Pratt resident Roberta Mayes brought a special request to the November 1 Pratt County Commission meeting. She told commissioners she would like to post a memorial sign on pier #2 at the Pratt County Veterans Lake. The sign would simply say, “Papa’s Pier," in memory of Mayes husband, Lewis Mayes, Jr, who died recently. He enjoyed fishing from that pier.
Located at 609 E. First in St. John, Kansas. St. John Clinic is open from 8:30am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins with urgent care needs will be accommodated. Dr. Frederick J. Farmer, III, D.O., A.M.E., specializes in family medicine, aviation medicine, and wilderness medicine. St. John Clinic is also staffed with a physician assistant Monday through Friday.
Parsons Jewelry is a family owned and operated jewelry store that has been serving Pratt and the surrounding area for over 50 years. In November of 1959, Wayne Parsons brought his family from Salina, KS to Pratt in order to satisfy a dream of owning his own jewelry store. Since those early days the business has grown and expanded at
Abbyville is once again on the map. The Women’s Professional Rodeo Association awarded Abbyville Frontier Days PRCA Rodeo third place in the prairie circuit for best footing — meaning the rodeo ensures a safe and stable ground for the animals in the rodeo.
Pratt, Kansas, November 15, 2021 — Lori Kreutzer, County Executive Director of the Pratt and Barber County Farm Service Agency, today reminded foreign investors who buy, sell or hold a direct or indirect interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to report their holdings and transactions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
Although the supply chain seems to have some kinks in it lately, many experts say the U.S. will not experience a turkey shortage this Thanksgiving – at least not much of one.
After Jeff’s conversation with our Pastor friend he just couldn't get the idea of planting a church out of his mind. So Jeff went to prayer and I began to make a list of everything we would need to start a church. Two things I knew right away we would need would be a keyboard for me to play for worship service (remember I had recently learned to play the piano, so I guess that was no coincidence). Our oldest had learned how to play the drums in church so he would need a set to play. A p.a. system would be important if we were going to rent a space. Several other things were on the list but those were the top three.
Welcome back to my series on Good Trouble. Step 4 of Good Trouble is this: Do not judge/Strip away labels & stereotypes. Now, you may think this is an impossible task. Obviously, labels are not all bad, we are thankful for traffic signal labels whose green, yellow, and red lights keep us from many accidents. We are thankful for the warnings on the labels of products that protect our family and our pets from harm. However, In the United States of America, we are experiencing a deep philosophical divide. Yes, we are divided down the middle by labels & stereotypes. I used to watch the show Crossfire back in the day on CNN. I always loved to listen to both sides, choose one, and root for that side. It got my adrenalin revved up and I looked forward to these debates daily. Yet, today political philosophies divide our country into two camps; and for some reason the pressure is to choose one side or another to the exclusion of truth that may exist in the opposing side, or that both sides may have elements of truth. In the USA you are either prochoice or pro-life. You are either for gun control or against it. You are either a Republican or a Democrat. You are either a liberal, a progressive or a conservative. Each presents their own platform and you either accept it or you are ostracized from the party. Yes, and one more thing- there is pressure to accept everything on the platform. So, it is only normal that on most issues the country is divided- either you are for or against. It is increasingly difficult to find statesmen and women who are willing to build a bridge of agreement from both sides.
You know there are days when I feel like there’s no place I can turn to escape the pressures and attacks of this world. I don’t know whether you feel that way or not but I bet you have or maybe you are there right now. We all feel it from time to time. It’s what they call “being between a rock and a hard place.” I always heard that phrase as a kid and I didn’t get it, well I do now. We all have been there but it’s what we do in that situation that really shows who we are and what we believe. It’s not anything new, it’s been happening for thousands of years. Today we are going to look at Exodus 14 starting with verse 5. This passage takes place right after the Israelites had been freed from bondage and they were on their path to the promised land. 5When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!” 6So he had his chariot made ready and took his army with him. 7He took six hundred of the best chariots, along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. 8The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly. 9The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.
It has always pleased me to be part of a church where so many guys and gals are hunters, fishermen, outdoorsmen and shooting enthusiasts. The dedicated upland bird hunters were easy to spot at my churches annual trap shooting get-together on Sunday, as most clay birds had little chance of survival when those shooters were on the firing line. Our small but diverse group consisted of an ex-soldier with extensive marksmanship training, an electrician, an engineer, a golf-course manager, a large farmer, the youth pastor, a couple high school kids and a few retired duffers like myself. Ages ranged from upper 70’s to 14 years young.