One of the all-time greats inspired a mediocre soccer career
For my friend and former teammate Barry Pfaff. Word came on Thursday of the death of Pele, one of the greatest soccer players to ever hit the pitch.
January 2023
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Kansas universities finalizing response to shortage of K-12 teachers
TOPEKA — Education deans at public universities in Kansas working on solutions to a K-12 teacher shortage want to dramatically expand over three years state financial aid for college students in education programs and to implement a partnership to uniformly compensate student teachers.
Surviving the winter without shelter: What it’s like for one Wichita couple
On the embankment of the Arkansas River, near Sim Park in Wichita, you can expect to see arching trees stretching over the water, coarse sand piling up from the riverbed and various waterfowl surviving through winter conditions.
Amish Cook: New years resolutions. Don’t they go together like paper and pen?
Don’t resolutions leave us with that fuzzy feeling, knowing you’ve made good choices that will take you exactly where you want to go? I like knowing what I’m aiming for, so I also like resolutions. But then, with a sigh, I think of the last New Years’ resolution I made years ago.
Prairie Doc Perspective: Grief and love
Writing about grief is like writing about life—huge! Where does one start? It is like describing love: basically impossible. The comedian and late-night host Stephen Colbert lost his father and two older brothers in a tragic accident when he was young, and said, about grief, “It is a gift to exist, and with that gift comes suffering. If I am grateful for life, I must be grateful for all of it. I hope that grief stays with me because it is all the unexpressed love I didn’t get to tell you.”
Squeezed by temp nurse costs, hospital systems create their own staffing agencies
Like many nurses these days, Alex Scala got a big pay hike when she switched jobs recently. Scala also received a welcome mix of assignments when she joined Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network.