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Billie Kueser of the radiology staff, operates the new CR scanner installed at HCMC. The new equipment will create patient scans within seconds for immediate reading anywhere in the world.

A major equipment upgrade begun at Hillsboro Community Medical Center will vastly reduce the time needed for doctors and staff to review patient radiology scans.

For 14 years the North American Free Trade Agree­ment has been a boon for the United States and its agricultural producers, especially those in Kansas.

Kansas farmers and ranchers have experienced unprecedented gains in trade with Canada and Mexico as a result of this comprehensive trade agreement that came into play 14 years ago.

When you ask Don Suder­man, who farms south of Hills­boro, what he did to get the Marion County K-State Extension Appreciation Award the other week, he’ll probably tell you “not much.”

It’s an everyday sight across Kansas farm country these days. Travel down about any rural road and you’ll come up on a white anhydrous ammonia nurse tank puttering about 30 mph.