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October is National Clergy Appreciation Month

Pastors and their families play a significant role in the local churches and our community. Please help celebrate Clergy Appreciation Month by reaching out to our local ministerial families with a phone call, a text, an email, a Facebook message, a shout out, or just a pat on the back.

Working to make a life

Fall harvest is in full swing on our central Kansas farm. Do you live to work or work to live? This question of mindset and philosophy has been a source of intergenerational tension for a while now.

Democracy still needs newspapers

“Newspapers are dead,” a solemn but dubious audience of students heard. “In 10 years, they’ll be gone altogether.” We’ve all heard the grim assessment.

Adventures in baseball

Insight I am not a great lover of sports, but I have always enjoyed America’s favorite pastime: baseball. My uncle regularly took us to watch the Brewers play at the old County Stadium in Milwaukee.

Road work? It only lasts for years...

Paul Rhodes | Publisher & Editor Okay, this could be a fun exercise. Let's take a map of Wichita, draw a 30-mile circumference around it, and see if we can find a single 20-minute stretch of major highway that you can drive without running into construction work.
Road work? It only lasts for years...

You take good help when you can find it

When the annual Walnut Valley Festival rolls around each year I'm always working to put together a good crew of reporters and photographers to help us with coverage. This is such a big and important event in our area.
You take good help when you can find it
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