In case you missed the recent news release, the Montgomery County Farm Bureau board of directors has announced the creation of the FFA & 4-H Advocacy, Service and Education Gran
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Sorry for the tardy post, but I’ve been on a family vacation, and away from the necessary technological devices which help make this possible. Quite refreshing, to be honest.
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We sloshed and splashed our way through the merry month of May. And now, not any too soon, comes the eventful month of June.
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Seems as though it was just the other day we were battling record cold temperatures and record-breaking energy bills. And yet, here we are, one-third of the way through 2021.
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With all the pranks, jokes, and misguided happenings by our national leaders, April Fools’ Day seems like just another day of the week, except it keeps reoccurring. (cue the Bill Murray references)
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I’m sure happy to rip that February page off my pickup dash calendar. That was some of the coldest weather we’ve encountered in a long time, for a long time. We actually fared better along the Northern Sycamore Urban Boundary than many of my northern friends. We did not have any broken pipes, nor did we lose electricity.
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It seems like it was just the other evening I told my wife Happy New Year before dozing off to sleep around 10:15. Time flies when you’re having fun. Or getting older. One thing I have discovered during my graceful aging: “As old gets older, cold gets colder.”
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As I attempt to assemble thoughts and peer out our east living room windows on this first morning of 2021, I see the pure, white, driven snow falling at about an eighty-degree angle. There’s just enough wind to carry the large flakes a fair distance, and enough to make the current temperature of 34 feel colder than it is
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I believe Merle Haggard was right in 1973 when he sang these lyrics: “If we make it through December, everything’s gonna be alright I know”. We’ve got 31 days to find out.
By now I think we all know someone who has been directly affected by the corona virus. The indirect
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Does anyone else wonder who was responsible for designating each month as a particular "awareness month"? Just another job in the long list of occupations I don't recall seeing at career day.
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Fellow Montgomery County Farm Bureau members, please follow our Facebook page for some of the fantastic items that will be offered at our 3rd annual benefit silent auction at the upcoming October 6 annual meeting.
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Kansas Farm Bureau recently announced their newest member benefit partner, KEY Apparel. Members can save up to 20% on online purchases with free shipping on orders over $75. Members also have access to the KEY Business Design Lab to create custom-branded KEY apparel for your business.
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Once upon a time, back in the day, when I was a kid, I remember when, well, we’d been a drinkin’…. As you get older, do you find yourself using phrases like these to preface a story, a remembrance, or a legendary tale?
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For those who don’t know, I own a furniture repair and refinishing business, Chuck’s Country Creations. From time to time I also custom build furniture and craft type items.
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Can we just get back to normal?
No, I’m pretty sure we’ll never experience normal as we once did. But, you know what, normal has always been on somewhat of a sliding scale.
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Well, I can’t say I was overly enthused with Governor Kelly’s May Day eve address to us, the people of the Great State of Kansas.
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Be safe. Be smart. Stay home.
For some, this is not a difficult task. For others, the message just doesn’t register. I am not going to lean too far one way or the other, but I do realize and understand how germs are spread. We’ve been spreading germs and viruses forever; it’s just that this COVID-19 is different than what has been battled before. With all the world’s brilliant scientists and medical experts, utilizing available and developing technologies, this battle will be won.
Perhaps ol’ Phil was right; we very well could have an early spring. Despite the fact that the official calendar beginning of spring is March 19, daffodils are blooming, ticks and mosquitoes are out, and I’ve seen frogs in the pasture thirty yards from the creek.
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How ‘bout them Chiefs!!! I remember when they won the big game fifty years ago. For years during McLouth Elementary recesses we boys all pretended to be Len Dawson, Otis Taylor, Jan Stenerud, Willie Lanier, etc. I can only imagine kids today imitating Mahomes, Kelce, Hill, Honey Badger, and so on. What a great lesson in believing in your team, faith, and execution of a game plan. Some businesses could learn a few things from this team’s progression.
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I trust you all survived the holiday season. It seems as families grow, mature, and move away that more coordination and planning becomes necessary. It is my belief that it’s important for Santa Claus to visit the little ones at their own home, which means sometimes cousins, aunts, uncles and even Nanas and Papas have to wait their turn. Even then it becomes a challenge to gather them all together. Nonetheless, the wait is worth it to share the love and laughs with those we adore most. Just think how absolutely wonderful our lives could be if we would just carry that happy holiday emotion with us every day.
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