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The president the superintendant held a reunion on October Time with a Turkey Theme around to look at the 22 at the Hitching Post, Old on Saturday, November 19 at our love and knowledge of the KS Fur Har- Abilene Town. The Highland 10 A.M. For more information of the outdoors to the vesters does a lot with beaver’s handiwork. A School was a one room school contact the Library at 620- younger generations. I trapping education manmade creek runs with grades one through eight 488-3431. the length of the course taught by one teacher. Those usually fail miserably and was glad to meet attending looked at old pho- Bentley in that department. I’m Jared, and helped him and new trees were tos and exchanged stories and Bentley Primary School the kind of guy who is get what he needed to being chewed and cut memories. The next reunion has been selected as a quite happy by myself trap this year. Now the down along its bank. is planned for the fall of 2018. Model School at the annu- al KAHPERD conference. ball was squarely in The creek is fairly deep and I don’t need a lot Exploring Kansas Outdoors Anthony Marlys Gwaltney and Bentley my court again to help making it very diffi- November Crafternoon Primary School’s health and of conversation, so it By Steve Gilliland just seems easier to him get started. cult to find beaver’s will be held 3-5 Sunday, school wide fitness program [email protected] dens or travel ways. November 20 at Anthony topped the selections for this head out the door to set I got a call from United Methodist Church, year’s Model School Award. or check traps, to hunt in learning more about Jared last week tell- We were using large 225 N. Bluff Ave. You have turkeys or deer or to trapping and I prom- ing me the McPherson beaver-sized body grip the choice of working on one Brookville just knock around in ised to meet him at the Golf Course was having traps that the critters of four projects “Thankful,” The Dane Hansen Foundation swim or walk through, “Gather,” or “Family” or you Community Clean-Up the woods entirely by Kansas Fur Harvesters beaver problems, and family name (must be 6-8 fund at the Greater Salina myself or with my wife convention (which was asked if I’d be interest- so we set one in the letters only). Please specify Community Foundation has Joyce. in McPherson a month ed in trying to catch the water at the base of a your choice when you enroll awarded Brookville a $2,000 Last spring I wrote a ago) and help him get perpetrator(s). Another slide being used by the on line. Bring a hammer. Go to grant to provide dumpsters beaver to crawl in and squareup.com/market/craft- to residents in the spring column about a young some equipment, then trapper caught and re- ernoon to enroll. Class size is 2017. Dumpsters are to be McPherson lad, Jar- to help him learn coy- moved several from the out of the water just be- limited. used for personal and public ed Austin, who is on ote trapping this fall. golf course last spring, low a 4 inch diameter group properties. There is the Pheasants Forever Well, wouldn’t you but suddenly new tree it had recently cut Belle Plaine more than $7,000 remaining completely down and Upcoming events at the Belle in the community clean-up National Youth Lead- know, after five years of chewing was showing Plaine Public Library, 222 grand funds for Saline County ership Council. When applying I got a Kansas up, so evidently at least stripped of its bark. We W. 5 th Ave., include: Fiction (Continued on page 2) we first talked, Jared antelope tag this year one beaver had not got- went to the other side expressed an interest and the season when I’d ten the eviction notice. of the creek and set one in a spot narrowed NOVEMBER SPECIAL down by a big brush 30x40x10 $24,000* pile, hoping we could entice the bugger to swim through the trap to get to a stick dipped in beaver lure. I wasn’t feeling too confident with either of those two locations, but RICE NCLUDES: the options seemed few. 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Applications West Sherman Street, caught Earle and his wife Sherry, Furniture, Appliances, “Unification with MKC will can be summited until June Gypsum allow us to remain successful on fire after repairmen left were raised in Haven and Baby Items, Antiques 1, 2017 at gscf.org/communi- The Prairie Patch Craft Show in the future.” the building. The workers Sterling. They have an adult & More. 4 Miles S. of ty-clean-up. is 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Saturday, had been working to remove daughter, two adult sons, a 96 Hwy on Hwy 14 November 12 at Southeast Hutchinson a dust collector from the son and daughter in-law, a Buhler Saline School, 5056 East “Career Expo: Planning for west side and an old rail grandson and one on the way. (Crupper’s Corner) spout from the south side of 711 Lake Cable Sunflower Metal Designs Highway 4. Over 100 vendors Their Future” will be held opened a store front on will be in three gyms. This for high school students the building using an acety- Holiday Open House is Road, Hutchinson. November 3. The store locat- event is handicapped accessi- on Tuesday, November 15 lene torches. Kingman Fire November 12. This will be ed at 119-1/2 N. Main, will ble and the concession brags and Wednesday, November Department was called to the a full day of shopping and MOVING SALE open at 10 A.M. Wednesday about the homemade food. 16 at the Hutchinson Mall. scene of the work fire. The fun in Littlie Sweden, USA. – Saturday through December Admission is free. ESSDACK has partnered concrete barrier between the Businesses will open at 10 Houses 31. Sunflower Metal Designs with businesses, industry room and the grain elevator A.M. and stay open until 5 908 Baker: offer original cut metal pieces Halsted representatives and educa- prevented any damage to the P.M. Remember to get your for home and garden.