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Day 18, Final Kansas Wheat harvest report

This is day 18 and the final day of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and the Kansas Grain and Feed Association. Combines are cutting the last few fields in north central Kansas as producers put their final touches on the 2022 Kansas wheat harvest and turn their attention to other fieldwork.

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DODGE CITY GLOBE

Volume 112 | No. 83 To subscribe: 620-471-8001 $1.25 Visit us on Facebook at @DodgeCityGlobe or on Twitter at @dcglobe Update: Stella Gonzalez was third from the left in the last known photo of a Society of Miguel Hidalgo banner that was featured in the 1950 fiesta that celebrated Mexico’s independence from Spain.

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EDITORIAL

I support the idea of allowing qualified and highly trained volunteer teachers the option of having safe, secure, and immediate access to a firearm in the classroom and at school. Sharon Hartin Iorio, dean emerita at the Wichita State University College of Education recently wrote a piece noting my position and arguing it won’t improve school safety. Her argument is incorrect.

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The midnight perils of hunting frogs

Welcome to bullfrog season in Kansas. Now I’m not much of a team sports player, but frog huntin’ when we were kids back in Ohio came terribly close to being a team sport. Half the fun of our frog hunts was just being there with our buddies, and the anticipation of what would go wrong. Whenever we went on any kind of foray after dark, the vehicle ended up broken down, stuck in the snow or mud or in the ditch, so the more passengers in the car to help extract us from our predicament the better. Our transportation needs were simple; four wheels, two seats and something that already smelled as badly as we would when the night was over, which was easily accomplished because that perfectly described the old beaters we all drove.

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