Chad Frey

Chad Frey

Letter to the editor

Jews were there first“We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children.We cannot forgive the Arabs for forcing us to kill their children.There will only be Peace when Arabs love their own children more than they hate us.”~~Golda MeirIt is said: If Hamas and the Palestinians put down their arms today, there would be no more War tomorrow.If Israelis put down their arms today, there would be no more Israel tomorrow.Israel has been populated by the Jewish people since 2000 BC.1900 BC: Abraham chosen by God as the Father of the Jewish Nation.1900 BC: Isaac, Abraham’s son, rules over Israel.1850 BC: Jacob, son of Issac, rules over Israel.1400 BC: Moses leads the people out of Egypt and back to Israel.1010 BC: King David unites the 12 tribes into one nation.970 BC: King Solomon builds the First Temple structure in Jerusalem930 BC: Israel is divided into two kingdoms, the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah.800s BC: The rise of the prophets, God’s messengers.722 BC: Kingdom of Israel is conquered by Assyrians.605 BC: Kingdom Judah is conquered by the Babylonians.586 BC: Solomon’s Temple is destroyed by the Babylonians.539 BC: Persians conquer the Babylonians and take control of Israel.538 BC: The Jews return to Israel from exile.520 BC: The Temple is rebuilt.450 BC: Reforms made by Ezra and Nehemiah.433 BC: Malachi is the end of the prophetic age.432 BC: The last group of Jews return from exile.333 BC: The Greeks conquer the Persian empire.323 BC: The Egyptian and Syrian empire take over Israel.167 BC: Hasmonean’s recapture Israel, and the Jews are ruled independently.70 BC: Romans conquer Israel.20 BC: Herod’s Temple was a restoration and expansion of Zerubbabel’s Second Temple6 BC: Jesus Christ is born in Bethlehem70 AD: Romans destroy the templeAfter that, the people were captives to the Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, and Crusaders.

‘Tis the Season of Kindness

“’Tis the Season of Kindness 2023 Advent in Harvey County,” a project of Rebecca Barrett-Fox, PhD, Director of Online Learning and Digital Pedagogy at Hesston College and Andrea Braker, owner of Community Creative Services.Traditionally an Advent Calendar has been used by children to count down the days of Christmas.

Kansas clergy place faith in state legislators embracing ‘moral truth’ of Medicaid expansion

LENEXA — Monsignor Stuart Swetland wants conversation about right to life in Kansas to encompass the reality of people suffering from inadequate access to preventative health care and prematurely dying due to lack of treatment for serious ailments.Swetland, president of Donnelly College in Kansas City, Kansas, and pastor of Our Lady and Saint Rose Catholic Church, said expanding eligibility for Medicaid to as many as 150,000 working poor in Kansas would be “the pro-life thing to do.” Expansion wouldn’t solve Kansas’ shortcomings in delivery of life-saving care to the needy, he said, but would be a step toward addressing moral truth.“Catholics believe that adequate health care is a right for everyone, not a privilege for the affluent,” said Swetland, a registered Republican.