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Kansas Treasurer Lynn Rogers stopped by Northridge Elementary School on Oct. 13 with a surprise - a nice big check. To be specific, a $2,500 check for the school from a Learning Quest grant. Principal Megan Nagel said the school will use the funds to build a greenhouse on school grounds for classroom use.“ I am hoping that we can order quickly and maybe it will be up and functional this spring,” Nagel. Nagel nominated the school before taking a leave of absence for her health. Next up for the greenhouse project is a bit of research - finding what needs to be done to get the greenhouse up and working. Science teacher Emily Schmidt, who has a degree in botany, will be the primary educator using the greenhouse when it becomes operational.
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis appealed for unity in the Catholic Church on Tuesday as he marked the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, lamenting the divisions that its modernizing reforms spawned as the work of the devil.
The United Methodist Church, long a mainstay of the American religious scene, is beginning to fracture. Hundreds of churches have already disaffiliated from the denomination this year, with hundreds more moving toward the exits. Many plan to join the newly created Global Methodist Church, formed by conservatives frustrated by continued defiance of denominational bans on same-sex marriages and the ordaining of openly LGBTQ pastors. So far the majority of congregations are staying, but several of the largest are planning to leave. The breakup comes amid mutual accusations of hardball tactics and spreading falsehoods.
HAYS, Kansas — This town’s water problem couldn’t be put off any longer. After an especially dry year, the wells that pumped water to Hays ran dangerously low in early 1992.
“A few years ago, there were eight or nine empty buildings along our main street. Now, it’s hard to even find an open office space downtown.” That quote comes from a businesswoman who has observed the resurgence of businesses in her community of Council Grove.
Bethel College will host the inaugural symposium on aging and the senses, created by a recent estate gift to the college. The first Senses and Aging Symposium takes place Oct.
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TOPEKA (AP) — Kris Kobach, the Kansan with a national reputation as a hardline provocateur on immigration and voter ID laws, is trying to rebrand himself as a calmer, steadier voice in his comeback bid for elective office. Republicans hope the candidate for Kansas attorney general is a “new” Kobach. Many of them say he’s staying more on message with a better organized campaign after losing the 2018 race for Kansas governor and a 2020 U.S. Senate primary. Both of those losses were chalked up to disorganized campaigns and Kobach being too abrasive even for very Republican Kansas voters.