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Deliver to addressee below, or CURRENT RESIDENT ECRWSS PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID WICHITA, KS PERMIT NO 441 LICATION FREE PUB Residential Customer / PO 115 S. Kansas, Haven, Kansas 67543-0485 620-465-4636 • www.ruralmessenger.com Vol. 13 No. 36 • October 18, 2017 “The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.” –Confucious Pet Peeves Running Amuck! AUCTIONS 10/19/2017 - Auction Specialists - Bentley - Page21 1 5 2 9 I don’t have many pet peeves, but the few I do 10/20/2017 - JP Weigand Auction - Wichita - Page26 have occasionally jump the fence and run wild 10/20/2017 - Kaufman Auction - Stark City, MO - Page38 for a spell. One of those pet peeves involves a 10/20/2017 - Morris Yoder Auction - Hutchinson - Page36 6 9 10/21/2017 - Bob’s Auction Service - Hope - Page18 small group of outdoors men we kids used to call 10/21/2017 - Jack Newcom Auction - Augusta - Page37 “slob hunters.” You know, the ones that go afield 10/21/2017 - Korte Auction - Douglass - Page21 5 7 2 6 each hunting season only for the bragging rights 10/21/2017 - Morris Yoder Auction - Hutchinson - Page36 to having killed something. They shoot from their 10/21/2017 - Seedstock Plus - Carthage, MO - Page27 10/21/2017 - Younger Auction - Maryville, MO - Page11 5 3 1 4 9 pickup; they shoot from the road; they hunt after 10/25/2017 - Floyd Auction (2) - Kingman - Page23 hours without licenses (known as poaching) they 10/25/2017 - Riggin & Co Auction - Haven - Page16 shoot at any kind of sound and movement; they 10/26/2017 - R.E.I.B. Auction - Hutchinson - Page8 9 2 3 10/26/2017 - Riggin & Co Auction - Towanda - Page17 blaze away at targets much too far away to identi- 10/27/2017 - Spur Ranch - Vinita, OK - Page33 fy. They’ll empty a deer rifle at anything running 10/28/2017 - Carr Auction - Larned - Page39 2 7 9 5 8 through the brush in the same township. They’ll 10/28/2017 - Chain Ranch - Canton, OK - Page15 empty an automatic (Continued on page 24) 10/28/2017 - Floyd Auction - Arlington - Page25 10/28/2017 - Hillman Auction Service - Mount Hope - Page30 10/28/2017 - Korte Auction - Augusta - Page32 9 4 7 1 Jason Weber, HHS Wall of Honor 10/28/2017 - Reynolds Auction Service - Abilene - Page19 by Sandra Coleman 10/28/2017 - Van Schmidt Auction - Buhler - Page22 10/28/2017 - Younger Auction - Maitland, MO - Page11 8 2 Jason Weber, Nation- 10/29/2017 - Carr Auction - Larned - Page39 al Director of Foster 10/29/2017 - Hallgren Auction - Council Grove - Page21 Care Initiative for the 10/30/2017 - Carr Auction - Larned - Page39 4 3 2 5 11/1/2017 - Enlow Tractor Auction - Tulsa, OK - Page2 Christian Alliance for Solution page 7 11/1/2017 - Floyd Auction - Online - Page24 Puzzle by websudoku.com Orphans, was recently 11/2/2017 - Farm & Home Realty - Garden Plain - Page31 11/3/2017 - Wiggins Auction - Enid, OK - Page39 Kansas State University lab inducted into the Ha- 11/4/2017 - Korte Auction - Douglass - Page32 working to reduce incidence of ven High School Wall 11/6/2017 - Griffin Real Estate Auction - Florence - Page4 (Continued on page 32) 11/7/2017 - Entz Auction - Hydro, OK - Page15 toxins in food 11/7/2017 - Farm & Home Realty - Cheney - Page34 MANHATTAN, Kan. – For most consumers, 11/9/2017 - Farm & Home Realty - Garen Plain - Page35 Laugh tracks in the dust: 11/11/2017 - SF Farms Sale - Garnett - Page7 mold on food may seem like a small inconve- 12/7/2017 - Mid-Continent Energy Exchange - Wichita - Page6 nience. Cut it off or throw it away and get some- Three Semi-Enfeebled Amigos Bud Palmer Auction Calendar - Page37 Central Livestock - Page8 thing else. Ah, we’ve had a week of yo-yo weather in the Floyd Auction & Real Estate - Page8 But on the scale of global food production, it’s Flint Hills. I went from wearing bermuda shorts on McCurdy Auction - Page3 a multi-billion-dollar headache, one that means Rural Messenger Auction Calendar - Page14 one day to overalls and long-handled underwear Salina Livestock Weekly - Page9 many people – and even entire communities – the next. The temperature dropped from the mid- will go hungry or become sick. (Continued on page 37) 80s to the low-30s in less than 24 hours. Throw in Nostalgia and Thoughts: a lot of wind and clouds and 3/4-inch of rain over Uncommon courtesy today three days and you’ve got typical Flint Hills weath- Living North of Town By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau er in a nutshell. (Continued on page 29) by Sandra Pugh This has been a year of road work North of In a month the Kansas fields, hills and woods Chicken Broccoli Soup will awaken to the sound of booming shotguns and Hutchinson. Maybe it has been all over the 4 cups water county but it seemed worse up here. They didn’t barking dogs. Nov. 11 is the official opening day of 6 cups fresh broccoli florets upland game hunting. Hunters and their canines complete one job before starting another one. We will once again swarm the countryside searching 8 ounce chicken breast wondered more than once when we headed to for pheasants, quail and prairie chicken. Duck and 8 ounce cream cheese town if you can get there from here. turkey season is already in full swing. 1 cup half and half I hate driving on (Continued on page 6) Farms and ranches have always been a handy, ¼ cup Parmesan ready-to-use outlet for (Continued on page 38) 1 ½ cup shredded Monterey Jack or Cheddar Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (Continued on page 3) Linda Sue Bayless Is in Puerto Rico KDA announces Kansas wildfire to help Hurricane Victims cost share initiative Kansas Profile — Now That’s Rural: WICHITA, Kan. –. Linda Sue Bayless, an The Kansas Department of Agriculture an- advanced practice registered nurse is deployed nounced that the State Conservation Commission Scott Grover, Rodeo Announcer to Puerto Rico to assist the victims of Hurricane has approved the creation of the Kansas Wildfire By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd Maria. This emergency room provider at the Rob- Cost Share Initiative, which will provide funding National Institute for Rural Development ert J. Dole VA Medical Center is now working on in the amount of $200,000 for specific recovery at Kansas State University an island where she described the conditions as expenses following recent wildfires in Kansas. “horrid.” As part of the VA’s Disaster Emergency The commission approved the action in Septem- It’s the Ram National Circuit Finals of the Pro- Medical Personnel Program System (DEMPS) ber to work with local Conservation Districts in fessional Rodeo Cowboys Association in Guthrie, she signed on to deploy where she was needed supporting the recovery efforts. Oklahoma. The rodeo announcer is on horse- most. Funds from the initiative are to be targeted at back, in the arena. 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Served with Fall Festival draw- Reserved bacon drippings 1 egg plus 1 tablespoon water for chuck roast, meatloaf ing close to the final Parmesan cheese brushing crust and wild game it prac- weeks I had to have Salt & Pepper to taste 1 9-inch pie crust, unbaked tically steals the show. the gang over for a Before you begin cooking the bacon and onion make a 9-inch pie crust and There are times I look home-cooked meal. crimp the edges. Mix the egg and water together and brush the inside and top for an excuse to make Before we know it edges of the pie crust with the egg wash. Set in refrigerator, if necessary until this decadent dish. we’ll be shopping and The Covered Dish the interior of the pie is ready. If you’re not in the baking cookies for the By Debbie Dance-Uhrig Cook four strips of bacon and remove from the skillet to drain on paper towel. mood for the ‘pie’ ver- holidays. It’s never a Sauté the onions in the remaining drippings. When translucent remove from by one grocery store sion on this recipe, bad idea to start early. heat. In a separate bowl whisk the sour cream, 3 eggs, and flour together. Pour and I reside by anoth- how about something There’s a great deal the mixture into the onions and stir to blend the sauce throughout. Salt and er. We frequently pepper as desired. Sprinkle parmesan cheese across the bottom of the crust, a little different. Look we can start doing now pick sale items up for (just a nice layer). Pour the onion mixture into the pie; sprinkle additional through my recipe first, to ensure a smooth each other.