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Offers are now being accepted for a USDA program designed to provide landowners a market-based financial incentive for restoring playa wetlands. The Kansas USDA Farm Service Agency and several partners are joining together to promote the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Migratory Birds, Butterflies and Pollinators State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) practice, or CRP Migratory Birds SAFE for short.

“Lose weight without dieting or exercise! “You don’t have to watch what you eat to lose weight!” “Lose 30 pounds in 30 days!” “All it takes to lose weight is this cream! (Or pill! Or patch!)” These, and similar headlines in advertisements are all part of the schemes that scammers employ to get at those of us who have made weight-loss resolutions for 2023. They tout body wraps, topical creams, dietary supplements, skin patches and even earrings that they say will melt, flush, burn and dissolve away unwanted fat.

Manor of the Plains is seeking artists age 65 and older for its annual juried art exhibit and competition from March 9 to 15. Entries of artistic works will be accepted from any area artist who is 65 years of age or older to exhibit and/or compete for an opportunity to be featured in the 2024 Art is Ageless calendar.

With the dry conditions continuing in Southwest Kansas for the foreseeable future, many homeowners need to think about watering their trees, even during the winter months. Let’s talk about how we should go about watering mature trees and shrubs in landscape settings.