A place to play
More than two years of work, and waiting, came to an end Monday at Newton High School with a celebration -- performances of fine arts groups at the school are finally headed back to the school auditorium.
February 2022
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By ending Kansas’ sales tax on food, our state can live up to its ideals and help those in need
This Saturday we celebrated Kansas Day, noting our state’s beginnings and contributions to this nation. We have much to be proud of — our fields are rich with wheat, corn and soybeans, and our pastures are filled with cattle. The state has ample food produced right here in our communities.
Editorial Roundup: Kansas
Topeka Capital-Journal. January 28, 2022.
Jim Crow wails in anguish
“The concern is misplaced, because if you look at the statistics, African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.” Even if Mitch McConnell’s viral gaffe last week is as innocent as he claims it to be, the stench of something deep — the unexamined racist fear and shame at the core of GOP policy — is unavoidably noticeable: There’s “them” and there’s “us” and never the twain shall meet. And we’ll make sure of that.
Letter: Biden should resign
Do any of you remember when Joe Biden stated the following? “Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden said Thursday during his final debate with President Donald Trump that presiding over the nation as 220,000 Americans died from the coronavirus should disqualify Trump from reelection. “Anyone who’s responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of America,” Biden said in the opening remarks of the showdown that comes just 12 days before the election.” From the CDC: CDC data indicates there were 385,443 U.S.
IN THE GARDEN: Harvey County Home and Garden Show at the Dyck Arboretum of the Plains
The Harvey County Home and Garden Show 2022 is getting close! Mark your calendars for March 5 and 6 at the Dyck Arboretum of the Plains in Hesston! This is a new location this year so if you have never been to the Harvey County Home and Garden Show or the Dyck Arboretum of the Plains in the past you are in for a fun event! The Harvey County Master Gardener Volunteers are working hard to plan and prepare this year’s event. Educational garden seminars will be presented each hour of the show. The Harvey County Farmers Market will be set up and open as well as home and garden exhibitors. A free youth event will be conducted both days of the show!
White House methane plan funds orphan well cleanup, rewards reduced farm emissions
The federal government will provide $1.15 billion this year to help states cap defunct oil and gas wells, the White House said Monday, as part of a broad plan to reduce methane emissions. The government-wide methane reduction plan comes about two months after President Joe Biden joined a pledge at the United Nations Climate Conference in Scotland to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030.
DON’T WAIT FOR PLANTAR FASCIITIS TO CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS
Dear Doctors: I’m getting this sharp pain under my right heel when I step out of bed in the morning. It feels like it’s bruised, but I know I haven’t injured it. A friend who had plantar fasciitis thinks that’s what it is. Can you please explain plantar fasciitis? How do you get it to go away?
Sedgwick County implements changes at juvenile facility ahead of task force meeting
County Manager Tom Stolz confirmed that the county has implemented changes in how the juvenile facilities will handle mental health cases. “A summary of that is being prepared and should be ready to present at the task force meeting on Thursda night,” Stolz said in an email.
Senate panel’s debate on ending Kansas food sales tax focuses on finances
TOPEKA — One of two Kansas bills eliminating the state sales tax on food and groceries raised concerns in a Senate committee Tuesday over what potential hits to the state highway fund and local and county economies mean for the long-term viability of the tax cut.