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Random Thoughts This is a frustrating season for the Kansas City Chiefs. Most of the frustration for fans like myself comes not from the team's struggles, per se, but from the expectations we have based on the past six years of success.

From the Editor’s Files I shared with you last week that I'm finally getting into the Christmas spirit, and the recipe for success was pretty simple. Putting up a Christmas tree always gets me in the holiday spirit, so the previous Saturday, I put up three Christmas trees...just for good measure.

Dear Savvy Senior, I’m interested in contributing to a health savings account to help boost my retirement savings but would like to better understand how they work. What can you tell me? Almost 60 Dear Almost, A health savings account, or HSA, is a fantastic financial tool that can help you build up a tax-free stash of money for medical expenses now and after you retire.

Congratulations to all the members of the Cheney Cardinals and Conway Springs Cardinals football teams for winning State championships. The title-game victories are huge accomplishments for the players, coaches, managers, and everybody else who helps the teams directly or indirectly.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.