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Petition filed forprobate of EstatePublished in The Saint Francis Her-ald, St. Francis, Kansas, ThursdaysJune 28, July 5 and July 12, 2007.(26-28)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFCHEYENNE COUNTY, KANSASIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE

OFCASE NO.2007-PR-09MARY E. WALDEN, Deceased.

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALLPERSONS CONCERNED:

You are hereby notified that onJune 22, 2007, a Petition for Pro-bate of Will and Issuance of LettersTestamentary was filed in this Courtby Eldon F. Walden, an heir, devi-see and legatee, and executornamed in the “Last Will and Testa-

ment of Mary E. Walden”, de-ceased.

All creditors of the decedent arenotified to exhibit their demandsagainst the Estate within fourmonths from the date of first publi-cation of this notice, as provided bylaw, and if their demands are notthus exhibited, they shall be foreverbarred.

Eldon F. Walden, PetitionerAPPROVED BY:JAMES M. MILLIKEN, CHAR-TEREDKari M. Gilliland, #17386101 W. Washington Street, P.O.Box 627St. Francis, Kansas 67756(785) 332-2101Attorneys for Petitioner

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Published in the Saint Francis Her-ald, St. Francis, Kansas, Thurs-days, July 5, July 12 and July 19,2007

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFCHEYENNE COUNTY, KANSASIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATEOFCase No. 06-PR-19

DELORIS E. NIPPS A/K/ADELORIS NIPPS, DECEASEDPURSUANT TO K.S.A. CHAP-

TER 59NOTICE OF HEARING ON

PETITION FOR FINALSETTLEMENT

You are hereby notified that apetition has been filed on the 28thday of June, 2007, in this Court byCharles W. Nipps, Administrator ofthe estate of Deloris E. Nipps, de-ceased, praying Petitioner’s acts beapproved, account be settled andallowed; the heirs be determined;the Estate be assigned to the per-sons entitled thereto; the court findthe allowances requested for attor-ney fees and expenses are reason-

Petition filed forfinal settlement

able and should be allowed; thecosts be determined and orderedpaid; the administration of the Es-tate be closed; upon the filing of re-ceipts the Petitioner be finally dis-charged as the Administrator of theEstate of Deloris E. Nipps, de-ceased, and the Petitioner be re-leased from further liability.

You are required to file your writ-ten defenses thereto on or beforethe 25th day of July, 2007, at 10:00o’clock A.M., in the district court, St.Francis, Cheyenne County, Kan-sas, at which time and place suchcause will be heard. Should you failtherein, judgment and decree will beentered in due course upon saidpetition.

Charles W. Nipps, PetitionerJAMES M. MILLIKEN, CHAR-

TEREDJames M. Milliken, #07001101 W. Washington Street, P.O.

Box 627St. Francis, Kansas 67756(785) 332-2101Attorney for Administrator

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Prairie dog control discussed

Coupleannounceswedding

By Karen KrienPrairie dogs

Prairie dog control was discussedwhen the Cheyenne County Com-missioners met on Friday. All threecommissioners had received com-plaints about prairie dogs, the dam-age they were doing and lack of con-trol.

The last day the dogs could betreated with the chemical bait Rozolwas March 15. Now prairie dogscannot be baited until October

With the push of farmers andranchers, the commissioners havedecided to start preparing and dis-cussing treatments well before Oc-tober arrives.

Farmers can do their own baitingwith chemicals but they need to becertified. There is also a treatedgrain that farmers can spread but, ata previous meeting, DanSchlittenhardt, supervisor, said thatif the prairie dog eats some and doesnot die, he will never eat it again.The grain is only about 75-percenteffective and there is also a matterthat birds might pick up the treated

grain.Also, at that earlier meeting, Mr.

Schlittenhardt said the snow lastwinter had hampered the progressof baiting the dogs. CommissionerBeikman said he hoped Mr.Schlittenhardt could be out as soonas possible in the fall.

Emergency preparednessGary Rogers, emergency pre-

paredness director, reported that hislaptop computer had quit.

“I have totally lost my office!” hesaid.

Mr. Rogers not only serves Chey-enne County but also Rawlins andSherman counties.

Terry Miller, county clerk, saidhe would take it home over theweekend to see if information couldbe saved from the hard drive.

Mr. Rogers presented a quotesfrom Gateway which gives a statediscount. For a 15-inch screen, thecost is $1,355; for a 17-inch screen,$1,555. Clerk Miller suggested heget the larger screen with a largehard drive.

The commissioners agreed thatMr. Rogers had adequate money ishis budget to buy the computer that

he thought necessary.Mr. Rogers talked about raising

the meal allowance. He was toldthat the county will pay up to $10 fora meal and, if the cost went overthat, Mr. Rogers would have tocover it. This arrangement appearedto be agreeable to Mr. Rogers.

The commissioners signed the2007 Kansas Emergency Coopera-tive Agreement.

In other businessIn other business:• Andy Beikman, chairman,

signed the Heritage Trust FundGrant Contract. This grant is for therestoration of the courthouse steps.

• Sick time was discuss and thecommissioners agreed to changethe policy to allow employees to begone for as little as 30 minutes in-stead of taking off a full hour as thepolicy now states.

• The new 911 system was dis-cussed. See related article.

Next meeting The next meeting of the commis-

sioners has been changed fromMonday, July 16, to Friday, July 13.The time will be 8 a.m. and a bud-get work session will follow.

Kari Nichole Gienger andNathaniel Jack Ryan Toon are plan-ning an October wedding.

Parents of the couple are Tonyand Joan Gienger and Jack andSheila Toon and Kent and TammyJantz.

The bride-to-be is a 2003 alumniof St. Francis Community HighSchool and a 2006 graduate of FortHays State University where shemajored in business administration.

The groom-to-be is a 2004alumni of Cambridge High Schoolin Cambridge, Neb., and is a studentat Fort Hays State University wherehe is majoring in computer science.

They are both employed at NEWCorp. in Hays.

By Jeanne Falk,K-State Multi-County Agrono-

mistWill low-test-weight wheat be

suitable to use for seed this fall?According to Jim Shroyer, K-State

wheat specialist, there’s no simpleanswer to this question. Producerswho want to plant back some of thewheat they harvested from this year’scrop should have it cleaned out to atest weight of at least 56 pounds perbushel if possible.

Wheat with a lower test weightmay have a good germination test,and may even emerge just fine (justlook at all the volunteer wheat thatemerges from small or shriveledseed that is blown out the back of thecombine!), but will often havelower vigor and yield potential thanwheat with a higher test weight.

The effect of test weight on emer-gence, vigor, and yield potentialwill vary from year to year. Whenthere is stress on the seedlings oryoung plants in the fall from freezeor drought or some other factor, theeffect of higher test weight seed isoften greatest.

A study conducted at K-State’sAgronomy North Farm in 1950 byH.H. Laude, professor of agronomylooked at seed test weight. The re-sults showed that: test weight hadno effect on germination, higher testweight seed had 20-40 percent im-proved field emergence, higher testweight seed emerged 4-6 dayssooner, higher test weight seed re-sulted in about a 5-bushel yield in-crease, and test weight of the seedhad no effect on the final test weightof the subsequent crop

In addition, in 1990, a study wasconducted by K-State extensionagonomists, Jim Shroyer, StuDuncan, and Dale Fjell, on seed ofArkan wheat from 25 demonstra-tion plots around the state. Yieldsaveraged 2.4 bushels per acrehigher with the high-test-weightseed (61 vs. 54 pounds/bushel).

Field observations have shownthat higher-test-weight seed resultsin improved vigor and fall tiller de-

velopment. A note from K-State’sDepartment of Agronomy in 1935substantiates this, and summarizesthe situation regarding low-test-weight seed. These comments stillapply to today’s varieties:

Shriveled seed, even when it hasa fairly high germination percent-age, is likely to produce weaksprouts and plants that do not haveenough vigor to survive unfavor-able conditions. Professor J.W.Zahnley, Director of the State SeedLaboratory, states that the germi-nated seed of several samples ofshriveled wheat with test weightsranging from 46 to 55 pounds, wascharacterized by weakness of thefirst or temporary roots.

Normal wheat seedlings shouldhave three strong roots at the end ofthe germination period of sevendays. Many of the badly shriveledseeds produced only a single, weakprimary root, or one fairly strong rootand one or two very weak ones. Suchseed will not produce a normal plantunder average field condition. And incase of adverse circumstances, theseweak plants will perish more quicklythan normal seedlings.

If producers are planning to savetheir grain as seed and have itcleaned to raise the test weight,what should the minimum testweight be? How low is too low? Intruth, there is no absolute minimumfor farmer-saved seed, but yieldsand vigor are more likely to be af-fected at test weights below 54-56pounds/bushel. Below 54-56, theplants are likely to have more prob-lems in the fall and in surviving thewinter. Producers planting low-test-weight seed will also have to beextra cautious not to plant the seedtoo deeply, since seedling vigor willbe below average.

The effect of seed test weight onemergence, vigor, and yield poten-tial will vary from year to year.When there is stress on the seed-lings or young plants in the fall fromfreeze or drought or some other fac-tor, the effect of higher test weightseed is often greatest.

Wheat seed quality concerns: Low test weightsand foreign material

JUNIOR CLASS BAKE SALE — Sidney Busse waits for JimLeisure and Gary Brubaker to decide which treat they will

be taking home. Mandi Walden looks on. Proceeds of thebake sale will go to the prom. Times staff photo by Casey McCormick

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Toon — Gienger