By Mark Schnabel HESSTON — The area fall sports season kicked off Thursday as the Bethel College junior varsity volleyball team knocked off sister school Hesston College in three sets at Yost Center in Hesston. Threshers downed the Larks 29-27, 25-12, 25-18.
NOTE: All competitions are subject to change. Check with www.thekansan.com, the Kansan sports Twitter page (@nksports) and the Kansan Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TheNewtonKansan/) for the latest in cancellation and postponement announcements for area teams).
The Kansan Staff WICHITA — The Wichita Wind Surge gave up three home runs, falling to the Tulsa Drillers 7-3 Thursday in Texas League play at Riverfront Stadium in Wichita. Andy Pages hit a solo home run in the fourth inning.
ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) — Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just dipped her feet in the water where Jesus is said to have been baptized, in the Jordan River.
Hesston College students move in during opening weekend, August 12. [Hesston College / Photo by Larry Bartel] Special to the Kansan HESSTON – With an early start to the fall semester, Hesston College welcomed back their students, faculty and staff this weekend.
Special to the Kansan Harvey County, KS – Emerge: Harvey County (formerly Newton Young Professionals) announced the four winners of the Inaugural Harvey County 4 Under 40 Awards during an Annual Banquet at Grace Hill Winery. The winners of this year’s award are Benjamin Meier (Mirror, Inc.), Dalton Black (Harvey County United Way), Hannah Hahn (Ironstone Wealth Advisors), and Skip Cowan (Harvey County Health Department).
Today let’s learn about a cross-section of agriculture. Let’s talk to a cattle feeder, a timber producer, a crop farmer, a stocker cattle grower, and a beef seedstock producer. To cover all of these, we could bring together a panel of people from across the state. Or, we could meet a single innovative family which has diversified into multiple segments of the agriculture industry.
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Wichita Beacon When the Wichita USD 259 Board of Education meets again on Aug. 22, it will vote on whether to put before voters a change in the way its board members are elected.