Like so many of their family, friends and neighbors, the Gambles still have plenty to do before their farmstead looks and functions like they want. They believe it’ll take a couple more years. Ki and Kim’s 100-year-old farm is located about one-half mile north of Greensburg. On May 4, 2007, an EF-5 tornado ripped through the Kiowa County farming community stripping it bare of homes, businesses, huge trees and entire farmsteads. The Gambles were among those who experienced extensive damage.
Bernice and Jim Beach, owners of HRK Warehouse in Marion, say they have made a lot of friends in their 25 years in business.Don Ratzlaff / Free Press
Jim and Bernice Beach admit they’ve gotten rich during the 25 years they’ve owned and operated HRK Warehouse, their general-merchandise business at 109 N. Roosevelt in Marion.
Of course, the Beaches tend to count their wealth in terms of friends rather than dollars and cents.
“We’ve made a lot of friends, and all of them are customers,” said Jim.
Juli Janzen, supervising aide for colonoscopies at Hillsboro Community Medical Center, demonstrates the new, state-of-the-art colonoscope analysis tool installed late last week.
The Livestock Compensation Program is designed to financially assist those producers that experienced, in Marion County, losses due to drought in 2006.
Jeanne Penner, owner of The Cut Above in Hillsboro, recently hosted a color-education class.
Jennifer Steadman, a Joico color educator from Hutchinson, gave the presentation about product knowledge, a new color line for gray hair and new techniques. Stylists from Goessel and Marion attended.
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