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Written by Bob Harrington
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Friday, 18 September 2009 08:00 |
The first Beau Arndt Outdoor Appreciation Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Camp Alexander, three miles northeast of Emporia.
Arndt was killed Dec. 15, 2007, just three days before his 19th birthday, by a drive-by poacher who shot into a goose decoy layout of Arndt and his hunting companies.
Christine Arndt, spokesperson for the Beau Arndt Foundation, announced many activities are planned, and will be presented by various individuals and conservation organizations.
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Written by Bob Harrington
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Friday, 18 September 2009 08:00 |
There might be a shortage of mast (acorns and other nuts) this fall for squirrels, deer, turkey and hogs. Most of the acorns forming on trees at our house have fallen already, and what hasn’t is being eaten by the squirrels before they mature.
I am told by experts the early dropping of acorns resulted from weather stress, either from conditions last winter or this spring. So, there might not be as many squirrels in the timbers this fall and winter because of a nut shortage.
If folklore holds, we should have a mild winter. It is said, “Plenty of acorns indicates a severe winter ahead,” so with fewer acorns the reverse should be true. Also, “Thin onion skins mean a mild winter.”
Is anyone seeing pawpaws this year? I haven’t checked to see if there are any on trees I have access to.
A farm friend invited me to hunt turkey this fall. If he had his way we would be hunting them now.
“The turkey are back,” he said, “they’re jumping up to pick on the ears of corn, and causing damage along with what they eat. There are some young fryers, hens and three big old gobblers.”
The last time I hunted on his property there wasn’t a turkey to be found. Neither he nor I was able to determine why, when flocks of up to 75 and 100 were there a few years ago.
Don’t be discouraged if you don’t catch fish every time you go fishing.
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Written by Bob Harrington
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Friday, 18 September 2009 08:00 |
It was “the hunt of a lifetime,” Paul Williams of rural Paola said when describing his safari to Namibia in Africa the last two weeks of July. They hunted out of the Omujeve Hunting Safaris. Omujeve means “hunter” in the local Hereo language, consequently the hunting contractor was “Hunter Hunting Safaris.” 
Williams is a noted local sportsman and has several big game trophies already in his trophy room at his residence near 327th Street and Quivira Road southeast of Paola. This was his first hunting trip outside North America.
Williams and his hunting companion, Brian McCullough of Helena, Mont., each harvested 10 exceptional trophy animals on the 11-day hunt. Williams scored on zebra, warthog, Eland, Kudu, Gemsbok, Hartebeest, Blesbok, black and blue wildebeest and spring buck.
“The big surprise was the cold weather,” Williams said. “(It was) 25 to 30 degrees at night (and) 40s during the day.”
“We were in the mountains most of the time,” he said, “(hunting on) 30,000 acres of fenced and another 26,000 free range.”
They also hunted to the south two days near the Kalahari Desert on free range land.
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Written by Eileen Locke
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Friday, 18 September 2009 08:00 |
On Monday morning, bright and early, several former Ursuline gardeners left for Kentucky carrying a special cargo.
Included in the special package were some of Ursuline’s wonderful heirloom peonies in red, white and pink, along with several tree peonies in newer colors. Five or six crape myrtles which were started from shrubs located on the Paola grounds were readied for travel. The gardeners took a few calla lilies from the butterfly garden, as well as a sampling of daylilies, lavender, irises, dianthus and possibly a gingko or two. Seeds from cleome and hollyhocks were packed in too, along with a few other favorites. The selected plants are among the flowers that the Sisters loved so well and enjoyed so much.
A special place has been prepared for a Paola Ursuline Garden on the grounds of the Mt. St. Joseph complex where the Paola sisters have recently moved. They are located in the picturesque rural setting of northwestern Kentucky near Owensboro. The new residents will soon be able to again enjoy the plants and flowers that they have grown accustomed to over the years back in Kansas.
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Written by Aaron Cedeño
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Friday, 18 September 2009 08:00 |
The Louisburg Future Farmers of America will host their annual Hamburger Feed 6 p.m., Sunday at in the Louisburg High School commons area. The FFA will provide hamburgers, hotdogs, buns and drinks, but each family is asked to bring a salad, vegetable or dessert. Additionally, each family needs to bring their own plates and silverware.
The event will also include a work auction, where FFA members will be auctioned off to work four hours of labor, helping with everything from cleaning, painting and brushwork, to trash pickup and work around the yard. The money that is raised through the auction will go toward a Washington Leadership Conference scholarship fund for future attendees.
For more information, contact Jim Morgan at (913) 837-1737. |
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