Kansas Profiles: Custom machine works on the prairie
Let’s go to Pennsylvania, where a much-needed equipment part is arriving at the factory.
Chad Frey
From the Horses to an SUV in our Kyrgyzstan Trip
After our night as guests in a Kyrgyz yurt, we still had a few days of horseback riding, some of which, as we neared China (which we could occasionally see in the distance) occurred on parts of the renowned Silk Road.
There’s nothing really new about “active listening”
How many times have you casually mentioned buying, say, new curtains to your spouse, then found yourself bombarded with ads for window treatments the next time you opened a new browser tab on your computer?How many times has that kind of thing left you assuming that your phone, smart speaker, etc.
Letter to the editorIf I had a dollar
If I had a dollar for everytime I listened to someone voice their complaints about what’s happening at a local/state/federal level, I’d have no more financial worries.If I had to give ten dollars back when those same people attempted to show up to a community meeting, read a local paper, watch a city/county/school board meeting, or otherwise made the decision to be involved/informed, I’d likely still have no financial worries.
Lawmakers plan brazen power grab, pushing aside Kansas voters and Gov. Laura Kelly
Let’s be clear about what Kansas Republican legislative leaders are doing with their planned overhaul of budgeting: They are launching a personal and political power grab against Gov.
Truancy, Truancy, Truancy
If you have seen the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, then he may be your hero.
The case for ban the box
Last week, Kansas politics was rocked by scandal.
Meeting notices
The Newton USD 373 Board of Education will revisit an agreement made with a consultant last month when the board meets at 7 p.m.
Photographer, auto shop team up to raise funds for Guzman family
Michele Clark, owner of Images by Michele Clark and Newton Kansan contractor, is partnering with Sunflower Tire and Auto for a fundraiser to help the Guzman family – a Newton family involved in a one car fatal accident in Oklahoma.
Events calendar
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