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Leona (Landwehr) Schulte

Posted on March 25, 2014

VICTORIA — Leona (Landwehr) Schulte, 81, died Sunday March 23, 2014, at Hays Medical Center.

She was born September 6, 1932, in Ransom, Kansas, to Frank and Elizabeth (Friess) Landwehr. She married Raymond Schulte on December 27, 1960, at Ransom, Kansas. He died July 18, 20ll.

She was a music teacher and taught in Logan, Palco, Russell County schools and Victoria. She retired from teaching in 1994 from Victoria. She also taught private piano for over 60 years.

She was a 1950 graduate of Ransom High School and graduated from Fort Hays State College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education and a Master’s Degree in Music. She has been a church organist at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Walker and St. Fidelis Catholic Church in Victoria since 1976. She was a church organist at Messiah Lutheran Church in Hays from 1983 until 2010.

She was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church and St. Ann’s Christian Mothers, both in Walker, Kansas, Sigma Alpha Iota (Women’s Professional Music Fraternity), American Guild of Organists and National Education Association.

Survivors include three sons, Douglas Schulte and wife, Stacy, Hays, KS; Alan Schulte, Victoria, KS; John Schulte, Victoria, KS; one daughter, Marthann Schulte and husband, Todd Zwolensky, Portsmouth, VA; six grandchildren, Brent Schulte, Breanna Schulte-Weber and husband Cory, Lauren Schulte, Joshua Schulte, Elizabeth Zwolensky, Andrew Zwolensky; and two great grandchildren, Rylan Schulte and Paxton Weber; two sisters, Berniece Pfannenstiel, Ransom, KS; Arlene Langer, Ness City, KS; three sisters-in-law, Sue Landwehr, Boring, OR; Josephine Schulte, Hays, KS; Edna Schulte, Hays, KS.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and five brothers, Leander, Urban, Mark, Gilbert, and Laverne Landwehr.

Services are 10:00 A.M. Thursday, March 27, 2014, at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Victoria, Kansas. Burial in St. Ann’s Cemetery, Walker, Kansas. A St. Ann’s Christian Mothers rosary is at 7:00 P.M. Wednesday followed by a vigil service at 7:30 P.M. Wednesday both at St. Fidelis Catholic Church Victoria, Kansas.

Visitation is from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. Wednesday at St. Fidelis and from 8:30 to 9:45 A.M. Thursday, at Cline’s Mortuary, 412 Main, Victoria, Kansas 67671.

Memorials to St. Ann’s Catholic Church or St. Fidelis Catholic Church. Condolences can be sent via email to [email protected].

‘Cover Your Acres’ conference will be this month in Oberlin

Posted on January 2, 2014January 2, 2014

Kansas State Research and Extension

OBERLIN — K-State Research and Extension in partnership with the Northwest Crop Residue Alliance will host the “Cover Your Acres Winter Conference” Jan. 21 and 22 in Oberlin for crop producers, consultants and others interested in northwest Kansas agriculture.

The meeting is a producer-driven program that focuses on the latest technology, methods, and conservation practices to improve crop production on the High Plains, said Lucas Haag and Jeanne Falk Jones, K-State Research and Extension crops and soils specialists. It annually brings in more than 500 attendees from the surrounding area.

“This year the conference will feature university specialists and industry representatives discussing current topics in crop production, weed control, emerging insect pests and more,” Haag said. “The same programs will be offered both days of the conference. Sessions will be held concurrently through the day.”

“This year, Barry Flinchbaugh will address agricultural policy and its impact on producers and production practices,” Falk said. “In addition, we have Dan O’Brien discussing the grain market outlook for the upcoming year.”

Registration begins both days at 7:45 a.m., with educational sessions ending at 5:00 p.m. followed by a ‘bull session’ on Tuesday evening where attendees can visit with industry and university specialists.

The conference will be held at The Gateway civic center at 1 Morgan Drive in Oberlin. An early registration fee of $35 for Jan. 21 or $30 for Jan. 22 is due by Jan. 15.
For those who plan to attend both days, the fee is $50 if paid by Jan. 15. After Jan. 15, the cost is $50 per day. The conference fee includes refreshments and meals.
Continuing education credits are available for certified crop advisors and commercial applicators.

More information and online registration is available at www.northwest.ksu.edu/CoverYourAcres or by mailing a check to the K-State Research and Extension Northwest Area Office, P.O. Box 786, Colby, Kan. 67701. Please make checks payable to Kansas State University.

For more information call (785) 462-6281.

Platinum sponsors of this year’s conference include Bayer CropScience, Brothers Equipment, DuPont Pioneer, Hoxie Implement, Lang Diesel, Monsanto Company, National Sunflower Association, Simpson Farm Enterprises and Surefire Ag Systems.

Gove County bridges added to National Register

Posted on December 17, 2013December 17, 2013

TOPEKA — The Kansas Historical Society announced in a press release this week that limestone arch bridges in Gove County and historic districts in Johnson and Sedgwick counties are the newest Kansas properties added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The listings were entered into the National Register earlier this month and brings the total Kansas listings in the National Register to 1,341.

Benson Culvert and Jenkins Culvert, both southwest of Gove, were built in 1938 as Works Progress Administration projects.

The National Register of Historic Places is the country’s official list of historically significant properties. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.