Live music begins at 3:30 p.m. and will continue through the night
PRATT – Camping, chili, and country music – what more could you ask for? Thanks to the Friends of Crawford State Park, all this and more will be part of a one-night event, Sept. 27 at Crawford State Park’s Oak Point Campground. Crawford State Park is located just nine miles north of Girard on K-7. The first event of the day will be a chili cook-off beginning at 12 p.m. with a cook’s meeting, followed by cooking from 12:30 to 4 p.m., judging at 4 p.m., tasting session at 4:30 p.m., and awards at 5:30 p.m. There is a $20 entry fee for anyone wanting to enter the chili contest.
Following the cook-off, an “end of the season” campers’ pot luck will take place at 6:30 in the back of the campground amphitheater. Those interested in staying are asked to bring a covered side dish as spaghetti red (chili) will be provided.
Apart from good eats, park goers can also enjoy the park’s Country Music Jamboree beginning at 3:30 p.m. and running through the night. A host of local musical acts including The Duling Band, Jeff Simpson, Kinley Rice, and Jason Richison will perform.
The Duling’s are a local legend and part of a musical family that have entertained for over 50 years. The variety they bring to the stage is sure to please young and old.
Jeff Simpson, a resident of Cherokee, has been performing blues and jazz harmonica for the past 17 years. He is a regular with several area country, bluegrass, and classic rock bands.
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
Kinley Rice, a 15-year-old country singer from Fort Scott, is currently a regular on TV’s “Kelly’s Kountry Junction.” Her musical influences are Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Hank Williams, and many other country legends.
Jason Richison, another Fort Scott resident, will perform classic country music with energy and an edgy guitar. He is also a member of the Fort Scott Jubilee Hot Band and lead guitarist for Kelly’s Kountry Junction television program.
Campsites will be available and can be reserved by visiting ReserveAmerica.com.
For more information on the chili cook-off, contact Kevin Smith at (620) 362-3237, or by e-mail at [email protected].
To reach the Crawford State Park office, call (620) 362-3671.
Friendly competition expected for chili cook-off, 3-D archery shoot
PRATT – Lovewell State Park is sponsoring its final events of the season September 6-7 with “Tailgating Saturday,” a chili cook-off and a 3-D archery shoot on Sunday. Sunday is also a free park entrance day at Lovewell State Park. Vehicle permits are not required to enter the state park on that day; however, camping permits are still required if camping overnight.
For Tailgating Saturday, campers are encouraged to show their football pride with decorations at their campsites for their favorite team. This is a fun event, and registration is not necessary.
The fun will continue Sunday with a chili cook-off and 3-D archery shoot. Shooters can register from 9 a.m.-10 a.m., and must complete the course by 12 p.m. Participants may compete in either the men’s, women’s, or youth categories. There is no fee to enter, however a $10 donation is encouraged. A steel deer target competition will start at noon, with a $5 donation suggested for participation. Prizes will be awarded at 1:30 p.m. for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place shooters at the Lovewell Marina Area.
The Lovewell Marina will also host the chili cook-off on Sunday where park visitors can taste a variety of hearty dishes. Cooks must register no later than 9 a.m. at the park office. Judging will be done by the first 100 visitors who contribute a $5.00 donation for a taste-testing ticket. Judging tickets will also be available at the cook-off area beginning at 11:30 a.m. Entries will be judged from 12 p.m.-1 p.m., followed by the award presentations for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place entries by popular vote.
For more information on these events, contact the Lovewell State Park at (785) 753-4971.
Source: Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
ABILENE, Kan. – Author Ann Hagedorn will speak about the privatization of American’s national security at the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home on Thursday, September 11. The free public program begins at 7 p.m. in the Visitors Center Auditorium.
Hagedorn’s latest book, The Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced Our Security, was released in August. It is an investigation into the world of private military contractors. The book exposes where this industry came from, how it operates, where it’s heading, and why we should be concerned.
Hagedorn has been a writer for The Wall Street Journal, special projects editor for the New York Daily News and has taught writing at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Her previous books are Savage Peace, Beyond the River, Ransom and Wild Ride.
Copies of The Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced Our Security will be for sale at the Presidential Gift Shop. A book signing will follow the presentation.
The Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home, a nonpartisan federal institution, is part of the Presidential Libraries network operated by the National Archives and Records Administration. Presidential Libraries promote understanding of the presidency and the American experience. We preserve and provide access to historical materials, support research, and create interactive programs and exhibits that educate and inspire.
Projects funded through the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet, funded though USAID and established at Kansas State University, are aimed to help improve the adaptation and resilience of these crops in East and West Africa. K-State Research and Extension
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Project funding through the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sorghum and Millet has been announced. The projects will contribute to improving food security, household resilience and private sector growth in the Ethiopia, Senegal and Niger through the enhancement of production and value-added product development.
The 2014 funding recipients were identified through a competitive call for proposals, with 10 projects selected from the 58 proposals received, from the recommendations of the Lab’s external advisory board and dozens of ad-hoc reviewers.
Six projects were selected in West Africa, led by five leader institutions with 16 collaborating institutions, and four projects were selected in Ethiopia, led by three leader institutions and 16 collaborating institutions.
“These projects represent the best ideas and strategies, drawn from around the world, to tackle hunger and undernutrition in some of the world’s most difficult agricultural regions,” said Timothy Dalton, associate professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State University and director of the Lab. “The process will require patience, hard work and dedication, and we’ve assembled a fantastic team to attack these problems.”
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research in Sorghum and Millet is a consortium of cutting-edge research aimed at improving the adaptation and resilience of sorghum and pearl millet to the semi-arid climates of East and West Africa, with a focus on Ethiopia, Senegal and Niger.
Established in July 2013 at Kansas State University, the Lab contributes technologies and knowledge toward the adaptation, resilience and improved profitability of sorghum- and millet-based production systems and value chains through a grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative (www.feedthefuture.gov).
The Lab links U.S. and international universities and research organizations in a collaborative effort to build human and institutional capacity in Ethiopia, Niger and Senegal to make sorghum and pearl millet the crops of the future. Additional information regarding the Sorghum and Millet Innovation Lab can be found at http://www.k-state.edu/smil.
Funded projects:
Developing superior functionality in sorghum for food applications to promote sorghum value chain in Ethiopia
Principal investigator: Joseph Awika (Texas A&M University)
U.S. collaborating institutions: Texas A&M University
International collaborating institutions: Ethiopia – Hawassa University South Africa – University of Pretoria
Award amount: $809,941
Focus country: Ethiopia Genetic enhancement of sorghum to promote commercial seed supply and grain market development in Ethiopia
Principal investigator: Gebisa Ejeta (Purdue University)
U.S. collaborating institutions: Purdue University, Kansas State University
International collaborating institutions: Ethiopia – Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) (Melkassa Research Center, Sirinka Research Center), Holleta Biotechnology Center, Tigray Regional Program, Oromia Regional Program, Haramaya University
Award amount: $912,703
Focus country: Ethiopia
Genetic improvement of sorghum for resistance to fungal pathogens
Principal investigator: Tesfaye Mengiste (Purdue University)
U.S. collaborating institutions: Purdue University, Kansas State University
International collaborating institutions: Ethiopia – EIAR (Asosa Research Center, Pawe Research Center, Bako Research Center), Holleta Biotechnology Center
Award amount: $842,963
Focus country: Ethiopia
Improved crop genetics and processing methods for increased productivity and nutrition for smallholder sorghum producers in Ethiopia
Principal investigator: Tesfaye Tesso (Kansas State University)
U.S. collaborating institutions: Kansas State University, USDA-ARS, Purdue University, KSU – Hays Research Station
International collaborating institutions: Ethiopia – EIAR (Melkassa Research Center, Sirinka Research Center, Pawe Research Center), Tigray Agricultural Research Institute, Haramaya University
Award amount: $821,421
Focus countries: Ethiopia
Improving sorghum adaptation in West Africa with genomics-enabled breeding
Principal investigator: Geoffrey Morris (Kansas State University) U.S. collaborating institution: Kansas State University
International collaborating institutions: France – Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD) Senegal – Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Centre d’Etudes Régional pour l’Amélioration de l’Adaptation à la Sécheresse (CERAAS), Centre National de Recherche Agronomique (CNRA)
Niger – International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN), LSDS (farmer organization), HALAL (farmer organization)
Award amount: $1,090,093
Focus countries: Niger, Senegal
Development of biotic stress-resistant sorghum cultivars for Niger and Senegal
Principal investigator: Bonnie Pendleton (West Texas A&M University)
U.S. collaborating institutions: West Texas A&M University, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Sorghum trait development pipeline for improved food and feed value
Principal investigator: Mitchell Tuinstra (Purdue University)
U.S. collaborating institution: Purdue University
International collaborating institutions: Senegal – Institut de Technologie Alimentaire (ITA), CERAAS, ISRA, CNRA Niger – INRAN
Award amount: $1,044,323
Focus countries: Niger, Senegal
Biological control of the millet head miner in Niger and Senegal
Principal investigator: Malick Ba (ICRISAT – Niger)
U.S. collaborating institutions: Virginia Tech University, IPM Innovation Lab
International collaborating institutions: Senegal – ISRA, CERAAS, University Cheik Anta Diop de Dakar
Niger – University of Maradi, INRAN
Award amount: $638,788
Focus countries: Niger, Senegal
Optimization of the seed ball technology for pearl millet, and agronomic and socio-economic evaluation in the context of smallholder farmers in Senegal and Niger
Principal investigator: Ludger Herrmann (University of Hohenheim – Germany)
International collaborating institutions: Senegal – ISRA, FAPAL (farmer organization)
Niger – INRAN, Fuma Gaskiya (farmer organization)
Award amount: $172,600
Focus countries: Niger, Senegal
Expanding markets for sorghum and millet farmers in West Africa through strengthening of entrepreneur processors and nutrition-based promotion of products
Principal investigator: Bruce Hamaker (Purdue University)
U.S. collaborating institutions: Purdue University
International collaborating institutions: Senegal – ISRA, CNRA, ITA
Nina Chen, Ph.D., CFLE, Human Development Specialist, University of Missouri Extension
According to the Pew Research Center, 49 million people live in multigenerational families in the U.S. Many include adult children in their 20s. The trend to bring extended families together in one home is heavily influenced by factors like the struggling economy, a tough job market, the housing crunch, increased immigrants, parents returning to school, saving money for a home, inability to afford child care or preferring to have grandparents care for grandchildren, elderly parents needing care, and widows or widowers unable to live alone. Other factors include the increase in marital instability, the breakup of nuclear families and the remarriage of parents. Grandparents and step-grandparents are also becoming more important.
Living in a multigenerational family has numerous rewards for all generations, including:
Family members experience the high level of emotional bonding and closeness across generations.
Grandparents provide important role models in the socialization of grandchildren. Grandchildren learn how to care for their elders.
Spending time with children can bring purpose and meaning to the lives of older generations. For example, the physical demands of keeping up with kids and helping with homework make them feel younger, useful and active.
Grandparents help grandchildren survive parents’ divorce by giving grandchildren undivided attention and helping when single parents are overwhelmed.
Multifamilies have financial benefits for everyone involved. If grandparents are in good health and willing, they could help care for young children. Adult children living in the multifamily household can save money while going to school, finding a job or saving money to buy a home of their own.
Family members provide constant companionship, as well as help reduce money strain and stress.
Family members look after, help and support each other.
Bringing family members together can be a joyful time to share and treasure for everyone in the family.
Multigenerational living also has its ups and downs. Moving into a new household can be challenging and everyone involved needs time to make adjustments…
