KANSAS, FIRST IN THE NATION...

[W. Gray]

The appropriate citation for a Kansas farmer to feed is "128 people plus you."

The figure started at "55 people plus you" in 1978 and steadily rose to the 128 figure.

There will be no increases posted beyond 128.

The Department of Agriculture stopped computing the statistic in 1999.

[W. Gray]

In reference to the violence in Kansas, above, before the Civil War, a new book released in April 2009 by the Louisiana State University Press is titled,

Bleeding Borders: Race, Gender, and Violence in Pre-Civil War Kansas by Kristin Tegtmeier Ortel

[dnalexander]

Again not a first, but being from Kansas and living in the San Francisco 49' ers' area I thought I would mention our 2009 starting QB is from Parsons, Ks where he still runs a football program for his home town.
Shaun Hill

2009

49ers Head Coach Mike Singletary has stated that Hill would be the starting quarterback going into training camp but would compete with former number-one overall draft pick and good friend Alex Smith for the regular season starting job.

Personal Info.

Hill was a kinesiology major at Maryland. He participated in several Viking Children's Fund events and has supported the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He joined former Vikings Head Coach Mike Tice as a former Terrapin QB and was teammates at Maryland with current Vikings linebacker E.J. Henderson. Hill kept a weekly journal chronicling his adventures in Europe for fans on former team's website, Vikings.com.

Shaun enjoys fishing. The quarterback started reeling in fish that were inhabitants of farm ponds in his home state of Kansas during high school. When he lived in Minnesota as a member of the Vikings, Shaun caught a 30-inch, nine-pound walleye on his first try. He was able to lure the fish using a leech for bait 40 feet deep. Also in his fishing repertoire is a 48-inch Muskellunge.

David