The hunt for the perfect tree is oftentimes an important part of family tradition. Buy local whenever possible by supporting local Christmas tree growers. Purchasing locally grown trees also reduces the risk of spreading unwanted pests into your landscape. Your local University Extension Service and Department of Natural Resources provide updates on any threats.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – A popular educational series that provides training and updated information for corn producers in the Midwest is scheduled to kick off in January.
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Strawberry plants need time to gradually adjust to winter conditions and temperature drops to become cold resistant. Sudden changes in temperature can severely damage strawberry plants, said Kansas State University horticulture expert Ward Upham.
TOPEKA — The network of community corrections organizations in Kansas proposed an $11.5 million budget increase in the upcoming fiscal year and relaxation of regulations on use of state funding to allow for hiring of about 50 more officers to supervise felony offenders.
Bethel College student Capri Bisom has a goal of using art to educate as well as self-express, as the works in “Senior Art Seminar” indicate. Bisom is a senior from West Berlin, N.J., who will graduate from Bethel next May with majors in art and chemistry.
“If you wish to educate the student by science, love your science and know it, and the students will love both you, and the science, and you will educate them; but if you yourself do not love it, the science will have no educational influence, no matter how much you may compel them to learn it.” This is a quote by no less than Tolstoy in “On Education” written in the mid 1800s in Tsarist Russia.
The annual meeting of Kansas Farm Bureau (KFB) is in Manhattan is coming the first weekend of December. I truly look forward to this meeting every year, and this one is no different. However, this year’s meeting will be a bit bittersweet as KFB’s President Rich Felts will ride off into the sunset and retirement. Our members will have the tough job of electing his replacement.
Dear Doctors: When our grandson first learned his colors, he sang them along with music. We thought he was copying that song for learning the ABCs. But when he got older, he started saying that he “hears” the colors. We have been told this is called synesthesia. How and why does it happen?
World Aids Day observed New Jerusalem Mission will host Hunter Health Clinic for AIDS and STD testing on World Aids Day from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
More than 70,000 of Christmas Lights will make their final appearances of 2023 this weekend at Dyck Arboretum of the Plains as Prairie Lights wraps up from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Dec.