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tschram

  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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Outdoor sports and the art of mentoring

Ah, the exuberance of youth! A couple years back, I trapped coyotes for a couple weeks before deer firearms season in early December, with the poorest results since I was a beginning trapper. Meanwhile a young lad I mentored the year before continued to send me picture after picture of coyotes and bobcats he was catching. In the 2 ½ weeks I trapped, I caught only 5 coyotes and had to leave 4 properties because the landowners fenced them for grazing or knifedin nitrogen while I had traps there. I also seemed to enjoy trapping coyotes less that year than I can ever remember because the ground was so terribly hard and dry, making it miserable to get traps anchored in the cement-like soil and making it nearly necessary to extract them from the ground without a crane.

Free weatherization services available to qualifying Kansas households

Kansans struggling to cover high utility bills and energy costs may qualify for free upgrades to make their homes more energy efficient. The assistance, made available through the state’s Weatherization Assistance Program, improves heating and cooling efficiency and saves energy by ensuring homes hold in heat and air conditioning while keeping hot and cold air out.

Golden Belt Community Foundation announces 2022 spring grant opportunities

GREAT BEND, Kan. Golden Belt Community Foundation (GBCF) invites proposals for its competitive grant cycle focused on building the community around us. These funds support a wide-variety of needs in Barton, Pawnee, Rush, and Stafford County that serve the community at large including but not limited to: quality of life improvements; arts and culture; enhancing community destination points; charitable economic opportunity; planning and development.

Greensburg open for senior dining; menus shared

The Kiowa County Senior Center is again open for dine-in meals. Planned menus for the coming week follow. Please call Director Kari Kyle for more information: Kiowa County Senior Center, Greensburg, Ks. 67054, 620-723-2288 (office), 620-518-0758 (cell).

COVID-19 surge remains challenge, as state has 8th highest rate of new cases

As the nation’s top infectious disease specialist expressed optimism amid the omicron surge, Kansas doctors continue to warn of challenges hospitals face amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported 14,270 new COVID-19 cases, 71 new hospitalizations and 17 new deaths over the weekend.

The Bible uses three words to clearly express love

February, a month for love. Valentine’s Day, a time of expressing sentiments toward that special someone you like a lot. But how do we really show our love to our family and friends? Is love supposed to be just a feeling? Most people are surprised to find out ‘love’, as it appears in the New Testament is expressed with three words, each with their own meaning.

The Holy Spirit is our teacher

In the Holy Bible we read in 1 Cor 2:11-14 “For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

The Kind of Person God Uses

God is known for taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary. Throughout the Bible, God used ordinary people to thwart evil and affect His mission on Earth. Any situation we may find ourselves in has the potential to become extraordinary (Blackaby). The Scriptures say that God is no respecter of person [Acts 10:34], meaning He will use anyone of us to accomplish His purpose and demonstrate His power if we are agreeable. In the case of Jesus Christ, He selected 12 ordinary men to be His disciples who later became world-changing apostles [Acts 17:6]; by and large, they were no different than many of us. At times they were weak in faith, misbehaved occasionally, made terrible decisions, argued with each other, and wrestled with fear and doubt (Blanscet). In human terms, the disciples Jesus Christ chose and the host of personalities mentioned in the Bible that God used for His work and glory lacked the qualifications to do extraordinary things. However, it is God who qualifies men and women for His service and glory; the key is to be open and available to Him (Furtick).