Story Time for children ages 2 to 4 will be starting January 23rd @ 10:00 a.m. .
Please call the library to register, 620-465-3524
photo credit: Kelly Sikkema
Beginning farmer and rancher development program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for more than $18 million in funding to help educate, mentor, and enhance the sustainability of the next generation of farmers. This support is available through the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program. Click here for more information.
Applications are due March 13, 2015.
Source: Weekly Harvest
Healthy salads
By: Susan Jackson
How many of you are like me and are trying to start some healthy habits in the New Year? Whether you’re trying to save money or eat better, packing a healthy lunch can help you do both! Salad is a common go to option for people trying to eat better, but not all salads are created equal. Here is a quick guide from Spend Smart. Eat Smart to simplify packing salads for lunch.
1. Include protein in your salad. Choose proteins like a hard boiled egg, beans, chicken or canned tuna. The protein will help you stay full throughout the afternoon. This is a great use for leftover ingredients from dinner.
2. Be careful about your dressing choice. Salad dressing can be expensive and high in fat, calories and sodium. Keep dressing portions small (approximately 1 tablespoon). One way to save money and be certain about the ingredients in your dressing is to make your own.
3. Choose toppings you enjoy, but avoid common pitfalls. Many restaurant salads are topped with lots of high calorie ingredients like bacon and cheese. It is ok to eat these tasty ingredients from time to time, but they can quickly turn your healthy homemade salad into a meal that is high in fat and calories. Instead, choose lots of veggies to top your salad. In the winter, choose those that taste good all year round like carrots, peppers, celery, green onions and even defrosted, frozen peas.
4. Prepare your salads ahead of time. We all know what it is like to run out of time on busy mornings. Sturdy greens like spinach hold up well for a few days in the fridge. You can also chop your veggies like peppers, carrots, celery and onions ahead of time. I avoid watery veggies like cucumbers when I am prepping salads ahead because they tend to get a bit soggy after a day or so. Also, wait to put the dressing on your salad until right before you eat it.
So pass up these:
** cole slaw, pasta or potato salads made with mayonnaise
**bacon bits and croutons
**Marinated mushrooms
**sunflower seeds
**bacon bits
ssing, 75-90 calories per TBSP
**pre dressed Caesar Salad
**high fat cheese
**Chinese noodles
**more than 1 TBSP of regular dre
**cream based soups
Including fruits and vegetables in your diet is easy when you make wise choices for your salad for lunch. Salad bars offer choices. You can enjoy a satisfying meal heaped with nutrition.
No. 2 Hutchinson overpower Lady Cougars 73-45
Concluding a brutal five-game nine-day stretch with consecutive games against nationally ranked teams, the Barton Community College women’s basketball team just simply couldn’t match up with No. 2 Hutchinson Community College falling Wednesday night at the Barton Gym 73-45. The fourth straight conference loss drops Barton to 1-4 and 11-6 overall while Hutchinson improves to 4-0 and 18-0. The Lady Cougars will get a much needed rest until a January 21 trip to Colby, Kansas, for a 6:00 p.m. conference matchup at the Community Building against Colby Community College.
Hutchinson scored the first five before a Dominique Baker runner in the paint got Barton on the scoreboard. Seven straight by the Lady Dragons expanded the lead until Ciera Lampe‘s first of three treys in the game keyed a 9-0 spurt. Buckets in the paint by Phikala Anthony and Bethany Bowman capped by a steal and transition bucket drew the Lady Cougars to within 12-11 at the 12:11 mark. Hutchinson responded with the next ten points in the following five minutes then blew the game open with another 8-0 run to lead at the break by twenty-four.
The Lady Dragons expanded the lead out to thirty-two in the opening six minutes of the second half before an 8-0 run brought Barton back to within twenty-four with twelve minutes to play. In the stretch Barton got a pair of Julia Dixon free throws, a Lampe trey, and three points by Indiah Cauley. Barton again brought the deficit back to twenty-four on two Cauley charity throws a minute later but the Lady Dragons would never relinquish the rest of the way in cruising to the win.
Cauley was the lone Lady Cougar to reach double figures finishing with thirteen points of 3-of-8 from the field and 7-of-10 from the free throw line while also leading the team with three steals. Anthony, the team’s leading scorer on the season, was held to seven points but led the Lady Cougars in rebounds with five. Lampe’s 3-of-6 performance from behind the arc netted nine points while Baker dropped in seven while leading the team with two assists.
Kalani Purcell lead all scorers with sixteen to go along with a team high nine rebounds and seven steals. Cynthia Petke, who tied Purcell’s team lead with nine rebounds, added sixteen points while Clemence LeFebvre contributed thirteen.
Winners of KDWPT commission big game permit drawing accounced
One elk tag and six deer tags were drawn for 2015
PRATT – Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism commissioners recently met in Bonner Springs on Jan. 8 for the first commission meeting of 2015. During the general discussion period of the meeting, six lucky Kansas-based nonprofit organizations that actively promote wildlife conservation and the hunting and fishing heritage were drawn to receive big game permits. Once drawn, the permits can be used to raise money for the organizations’ conservation efforts, with 15 percent of the sales going directly to the chapter and 85 percent going to KDWPT to be spent on mutually agreed-upon conservation projects. A chapter or organization is eligible to receive only one Commission Big Game permit in a three-year period.
2015 Winners are as follows:
Ducks Unlimited – Park City #27, deer permit
Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams – Glacial Hills, deer permit
National Wild Turkey Federation – Augusta, deer permit
National Wild Turkey Federation – El Dorado, elk permit
Pheasants Forever – High Plains Roosters #663, deer permit
Quail Forever – Brown County, deer permit
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation – Wichita Chapter, deer permit
Public hearing items that were voted on and approved during the evening session include:
The regulation requiring personal identification on setlines trotlines and floatlines was amended to allow anglers to use their KDWPT numbers instead of their name and address.
-In the event that an identification number and decal no longer adheres to a sailboard or kiteboard, the identification number and decal may be carried by, or in the possession of, the person operating the watercraft.
-The regulation describing placement of state park annual vehicle permits was amended to allow permit decals to be placed on the outside of the bottom left of the windshield, accommodating the Park Passport decal.
-2015 Free Park Entrance Day will be April 25, 2015 to coincide with Earth Day and state park open houses. 2015 Free Fishing Days will be June 6 and 7.
To view a video of the Jan. 8 meeting, visit ksoutdoors.com/KDWPT-Info/Commission.
The next commission meeting is scheduled for March 26, 2015 at the Kansas Museum of History, 6425 SW 6th Ave., Topeka.
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
