Recovering from a COVID knockdown
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Maybe I was just a little too confident about how I was protecting myself in the aftermath of COVID. For the second time in two years, I found myself testing positive for COVID.
Opinions
What’s on your mind?
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We welcome letters to the editor from our readers and on local topics. Please email news@tsnews.com, or mail letters to us at P.O. Box 544, Cheney, KS 67025. Letters should be limited to 300 words. Letters may be edited for length, clarity and libelous content. All letters must contain the writer’s name and hometown for publication, and a daytime phone number for verification.
Support small businesses this Saturday
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In a world of Amazon and other online shopping, it is important to remember the small businesses that line our main streets. Yes, there is an ease to sitting in your jammies and finding the lowest prices on items without having to get off the couch.
Give thanks...for things big and small
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Paul Rhodes | Publisher & Editor I hope you are reading this column on or before Thanksgiving Day. That means we were able to get this week's newspaper off to press ahead of our normal schedule, which routinely includes going to press Tuesday night, printing early Wednesday morning and finishing distribution to post offices and rack sites in our area on Wednesday afternoon.
It was a wild weekend for football everywhere
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Random Thoughts What a wild weekend of football, especially for our three football teams that were still playing. First and foremost, congratulations to the Conway Springs Cardinals and Cheney Cardinals on reaching their respective State championship games, and to the Eisenhower Tigers on their record-setting season.
How an Incentive Trust Can Influence Your Heirs
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Savvy Senior Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about creating an incentive trust? I have an adult son and daughter that are both financially inept. Before I die, I want to put some type of requirements in place that they will need to follow in order to receive their portion of my estate.
Awwww shoot...time to rake leaves
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Paul Rhodes | Publisher & Editor From across the street, my neighbor Troy offered up a solution Sunday afternoon: “I've got matches.” His comment came just as I was finishing raking up the leaves under the huge maple tree in my front yard. I laughed, and said we'd better make it look like an accident.
Family events take over November
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Random Thoughts Last week, I wrote about sharing my birthday weekend with my niece and two nephews. The family events had a second chapter this past weekend, as we reconvened for the 80th birthday of my mother, Alice.
It's your house, but get out of my room
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For many of the past nine years, my birthday has been shared with my brother's triplets. On Monday, London, Miles and Griffin turned 9.
Making bonds that can last
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I hope you'll have time this week to read and enjoy the feature story I'm sharing from the Walnut Valley Festival back in September. My production staff felt like this was a good week for us to share the feature story, which came together and fits like a well-worn glove on a hand.