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Bringing home the bacon
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Growing up in a farm community, I milked cows, saddled horses and
did some awful things to calves.
I gathered eggs, cleaned chicken coops, filled stock tanks and
made many a cat's day by tossing them the soggy filters used in
separators, which were machines that, quite literally, separated
cream from milk.
But I never did anything with pigs. We didn't have pigs.
So don't ask me how I won the Celebrity Swine Show Saturday at the
Shawnee County 4-H Fair. I was hoping for a ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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Shawnee County lags behind state standard of employed residents
The Topeka Capital-Journal
; KSU STUDY By KENNETH LASSITER The Capital-Journal A study released this week by a Kansas State University economist shows that Shawnee County has lagged behind the state standard in growth in employed residents and customers served between the early 1990s and 1999. The same study also shows that
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[ Shawnee County voters on Nov. 2 will consider asking... ]
The Topeka Capital-Journal
; By Tim Hrenchir THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Shawnee County voters on Nov. 2 will consider asking the state to help Topeka and Shawnee County work toward possibly consolidating their governments, or parts of those governments. The ballot question asks voters whether to ask the state to appoint a commission
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SHAWNEE COUNTY COMMISSION
The Topeka Capital-Journal
; The principal of a Pauline school hopes the second time is a charm when it comes to a grant to fund after-school programs. After landing the frustrating spot last year as the next school in line to receive monies, Pauline South Intermediate School principal Virginia Ary said she is ready to try
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General election results The following are results of voting Tuesday. The results listed for Shawnee County are for final. Statewide finals are incomplete unless otherwise noted.
The Topeka Capital-Journal
; U.S. senator Pat Roberts, Republican (I*) State . . . 626,285 Shawnee County . . . 46,532 Steven A. Rosile, Libertarian State . . . 69,032 Shawnee County . . . 5,674 George Cook, Reform State . . . 63,622 Shawnee County . . . 5,499 U.S. representative 1st District Jerry Moran, Republican (I) . . .
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[ SHAWNEE COUNTY DRUG COURT ]
The Topeka Capital-Journal
; SHAWNEE COUNTY DRUG COURT Piloting the way One of the ways other states are dealing with non-violent drug offenders is through drug courts. More than 700 such courts are operating in 22 states, but none in Kansas. However, a pilot program was established in Shawnee County in May and started
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