Growing up as kids in Oklahoma, my pals and I gloried in dumb jokes: “Why did the dimwit hit himself on the head with a hammer? Because it felt so good when he stopped.” But here in Kansas, we dimwits don’t stop. We keep on whacking our hospitals, our poor people and ourselves — all just to block Medicaid expansion while robbing ourselves of a chance to be decently Christian.
The debt ceiling debate in Washington seems distant from average Kansans, but it affects your finances more than you think. The debt ceiling is the limit on the amount of money the federal government can borrow.
NICKERSON — Three years ago, the Hiatt family decided to start a new adventure by transforming a couple of acres of farmland into an industrial hemp field. Each year they learn, and each year they pivot. Sometimes a little; sometimes a lot.
The 4-3 Kansas State Wildcats are coming off an 25-24 comeback win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders last Saturday. This Saturday K-State will host the TCU Horned Frogs at 2:30 in Bill Snyder Family Stadium for its annual Homecoming game. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
Junior wide receiver Johnny Martinez scored two touchdowns and racked up a team-high 143 all-purpose yards to power Pratt past Nickerson 54-18 in a 3A Central Kansas and district high school football game on Friday night at Zerger Field.
To say that the last eighteen months have been challenging would be a drastic understatement. There has been the pandemic with deaths, sickness, quarantines, masking, social distancing, and other safety protocols resulting. Pandemic related job losses, shutdowns, closures, reduced production, delayed deliveries, etc. have led to economic issues and lifestyle adjustments. And the chaos and uncertainly got even worse with protests and rioting over contested elections and racial tensions. Yes, these are certainly “challenging” times we live in! And they remind us of some important truths. They’ve always been true, but recent (and current) events reaffirm them.
As with life, all things change. Someone once said, the only thing certain in life is change. We had been the senior pastor of our first church for 4 yrs and at that time we were only the second longest pastor that this 50 yr old church had had.
October is Crime Prevention Month, and the Kansas Insurance Department wants to remind Kansans of the importance of stopping insurance fraud. Purchasing auto insurance minutes after an accident and delaying a claim or having your contracting estimate repair costs to include the deductible are just a few examples of the common types of insurance fraud. Insurance fraud is a crime and can lead to criminal prosecution.
The weather was perfect, the atmosphere festive as more than 20 Pratt businesses opened their doors for "Fall At It's Finest," a Pratt Area Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event last Thursday. Participating shoppers enjoyed many special deals, sweet treats and prizes from 5-8 p.m. at many locations on October 21.
At the October 18 meeting of the Pratt City Commission, the annexation of 1401 Parkview Drive, home of Roger and Patricia Shippy, was again proposed. The owners of the property were present and proposed a gradual increasing of their taxes and they would voluntarily petition to be annexed. They also requested that the 50 feet east of their property be given to them. They have put in a drive in it and have landscaped it. Bruce Pinkall said the city needed to keep the property to have access to sewer and electric lines. Pinkall did agree to begin caring for the property since it benefits the city as well. The proposal to annex the property, which is already surrounded by other properties considered part of city limits, has been tabled until next meeting to allow the Shippys to file it voluntarily.