You never know what’s going to get somebody’s attention and lead to something else. In the 1990s I gave a talk, in Pratt as I recall. Afterwards, a retired Highway Patrolman originally from Madison in Greenwood County was talking to me about his experiences as a teenager shipping cattle in the Flint Hills. I used an anecdote, one paragraph, of what we talked about that night in a book entitled Flint Hills Cowboys, which was published in 2006.
Col. (Ret.) Frank Holmes Chesky M.D.
OTTAWA — Senior Bryant Mocaby scored 35 points to lead the Bethel College men’s basketball team to a 9491 double overtime win over Ottawa Thursday in KCAC play in Ottawa. Bethel trailed 38-29 at the half.
HAYS — The Newton High School boys’ basketball team opened the season with a 65-40 loss to Hays Thursday night at the Hays City Shootout. Newton trailed 19-3 after the first quarter and held with Hays until the fourth quarter, when the Railers were outscored 21-11.
WICHITA — Below are the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference pre-season polls for competitive dance and cheer for the 2022-23 season: Coaches dance 1. York 47 (5 first-place votes) 2.
The Kansan Staff HAYS — The Newton High School girls’ basketball team was outscored 21-7 from the free throw line in a 4529 loss to Hays Thursday in the Hays City Shootout. Newton trailed 13-5 after the first quarter, 21-13 at the half and 3223 after three quarters.
OTTAWA — The Ottawa Braves made an 11-3 run down the stretch to stop the Bethel College women’s basketball team 57-51 Thursday in KCAC play in Ottawa. Bethel led 17-13 after the first quarter and 29-28 at the half.
When Rick Schlender, an agronomist who farms his own ground near Burrton, looks at his pastures he sees nothing. “I am sitting here looking at my pasture now and there ain’t much there,” Schlender said.
The city of Newton is about to double the number of time capsules housed in an around city hall, part of the last vestiges of a year-long Sesquicentennial celebration. “We hope to mark the occasion of our Sesquicentennial, capture this particular time in Newton’s history, and send a message of community pride to Newtonians of the future,” said Erin McDaniel, director of public information for the city.
NRC to host fundraiser at Applebee’s Applebee’s will host a “Together We Care” fundraiser to benefit a scholarship fund at the Newton Recreation Commission from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.