Rather than beat a dead (dry) horse this week, let’s change course a bit as quite a bit is happening soon and some other issues are popping up. If the forecast is correct, by the time you read this we will have received some beneficial rain and temperatures will be a chilly 80 instead of over one hundred.• Sept. 7 is the annual Kid’s Ag Day event for elementary schools in Barton County. Two things make this special.