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The Wabaunsee County Signal-Enterprise, Thursday, June 13, 2002
undulating dance. The sound
of the wind upon the grain
was like the washing of the
ocean waves on a distant
sandy beach. One could imag-
ine a great, green and golden
inland sea before the forces of
nature.
It had been some time since
we have traversed the road to
Council Grove and we noticed
a herd of buffalo in one pas-
ture. In another pasture, three
mares and their matching
foals grazed lazily along a
distant fence line. In one
farmer's corral was a mare
with twin foals, on wobbly
legs, competing for mother's
milk.
One of the most humorous
happenings occurred a few
years ago on Highway 177, at
the junction of Highway 57/K-
4 [West) to Dwight. Located on
the east side of this intersec-
tion is a small hog-farm oper-
ation. One would not be read-
fly aware of it, as the pens and
barns are obscured by shrubs
and trees.
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numerous public auctions in
nearby communities in Mis-
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Subjects covered included
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View from
the Back Seat
by: Vicky Jones
On that particularly fine
Sunday afternoon, we were
driving with some friends (in
a car} to Council Grove for
lunch at the Hayes House. We
turned off Highway 4 and pro-
ceeded south on 177, when our
friend suddenly stopped his
car dead in the road. Standing
In the north bound lane of
traffic with a litter of baby
pigs, was a huge black and
white sow (mama pig) taking
in the scenery, apparently out
for an afternoon stroll away
from the confines of her pen.
When the sow spotted our car,
she scampered off down the
driveway of the hog farm with
all her piglets except one,
whose nose was pointed
southward, apparently en-
thralled by the big, fiat roll of
blacktopl A few seconds
passed and the little porker
turned around, couldn't find
his mama and squealed all
the way home! We laughed so
hard that we cried.
The trip to Council Grove
was filled with fond memories
and new ones to be made. Un-
til the next time, see you down
the highway - from the back
seat! Vicky
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Summer has arrived in the
Flint Hfllst We bounced from a
lengthy period of cool, rainy
days sometimes with mon-
soon-type downpours -
straight into hot, stifling days
that pushed the mercury into
the 90s. Last Sunday after-
noon, the wind whipped up
white caps on Lake Wabaunsee
and prevented several recre-
ational crafts from venturing
out. However, neither rain nor
heat nor blasts of wind can
deter the heartiest motorcy-
clist from cruising the Flint
Hills in the summer! Well,
perhaps the rain would deter
me, but not the heat or wind!
Sunday we joined a friend
for a short motorcycle excur-
sion to Council Grove, Kansas
via Highway 4, then south on
that marvelously straight
Highway i77. It was humid
and warm, but the sun had
slipped behind layers of low,
gray clouds, which were
pushed along by a stiff wind
out of the south. Rain was in
the forecast for later in the
evening, but the afternoon was
too nice to stay home. Even if
it was windy~
Kansas Highway 4 splits
south at the K-99/K-4 junction
just 5 miles west of Lake
Wabaunsee. The two-lane,
blacktop road gently curves
westward past Chalk Road and
the Wagstaff Ranch, then
passes through flatter Sarm-
lands and pastures near Alia
Vista, Kansas. We passed sev-
eral large wheat fields that
were gradually turning from
green, to yellow-green and
then to that pale, golden color
that signals harvest-time. The
sharp wind pushed through
the fields, the grain heads of
the wheat bending and bowing
gracefully before that unseen
force of nature in a rhythmic,
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