Zoom was 20X & the video is 500% of normal speed
A Fiber Internet infrastructure in St Francis will greatly increase your internet speed. And by 'greatly' I mean
Turmeric has been used in both Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine as an Anti-inflammatory, to treat Digestive and Liver problems, Skin diseases, and Wounds.
Curcumin is also a powerful Antioxidant. Antioxidants scavenge molecules in the body known as free radicals, which damage cell membranes, tamper with
If this is your recipe, let me know and I will credit you on this page.
Golden Milk
Step 1: Turmeric Paste
Ingredients:
1/4 cup of turmeric power
1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper
1/2 cup of filtered water
Directions:
Mix all ingredients in a small sauce pan and mix well. Turn the heat to medium high and stir constantly until the mixture is a thick paste. This does not take long, so don
One of the most necessary and most tedious aspects of any business is the accounting. If you don’t have an in house system, it could also be expensive. I would like to introduce you to a simple and comprehensive system that allows entry, analysis and financial reports based on your needs. Simple Financials and Inventory.
The Page options are Home, Inv, Recipes, Buy, Sell, Reports, Contacts Settings, Help, Feedback, Log out.
It is especially useful fo
Sometime last year, many of us felt the crushing weight of social injustice as George Floyd’s life was extinguished in front of a crowd, slowly and painfully by those officers sworn to serve and protect the public. It was the last straw for many, after Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor, and so many more suffered needless deaths at the hands of law enforcement. It heightened the emotional subject of racial disparity and discrimination, to a recognition of
The NWK KS Leadership Center team is scheduling three NW Kansas Leadership Skill-building Workshops at the end of March in Bird City, Colby and Goodland. These workshops will include introductory leadership skill-building concepts by KLC teachers and coaches. These workshops will also address the logistics of establishing leadership training programs, choosing curriculums and measures to sustain leadership training into the future.
The dates, times and location of
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St Francis, September 23, 2020 — Customers of the Cheyenne County USDA Service Center may now conduct business in person in the office by appointment only. Visitors will be pre-screened based on health concerns or recent travel and must adhere to social distancing guidelines. Service Center visitors must wear a facial covering while conducting business ins
You must just see for yourself the destruction and the mayhem in the video.
I will not use this video as a platform to talk about how
The migrating swarm landed and worked it's way down Main street this morning, and the townsfolk pr
Here is a link to the information page on the Kansas Legislature site:
http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/hb2389/
March 23, 2017
The Honorable John Barker, Chai
Budget Summary
Proposed budget 2017 Expenditures and Amount of 2016 Ad Valorem Tax establish the maximum limits of the 2017 budget. Estimated tax
Please respond with the area/city you live in and answer the following without regard to money or practicality:
What are the top 3 things your town needs?
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3.
Where do you live?
Thank you for your responses.
Please s
NEWSLETTER FOR 06/15/2020
THE TIME IS OUT OF JOINT – A FATHER’S DAY MESSAGE [3]
Now my dears, said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.
_The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Nature is out of balance, teetering toward an unsavory resolution that may, in fact, be revenge for the abuses that humans have h
Up till now, if a kid wanted to wait until a year or two after high school to find his or her true calling he/she could. If it turns out he was to be starving poet then our world will have found another midwife of truth. If she was t
Photos By Cale Rieger, NRCS Natural Resource Specialist
Proper fence is needed for grazing livestock in a rotational grazing system. As mentioned before, a rest-rotation grazing system is essential for properly managing grazing systems in the western Kansas area of short grass and mid-grass prairie.
Many perimeter fences are 3 or 4 strands of barbed wire. Interior cross-fences are usually a single smooth wire. The interior fe
What are cover crops? Cover crops are grown for the protection and enrichment of the soil. In Agriculture, cover crops are used to cover and protect the soil rather than to be harvested.
Cover crops are used to manage cropland and reduce soil erosion, improve soil fertility, improve soil quality, improve water storage, reduce pressure from weeds, pests and diseases, and improve biodiversity and wildlife in an agroecosystem.
