The Uptown Girls brought polished voices, high-energy, and verve to the Carpenter Auditorium for the first Pratt Community Concert of 2022. The trio, with roots in Illinois (Erin Shields), New York (Meg Lanzarone), and Iowa/Italy (Melissa Tormene), also brought a fun-tastic feeling to their Pratt show, as they grooved through 1970s and 1980s hits.
Whether you know you will be stress eating carbs during March Madness, have old bananas in the freezer you’ve been meaning to make into bread or just are looking to bring a smile to someone’s face, good things come to those who bake — especially in March! This month is designated as Bake and Take Month, and Kansas Wheat encourages all to use this opportunity to reconnect with others through a heartfelt, freshly-baked treat.
March is a good time to remove dead foliage from ornamental grasses. Grasses green up earlier if foliage is removed and are more attractive without a mixture of dead and live leaves. A number of tools can be used including hand clippers, weed whips (if the foliage is of a small enough diameter), weed whips with a circular blade, or even a chain saw. Use the top of the chainsaw bar to cut so the saw doesn’t pull in debris and clog. Also, it is often helpful to tie foliage together before cutting so it doesn’t interfere and is easier to dispose of.
For those who are lamenting over their lost hour of sleep from that first Monday of daylight saving time and may still be relying on that extra cup of coffee to get themselves moving, Dr. Wayne Pernell a Success Coach with a PhD in Clinical Psychology says Daylight Saving time can be of great benefit if we use it to our advantage.
PRATT – The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission will hold its next public meeting on March 31 at the Topeka and Shawnee County Library, 1515 SW 10th Ave, Topeka. The public is welcomed and encouraged to join Commissioners and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) staff to conduct business either in person or virtually via Zoom. For virtual participation instructions, visit https://ksoutdoors.com/KDWPT-Info/Commission/Instructions-to-Participate-in-Virtual-Meeting. To watch live video/audio stream of the meeting, visit https://ksoutdoors.com/KDWPT-Info/Commission/Watch-Meetings-Here. Commissioners will meet
Oh my has the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, also known as March Madness, been interesting to watch this past week on television. I’ve always been a basketball fan, played four years in high school, loved following my Jayhawks and always enjoy bragging a bit on my claim to fame having been a student at KU when the Danny Manning team won the National Championship in 1988.
Student writer Madeline Drake recently shared a well-researched column right here in the Pratt Tribune about the benefits of travel, weaving the theme of a trip on the 1970s TV show, “Love Boat,” throughout her commentary.
In the first chapter of Genesis, verses 26 – 28, God clearly put mankind in charge of managing all wildlife He had created. Now, this does not give us any excuse to mismanage wildlife, or to abuse pets or domestic livestock. In fact, farmers, ranchers, and outdoor-sportsmen are the best conservationists on earth, because we all know that these animals represent our living and the continuation of our hunting, fishing and trapping. I say all this in preface to a list of some recent accomplishments and requests made by our well-intentioned but mislead brethren from the animals-rights activist group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.)
I was telling my friend Ed, what my next topic was going to be about. After he heard it, he said, “You might want to change my name”. This will not be about Ed, but my friend John, who happens to live exactly where Ed lives.
More than 30 participants in the Pratt Lions Club DocRock presentation last Wednesday were treated to inside information from a central Kansas’ premier science and geology researcher, as well as up-close inspection of the inside of a mammoth tibia bone at The Loft in the Front Porch in Pratt.