November 2022

A crack-repair project will start soon on U.S. 183 in Comanche and Kiowa counties.

We have been blessed in so many ways over the last few weeks at the center to have MANY young visitors with us! We have had Mrs. Prosser and her first grade class come and chalked out sidewalks to honor our Veterans, and Kiowa County National Honor society students came last Wed. to eat with us and personally invite the seniors to ball games! We even had a couple of them pitch in with dishes when they found out that our dishwasher was waiting on parts!! Thank you!

Kiowa County voters took to the polls on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022 to exercise their freedom to vote. Except for the state governor’s race, and of course, the local Kiowa County Hospital Board positions, Kiowa County voters followed statewide patterns for the general election.

This year’s Pratt High School Drive to Thrive food collection has ended, but busy schedules have prevented immediate pickup so numbers are not finalized for participating collection points. “We extended the drive one extra work day until Monday, November 14th due to Friday, the 11th being a bank holiday,” said STUCO sponsor Michelle Popovich.

has launched a new scholarship for active-duty military personnel, veterans and their spouses who are interested in furthering their education. The “Military Appreciation Scholarship” valued at up to $2,500 each, is open to new students who plan on enrolling in any of the online, nonprofit university’s 60+ undergraduate and graduate degree programs in IT, business, K-12 teacher education, and health professions, including nursing.

Eight exhausting years of wilderness journeying had brought Nephi and his father the prophet Lehi and their people to a delightful place they called Bountiful. God had blessed them in their flight from Jerusalem around 600 BC, but the journey had been so long and difficult that when they saw this place by the seashore, filled with trees, fruit and wild honey, they were “exceedingly rejoiced”.

I give thanks for God’s love; Enough for me and some to share. I give thanks for God’s care; He watches and listens and sends me His hugs.

Anticipation can serve us well. Looking ahead to what is coming can fill us with hope. A look ahead could give us a longing for joyful fulfillment that future days or events hold for our lives. At the same time, anticipation could be abused by us. We could become so fixed on the future that we fail to focus on what is right before us right now.

I am sure you’re not like me, and your house always looks perfect, and you are never behind on a project. But with our crazy schedule, I am not going to lie, there have been a few things that have gotten away from me in my house that I kept meaning to get to but just never seemed to find the time.

Wichita, Kan. – On Veteran’s Day, Walmart presented a $20,000 donation to support the Kansas Honor Flight project during a celebratory check presentation.