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ROYAL STARS

AAAA ARIES (March 21-April 19) AAAA Tread carefully today, because many people are argumentative. And as we both know, you have a short fuse. Your challenge will be not to take the bait. Why turn someone against you? Why make your day miserable? Go with what works. Tonight: Intense!

Frequent traveler is not clear on cutting

Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency Dear Amy: : I travel by air for work relatively often and have TSA Pre-check to get through security faster. My regional airport allows Clear to operate there, and I find myself getting angry every time a Clear employee escorts someone in front of me in line without acknowledging my presence, asking my permission, or apologizing for “cutting” in front of me.

David Leonard put wheat under the pivot to win the Kansas irrigated wheat category of the 2022 National Wheat Yield Contest

Rain doesn’t fall often in Sherman County, Kansas, so farmers like David Leonard have learned how to improve yields by optimizing crop rotations, taking advantage of the moisture that does come and supplementing what Mother Nature doesn’t provide through irrigation. That combination of practice and luck is Leonard’s not-so-secret to winning the top spot in Kansas for irrigated winter wheat in the 2022 National Wheat Yield Contest with an entry of nearly 120 bushels per acre.

Grief or depression?

Grief and depression are expressed in many forms: a dirty house, excessive crying, sleeping all day, lack of motivation, no enthusiasm, etc. A person may have any or all of these and appear absolutely normal. A person may not even know they’re depressed. There is a difference between being depressed and being in a depressed state, like getting caught with your hand in the cookie jar. You may be depressed or sad that you got caught, but this is not depression.

Victory Electric announces Youth Leadership trip winners

Victory Electric announces that Izaiah Pearce, Bucklin High School; Jacelyn Huelskamp, South Gray High School; and Karla Garcia Sepulveda, Dodge City High School, are the winners of cooperative leadership development trips for youth in 2023.

AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Programs

On Feb. 2, AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers, serving Ford and Hodgeman counties through the Fort Hays State University Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Programs, attended a monthly in-service meeting at the Dodge City Senior Center in Dodge City.

Not a Drop to Drink

Governor Laura Kelly mentioned Kansas’ water crisis in her 2023 State of the State Address, but so far she has proposed few specific policies to alleviate the problem. Will this be the year that Kansas policymakers step up?