February 2025

In the garden: The garden show is coming in March

One of the purposes of the Harvey County Home and Garden Show is providing an opportunity to learn! Each year we have eleven lawn and garden seminars for the citizens of Harvey County and surrounding area co come and learn from one or all of the programs. This year if you are interested in learning how to grow mushrooms, plants with indoor blooms or weather this is the place for you. March 22 and 23 are the dates and it is held at the Dyck Arboretum in Hesston.

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Prairie Doc Perspective: Abnormal Electrical Signals

Atrial fibrillation is probably a diagnosis you have heard of, if not because a friend or family member has it, because it has been mentioned in a public advertisement or pharmaceutical commercial. Atrial fibrillation (or “-fib”) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, a condition estimated by the American Heart Association to be present in more than five million Americans.

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Spare change

Financially, making cents doesn’t make sense. A recent presidential directive to stop minting pennies aims to solve the problem that could only befall a government — losing money by making it.

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Lose the Penny and the Rich Get Richer

Who wins and who loses if the U.S. no longer can make change with pennies? Many folks assume that commerce will go on without any change aside from the nickel now being the smallest unit of payment. Proponents point to countries like Canada who likewise eliminated a low denomination coin and supposedly saw no inflation. Superficially, you just round up or round down and no one benefits.

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