We are looking for a volunteer to deliver Meals On Wheels to Haviland on Monday’s at 11 a.m. This is a weekly commitment, and of course understand there will be times one is unavailable. Meals take about one hour to deliver. Please call Kari at 620-723-2288 if you are interested in this rewarding opportunity to serve your community.
The Pratt County Research and Extension Office and Pratt Public Library have again joined forces to offer a special reading and walking opportunity at Pratt’s Lemon Park. “From March through the end of April you can follow the 1-mile walking trail on the sidewalks at Lemon Park and read a fun story as you go,” said Pratt County Extension Agent Jodi Drake.
The Jolly Workers 4-H Club held its monthly meeting on March 5, 2022, at the St. John-Hudson USD 350 School auditorium at Stafford County Club Days. The club used their monthly meeting as a model meeting performance at Club Days.
TOPEKA – The Governor’s Council on Tax Reform has published its final report, which strongly advocates for an immediate end to the state sales tax on groceries and the restoration of a more diversified and balanced tax base. The Council found that returning to a better balance of sales, income, and property taxes provides more stability for the state budget and increases equity for the state’s taxpayers.
LAWRENCE, Kansas — This liberal college town is vote-rich territory for Kansas Democrats. But a new map of congressional districts lumps it with deep-red western Kansas — all but nullifying the ballots of the blue voters here and proving once again the power of gerrymandering.
TOPEKA, Kansas — One of the largest residential facilities in Kansas for boys who need more help than most foster care homes can offer looks to be spared from closure. Sequel of Kansas LLC signed the original lease for the Lakeside Academy in Wichita around 2008 and recently told the Department for Children and Families it would no longer operate the facility.
On what we call Palm Sunday from Christian scriptures and history, the author of the Gospel according to Luke wrote, “Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, ‘Teacher, order your disciples to stop.’ He [Jesus] answered, ‘I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.’”
I remember the day we brought Teddy our English Bulldog puppy into our home. The breeder told us he was eight weeks old but after receiving his papers, we noticed he was actually only six weeks old at the time. He was a healthy little bruiser and we would laugh at his stumbling and being uncoordinated, but now we realize it was because he was such a baby. My wife and I would sit on the porch in the evenings and watch him explore around in the front yard. He was so happy as he would jump and roll in the grass and investigate his new surroundings but when he would hear a loud commotion like a noisy car passing by, it would scare him and he would come running to us. After a while, he gradually became more used to the traffic sounds and the lawn mowers, and eventually it did not bother him.
Let’s take a trip back in time. How far? Let’s say, a couple of thousand years. That’s the premise of a play that one rural Kansas community performs live on Easter Sunday, using a remarkable stone outcropping as a natural stage.
So I am going to tell on myself, in this story. Have you ever done something so stupid you can’t believe “How did I miss that?” We have lived in our present home for 15 months as of the writing of this story.