From the Web - Brooks, Kentucky
Thier Time: Brooks headlines ’08 UTPA Hall class (The Monitor): EDINBURG - During the same breath in which he expressed his gratitude at being part of the first class inducted into the University of Texas-Pan American Athletic Hall of Fame last year, Al Ogletree said Jim Brooks should have been part of it. Farmers plan for a burn-free future; Kentucky bluegrass yields will be put to the test in Madras (The Bulletin): Whenever people drive past Dean Brooks‘ farm in Jefferson County on a dry, hot summer day and see a plume of smoke, he has a pretty good idea they don‘t like it."It‘s a public relations problem," he said.For most farmers, burning their crops after harvest is a reliable way to remove weeds and kill diseases that damage their crops. And for those growing Kentucky bluegrass seed ’ one of Central ...