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Barton Baseball’s Evans and Plank sign to continue at the four-year level

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Barton Community College baseball players Alex Evans and Jordan Plank are the first of the 2014-15 Cougars to commit to play on the four-year collegiate level.  Both players signed during the fall signing period as Evans committed to NCAA Division I The University of Tennessee Martin in Martin, Tennessee, while Plank is headed to Emporia, Kansas, to play at Emporia State University on the NCAA Division II level.

 

Alex Evans
The closer out of the bullpen, Evans began his freshman campaign pitching eleven consecutive shutout innings of relief.  Finishing the season with 46.0 innings on the mound, Evans went 3-2 with seven saves and a 2.54 ERA to earn KJCCC All-Conference Western Division honorable mention honors.

The Mulvane, Kansas, native’s value drastically increased as the season went on and so did his innings pitched, going a then career high four innings to shut down the Jayhawk West Champions Hutchinson Community College to earn his first victory of the season on April 19th.  With the region playoff seeding on the line, Evans appeared in seven innings of the four game regular season ending series to help Barton to a four-game sweep of Pratt Community College to move up in the region standings.  In game three of the series, in what was one of Evans’ most memorable performances of the year, Evans struck out six in three innings to help earn Head Coach Mike Warren his 1000th collegiate career victory.  With the confidence of his skipper, Evans even earned the starting nod in the Cougars’ must-win game in Coffeyville, striking out eight with one walk in 5.1 innings pitched.

UT Martin finished 9-25 last season and will begin a new era in 2014 as seventeen year collegiate coaching veteran Rick Robinson takes over the program.

 

Jordan Plank
Plank, a former Class 6A All-State left handed pitcher for Wichita Heights High School, went 2-1 this past season with the Cougars.  Appearing in 16 games, Plank started two including an eight inning performance earning his second victory of his freshman season.   Plank finished 2-1 on the season with a 3.52 ERA striking out seventeen against twelve walks.

Plank will join a ESU Hornet squad coming off a 42-19 season which included winning the MIAA Tournament Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the ninth time in the last eleven years where the season came to an end in the NCAA Central Region championship game.

Wheat response to cold temperatures

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Wheat streak mosaic virus is one of the most damaging and costly diseases wheat producers encounter, but plant pathologists have recently uncovered a way for the wheat plant to defend itself against this particular virus and others.

By Ryan Flaming, County Extension Agent, Agriculture & Natural Resources

The sudden sharp drop in temperatures across Kansas this week will certainly cause the wheat crop to go into dormancy. Whether it will injure the wheat to any degree depends on several factors. The moisture level in the topsoil will be important. Soil moisture was generally good in most of the state going into October. But the warm temperatures in October caused some of the wheat in the state to put on excessive amounts of top growth, which dried out the soil. The cold temperatures will be more likely to cause injury to wheat if the plants were showing drought stress symptoms. Also, dry soils will get colder more easily than wet soils.

Last fall, there was a severe cold snap in early December that helped lead to winter injury on some wheat. But soils were generally both dry and fluffy last fall and winter, leaving the wheat somewhat exposed to damage. This year, even where soils have become a little dry they are generally much firmer than last year. This should help the wheat withstand cold temperatures a little better. Another important factor in wheat?s response to the cold is whether the wheat had time to become properly cold hardened. Although the weather was warm overall in October and early November, there may have been enough cold nights to have allowed the wheat to develop cold hardiness. The extent of the unusually large and rapid drop in temperatures from well above normal to well below normal is a concern. If the wheat did not develop sufficient cold hardiness, it would become more susceptible to injury from the recent cold snap. We likely won?t know for sure until next spring as the wheat comes out of dormancy.

The first thing we?ll be seeing is a lot of burndown of the wheat from these cold temperatures. If the wheat was bigger than normal, the plants may look ?rough? with a lot of brown dead-looking foliage on the soil surface. That doesn?t mean the plants are dead, however. The important factor will be whether the crown below the soil surface remains alive. Having a well-developed secondary root system will help the plants survive.

Roger’s view from the hills: A holiday that anyone can agree on

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Roger Ringer
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AN OPTIMIST IS A PERSON WHO
STARTS A NEW DIET ON
THANKSGIVING DAY”.
                                       Irv Kupcinet
     If there is a holiday that as a whole this country can get along with it is Thanksgiving.  Since it is primarily a US holiday the people who object to holidays, that are primarily church related, can’t get too worked up. Because it is about a bunch of illegal immigrants showing up where they were not wanted, and almost died because they did not know what they were doing.
      The hard core can just put it off as being thankful for the Indians (native residents) as much as for there faith that kept them in trouble back in England.  This is the same group that would later burn witches and put people in stocks.
It also is the group that inspired such a great work of literature THE SCARLET LETTER as a great warning about the honor of the unwed mother and the secret dishonor of the father, that could not bring the fact that leaders are just people also.
Thanksgiving is that point where people can gripe about the Christmas sales and promotions starting after Halloween, that great holiday where monsters, demons, devils, and curvatious females are honored.  Haunted houses and beer are very much in style.
So much are the undead in style that Budweiser is dropping the Clydesdales for Zombies this year to try and win back that coveted 20 – 27 age crowd.  Let me tell you what, you can have Elvira back for those horses and a little dignity.
Thanksgiving is a great little holiday because you can have a nice time to thank what ever you are thankful to without some group from Wisconsin trying to change your public displays.  You do not have to spend money and can be with people you like.  We like our folks that come out.
On the next day I can marvel at the stupidity of those who fight for bargains that were cheaper last month.  Where you can set back with that Bud, sleep to the favorite game of the day, eat some good food, and get ready for the next 5 weeks of insanity.
Really, can anyone get real worked up about guys that wear knee stockings, shoot blunderbusses, and wear belt buckles on their hats?

Animal scientist funston gets regional extension award

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University of Nebraska
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LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Extension beef cattle reproduction specialist Rick Funston has been honored for his beef and heifer management work.

 

Funston won the 2014 Regional Excellence in Extension award for the North Central Region from Cooperative Extension and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

 

Funston, also a professor in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of Animal Science, is based at the West Central Research and Extension Center in North Platte.

 

Funston’s research and extension work have helped provide ranchers new market options and reduced feed costs. He has been a leader in the concept of fetal programming, a concept in the livestock industry based on the notion that the nutrient status of gestating cows has various long-term implications on their offspring.

 

UNL studies by Funston and colleagues reported on cows that were either supplemented or not supplemented during the last third of gestation. He found that heifer calves born to a herd fed 28 percent protein distillers-based supplement had a heavier adjusted 205-day weight, pre-breeding weight, weight at pregnancy diagnosis and higher pregnancy rate.

 

Funston also reported an increase in calf weaning weights from supplemented cows. Heifer progeny from supplemented cows reached puberty earlier and tended to have a higher pregnancy rate compared to heifer progeny from non-supplemented cows. Results from these studies suggest the idea that cow nutrition during late gestation does affect the overall performance of heifer progeny.

 

Funston joins five other Nebraska Extension professionals in winning this prestigious award (two more than any other state). “We are extremely proud of the excellence and value that people like Rick Funston bring to our Extension clientele,” said Chuck Hibberd, dean and director of Nebraska Extension.

 

Extension and the USDA’s NIFA present annual Excellence in Extension Awards to honor visionary leadership and diversity in educational programming. Robert Kallenbach from the University of Missouri received the National Excellence in Extension Award and Cesar Asuaje from the University of Florida received the National Extension Diversity Award.

 

Regional Excellence in Extension recipients are presented in five regions, including the North Central Region that includes Nebraska.

Nathan Gamache signs with Bethel College

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Nathan Gamache from Halstead  will continue his gold career with Bethel College for Golf.  Gamache qualified for the state tournament this year by plaiung 5th in the 3A regional tournament and is still know for his hole in one as a sophomore.

photo credit – Halstead High School – USD 440

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