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Charles G. Boyd, who died on Wednesday at eighty-three years old, was a true American hero and patriot. He will be sorely missed.

Kansas profiles: A country market Ron Wilson Huck Boyd “Bring your best.” Perhaps you received that advice from a schoolteacher or coach. Today we’ll meet a rural Kansas farmer who has built a business by bringing the best of his family’s products to farmers markets.    Gail and Sue Johnson are owners of Johnson Farms Country Market, which specializes in producing and selling produce, canned items and baked goods at local farmers markets. Gail grew up on a farm near Bennington. Sue�...

Kansas profiles: Changing education in Bluestem schools By Ron Wilson Huck Boyd What was in your school classroom? I remember desks in straight rows, colorful posters on the wall and a big blackboard up front. Today we’ll meet a school that has such classrooms, but also nontraditional places of learning such as a working barn and a downtown business. These innovative projects are being implemented by a school district in rural Kansas.  Joel Lovesee is superintendent of Unified School Distri...

Kansas profiles: Marketing an invaluable tool from Kansas Ron Wilson “Every business can use a skid steer.” That statement refers to the skid steer loader, which can be used for moving pallets, receiving deliveries, relocating products and hundreds of other outdoor tasks. Today we’ll meet a young Kansas family that has built a business in marketing these skid steers from rural Kansas.  Jon and Jenny Stillwell are the owners of Stillwell Sales, a company that specializes in used skid st...

The end of his graduating class, but that he put himself into a position where he could do the best job he possibly could and when in prison and given the opportunity to get out early -- his father had been made the commander of all the naval forces in the pacific and the north vietnamese thought that this would be a great turn opportunity to get some problem beg -- propaganda value out of releasing him, offered him a release and he refused. many of us and i think you may have too, spoken to som...

First elected, so it was a long experience. i worked with him in his campaign in 2008 and i have enormous respect for him partially because im very, very close to general chuck boyd who was a prisoner of war with mccain and who thought so highly of the leadership and the courage that mccain showed in the prison camp in vietnam. and that really colored my whole approach to john when you realize you went through, you realize how deeply he was patriotic and wanted to serve the country. and the only...