March 2025
Great Plains Wondering: What we collect isn’t worth much in the end
“Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money?” – “Movin’ Out” by Billy Joel
One From the Road: Intentionally blocking traffic is not a good idea
It must have been at least 20 years ago when I first heard on the news in the Chicago area that police were using rolling roadblocks to slow down traffic. At the time, I didn’t quite understand what that meant, but it would be several years before I experienced it firsthand.
Space rescue highlights unifying effect for former astronaut’s wife
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 24, 2025 — The unifying impact of space exploration was on full display recently during the dramatic rescue of two NASA astronauts stranded on the International Space Station for nine months. And in her poignant new book, You Don’t Look like an Astronaut’s Wife, Anita K. Mitchell, the former wife of Apollo 14 Astronaut Ed Mitchell, pays homage to the pioneers who flew to the moon and united the people of Earth with the first images from space.
Pratt Regional Medical Center recognized with 2025 specialty excellence and patient safety awards
Contributed article Pratt, KS – March 26, 2025 – Pratt Regional Medical Center is proud to achieve numerous accolades for clinical excellence from Healthgrades, the… Login to continue reading Login…
Winsor to wrestle at Kansas Shrine Duals on Saturday
Blake Winsor of Pratt High School accepted an invitation to compete with the Kansas Shrine Duals and will wrestle at 157 lbs. on Saturday, March 29 in the 2nd Annual KWCA event. The wrestling matchups for all weight divisions and sizes of schools takes place at Fugate Gymnasium, Kansas Newman University, Wichita, Kansas.
Tariffs welcomed on Canadian and Mexican beef and cattle
For decades now we’ve argued that free trade, meaning when tariffs are reduced to zero, was harming American farmers and ranchers, particularly cattle and sheep farmers and ranchers. Our logical arguments against free trade included that many foreign countries had lower wages, lower production standards, relaxed environmental standards, and weaker currencies.
Be on the alert for measles cases
The Kiowa County Health Department has released a special caution about measles as there has been cases reported in nearby states, as well as in southwest Kansas
Lenten Focus: How much time will you devote to God?
How many years in school do we spend getting ready to be a good productive citizen? Most of us spend 13 years in K-12th grade.