Month: August 2012
A Fire Building for 24 Years
We’re all familiar with Smokey Bear and his warnings to prevent forest fires. But imagine a fire with fuel that had been building, not for…
A Long Bus Ride to School
Some students must ride a bus to school. But imagine a school district where a student might spend nearly six hours simply riding to and…
Got A Pencil?
Residents in Trenton, Missouri know that when they need a pen or pencil, there’s one man in town that can most certainly help them out…..
The Medicine Man and Modern Medicine
You may have thought the use of Medicine Men was a thing of the past. Not here. In fact, this man has found the combination…
Teaching Agriculture Classes in a Different Culture
Clyde McBride may have never imagined he’d be teaching his students about Native American traditions in his High School agriculture classes. However, the intertwining of…
Hatch Chili
If you play with fire you’re liable to get burned. But on Jim Lidle’s farm, fire is what they grow. It’s fire in the form…
Munson Angus Farms
This family has been raising prime Angus cattle for years, but when they had to make the switch to marketing the beef direct to consumers,…
The Largest Horse in the Nation?
For those who have spent much time around horses, they know that a horse that stands 16 hands high, 64 inches to the withers, is…
Aboard the Orphan Train
Imagine being an orphan boarding a train on the East Coast, not knowing where your next home might be. That was the case for nearly…
250,000 New Homes in the Midwest
In a restored rail depot building in Concordia, Kansas you can find an intriguing story of nearly a quarter million orphans who found new homes…