A6 Friday, February 14, 2020
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REGIONAL WEATHER
Outlook for Feb. 14 - Feb. 20
Shown is Friday’s weather. Temperatures are Friday’s highs and Friday night’s lows.
Evanston 18/11 South Bend 18/9
Rockford 13/8 Rock Island 20/13
Chicago 17/12
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SUNRISE/SUNSET Rise 6:53 a.m. 6:52 a.m. 6:51 a.m. 6:49 a.m. 6:48 a.m. 6:47 a.m. 6:46 a.m.
Set 5:33 p.m. 5:34 p.m. 5:35 p.m. 5:36 p.m. 5:37 p.m. 5:39 p.m. 5:40 p.m.
Springfield 21/16
Fort Wayne 16/6
Terre Haute 23/17
Muncie 20/12
Last
New
Feb 15 Feb 23
Evansville 27/21
PRECIPITATION
First
Mar 2
Southern Illinois: Friday: sunny, but very cold. Winds east‑southeast, becoming southeast at 3‑6 mph. Expect a full day of sunshine with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 60%.
Vevay 27/16
MOON PHASES Full
Mar 9
GROWING DEGREE DAYS Illinois Week ending Feb. 10 Month through Feb. 10 Season through Feb. 10 Normal month to date Normal season to date
0 0 3834 0 3333
Indiana Week ending Feb. 10 Month through Feb. 10 Season through Feb. 10 Normal month to date Normal season to date
0 0 3478 0 2898
Anna 30/20
Today Hi/Lo/W 18/11/s 17/12/s 20/14/s 27/22/s 18/11/s 14/6/s 28/19/s 18/14/s 24/20/s 13/8/s 20/13/s 21/16/s
Tom. Hi/Lo/W 40/32/pc 36/33/sn 40/32/pc 43/36/pc 37/34/sn 36/33/c 44/36/pc 38/32/sn 41/31/sn 36/31/sn 38/32/sn 40/33/pc
Sun. Hi/Lo/W 40/34/sn 38/27/pc 42/34/sn 50/33/sn 38/28/s 37/26/s 48/39/sn 41/31/sn 42/32/sn 38/24/pc 38/25/pc 42/33/sn
Indiana Bloomington Carmel Evansville Fishers Fort Wayne Gary Lafayette Indianapolis Muncie South Bend Terre Haute Vevay
Today Hi/Lo/W 26/17/s 17/10/s 27/21/s 18/10/s 16/6/pc 17/12/s 17/10/s 22/15/s 20/12/s 18/9/pc 23/17/s 27/16/s
Tom. Hi/Lo/W 43/36/pc 39/35/pc 46/38/pc 39/36/pc 36/31/pc 37/33/c 39/33/pc 42/35/pc 39/34/pc 36/31/c 43/36/pc 45/35/pc
Northern Indiana: Friday: frigid. Clouds and sun in the north and east; plenty of sunshine in the south and west. Winds west‑southwest at 4‑8 mph. Expect two to four hours of sunshine with fair drying conditions. Central Indiana: Friday: sunny, but frigid. Winds north‑northwest at 4‑8 mph. Expect a full day of sunshine with poor drying conditions and average relative humidity 95%.
For 24-hour weather updates, check out www.agrinews-pubs.com Illinois Champaign Chicago Decatur E. St. Louis Evanston Joliet Mt. Vernon Peoria Quincy Rockford Rock Island Springfield
Northern Illinois: Friday: frigid with brilliant sunshine. Winds east‑southeast at 4‑8 mph. Expect a full day of sunshine with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 65%. Saturday: a chance for snow. Central Illinois: Friday: sunny and bitterly cold. Winds southeast at 6‑12 mph. Expect a full day of sunshine with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 65%. Saturday: a chance for snow in the north and west.
Indianapolis 22/15
Mt. Vernon 28/19
East St. Louis 27/22
TEMPERATURES
Gary 17/12
Champaign 18/11 Lafayette 17/10
Decatur 20/14
Quincy 24/20
Springfield Date Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 20
Peoria 18/14
AGRICULTURE FORECASTS
Sun. Hi/Lo/W 46/39/sn 42/35/sn 49/41/r 42/34/sn 39/32/sn 38/29/s 42/33/sn 44/36/sn 42/35/sn 39/29/pc 45/37/sn 49/40/sn
Southern Indiana: Friday: plenty of sun‑ shine, but very cold. Winds east‑northeast at 4‑8 mph. Expect a full day of sunshine with fair drying conditions and average relative humidity 50%. Saturday: partly sunny.
SOUTH AMERICA A front will lead to showers and storms across Paraguay into southern Brazil Friday into the weekend. Another front will spread showers and storms from northern Argentina to Brazil early next week.
Weather (W): s–sunny, pc–partly cloudy, c–cloudy, sh–showers, t–thunderstorms, r–rain, sf–snow flurries, sn–snow, i–ice
Entrepreneurial women featured at NEW Roots Festival By Martha Blum
AGRINEWS PUBLICATIONS
DECATUR, Ill. — Music together with a focus on working with entrepreneurial women will be featured at the NEW Roots Festival. The inaugural festival, organized by the Illinois Agri-Women, is a result of a $100,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Office of Tourism. The event will be June 27-28 in the Devon G. Buffett Lakeside A mphitheater at Nelson Park in Decatur. “N E W s t a nd s for Nurturing Entrepreneurial Women,” said Penny Lauritzen, Illinois AgriWomen member, who is part of the team organizing the NEW Roots Festival. “This two-day event will
“This two-day event will highlight small agricultural-related businesses owned by women, classes for entrepreneurs and networking along with country entertainers providing music.” Penny Lauritze ILLINOIS AGRI-WOMEN
highlight small agricultural-related businesses owned by women, classes for entrepreneurs and networking along with country entertainers providing music,” Lauritzen said. “P roceeds from the event will create the base for the nurturing entrepreneurial women fund that will provide grants and low-interest loans for women creating new agricultural businesses in Illinois,” she said. One- and two-day tickets will be available, and musicians will perform on both the main and small stages. “We are working to highlight entertainers that have an Illinois connection,” Lauritzen said. “Our plan is to make the festival an annual event to keep enhancing the NEW fund for more loans and grants.” “There’s a reason that Illinois is breaking records for tourism — it’s because communities throughout our state have so much to offer,” said Gov. J.B. Pritzker. “I’ll continue to be a proud advocate for everything that attracts people to Illinois and these tourism grants — entirely funded by visitors staying in our hotels and motels — play a significant role in supporting the tourism industry and its nearly 350,000 jobs.” “Developing new events and attractions is necessary to inspire new au-
diences to visit Illinois. These grants will result in increased visitor spending in local communities across our state, generating revenue and creating jobs for Illinois residents,” said Erin Guthrie, acting
director of DCEO. The Tourism Attraction Grant Program helps develop new or enhance existing tourism attractions to grow visitation and overnight stays in Illinois. DCEO is prov iding
grant funding to 16 organizations in the amount of $1 million. There was significant demand for this grant program, receiving more than four times the number of requests than available funding.
The Tourism Private Sector Grant Program helps attract major new events to the state or significantly enhance existing events to increase visitation. DCEO is providing grant funding to seven applicants in the
amount of $869,000. Martha Blum can be reached at 815-223-2558, ext. 117, or marthablum@ agrinews-pubs.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @AgNews_Blum.
CONGRATULATIONS
INDIANA
2019 NCGA NATIONAL
CORN YIELD CONTEST WINNERS NATIONAL WINNERS
STATE WINNERS
Kevin Kalb 1st Place: 394.4922 Bu/A F: Strip-Till, Minimum-Till,
Kevin Kalb 1st Place: 394.4922 Bu/A F: Strip-Till, Minimum-Till,
Jerry Wischmeier 2nd Place: 281.0958 Bu/A G: No-Till Irrigated
Mulch-Till, Ridge-Till Non-Irrigated DKC67-44RIB Brand Blend
Mulch-Till, Ridge-Till Non-Irrigated DKC67-44RIB Brand Blend
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Shawn Kalb 2nd Place: 320.7389 Bu/A F: Strip-Till, Minimum-Till, Mulch-Till, Ridge-Till Non-Irrigated
Shawn Kalb 2nd Place: 320.7389 Bu/A F: Strip-Till, Minimum-Till, Mulch-Till, Ridge-Till Non-Irrigated
DKC67-44RIB Brand Blend
DKC67-44RIB Brand Blend
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