Memorial to be dedicated at court house
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DAR honors essay contest winners
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As an avid gardener, Susan Metzger gets a ton of plant catalogs in the mail.
Late last fall, as she was looking through some of those catalogs, an amaryllis bulb caught her eye. The bulb had been dipped in colored wax. It was priced at $30 or so and supposedly would bloom indoors during the colder months without a container.
âI was fascinated. I was like, âGary, we have to get one of these for your mom,ââ Metzger told her husband, Gary Hauschulz.
Then it dawned on her: âWax. I use wax. Lots of wax! Maybe I could dip them and paint them,â the batik artist thought.
Metzger joins KCARE as associate director
Susan Metzger has been appointed associate director of the Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and Environment, or KCARE. Metzger also works as the senior executive administrator to the dean/director of K-State s College of Agriculture and K-State Research and Extension.
In her KCARE leadership role, Metzger will use her considerable experience to help secure and administer funding for the Kansas Water Resources Institute, the Fertilizer Research Fund, the Ogallala Aquifer Program and others. She will work closely with the KCARE team of watershed specialists to support their efforts to improve water quality throughout the state and their work with Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies projects. She also will represent KCARE with local, state and federal agencies and help coordinate work with water and soil conservation issues associated with increased cotton acres in Kansas. Metzger will be part of the leadership team coordi