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  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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Jolene Polley

Jolene Polley, age 92, of Overland Park, KS died March 4, 2022. She was a PBX Operator for the Santa Fe Railroad in Newton, KS for 15 years then was a homemaker. Jolene was born October 8, 1929 in Cottonwood Falls, KS, the daughter of Leslie and Beth (Byram) Mann. She married Raymond Polley on October 30, 1962 in Miami, OK.

War in the Ukraine will have effect on Kansas wheat producers

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine – How it’s impacting wheat in Kansas As he spends time in his wheat fields this week applying fertilizer to this year’s winter wheat crop, Kansas farmer Justin Knopf says there’s plenty on his mind, and heart. “Drought, high fertilizer prices and extreme market volatility are all cause for extra concern this year,” he said, “but thinking about the people of Ukraine has evoked a whole new layer of emotion.

The frailty of peace in the midst of war

Prior to any analysis of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, prior to the casting of blame and outrage — at Putin’s hubris, at NATO’s pernicious westward expansion over the last three decades — there’s this:

Grow your own mushrooms

Looking for a way to grow your own culinary mushrooms? The Harvey County K-State Research & Extension Office wil be offering a Hands-On Mushroom Growing Workshop from 9 a.m. to noon March 25 at the Harvey County 4-H building (800 West First) in Newton.

Correction

Allen Wedel Field, the Bethel College softball field, was misidentified in the March 5 Kansan story about the Bethel softball team. Bethel sprinter places BROOKINGS, S.D.