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Feb. 1, 2015
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Kochia control in early
spring is crucial
P
post-activity on kochia is most
roducers should begin
valuable. Tank mixing 8 to
planning soon their pro16 ounces of dicamba with
gram for controlling kochia.
or 1 to 2 pints of atrazine will
The spread of glyphosatecontrol small kochia, and other
resistant kochia populations
existing broadleaf and grass
throughout western Kansas,
and the difficulty growers have weeds, and will provide extended pre-emergence control
had controlling these populainto May. An application of
tions, suggest that perhaps
control measures should begin Clarity alone suggests a pint
prior to emergence of kochia. provides better control than 8
ounces; however, a combinaSignificant flushes of
kochia emerge in early March tion of atrazine and Clarity is
better than Clarity alone.
and into April. If allowed
The best timing for this apto emerge, post-emergence
plication is late February
herbicide applications
to the first week or two
often will not provide
of March. The later it
adequate control.
gets, the more likely it
Incomplete control
is there will be some
of dense populasmall, emerged kochia,
tions is likely in these
which increases the risk
situations. When the
of failure. If producers
kochia is glyphosatewait until later
resistant and
to apply the
complete
tacy
ampbell
burndown and
herbicide
Agriculture
pre-emergence
coverage is
herbicide in the same applicanot possible, results can be
tion, the kochia will be larger
poor when trying to use postemergence products to control and most likely will not be
dense populations. The dense controlled. If that occurs, the
populations might also be
surviving plants will go on to
stressed, which reduces the ef- cause problems throughout the
fectiveness of post-emergence growing season.
Other herbicides that
herbicide applications.
could be tank-mixed with the
The choice of herbicides
glyphosate ahead of corn or
for effective pre-emergence
control of kochia in late Febru- sorghum include Lexar EZ or
ary and early March will vary Lumax EZ, or for corn only 3
to 4 fluid ounces of Corvus,
depending on subsequent
Balance Flexx, or 1.5 to 2.5
cropping intentions.
ounces of Scoparia herbicide.
Note: Control recomThe addition of atrazine is key
mendations in this article are
for most effective control with
based on data from irrigated
plots at the K-State Southwest these herbicides. The addition
Research-Extension Center at of Banvel did not increase koTribune, and with populations chia control with Corvus plus
atrazine or Balance Flexx plus
of kochia that are susceptible
atrazine in 2012. When marto triazines. The kochia at
ginal rainfall is received for the
this site is a mixed population
initial activation, Banvel, which
of glyphosate-resistant and
is soluble, is able to be actisusceptible plants.
vated and provide significant
For fields that will be
kochia control while atrazine
planted to corn and sorghum
and other herbicides might not
this spring, a combination of
be activated. This buys time
glyphosate (using a minimum
for additional rainfall and full
of 0.75 pounds ae/acre) with
activation of all the herbicides.
herbicides that have pre- and
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Business Briefcase
Jack Dennis joined First Kansas Bank as vice president/commercial and
agricultural
loan officer,
according to
Paul Snapp,
president of
the bank.
Dennis grew
up in Oakley
and has lived
Dennis
in the Hays
community for eight years. He
has a bachelor’s degree in management from Northern Illinois
University. He and his wife,
Jessica, have a daughter, Riley.
First Kansas Bank has offices in
Hays, Great Bend, Hoisington
and Claflin.
• • •
Eric R. Schmidtberger, son
of Neal and Jan Schmidtberger,
Hays, applied and met requirements to attend the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center
located in Georgia. After five
months of rigorous training,
Schmidtberger received his
commission as a U.S. Customs
and Border Protection Officer
on Dec. 15. Schmidtberger is
a 2005 graduate of Hays High
School and a 2009 graduate of
Westwood College, Chicago.
• • •
TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Sam
Brownback recently announced
appointments to boards and
commissions. Jerry McReynolds, Woodston, is being reappointed to the State Board of
Agriculture to serve a four-year
term. McReynolds earned his
bachelor’s degree from Kansas
State University. He has been
an active member of various agricultural committees. The State
Board of Agriculture reviews
and makes recommendations
on the Department of Agriculture’s legislative initiatives and
proposed rules and regulations.
The governor appoints nine
members to the board. No more
than five members shall be from
the same political party, and
each congressional district must
be represented. All members
serve a four-year term.
• • •
To recognize North Central
Kansas Technical College staff
who demonstrate superior
dedication and the willingness to
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Today History
In
Hays Daily News
By HistoryNet.com
On this date:
1327, Edward III is coronated King of England.
1587, Elizabeth I, Queen of England, signs the Warrant of Execution for Mary Queen of Scots.
1633, The tobacco laws of Virginia are codified,
limiting tobacco production to reduce dependence
on a single-crop economy.
1793, France declares war on Britain and the Netherlands.
1861, A furious Governor Sam Houston storms out
of a legislative session upon learning that Texas has
voted 167-7 to secede from the Union.
1902, U.S. Secretary of State John Hay protests
Russian privileges in China as a violation of the
“open door policy.”
1905, Germany contests French rule in Morocco.
1909, U.S. troops leave Cuba after installing Jose
Miguel Gomez as president.
1930, A Loening Air Yacht of Air Ferries makes its
first passenger run between San Francisco and Oakland, California.
1942, Planes of the U.S. Pacific fleet attack Japanese bases in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands.
1943, American tanks and infantry are battered at
German positions at Fais pass in North Africa.
1944, U.S. Army troops invade two Kwajalein Islands in the Pacific.
1945, U.S. Rangers and Filipino guerrillas rescue 513 American survivors of the Bataan Death
March.
1951, Third A-bomb tests are completed in the
desert of Nevada. 1
960, Four black students stage a sit-in at a segregated Greensboro, N.C. lunch counter.
1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson rejects Charles
de Gaulle’s plan for a neutral Vietnam.
1965, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and 770
others are arrested in protest against voter discrimination in Alabama.
1968, U.S. troops drive the North Vietnamese out
of Tan Son Nhut airport in Saigon.
1968, South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu
declares martial law.
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go the extra degree, the college
has announced the Spring 2015
recipient of the 212 Degree
Award. Recipients of the award
are employees who demonstrate a positive attitude and
commitment to their profession,
students, fellow employees and
a loyalty to the mission of NCK
Tech. Eligible recipients are
nominated by fellow employees,
and the award winner is selected by a committee of five NCK
Tech employees. The award is
presented twice a year, during
the fall and spring semesters.
Robert McCreight, NCK Tech’s
information technology program
chairman, is the recipient of the
Spring 2015 award. McCreight
was honored during a meeting
Jan. 19.
• • •
GREAT BEND — Kansas City
area native Nick Klug has joined
the Great Bend office of Insurance Planning Inc. as a commercial account representative.
Klug, born
and raised in
Olathe, has
several years
of experience
in the insurance industry
in claims
service and
business and
Klug
commercial
insurance. He is a graduate of
Kansas State University with a
bachelor’s degree in business
administration. He is a golf enthusiast and enjoys reading and
following KSU sports. Klug is the
grandson of Leon and Lois Klug
and Harold and Connie Lueker,
all of Hoisington.
• • •
Linda Ganstrom, professor of
art at Fort Hays State University, will exhibit her work at two
different venues. Ganstrom
and her husband, Sheldon, will
exhibit their individual creations
at the Strecker-Nelson Gallery
in Manhattan, where “Partners
in Art: Couples Sharing the
Artist Life” will be shown until
Feb. 21. The Strecker-Nelson
exhibit features work from 10
couples. Ganstrom’s work will
also be exhibited until April 19 at
the Asheville Folk Art Center in
Asheville, N.C., in a show titled
“Woman Ceramic Sculptors.”
• • •
Golden Belt Bank of Ellis and
Hays hosted its annual meeting
Jan. 20. Dennis Bieker, Nick
Niernberger and Christopher
Wente were re-elected for an
additional three-year term to the
Golden Belt Bank Board of Directors. The Board of Directors
also elected the following officers: Ronald Wente, president/
CEO/chairman of the board;
Stanley Mayers, secretary/
treasurer CFO; Randall Honas,
executive vice president/director; Chris Dreiling, executive
vice president; Christopher
Wente, executive vice president/
Hays branch manager/director; Les Brown, vice president;
Sandra Wade, vice president;
Marie Froelich, vice president;
Mike Arensdorf, vice president
of IT; Kathy A. Stenzel, vice
president of operations; Jessica
Kerr, vice president of compliance; Jeff Augustine, vice
president/Ellis branch manager;
Nathan Legleiter, assistant
vice president; Geralyn Werth,
assistant vice president/CSR;
Vanessa Keller, assistant vice
president; Mary Kay Weber, assistant vice president; Melissa
Zerr, assistant vice president;
Shari Fabrizius, assistant
vice president; Kara Moore,
marketing specialist; Nick
Niernberger, director; Dennis
Bieker, director; Rex Ball, director; Lawrence Gould, director;
Kraig Gross, director; and
James Desbien, director.
• • •
Golden Belt Bank of Ellis and
Hays honored the following dedicated employees with years of
service awards. Employees are
recognized for every five years of
service to Golden Belt Bank. The
following employees were honored for their length of service:
Randall Honas, executive vice
president, 20 years; Chris Dreiling, executive vice president, 20
years; Kathy Stenzel, vice president of operations, 20 years; and
Geralyn Werth, assistant vice
president and CSR, 20 years.
• • •
Chad Simon, Hays, joined The
Hays Daily News as a sports
stringer Jan. 16. His responsibilities include game coverage and
photography. Simon is originally
from Atchison and previously
worked for the U.S. Marine
Corps as a photographer.
• • •
TOPEKA — The Kansas Board
of Accountancy announced 34
candidates successfully passed
the computerized exam in
the October/November exam
window. Passage of the national
exam is the first step to becoming a certified public accountant.
Samantha Hardwick, Hays,
and Jaron Weese, Russell, both
passed the exam.
• • •
TOPEKA — Former Kansas
budget director Duane Goossen
will join the Kansas Center for
Economic Growth as a senior
fellow in the new year. Goossen
is a former member of the Kansas House of Representatives,
and he served as state budget
director for 12 years under three
governors — Republican Bill
Graves and Democrats Kathleen
Sebelius and Mark Parkinson.
Goossen will contribute to the
Kansas Center’s research and
analysis, strengthening the Kansas Center’s ability to tackle the
serious issues facing Kansas as
a result of the unprecedented
and unaffordable tax cuts.
Goossen welcomed the opportunity to join the Kansas Center
as a senior fellow, saying, “I’m
excited to have an opportunity
to continue contributing to the
conversation across Kansas
about the importance of budget
and tax policy and the consequences of drastic tax cuts on
everyday investments critical to
Kansans.”
“In adding Duane Goossen
as the Kansas Center’s Senior
Fellow, we stand poised to make
this a state where opportunity
and economic growth are widely
shared,” said Annie McKay,
executive director of the Kansas
Center.
The Kansas Center for Economic Growth is a nonprofit,
nonpartisan organization.
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