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restaurants tell the consumer what we are doing. Plus, I feel like I can share the beauty of what we experience around here.” In addition to their careers, the couple is heavily involved in their community and Kansas agriculture.Randy has served on the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers board of directors, Kansas Wheat Commission Research Foundation,Kanza Co-op Board of Directors, the Ark Valley Cooperative Nominating Committee and the Stafford County Farm Bureau Board of Directors.

By Jayden Mies Student reporter Special to the Tribune The USD 382 Board of Education met on Monday, August 8, to discuss the crisis shortage of paraprofessionals in the district, along with usual business items. President Bill Bergner called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.

missionary Colossians 3: 23 “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.” The information we find in the Bible is so varied, we find it difficult to prioritize our favorite types. One concerns the profession of Jesus.

We often overlook important truths when reading the opening and closing statements of Paul’s letters thinking, perhaps, they contain only formalities without much in the way of edifying content. But we would be mistaken to think this. The opening line of his letter to the Romans is a case in point: “Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God...” (Rom. 1:1). Here Paul asserts three things about himself: that he is a servant of Christ Jesus, that he is called to be an apostle, and that he had been set apart for the gospel of God.

ESU Professor Emeritus China has now sur- passed the United States in the number of most-cited papers according to an annual study of the most cited science research papers by Japan’s National Institute of Science and Technology Policy. This is the fourteenth major report in the last year documenting the decline of U.S.

By Pastor David Gibbs First Baptist Church of Towanda Psalm 15 begins with a fundamental question about life and death,“Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?” (TNIV) This question addresses a fundamental concern for all of humanity. Is there any hope of life that isn’t corrupted by sin and that doesn’t end in death? Before mankind’s fall from innocence this question would’ve been meaningless.

Pratt, Kan. - The fourth annual Beaver Backer Golf Tournament was held at Park Hills Country Club on Saturday, August 20. There were 14 teams who participated in the tournament to help raise funds for the Pratt Community College (PCC) Athletic Department. The tournament started at 9:00 am and included a performance from the Beaver Cheer team, eighteen holes of golf, a visit from all 13 athletic teams on the course, lunch and an auction following the tournament.

Pratt-area children learn about packing crisis care kits and school kits for needy children in other countries, supervised by mission-minded adults Marcia Shrack, Ike Agwu, Stacey Canfield and Arthur Oltmans during Vacation Bible School earlier this month at the Abundant Harvest Church of the Nazarene. The completed kits were sent to the Ukraine, Nigeria and the Dominican Republic. Photo by Kendra Rinehart

Creativity seems to flourish under the hand of Kiowa County artist Jayci Smitherman. Not only do her changing and colorful windows decorate the front of Haviland Broadband offices on Main Street in Haviland where she is a marketing manager and customer service representative, but she and her husband, Dwight Smitherman, have completely gutted and creatively remodeled their Kiowa County home. Now she is using her artistic talents to make and sell resin boards that have a variety of uses, with proceeds to go towards a special fine-arts trip she plans to take with her daughter in winter.

missionary Colossians 3: 23 “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.” The information we find in the Bible is so varied, we find it difficult to prioritize our favorite types. One concerns the profession of Jesus.