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The Madison Pacesetters 4-H Club had a busy meeting in January, full of member presentations. Member presentations are critical to any 4-H meeting because they allow members to share their favorite projects and allow younger members to learn more about projects they have yet to try. Another significant aspect of member presentation is that it helps members gain confidence in front of crouds, improving their public speaking skills. At the January meeting, 4-H members gave project talks, demonstrations, a health and environment tip and a parliamentary procedure tip. Larkyn Bailey and Grant Fankhauser talked about their foods and nutrition projects in their project talks. Emma and Tess Fankhauser did demonstration talks for the club. E. Fankhauser taught the club how to crochet, and T. Fanhauser showed the club what is essential to be in a sewing kit. In his health and environment tip, Lane Darbro advised the club to be safe during the cold weather season. Mason McDonald reminded the club that parliamentary procedure only allows one person to hold the floor at one time. Another important item from the January meeting was that the club voted to compete in the model meeting contest at County Club Days.

The Greenwood County Hospital (GWCH) is one of our greatest assets as a county.

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Walking, running, or biking more than 400 miles across the State of Kansas over the next several weeks would seem a bit intimidating to most folks. Yet, an estimated 5,000 people in Kansas and beyond are gearing up to do just that as part of the Walk Kansas program that kicks off on March 31.

The Greenwood County Extension office would like to welcome our new Office Professional, Kim Fogle. Kim's first day was Monday, Feb. 12. We are excited to have her join the team and look forward to the community getting to know her. Kim will help keep the Extension office organized and will be the first point of contact when you call in. Please feel free to stop by and welcome Kim to her new role whenever you have time!

Presidents’ Day is upcoming and seems like a holiday worth celebrating.

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In most businesses, increases in cost are immediately passed on to the consumer. That is no different in the newspaper industry. In order for businesses to survive, we must pass on costs incurred with weekly productions or we simply wouldn’t survive. I knew in 2020 we needed to make a substantial change as our costs continued to increase; but, I was reluctant to do so. I waited. And, when we finally made the increase, we faced yet another increase. In the last four years, we have seen a 34% increase in postage alone. This 34% doesn’t include the increases that came from utilities, payroll, print costs, etc. It was simply postage rate increases. The 34% doesn’t include the 7.5% postage increase that was just added in January.

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