Consistent with conservative wishes when it comes to K-12 education, the 2023 “A Better Way” legislative agenda Kansas Republicans released a few days ago leans toward support for school choice Education Savings Accounts (ESAs).
There’s old-fashioned recipes that have been around for decades, then there’s the new concoctions that leave me amazed at places a good imagination can take a person. Then you have people like me who have a difficult time even following a recipe! When I open a cookbook and pick a recipe I have a hard time doing exactly what it says. If it’s cooking I’ll be thinking, oh, I could add a dash of liquid smoke, a pinch of onion powder, or some extra salt. When it comes to desserts I always found joy in what I called ‘Daniel-izing’ the recipes to make them match hubby’s taste buds.
Newton Kansan HILLSBORO — Hesston High School sophomore Kendal Brueggen kept the Swather girls’ basketball team on track in a 40-29 win over Holcomb Saturday in the championship game of the Hillsboro Trojan Classic. Brueggen scored 19 points with 10 rebounds and four steals.
Fencing around portions of Military Park went up last week, preparing for a big day The low bidder was Dondlinger Construction, with a base bid of $7,455,000. With all bid alternates, the bid came in at $7,805,500.
The beginning of the war on terror at the turn of the century coincided with the creation of new euphemisms to describe things that were already well defined. Although military idioms have long tortured language for the sake of specious arguments, there was a new audacity in the way it was being reshaped to excuse the previously inexcusable.
Editor’s note: This is the second of a series of columns by Lance Gormley looking at the Newton utility bill, or “water bill”. Upcoming topics include sewer, trash, the PUF, and conclusions. Gormley recently worked through a Wichita State University internship with the city commission, during which he was able to look closely at the utility rates.
Sally Ibrahim Azar, center, a Palestinian Christian and Council member of the Lutheran World Federation is applauded by clergy after she was ordained as the first female pastor in the Holy Land, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
The road to reporting persistent sexual abuse by her gymnastics coach in 1998 was a long and difficult one for Kim Bergman of Shawnee. She says at 12 years old she began dealing with the memories of her coach’s hands inside her swimsuit and under her shirt by writing letters to another coach.
CANTON — A high-scoring first half and a defensive second half all went to the advantage of the Moundridge Wildcat boys’ basketball team in a 66-55 win over Ell-Saline Friday in the championship game of the Canton-Galva Invitational. It was the third straight title for Moundridge in the tournament.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes sustained a right high ankle sprain in the Kansas City Chiefs’ divisional playoff win over the Jaguars, a person familiar with the nature of the injury told The Associated Press on Sunday, though the All-Pro quarterback expects to play against Cincinnati in next week’s AFC championship game.