There are a few intriguing aspects about Iuka’s annual Memorial Day ceremony that come to the surface each year about this time. Long steeped in history, the ceremonies at Iuka’s IOOF Cemetery have been going on, consecutively, for 137 years. In 2022, the 138th annual Memorial Day service took place as planned with the usual reading of the Roll Call of the Dead at the church, followed by
8th Biannual Pratt Art & Museum Walk June 3 - Come walk the Pratt Art and Music self-guided tour of downtown businesses showcasing local and surrounding area artists and musicians 5-3 p.m. on Friday, June 3 and experience the art of our community.
Years ago a farmers owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farmers along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the ocean, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops. As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received a steady stream of refusals.
“Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. In my Father’s House are many mansions, if it were not so- I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” John 14:3
Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” We rested at the summit of Chola Pass (17,782 feet above sea level), for an hour or so. It was early afternoon when we began the descent on the northeast side to the valley below.
In this new adventure of this life, we call our ministry now. My husband Jeff and I travel a ton. Now I thought we traveled a lot in the last 42yrs of knowing each other. I have to say in this season of life there has been even more these last two years.
TOPEKA — Secretary of State Scott Schwab believes election security requires vigilance due to evolution of cyber threats, but the voice of Kansas’ top election official revealed a touch of exasperation when conversation pivoted to uninformed people dedicated to shaking public confidence in voting systems.
CHASE COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), the Chase County Sheriff ’s Office, and the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) responded following a shooting that occurred early Friday morning along Kansas Highway 150 in Chase County.
Kansans safely disposed of more than 3.5 tons of unused and unwanted medicines during last month’s National Drug Take-Back Day, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said last week. Kansas law enforcement officers collected 7,362 pounds of medicines at 66 locations throughout the state during the April 30 event, according to a report from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.
When standing on a hill overlooking a timber-lined valley of the Flint Hills, you hear nothing but nature: a meadowlark singing from a fencepost, the breeze blowing through prairie grass and an occasional “moo” from a herd of Hereford cattle grazing on a distant hill.