educationfrontlines@yahoo.com Across the U.S., politicians are running campaigns asserting that statewide school closures in 2020 were not only unnecessary but totally useless in stemming the spread of COVID-19. Medical research based on actual records of hospitalizations and deaths in the early months of the pandemic clearly shows that substantially more deaths would have occurred if the schools would have been kept open.
Pratt Jam participants this past weekend likely smelled a delicious aroma coming from beneath the hood of a 1953 Chrysler New Yorker at Sixth Street Park. The innovate grill upon which Doug Cooper was cooking hamburgers, chicken and hot dogs was the work of members of the Domestic Disturbance Car Club.
Pratt, but that didn’t stop her from jumping in to help coordinate a Kids Carnival with Pratt Regional Medical Center sponsorship for Pratt Jam this past weekend. A recent addition at PRMC as Marketing and Public Relations Manager, Dillard moved to Pratt from Wichita with her family. Though new to the community, she said the opportunity to take part in something so special as a small, hometown festival was too good to pass up.
Kansas City, Kan. – The 2022 Kansas dove hunting season has officially begun and quality public hunting opportunity awaits at more than 90 locations managed specifically for dove hunting by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP). See https://ksoutdoors. com/Hunting/Mi-gratory Birds/Dove2 for a complete list of publicly-accessible dove fields open this season.
On nights with good tailwinds, tens of millions of birds fill Kansas skies. And when the moon is full, you can watch their silhouettes fly by.
Pratt County Research and Extension Service Fall Colors of Trees Part of the allure of fall foliage is color variation. There are trees that turn red, purple, yellow, orange and brown.
Special to the News Stafford County Economic Development, in association with the Network Kansas E-Community Partnership, will be hosting Stafford County YECon February 8, 2023, as part of the 2022-2023Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC) series. The goal is to expose Kansas middle school and high school students to entrepreneurship.
Pratt County Research and Extension Agent Jodi Drake highlighted the importance of 4-H club opportunities for area youth last Thursday during a special morning Pratt Area Chamber of Commerce Coffee Chat meeting held at the county extension offices at 824 W. First Street, Pratt.
Pratt-Skyline May 2022 graduate Angel Diaz is living the dream this fall as a member of the University of Kansas Marching Band. Though it’s National Hispanic Heritage Month and family is very important to him, Diaz is focused on the here and now as he learns new marching drills each week and spends just about every waking minute with his Jayhawk band members at a time when excitement on that campus is high with recent football success.
Pratt High School hosted the Smoky Valley Vikings for their October 7 football homecoming game and a large crowd came out to cheer on the Greenbacks despite sub-50-degree temperatures. With Pratt Jammers in town for reunions, Homecoming announcements, band performances and special Hall of Fame inductions, there was a lot going on to watch whether the game clock was ticking or not.