Not long ago, school board elections were low-key races, required by state law to be nonpartisan. Candidates were retired school personnel, parents or others recruited to run because they were actively involved in local schools or the community.
In the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, people throughout the world participated in nightly celebrations of health care workers. Standing on their front steps, porches and balconies, they clapped, cheered and banged pots and pans.
Do we expect our elected officials to be paragons of virtue? No. That’s not possible.
As a girl, I dreamed of a future family and farm life in somewhat vague terms. However, one aspect was clear: I would not want to marry a dairy farmer because they never go on vacation.
Daylight saving time ends on Sunday, November 7 at 2 a.m. Wouldn’t it be great if it never ended? In fact, for several years now, there has been a movement afoot in our country to make daylight savings the permanent time across these United States.
Have you heard that there is trouble with our supply chain? I hear it's the truck driver's fault or the lack of trucks. There happens to be more to this problem than many of you may know.
Circles of Hope Pratt County, hosted another Big View community conversation Oct 25 on the topic of childcare. Childcare, was one of the top 3 issues of importance, and ranked the highest, in the recent Health Assessment by the Pratt Regional Medical Center. It's not an issue unique to Pratt but is pretty universal across the state, whether rural or urban.
The Kiowa County Senior Center would like to thank Heft & Sons for donating two whole beeves and John Unruh for donating a whole beef to the center! We truly appreciate any donation, but right now it is almost impossible to get beef through our vendor. We have also had several donations of beef by the pound and monetary donations to pay for processing, etc. This should last us quite some time and help to make many nutritious meals for the senior citizens of Kiowa County. Thank you to everyone who has donated in any way!!
The Country Trailblazers 4-H Club met September 20 and elected officers. Taking leadership positions this year are Reporter Aaron Lucas, Vice President Clayton Freeman, Treasurer Brett Atteberry, President Wiley Atteberry, Secretary Grace Swindler and Recreation Leader Kinley Freeman.
Pratt Musical Expressions concerts are free and open to the public and have been presented locally over the past five years, with a break recently due to the global pandemic, according to organizer Duane Hanks. On October 24, this sometime concert series returned with a beautiful showcase of the musical talent within the Pratt community after a hiatus of over a year and a half.