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.
I was listening to the news today and they were talking about all the big disasters that had happened this year. The commentators said they had never seen so many. Well if you read in Matt. 24:7, Mark 13:8, and Luke 21:11 in the Bible, it tells us that this will happen. In fact all three say it word for word. This is one of the few places that all three wrote it the same.
PrairieFood, developer of an innovative approach to converting waste biomass into safe, valuable, highcarbon products for agriculture and other sectors, announces the ribbon cutting of its facility in Pratt, Kansas along with the PrairieFood Forum + Soil Health Workshop. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on Monday, November 15 at 10:30 am at the Pratt Municipal Airport.
There was no Pratt County Commission meeting on Monday, October 18 as the commissioners were attending a conference for Kansas County Commissioners. Their next meeting will be October 25, open to the public as always at the Pratt County Courthouse.
Representatives from Barton Community College and the American Welding Society (AWS) gathered Thursday morning to celebrate the college's receipt of a grant worth more than $24,000 from the AWS. The funds were used to purchase eight new welders and is part of an effort to enhance Barton's welding program.
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.
Breanna Konrade-Massoth celebrated a soft-opening, a grand-opening and ribbon-cutting event and a "Fall At It's Finest" community shopping evening last week at her new store, Turquoise & Tines, in Pratt. It has been a whirlwind month of getting ready and opening her store to the public, but one that met with resounding success.
Several St. John city council candidates join others looking to make a positive impact in their own communities if selected by voters on Tuesday, November 2 in Stafford County. A special candidates forum held October 21, 2021 at the Stafford County Annex, gave area residents a chance to ask questions of those running for city positions.