South Central Community Foundation (SCCF) is currently recruiting for its Youth Making a Difference Council (YMAD) from the seven counties they serve. Starting in 2003, SCCF received a grant from the Ewing Outstanding Youth In Philanthropy Marion Kaufman Foundation to develop a philanthropy program for teens.
Pilot International of Pratt, Kansas is a non-profit service organization that meets twice monthly on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of every month with a mission to influence positive change in communities. Earlier this month the club met to elect and initiate new leaders, honoring new co-presidents Linda Broce and Tammy Killough. Gin Pelzl comes aboard as vice president and Jeanne Peters takes over as secretary. Johanna Roberts continues to serve the organization as treasurer. Four directors for the new Pilot year include Laurie Stroda, Shelley Patton, Nancy Boland, and Belinda Ward Gimpel.
Summer is in full swing and with that comes cookouts and gatherings where food is featured. As you plan your menu, keep local farmers in mind.
After almost two years of changing schedules and curtailing activities, clients and staff at Sunflower Diversified Services are back to a regular routine and enjoying a few new ventures. Covid had brought a number of out-of-the-ordinary challenges to Sunflower, which serves people with developmental disabilities and delays in central Kansas.
WICHITA, Kansas (KSNW) -- KSN-TV is going on their annual summer road trip, where they will be visiting communities across Kansas highlighting the great things going on across the Sunflower State. July 17-21, 2022, KSN team members will make stops in more than 20 towns throughout Kansas, traveling more than 1,000 miles to greet Kansans in each community and share stories along the way.
Last Friday, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) arrested Deputy Ryan Davis in Greensburg, Kansas. On Friday, July 8, at approximately 1:45 p.m., KBI agents arrested Davis, 36, of Grand Island, Nebraska.
HUTCHINSON – Twenty-three new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on July 1 at a ceremony held in the KLETC Integrity Auditorium. Officer Andrew Lee of the Riley County Police Department was the graduating class president.
In such troubling times as these, what would be the words that you want to hear? Gasoline prices have dropped to under $2 a gallon, Covid has been eradicated, groceries prices are dropping as fast as they rose, Russia withdraws from Ukraine, a Peace Treaty has been signed by all the nations, a cure for cancer has been found, etc. All of these would sure sound good, and with it comes the visions of hope that could be restored to all of us.
Before our first child Lee, was born, I was shopping in the baby section, at what I thought, at the time was a fancy store, where I found a soft, adorable brown teddy bear with a red bow around his neck and as a bonus when you wound it up, it played music and its head turned. Because it was on sale I was able to buy it.
Jeremiah 30: 2 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you.” Over the years I’ve found myself hurrying throughout most days and finally realized I was missing some very important parts of my life by trying to accomplish too many things. I once heard said, “A journey is not only about the destination, but also about the trip.” For many years, I’ve believed life is about the experiences we have.