Opinions

Body Paul Rhodes | Publisher & Editor It was a quiet Sunday evening on Main Street in Cheney, and I had come to the office to take my every-other- week turn at cleaning chores. As the owners of the business, Travis Mounts and I are used to wearing numerous hats around the office.

Body Random Thoughts There are only a few days left in the summer Olympics, and there have been so many great stories.

Body Dear Savvy Senior, My 77-year-old mother, who loves to cook has had several kitchen-related accidents over the past year. What tips can you recommend for making a kitchen safer and more practical for seniors, without doing a big expensive remodel.

Body Enrollment is starting to take place at school districts throughout the TSnews coverage area, and my life is going on as normal. I'm pretty happy about that.

Body What did you do on your vacation to South Padre Island? That's a question I've been asked this week, and the answer is simple: As little as possible. As much as we could, we spent big chunks of time just sitting on the island's ocean-side beach, listening to the waves roll in.

Body The 2024 Sedgwick County Fair is now one for the record books, and it was another good one, from my perspective. A hot one, but a good one.

Body Recently I was having a conversation about how to approach vacations. Some people plan ahead, maybe going so far has having an hour-by-hour itinerary. Others like to roll with it, just figuring what each day brings sometime after they get up and maybe have some breakfast.

Body This coming week is our county fair and the heatwave is right on time since it always feels like county fairs in Kansas are held during the hottest weeks of the year.

Body Something I've been noticing for a while now is the surprisingly high level of polite conversation in public when absolutely no amount of polite talk is called for. It's a thought to ponder.

Body For those of us at the newspaper, Fair season lasts all summer. We start early each June, getting ready to publish the Sedgwick County Fair Guide.