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From the Editor’s Files There were so many memories from this year’s Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, it’s hard to know where to start. But I’ve got a pretty good idea for this year, now that the dust has been washed off of another year of “Bluegrass.”

Random Thoughts One of my favorite memories goes back to the mid-1980s and a trip to Manhattan, Kan. – the Little Apple.

Savvy Senior Dear Savvy Senior, I’m retired and was a victim of identity theft a while back. I’ve already frozen my credit to protect myself, but I recently heard that I can also “lock” my Social Security number.

Paul Rhodes | Publisher & Editor I’ve been busy this week counting up the transitions that are happening for me, my family, and even some of my friends at the annual Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield.

Random Thoughts As a child, I remember thumbing through a book my parents owned on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

We’ve recently dedicated news and editorial space to make note of impactful women who have died – Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker and Dolly Parton, in particular.

Dear Savvy Senior, I’m planning to move later this year to be closer to my youngest son and his family. I’ve lived in the same state for decades, so I’m a little nervous about how this might affect my Medicare coverage. Will I need to change plans or take any special steps to avoid gaps?

From the Editor’s Files I’ve always appreciated the nautical phrase, “Steady as she goes,” even though I’ve never been much of a seaman myself.

Savvy Senior Dear Savvy Senior, I always get my annual flu shot, but I never know whether I’m getting the right one.

Just when you think that the world is truly going to hell in a shabby handbasket, something happens to restore your faith in humanity. That “something” happened for me on Monday afternoon.