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March 30, 2020

Dear World, These are challenging times. There is a lot of information about COVID-19 floating around out there, and it just adds to other stressors we have in our lives. We live in a time of instant access to world news whether it’s via television or social media. When life feels like it’s out of control, I would ask that we all remember the control that we do have during times like this. I can control how much time I spend watching the news. We need to stay informed, but we don’t need to continuously watch the television news or social media. Find other things to focus on as well. I can control what I focus on each day. We can focus on negative things in life or we can focus on what is positive in life. I’m sure you’ve heard it before, but there is always something positive. Sometimes it becomes necessary to realize the things we take for granted each day. It’s called counting your blessings. I am a big believer that the little things in life are important. Take time to notice what we all have a tendency to take for granted. I can control who I interact with each day. Socialization is important. We just need to be careful how we interact these days. Even if one is self-quarantining, we still need socialization. The amount of interaction differs for everyone, just focus on what you need. I need to be heard. This is so important. I tell my counseling students that people need to be heard and their feelings need to be validated. Let’s all make it a point to really listen to others. We are all different and will have differing feelings about our world right now. Please just listen to understand each other without judgment. One of my biggest pet peeves is someone saying “you shouldn’t feel like that.” The reality is that I do feel like that! I may want to change how I feel, and maybe would like your help to change, but please validate what I feel. It doesn’t have to be difficult, it’s just about listening and understanding. I can remind myself of what has helped me in the past during a stressful time. I believe we all have a “tool box” that we fill during our lives. It contains those things we have found that help us during troubling times. The issue I have found is that we tend to forget what’s in our tool box when we are struggling. I encourage folks to write down what has worked for them and just look at it during difficult times. Something that might be useful is a “stress first aid kit.” I have a colleague, Maggie Denning, who I have made several stress management presentations with in the past. She said to me one day, “we have medical first aid kits, why don’t we have stress first aid kits.” What a great idea. It’s something to go to in times of distress. I would encourage folks to put together their own “kit.” It does not have to be hard. Mine includes basic things to remind me of what is really important in life. Family and friend pictures, little items that are important to my life (e.g. Special Olympics silver medal), etc. Whatever reminds you of happiness and peace can be included. I can just remember to take care of myself. We need to remember to just take care of ourselves. I believe we need to make this a priority. I often hear that this is selfish and putting ourselves first. I would argue that if we don’t do that, we cannot continue to take care of those who need our assistance. Oh we can for a while, but eventually if we aren’t taking care of ourselves, we will fail in our attempt to take care of others. It’s really okay to focus on yourself and what you need. I can remember to just breathe. We typically don’t breathe right. Take a deep breath in and slowly let it out. Deep breathing can calm us down, usually we don’t think about this simple act. Try it and relax. Be well. Kenton L. Olliff, PhD, LCPC-S, LCAC, NCC Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor Associate Professor Advanced Education Programs – Counseling Fort Hays State University

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Phillips County Health Systems is taking many steps to protect staff and patients from COVID-19 in case it spreads to our area. You can also take steps at home by sharing these tips from the CDC with your loved ones: • Avoid close contact with people who are sick. • Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash. • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. • Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces. • Stay home when you are sick, except to get medical care. • If you are sick, limit close contact with others as much as possible. • Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub with at least 60% alcohol. We are committed to continuing to provide exceptional medical care to our community. Call the medical clinic at 785-543-5211 should you need medical care or if you have questions about upcoming appointments. — at Phillips County Health Systems.

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There have been several questions pertaining to COVID-19 and any potential interactions with animals. Here are the key points directly from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses. Some cause illness in people and others cause illness in certain types of animals. Coronaviruses that infect animals can become able to infect people, but this is rare. The exact source of the current outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is not known.

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tions pertaining to COVID-19 and livestock, please check out this link: https://extension.sdstate.edu/novel-coronavirus-and-livestock-there-connection As a reminder, we are still learning about this novel virus and its interactions with hosts. The links to the CDC are constantly being updated as we learn more, and as recommendations are made. K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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Stimulus Package Includes Ag Provisions The $2 trillion stimulus package includes billions of dollars for U.S. agriculture. A quick analysis by the American Farm Bureau Federation shows agriculture is set to receive $49 billion. Of that, $14 billion is provided to the Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation,

and $15.8 billion is provided to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program. Meanwhile, $9.5 billion is provided to the office of the Secretary for livestock and specialty crops, and $8.5 billion is provided for Child Nutrition Programs. Additionally, the funding includes $450 million for commodity assistance, $100

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NCGA Issues Steps to Manage COVID-19 on the Farm

A guide by the National Corn Growers Association offers tips to manage COVID-19 on the farm. Farmers are preparing for spring planting, which means activity levels are increasing on the farm for things like field preparation and on-farm deliveries. NCGA says limiting interactions and exposure is a good idea to limit exposure and risk related to COVID-19, as it is critical to practice biosecurity for your family, your employees, the public, and animals. NCGA recommends farmers identify and coordinate a drop-off location for supplier deliveries HO scale train miscelto the farm. If possible, set laneous items. this up away from high traffic Engines, cars, tracks, bridges and more. 785-533-1126

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ROOTS AND CHUTES Alyssa Rippe-May, Twin Creeks Extension District Agent - Livestock and Farm Management “Follow the Plan” Life the past week has become something completely unimaginable to many of us with impacts on everything from grocery shopping to time with family and friends. For farmers and ranchers (and many other businesses in our communities), COVID-19 has presented some major business challenges. This has come up again and again in emails, news releases, and social media posts that have flooded our inboxes this week. Wading through all that communication, I stumbled upon an article written by Pat Melgares about K-State Farm Analyst Program director Duane Hund. If you have ever had the good fortune of meeting Duane, you will know he is a man of few words. However, when he

says something, you better pay close attention, and that includes the article below. A Kansas State University farm analyst says his phone has been ringing frequently as the state’s farmers and ranchers flood him with questions about the recent drop in commodity markets. “People are seeing the value of the commodities they’re holding drop – livestock, grains, feed. Everything is pounding them right now,” said Duane Hund, director of the Farm Analyst Program in K-State’s Department of Agricultural Economics. “As those values go down, those people are wondering what effect this is going to have on their cash flow analysis as we move forward.” As one example, Hund said producers who have been feeding cattle this past winter are looking for opportunities to figure out if they should sell or retain ownership. “There are just a lot of questions and as we see these markets

State Line Shopper continue to dive, there just to be able to open up and our mind is so bombarddoesn’t seem to be a bottom say, ‘Gosh, this thing is ed with all this informanow,” Hund said. “It’s causing beyond what I’m com- tion,” he said. “We may be a lot of anxiety, to put it mild- fortable with. Let’s talk losing ground with our ly, among producers and I’m this over, let’s share the ordinary tasks, such as hearing anxiety coming from issues, maybe we can be keeping our cows fed and the lending community also.” okay, but maybe we need our lists of ordering supSome farmers and ranchers to look at some alterna- plies for spring planting, are even considering wheth- tives, if there are some which is just around the er to get out of the business. that we need to be con- corner. “As people talk to me, they sidering.’” Hund adds: “There is a Hund added that a rhythm to what we do evwonder if they’re going to survive this (drop in the business plan should eryday. We need to keep be the producer’s markets),” Hund said. that rhythm going. We need road map through the “My first order of business to make sure we are on the is to tell them to follow their tough times. “Like go- same path; the cadence plan. Let’s not make knee- ing down any road, if we normally handle as we jerk, drastic decisions. Let’s we’re going to enter in get into spring planting. stick with the plan in place some muddy areas, ar- Getting the planter ready, and develop alternative deci- eas we’re not comfort- getting the right hybrids sions that are made in com- able traveling through, ordered, getting the right bination with the facts and we need to stop,” he mineral needs for the livewhat your business advisers said. “Maybe we need stock that are coming up will tell you.” Hund said it’s to think through some and will soon be on grass, important for producers to things, maybe we need getting together with our surround themselves with to look for some alterneighbors for scheduled native routes and ask as many people as possible if I did do this differprescribed burning in the who can help them make the ently than I originally Flint Hills. best decisions for their operplanned, what would “By doing those ordinary ation. “When I talk to peothat look like.” things that are part of our ple about talking with their One strategy for re- cadence…we can have business partners, that’s usucovery, Hund said, is some control in a chaotic ally family,” he said. “They to remember the tasks environment if we just keep need to share the facts, look that producers do every at the opportunities, talk day in normal times. things steady and going about their concerns openly. “In stressful situations, forward. The Kansas AgriNow is not the time to be the our ordinary tasks fall cultural Mediation Services strong, silent type. We need to the wayside because offers free, confidential

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PAGE 5 support for farmers and ranchers. The program can connect producers with K-State’s Farm Analyst program and other resources to help through the down market. The toll free number is 1-800-321FARM (3276). “Sometimes,” Hund said, “the best decision for your farm right now is no decision. Sometimes the best decision is staying the course and keeping your eye on the ball, doing what you had planned on doing, and not jumping off to a direction that is not the best thing to do. A crisis is a crisis, and the problem eventually will be remedied. We don’t know how soon, but now is not the time to be making drastic decisions. It’s a time to be reflective, to be careful of what we do, and to think things over. Let’s make sure we’re doing the right things at the right time.”

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March 30, 2020

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Kansas Profile – Now That’s Rural: Dick and Mary Beth Boyd, Norton Telegram By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University.

In Kansas, the Boyd family name is synonymous with newspapers. Today we’ll meet a Boyd family member and fourth-generation Kansas newspaperman who’s won numerous honors for his lifetime of dedication to his community. Dick Boyd and his wife Mary Beth were owners and publishers of the Norton Daily Telegram for 32 years. He continues to write sports for the weekly Norton Telegram.

Dick’s great-grandfather, George Boyd, was the owner of the Kensington Mirror newspaper in the rural community of Kensington, population 473. Now, that’s rural. George’s son Frank learned the newspaper trade as a boy and then went to Kansas State University, where he met and married Mamie Alexander. In 1907, Frank and Mamie Boyd bought the Phillips County Review in Phillipsburg. They had two sons: McDill, who was nicknamed Huck, and Frank Jr., who was nicknamed Bus. Both followed in their parents’ footsteps, attending K-State and then launching

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their own newspaper careers. Huck married Marie Kreikenbaum and joined the Phillips County Review. Bus married Mary Folwell Dexter and they published the Jewell County Record in Mankato, where Dick and his siblings were born and grew up. Dick Boyd developed a lifelong love of sports. He was so athletic that he earned a full football scholarship at K-State. He earned a degree in technical journalism in 1959 after being named Most Inspirational Player by his football teammates during his senior season. He also married Mary Beth Brooks, a K-Stater from Concordia. Dick Boyd was commissioned as a second lieutenant and served 2 1/2 years in the United State Army, which included being head football coach of the post co-champion team at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Boyds then relocated to Phillipsburg, Kansas, to work with Dick’s uncle, Huck Boyd, at Huck’s newspaper. During his eight years at the Phillips County Review, Dick served as advertising manager, reporter and photographer. In

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1968, Dick received an award for best advertising idea from the National Newspaper Association. In 1970, Dick and Mary Beth bought the Norton Daily Telegram. At the time of the purchase, the newspaper had a circulation of 3,365 in a county of 7,000 plus. By 1982, the county was down to 6,500, but the circulation of the paper had increased to 3,613. At the time, the Norton Daily Telegram had the largest circulation in the nation among counties the size of Norton. In 1981, Dick received the Award for Outstanding Journalism from the Nebraska General Federation of Women’s Clubs. His paper was a frequent winner in the Kansas Better Newspaper and National Newspaper Association contests. He’s been named Media Person of the Year three times by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association and recipient of the

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Oscar Stauffer Award for Sportswriting by the Kansas State High School Athletic Association. Dick’s approach to reporting focused on regional coverage, the positive aspects of the news, and covering state and local news with a hometown touch. Mary Beth would often step in at the office as needed, serving as substitute news reporter, society editor, or proofreader. In 2002, Dick and Mary Beth sold the paper with the understanding that he would continue to cover local athletics. In 50 years, Dick missed attending and covering just six Norton High School Blue Jay football games. As another former publisher said, “Dick is unique in the world of sportswriting. He strives for perfection and comes mighty close to achieving that unachievable goal.” Dick and Mary Beth have a son Larry and a daughter Rebecca Allen. Dick was

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president of the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas in 2006. “As publisher of the Norton Daily Telegram, Dick Boyd was a community booster who had a lot of pride for his paper and his town,” said Gloria Freeland, director of the Huck Boyd National Center for Community Media. “He also covered nearby communities in the county with the same level of enthusiasm and positive energy.” The Boyd name is synonymous with newspapers in Kansas. We salute Dick and Mary Beth Boyd and all the members of this family for their commitment and dedication to their communities and fellow citizens. For Kansas communities, that is good news.

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