Under advisement from the Kiowa County Health Department the Kiowa County Senior Center Board of Directors plans that the center will be closed to dining in and all activities this coming week. Meals on Wheels will run as normal, and any senior who wants to pick up a meal is welcome to do so, but please call 620-723- 2288 to let Kari know. Meals to pick up will be available after 11:30 at the south entrance.
WICHITA – TICKETS ON SALE NOW Jurassic Quest coming to Wichita March 4-6, tickets on sale now WICHITA, Kansas (January 17, 2022) – The largest and most realistic dinosaur exhibit in North America is BACK, BIGGER and BETTER than EVER! The nation’s largest herd of photorealistic dinosaurs are ready to delight Wichita-area families when Jurassic Quest® heads indoors at the Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center March 4-6. Jurassic Quest is one of the first indoor family edutainment shows to re-launch since March 2020 due to the pandemic and will visit Amarillo with its most beloved and unique indoor experiences for the whole family including life-like dinosaurs, dinosaur themed rides and attractions, live dinosaur shows, interactive science and art activities, a “Triceratots” soft play area for our littlest explorers, photo opportunities, and more.
South Central Community Foundation (SCCF) is excited to offer nearly 40 scholarships to its seven-county service area. New this year, the Foundation will be accepting all applications on an online portal, which will allow students to sub- mit a universal application and then apply for each individual scholarship as eligible. A complete list of guidelines and applications for each opportunity can be found online at www.sccfks.org. SCCF is a nonprofit organization that serves Barber, Comanche, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt, Rice, and Stafford Counties. In 2021, SCCF awarded nearly $75,000 in scholarships. Please contact SCCF with questions at (620) 672-7929 or email sccf@sccfks.org.
Drug users who think they’re taking one substance sometimes unknowingly take fentanyl that’s mixed in to increase potency. Small doses of fentanyl can kill.
TOPEKA — In anticipation of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Kansas lawmakers, civil rights advocates and other government officials spoke Thursday of unity among Kansans as a key to weathering challenging times and making positive progress as a state.
TOPEKA, Kansas — In the mid-2010s, Kansas left as many as 2,200 rape kits languishing after they’d been used to document possible sexual assaults. That slowed prosecutions and undercut a valuable law enforcement tool for identifying serial rapists.
TOPEKA — The Kansas State Board of Education unanimously agreed Wednesday to suspend until June a requirement that licenses for substitute teachers be limited to applicants who completed 60 credit hours of college courses.
Every new year, I find myself taking inventory. Usually, I take inventory of the previous year, my goals, my accomplishments, even my physical and spiritual health. Sometimes, it’s an opportunity to give thanks and even rest in a sense of accomplishment. More often than not, there are opportunities for growth and chances to get back on track.
I realize that my thoughts are not that important, but what God has to say contains the power to change what man cannot change. May we choose faith over fear and allow our hope to be larger than our doubt! Did you notice that I said we have the choice to decide which side we are going to believe. Yes, but brother Billy how can I choose life? Well, Deuteronomy chapter thirty is an amazing place to start when trying to comprehend God’s plans for our lives. Verse 19, “This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.”
It seems to me that in today’s society we do not hear much about the Holy Spirit. So my next few columns will be about the Holy Spirit and the BIG part this plays in the church and us. I have been ministering spiritual gifts inventories for about 15 years. Some of the names of the gifts are misunderstood. Take the gift of prophecy; most people think that this is about foretelling the future. Well yes it can be that sometimes, but it really is the God-given ability to receive and communicate an immediate message of God to a certain church or person on a certain day or period of time. This is a gift that a pastor and teacher of the church needs to fulfill their calling. This differs from a teacher in the school system. In the school system we have a curriculum that teachers are hired to teach. In the church God has a message for each church or class for a certain day. But the church has mostly done away with that and went with a planned lesson book and a series of sermons. This often limits the power and scope of the Holy Spirit moving among us, those who are listening.