The Emporia Gazette

Extension merger: where is the benefit?

Steve Corbin - Not a ballcap, but a cowboy hat!

BasballFan - They have my name at the top of the letter and took my contact info off. I do not want my phone ringing off the hook, but anyone who wants to contact me can e-mail me at dmlantow at hotmail dot com (I know that makes it hard to copy and paste, but it also slows the spam bots down.) If you want to sign the petition, just e-mail me and I can e-mail or call back to make arrangements with you. I live southeast of Emporia.

January 31, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bike Police Are Not Patrolling the City

Get trained and get your concealed carry license. When you need help right now and seconds count, the police are only minutes away. I am not saying that to be condescending to police; they do the best they can and if they knew where a crime was going to take place, they would be there in full force to stop it, but that is not how criminals work.

January 30, 2012 at 6:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Concerns about education

I agree with most of what whoever wrote this, but I would like to comment on one point that I do disagree with them on. It is their questioning the teaching of archery in P.E. I do not see any problem with that. The kids are learning a skill that they could possibly use later in life whether it be just target practicing for fun and socializing with others who enjoy the sport, or if they later decide to go hunting using archery. Also, have you pulled the string back on a bow? You do need some strength to do that, and besides, what do you want these kids to do during P.E.? Just run? Some people get enjoyment out of running, but for a full hour? I don't think we want to make kids dread going to P.E. and archery is just one more activity that students can learn and possibly even enjoy.

January 27, 2012 at 9:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Emporians for Drug Awareness Dissolving

I wonder how much their push for the smoking ban led to their difficulty raising funds locally?

January 27, 2012 at 9:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Online Chat with Attorney Tom Krueger

What is involved in setting up a 501c3?

January 27, 2012 at 9:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Petition meeting draws sizeable crowd

Methusla, I graduated from Hartford High School in 1992 and while it was Robert's Rules were very informally followed by some stretch of the imagination during class meetings and FBLA, my formal exposure to it was in 4-H.

January 24, 2012 at 12:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Extension in good hands

I am a local rancher and have benefited from the programs Extension puts on starting when I joined 4-H when I was 7 years old when Mr. Maley was still the Lyon County Ag. Extension Agent, and doing a very good job I might add. I have also been to meetings in Lyon and surrounding counties put on by Extension through the years that interest me from Beef Cattle production programs to Range Management and Brush control programs, and not all of these were in Lyon County either. I have been to Waubunsee, Osage, Franklin, Coffey and Greenwood counties for these programs. In some cases, it was put on solely by the hosting county, and in other cases, 2 or three counties worked together to put it on, and they were not in an Extension District with each other. One example was a Brush and Weed control program put on in our Anderson Building and the main speaker was the Greenwood County Extension agent because he had spent a lot of time studying Sericia Lespedeza which is a county option Noxious Weed that is very difficult to control.

I am also carrying the petition helping to collect signatures to bring this to a vote because I do not see where we will get a $23,000/year benefit to joining the Frontier District. It makes sense to me to join if we can cut expenses, but we only hear about agents specializing in their areas of interest. For example, Brian Rees (Our current Lyon County Ag Agent) told me that all 3 counties have an Ag Agent, but his area of interest is Agronomy and crops, another agent is interested in Range Management, and another is interested in Beef Production. He said that with the Extension District, if he got a question from someone about one of the other two Agent's interest was that he could just call them up and ask if he did not know the answer. My thought even though I did not say anything was, "Aren't you doing that now? And if not, why not?" We are continually being told that each county will keep their own agents so it does not sound like there will be any savings there. The only thing that he mentioned that sounded like a benefit was that they would be able to get a fleet discount on insurance and save $2000 to $3000. OK, but that is a long way from $23,000! Also, even though they have only been an Extension District for 2 years, Franklin and Osage counties have added a Program Coordinator. What will be added if Lyon County joins?

January 22, 2012 at 1 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Emporia economy recovering slowly, RDA chair says

You know what Steve? Not only would that Dallas Cowboys cheerleader be better looking, but she has a pretty darn good chance at being smarter!

January 20, 2012 at 10:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Reduce meat consumption

That's right, goodoleboy. It is an imbalance of calorie intake vs. calories burned. Fast foods and pre-packaged foods are also more calorie dense than plain old hamburger or steak. I also wonder how much all the preservatives being put in food is causing all the health problems we are seeing today. Also with all the mechanization we have today, people do not have to work as hard as the used to as a general rule. I remember mom telling about her grandfather having to have the butter (not margarine) dish next to his plate when he was eating bread. Each bite of bread included a pad of butter...And he lived to be 100.

January 20, 2012 at 10:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Facts and opinions

Doesn't sound like Mrs. Gordon pointed to any facts that were incorrect in the Gazette. It is just her opinion that the word "unlimited" is inflammatory
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January 19, 2012 at 12:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )