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THE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS
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BRANDY NANCE/GAZETTE
The building at 709 Commercial St. is being remodeled
for the future home of the Lyon County History Center.
The Historical Society has more than 200,000 artifacts
and more than a million pieces of material that do not
have proper facilities. This building will allow for the
space to display more of these items.
COOL
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Trade Organization, and
resulted in threats of retaliation tariffs from Mexico
and Canada on items anywhere from cherries to live
animals to maple sugar and
syrup.
“We’re grateful mandatory labeling for beef
and pork has finally been
repealed and tariffs from
Mexico and Canada will
be avoided. This law resulted in increased operating costs, hurting livestock
producers and meat processors without providing
any additional value to our
customers and consumers,” said Worth Sparkman, a spokesperson from
Tyson.
Although many consumers voice concern about the
origin of their food, a study
performed by the department of agriculture’s Economic Research Service
suggested that the costs
of COOL outweighed the
benefits.
In the report to Congress regarding the study,
researchers stated, “In
terms of consumers, US-
DA’s regulatory impact
analyses concluded that
while there is evidence
of consumer interest in
COOL information, measurable economic benefits
from mandatory COOL
would be small. USDA’s
regulatory impact analyses
also found little evidence
that consumers would be
likely to increase their purchases of food items bearing U.S. origin labels.”
Sparkman seemed to
agree that the repeal was
necessary and that the
costs were too much.
“The repeal means we
can immediately eliminate
the practice of segregating
cattle and hogs and finished products as well as
the recordkeeping needed
to meet labeling require-
SUDOKU SOLUTION
was originally a Montgomery Wards, having been built
in 1928.
Work on this project has
been a long-term goal — almost 20 years in the making,
said said Greg Jordan, executive director of the Lyon
County Historical Society.
The process for the new
location began about two
years ago when Furniture
Loft decided to move.
The new building will
provide lots of space for
several new features never
before possible.
On the second floor the
Bud and Irene Hopkins area
will be located on the east
side of the building overlooking Commercial Street.
This space will have over-
ments,” Sparkman said.
The repeal is effective
immediately, according
to Vilsack’s statement,
which said, “USDA will be
amending the COOL regulations as expeditiously as
possible to reflect the repeal of the beef and pork
provisions. In addition,
all imported and domestic
meat will continue to be
subject to rigorous inspections by USDA to ensure
food safety.”
The repeal does not
change COOL require ments for products other
than pork and beef. Sparkman added that that fact
doesn’t affect Tyson much.
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sized chairs and a place for
studying. Coffee and Wi-Fi
will be available as well, Jordan said.
Most walls on the second
floor will be moveable, allowing for maximum flexibility in exhibits, Soller said.
“We wanted to have a
lot of options,” Soller said.
“There are very few permanent walls (on the second
floor).”
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