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Program sign-upstarts on may 20

The Kansas Farm Service Agency offices including the office in Cheyenne County will start a four-week Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign up beginning May 20 and ending June 14.

“It continues to be our goal to ensure that we use the pro-gram to address our most criti-cal resource issues,” said Adrian Polansky, state executive direc-tor for the Kansas agency. “In 2012, Kansas experienced the worst drought in 60 years. The conservation program protected environmentally sensitive lands from washing or blowing away. It gave ranchers extra grazing land when they needed it. I ex-pect there will be strong com-petition to enroll or re-enroll acres into the program, so I urge Kansas producers to maximize their environmental benefits and make sure their offers are cost-effective.”

In addition to erosion control, the conservation program pro-vides significant water quality benefits including reduced nutri-ents and sediment loadings and adverse consequences associated with floods as well as expanded and enhanced wildlife habitat.

Currently, about 27 million acres are enrolled in the program nationwide, 2.4 million acres in Kansas. It is a voluntary program

available to agricultural produc-ers to help them safeguard envi-ronmentally sensitive land.

Producers enrolled in the Con-servation Reserve Program plant long-term, resource-conserving covers to improve the quality of water, control soil erosion and enhance wildlife habitat. Con-tracts on an estimated 3.3 million acres of Conservation Reserve Program land are set to expire on Sept. 30, with 212,541.8 of those acres located in Kansas. Produc-ers with expiring contracts or producers with environmentally sensitive land are encouraged to evaluate their options under the program.

Producers that are accepted in the sign-up can receive cost-share assistance for planting covers and receive an annual rental payment for the length of the contract (10-15 years). Producers also are encouraged to look into the program’s other enrollment opportunities offered on a continuous, non-competi-tive, sign-up basis. Continuous sign-ups often provide addition-al financial assistance. Those sign-up dates will be announced later.

For more information on the program and other Farm Ser-vice Agency programs, visit the county office on West U.S. 36 or go to www.fsa.usda.gov/ks.

By Sandy BinningKathy Banister attended the

Spring Concert at the Brewster Schools Sunday evening.

Thursday evening George and Kathy Banister attended the Mc-Donald Equity annual meeting and supper.

Friday and Saturday, Kathy Banister was in Wichita with Cheylin students for the State Music Festival.

Joe and Charlene Kramer at-tended the Awana Awards eve-ning in St. Francis Wednesday, to see the Shay children receive their awards.

Seth and Gracie Gundlach were Thursday through Sunday guests of Grandpa Lynn and

Grandma Rita Officer. On Sun-day they all attended the book signing in McDonald for Tod and Elroy Osborne’s book, “Dr. Sleepy Makes A House Call”. Afterwards Rita took Seth and Gracie home and attended a bridal shower for Alexi Regier at the Heartland School in Colby.

Dan and Margie Hubbard hosted the Awana finale Sunday afternoon at their ranch. Many children and their families at-tended.

Junior high track team travels to Quinter

mcdonald NewsPastor Mark and Marilyn Ad-

ams attended the Awana Grand Fi-nale Sunday at the Dan and Mar-gie Hubbard ranch.

Laura Brogan, her daughter, and her granddaughter all called on Ratha Lea Loker Saturday af-ternoon.

Joan Tongish, and Eleanor

Swihart attended the Awana awards night at the Hubbard Ranch Sunday.

Jerry and Betty Knapp attended the Awana Finale Sunday at the Hubbard Ranch.

Karlyne Atchison attended the Tod Osborne book signing Sunday afternoon at the Senior Center.

The Cheylin Junior High trav-eled to Quinter last Friday.

It was a difficult day of compe-tition for most of the team as there was just one category for all ages. The sixth and seventh graders had to compete against the eighth graders.

Due to injuries and other con-

flicts, we took a small team for the competition. The Cheylin team only scored in three events, but those performances were memo-rable.

The boys 4 x 100 relay placed fifth with a time of 59:67. The team was made up on Angel San-chez, Jorge Gonzales, C.J. Antholz

and Sem Flores.Jesie Frisbie, a sixth grader and

the daughter of David and Sandy Frisbie, came in fifth in the 800 meter. She had set the school re-cord in the 7th grade division in Benkelman earlier this season. She broke that record last week in Tribune with a time of 3:04.1 and again at the Quinter meet with a time of 2:54.30.

Jesie has a lot of potential and is an athlete that we will see great things from in the future, said Jolene Reeh, coach.

Tom Frisbie, an eighth grader and Jesie’s brother, also had an impressive day at Quinter. Tom set the school record in 3200 me-ter with a time of 13:07.9 at the Tribune meet. The record had been held by Tom’s cousin Re-ece Leonard, set a year ago at the league meet. Tom shattered that

record at Quinter with a new time of 12:29.66. Tom and Jesie’s dad is the Cheylin High School record holder in the 800 and 1600. Re-ece’s mother, Laurie Frisbie Leon-ard was also an accomplished ath-lete at Cheylin.

The final ranking at the Quinter meet found the Cheylin girls tied for 14th out of 14 teams, while the boys were ranked 11th. The teams competing were Grinnell, Dighton, Northern Valley, Golden Plains, Western Plains, Oakley, Heartland Christian, Quinter, Weskan, Hoxie, St. Francis, Gree-ley County, Brewster, Triplains, and Cheylin.

The Cougars travel this Thurs-day to Logan for the Logan Invi-tational and back to Logan next week for the league meet, the final meet of the year.

By Bru and the CrewThe Cheylin Golf team made

another rigorous trip last week when they headed to McCracken for their third meet of the season. The Cougar men went in anxious to play some golf as they had been denied the opportunity the previ-ous Monday when the meet at Tribune was canceled due to bad weather. Here’s a look at how the teams faired…

On the varsity side, junior Casey Vandike continued his sensational season as he placed second with an 82. Senior Reuben Razo was right behind. Razo grabbed the third place medal with an 88. Senior Kenan Reeh was next in line and got the fourth. Reeh was a mere stroke behind Razo with an 89.

The team got first overall with a team total score of 348. The junior varsity men had a good showing as well. Freshman Derek Vandike snatched a fourth place medal with a score of 62 on nine holes. Sophomore Jacob Brubaker placed first. He shot a 54 on the nine-hole course.

track statsWe now have track stats for the

Cougar track team. These stats come from their meet at Oakley. and are a bit old as they date back to April 19.

The men showed great improve-ment from the Hoxie meet. They had 50-team points and placed fifth out of 14 teams. The ladies had 17 team points and tied for 10th out of 14 teams. There were several fantastic individual perfor-mances as well.

On the men’s side, freshman Devon Janicke got eighth in the triple jump. Senior Austin Cobb got sixth in the same event. Cobb

also earned seventh in 300m hur-dles. Senior Heath Churchwell literally went the distance to place second in the 3200m run. Fresh-man Reece Leonard got fifth in the same event. Churchwell grabbed a second place medal in the 1600m run: Run Heath, Run.

Janicke earned his second team points of the day when he tied for fifth in the 100m dash. Churchwell was solid in the high jump as well as he earned fourth. Orten tied for eighth. Senior Jousha Keltz got the gold in the shot put. His win-ning throw traveled 42 feet and 4 inches.

Devon Janicke was fourth in the long jump. Cobb snatched silver in the long jump. Junior Walker Janicke placed 4th in the discus throw.

Now for the ladies. The ladies put together a sixth place 4 by 800 relay and sixth place 4 by 400 re-lay. Senior Stephanie Busse ran, ran, and ran to a sixth place in the 3200m run. Sophomore Allie Frisbie placed fourth in the 300m hurdle. Frisbie got third in the long jump and fourth in the triple-jump. Freshman Diana Garcia got eighth in the 800m run.

choirThe Cougar choir had several

participants taking part at the state level as well. The rating system used, calls an I the best and a V the worst. Senior Jessie Smith received a II on her trumpet solo. Freshman Devon Janicke received a III on his trumpet solo. Freshman Ivan Kemp received a top rating of I on his tuba solo. Senior Na-kita Schneider received a II on her trumpet solo, but rebounded with a top I on her vocal solo. Senior Stephanie Busse received a very

controversial III on her flute solo. However, she snagged an I with her vocal solo. The group small choir received a II. The group brass ensemble received a I!

Good luck to our Cougars thru out the rest of the season. Don’t for-get to thank your favorite student athlete. GO COUGARS!!!!!!!!!!

AUstiN cObb is pictured participating in the triple jump. Austin placed fourth at the Hoxie track meet.

Times staff photo by Darci Schields

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