September 2022

The primary election has concluded and we now know who’ll be our next Harvey County Treasurer and Commissioner. It’s important we continue to stay engaged and informed because the general election in November is quickly approaching. Both the Harvey County Treasurer and Commission positions were decided during the Primary because there were no Democratic or Libertarian candidates who filed to represent their Parties. Although there is still a chance we might see someone attempt a write-in campaign, it’s highly unlikely they would be successful.

A few days ago I gave a talk about Kansas myths, legends, and folk tales at the Mennonite Retirement Community in South Hutchinson. A man there mentioned a madstone, which immediatelh drew my attention. It also drew many people to Hutchinson in the early years of the twentieth century. Madstones could be found at various places in Kansas and on the Great Plains, and Hutchinson had a well-known one. Dog-bitten people from Kansas and neighboring states would come to be treated by Hutchinson’s madstone .