Jennifer Stultz

Jennifer Stultz

  • Joined: September 12, 2023
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Kansas Cold Weather Rule effective as of November 1

TOPEKA – The Cold Weather Rule, designed to help Kansans who are behind on their utility payments avoid disconnection during the winter months, begins tomorrow and will remain in effect through March 31.While the Cold Weather Rule is in effect, utility companies cannot disconnect a customer’s service when the local temperatures are forecast to drop below 35 degrees within the following 48-hour period.

City of Pratt contemplates live nativity at park

There was only one item of business on the agenda for the November 4 regular meeting of the Pratt City Commission and that was the question of allowing domestic animals on site at Lemon Park for the Christmas in the Park on November 23.In the discussion, several commissions expressed concern liability if someone were to be injured.

Great Plains Wondering: Calling mom is sometimes a doozy

For many years now, I have called my mother almost daily, just to check in and make sure she is okay.When I can’t get ahold of her, usually after multiple attempts over the course of a day or two, I do what any good son who lives 70 miles away from his mother does: call the local police department for a welfare check.Usually, the problem is something related to her cell phone (which she still hasn’t quite got the hang of).

Professional music artists rivet local crowd

A Pratt Community Concert, No More Talk of Darkness, drew a sizable crowd to the Carpenter Theater, recently at Pratt Community College for a wonderful evening that emphasized Broadway tunes but also sprinkled in some blues, Disney, and rock and roll.The three artists on stage riveted the audience with their sound, harmony, and high-caliber performance.Jeremy Stolle, who grew up California, organized the trio, which also included another native Californian, Satomi Hofmann, and Wichita born and bred writer, performer, and educator, Arri Lawton Simon, who is now based in New York City.Simon shared his phenomenal vocal and piano skills throughout the evening and notably in his soulful solo performance of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now.”The bonus for Simon was that his parents attended the concert, and he led the audience in singing happy birthday to his mother.Hofmann described herself as having a Japanese mother and a German father ended up loving the music and playing in an Irish band.