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Kansas City Star. February 9, 2022.
Imagine fields of solar arrays with crops growing under them, tilting up and down, depending on plant, solar and producer needs. Imagine new agricultural industries, solar grazing and solar beekeeping, using grasses and flowering plants under and beside solar farms.
Proposed legislation to allow state tax dollars for parents to send at risk students to private schools is a disaster trying to happen. Enacting the Student Empowerment Act would shift the foundation of Kansas public education.
Go vertical to expand your outdoor gardening space, create privacy and add beauty to bare walls and fences. This centuries-old technique has been used to grow food and flowers, adding beauty and productivity from the ground up. Even those gardening on small city lots, balconies and decks can go vertical to expand their gardening opportunities.
MANHATTAN – Researchers at Kansas State University and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of agricultural machinery are reporting findings of a project that they say could “fundamentally change” the way farmers manage and market crops.
Prep girls Heart of America Sterling 44, Berean Ac. 39 ELBING – The Sterling Black Bear girls used a 17-10 fourth quarter to get by Berean Academy 44-39 Monday in a clash of HOAL unbeatens in Elbing.
After showing signs of moving in the right direction in the past few games, the Newton High School girls’ basketball team hit a roadblock in the last two. The Railers fell to Derby 67-14 Tuesday in AV-CTL I play at Ravenscroft Gym.
HALSTEAD – Halstead High School named Derek Racette as its new head football, lifting and track coach. Racette succeeds Jason Grider, who resigned to become an assistant at Bethel College.
There is a celebration coming to North Newton, marking the creation of something that predates the city its self – a museum at Bethel College. In December 1896, students and friends of Bethel College announced the formation of a Museum of Natural History and American Relics at the college.