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‘Lenses of the Flint Hills at The ColumbianExperience the timeless
beauty of our Kansas Plains as seen through the eyes of the men behind “The Lenses of The Flint Hills”. This new exhibit will be arriving at The Columbian Theatre’s Swogger Art Gallery March 8 and will run through April 5.
The Lenses of the Flint Hills are held by Scott Bean, Dave Leiker, Harold Gaston, and Casey Wilson. These four artists live and work in the same Flint Hills that they photograph.
Scott developed an inter-est in nature as he grew up exploring the outdoors. He has been photographing the same nature he grew to love for more than 15 years now.
Dave is an explorer by nature and began exploring the wonders of photogra-phy shortly after he learned to walk. He likes to take pictures of the people who live on and care for the land as well as the land-
scapes themselves. Harold is a self- taught
photographer with over 40 years of experience. He has won numerous awards in art shows including best of show. He photographs landscapes also but his passion is black and white photography.
Casey loves to focus on the unique wildlife, land-scapes, sunsets, prairie fires, and the unpredictable weather of Central Kansas. Because he can capture the true essence of these scenes, his photographs have become very popular.
These pictures are truly photographic art and will leave you wishing that you had room on your living room walls for all of them.
The Columbian is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and on Saturday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. There is no charge for visiting the gallery. Many of the works dis-played are for sale.
SCOTT BEANOne of the photos on display at The Columbian Theatre in Wamego is this one by Scott Bean. It’s part of the “Lenses of the Flint Hills” which will run through April 5.
Wabaunsee County Takes No Action on Remaining in Flint Hills Council
Alma – Representatives from the Flint Hills Regional Council, Gary Stich, Vernon Hay, and Jeff Adams, met with the Wabaunsee county com-missioners to try to con-vince them to renew their membership in the organi-zation. At the conclusion of the presentation, the commissioners declined to take action.
Wabaunsee County pays 50 cents per resident, to be a member of the organiza-tion, as do the other mem-bers of the organization, Riley County, Pottawato-mie County, Geary County and Morris County.
Commissioner Jim Suber spent much of the time arguing that several things – he thinks that it is in
essence a double tax, he argued that it is not an ille-gally entity.
In response the men assured him they have “done everything by the book”.
They went on to point out some of the practical things they have done, including Stich, noting that they have established a working relationship with the Kansas Department of Transportation, to the bet-terment of the entire Flint Hills Region, and they are working on a community development block grant to look at rural housing.
In other business They canvassed the bal-
lots from the election.
There were 369 registered voters and 95 votes cast. Jon Bauer received 40 votes and Justin Frank received 39, both will go on the general election on April 2. Jacob Simon received 34 votes and Jer-lyn Weissharr received 24, so they will not be in the general election.
County attorney Norbert Marek noted that Har-veyville fire district was inadvertently involved in a budget violation. They dis-cussed ways to provide training to help make sure this didn’t happen again.
Commissioner Ervin Stuewe asked if they could have a definite policy on how to handle snow days.
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St. Marys To Move Ahead on Streets
St. Marys – St. Mary Commissioners decided to move along with street repairs, in the area near Rays Apple Market, and the lumber yard. Commis-sioner Doyle Pearl empha-sized his interest in mak-ing sure the lumber yard did not flood. He was of the opinion that a larger culvert would solve the problem.
The commissioners want to make sure the project is done correctly,
and at the same time with an eye to the budget. To that end, they decided to send out a request for pro-posals, to replace the road, and also for information on how to do it, with a carefully itemized list.
Commissioner Francis Awerkamp noted that they wanted to make sure that it was done with the best value possible.
They wanted to make sure that they were not pushing water down into the area field crops. It was noted that the river is 3.5 miles away.
The commissioners approved changes in the fire chief salary – the new salary is $300 a month, and the assisters are now $75 a month. Active duty member who come to 50 percent of the trainings, will get 12.50 an hour, people who don’t attend the training will only receive $10 an hour.
In other businesses –The commissioners
received information on water conservation mea-sures. The document can be seen in the city hall.
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Six couples have been named Kansas Master Farmers and Master Farm Homemakers for 2012 in recognition of their leadership in agri-culture, environmental stewardship and service to their communities.
The Sylvester family from Wamego was included.
Leon and Janet Syl-vester’s children are Julene DeRouchey (hus-band Joel), Andrew (wife Laura), Aaron (wife Claire) and Char-
lotte Howenstein (hus-band Ben), with 10 grandchildren.
They grow wheat, grain sorghum, corn, soybeans, alfalfa and grass hay, and have both irrigated and non-irrigat-ed acreage. In addition, they have pasture and grass acres for their beef production enterprise. The Sylvesters plant cover crops to increase soil fertility and for cat-tle grazing. Seed dealers since 1978, they also do custom farming and
spraying as a way to add value to their business.
“We work as a family and seek help from the experts,” the Sylvesters reported in their nomina-tion form.
The Master Farmer and Master Farm Home-maker award program dates to 1927 and is sponsored by K-State Research and Extension and Kansas Farmer magazine. The couples will be honored at a banquet March 15 in Manhattan.
Sylvesters Named ‘Master Farmers’
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