IN 2020, the world’s political and economic elites gathered in Switzerland to discuss ways of restructuring society after the COVID-19 pandemic. The occasion: The 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, themed “The Great Reset.”
WE TELL stories, which evolve into myths — and myths are what hold us together. They create the collective entity known as the human race.
THE DAY AFTER Thanksgiving I began packing away the turkeys and the pilgrims for another year and bringing out Santa and the Angels. COVID cases had been lessening, and I hoped maybe we could share the holidays with friends in our home this year. Unfortunately, between the new varient, more people traveling at Thanksgiving, cold weather bringing people together inside, and other reasons, we will probably not be inviting guests again this year.
IT WAS SUPPOSED to be a fun Saturday evening. My daughter and her husband went to a company Christmas party.
JANUARY CONTAINS many memorable days of observance related to the field of criminal justice. One, in particular, is the Emancipation Proclamation on the 1st. It is easy for this observance to be upstaged by the Eve and Day celebrations associated with the New Year, understandably since it is not recognized as a Federal holiday. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation of Proclamation [hereafter EP] as our Nation approached its third year of the Civil War. The EP declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states that seceded from the United States “are, and henceforward shall be free (National Archives-EP). Today the five-page hand-written EP stands second to none among the all-time significant documents for human freedom, equality, and justice.
COMING HOME to Pratt after a long drive east across the state and halfway into Missouri on the day after Christmas, I had the pleasure of watching a brilliant Kansas sunset take its time fading away to dark. As the mileposts clicked by, I watched the sky while trying to find a radio station to sing along to in order to keep myself awake behind the wheel as my husband tried to sleep (or as least tune out my singing). The radio was disappointing, the Kansas sky was not.
The Christmas meal this past Friday at the Kiowa County Senior Center was sponsored by Centera Bank and Kiowa County memorial Hospital. As always, everyone had a fantastic meal and wonderful fellowship. Thank you to the bank and the hospital for their continued support and love for the senior center!
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Christmas trees bring Christmas glee, but they can bring even more than that once the holiday season is past, says Kansas State University forester Charlie Barden.
THE KIOWA COUNTY Senior Center (Greensburg), Sunflower Senior Center of St. John, and the Stafford Senior Center are among 22 area senior centers from across the southwest part of the state named as a 2021 Focal Point by the SoutWest Kansas Area Agency on Aging (SWKAAA). The award, announced last month by SWKAAA Executive Director Rick Schaffer, recognizes programs and services provided from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021, for citizens of Kansas.
A NEW MUSIC GROUP is blooming in Pratt. The Four Roses had their first public performances the week before Christmas, singing at Parkwood Village, Filley Art Museum and for the volunteers at Pratt Regional Medical Clinic.