By Kansan Staff An estimated 70,000 lights are being placed by volunteers at Dyck Arboretum of the Plains in Hesston as preparation for “Prairie Lights.”… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
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Joanna Bjerum had some numbers to share with the Newton USD 373 Board of Education Nov.
The Newton Area Chamber of Commerce is wrapping up the annual Taste of Christmas, just in time for “Deck Downtown.”Deck Downtown is an annual event that takes place at the beginning of December.
Hesston – It proved to be a perfect match – the engineering departments of two Mennonite Colleges combining to improve an advanced flip board design.Even if those colleges are nearly 1,200 miles apart.The Hesston College School of Engineering recently collaborated on a project with the engineering department at Eastern Mennonite University of Harrisonburg, Virginia.“Eastern Mennonite University and Hesston College have a long history of collaboration in various areas,” said Johann Reimer, Hesston College program director.
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The Great Chicago Fire was, as we all know, started when Kate O’Leary’s milk cow kicked over a bucket while Mrs.
On November 13, the US Supreme Court -- presumably motivated by bad publicity after the exposure of bribery schemes involving justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch, use of judicial aides to promote justice Sonia Sotomayor’s books, and other unsavory activities -- announced what it calls a “Code of Conduct,” and what most media outlets describe as an “ethics code.”The new code goes off the conduct/ethics rails before finishing its short opening statement, asserting that its purpose is to “dispel” the “misunderstanding” that the justices “regard themselves as unrestricted by any ethics rules,” rather than to actually restrict the justices with any ethics rules.Because the document -- 15 pages, including the opening statement, the “code” itself, and commentary/notes -- doesn’t provide for any penalty or punishment whatsoever should a justice violate it, the justices remain as unrestricted after its publication as they clearly regarded themselves before.Even ignoring the absence of consequences, the code itself is full of lofty and often ambiguous “shoulds” and “should nots” rather than specific and well-defined “shalls” and “shall nots.As codes go, this one’s far more Emily Post than Exodus 20.
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– Marvin Zehr, Newton – Wally Essinger, Wichita I wish to express my deep appreciation to the Newton High School Performing Arts Department for the… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close