The first day of hearings before the Special Committee on Government Overreach and the Impact of COVID-19 Mandates had a stranger-than-fiction quality to it. The Topeka Capital-Journal’s Andrew Bahl reported the most striking moment came in the afternoon, when Cornell Beard, a representative of a Wichita machinist union, compared requiring masks for unvaccinated individuals to the Nazi demarcation of Jewish residents during the Holocaust.
Several days ago, I spotted monarch butterflies feeding on the marigolds outside the library in Macksville, and although I feared it would be nearly impossible to slip up for a photograph before I startled the monarchs away, I decided it was worth the try. In fact, the monarchs must have been a little drunk from sipping, for I managed to get several pictures
For Kansas trails lovers, Ford County State Fishing Lake, located northeast of Dodge City, has 10+ miles of trails. The trails were built by volunteers from Golden Belt Bicycle in Great Bend. Today they are maintained by the Kansas Trails Council.
The color purple appears among the pigments of fall each year, not so much among the canopy of leaves dotting the landscape but on wrists, fingernails, tee shirts, banners, and billboards. Purple is the symbol for those observing Domestic Violence Awareness. The goal is to unite individuals and organizations working on domestic violence issues in the United States while raising awareness.
The Kiowa County Senior Center Thanksgiving meal is sponsored by St. John National Bank this year and will be on Friday, November 19. This meal is for Kiowa County Senior Citizen’s and their invited guests. Please call Kari Kyle at 620-723-2288 for reservations.
Hoping to meet a community need, staff at The Barron Theater in Pratt recently presented the movie "Dear Evan Hansen," and held it over for an additional weekend. They hoped to address mental health issues in a meaningful way and to stimulate conversation around a subject that is often not talked about - suicide.
A watch arrived at the B-29 Bombers on the Prairie Museum in Pratt for safe-keeping two weeks ago. It no longer has a military issued band, it couldn't be relied upon to keep accurate time, though the second hand was still functioning. However, this watch was a special time piece, or rather a piece of time, because it carried with it memories from WWII lived by the person who wore it. This Bulova watch came to Pratt because it needed to be placed with other memorabilia from WWII so others could listen and read it's story to remember and learn what happened during the war years of 1944 and 1945.
On Thursday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day will be held, which, according to the American Legion national headquarters, began in 1919 as Armistice Day to mark the one-year anniversary of the end of World War I.
Kansas Lt. Gov. David Toland recently made a special visit last Thursday to the newly christened M.T. Liggett Art Environment Visitors Center in Mullinville. This was a first-time visit for Toland who carefully viewed the exhibits and asked many questions about how and when M.T. developed his gift for metal sculpting using junk metal parts in his workshop starting about 1989.
Unofficial November 2, 2021 Kiowa County election results are posted online at kiowacounty.org, but a quick peek into totals reveals some interesting races for local leadership positions. Dennis McKinney overwhelming won support for a position on the Kiowa County Hospital Board with 364 votes, but there were write-ins from all corners of the county for Chad Pore and eight other individuals.