Gallery to host spring break art camp
Carriage Factory Gallery, 128 E. Sixth, will host a “Spring BReak Pop-up Art Camp” from March 18-21.
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Concert series to wrap for season
Darrell Scott will close out the 2024-25 Prairie Window Concert Series at 4 p.m. March 16 in the Prairie Pavilion at Dyck Arboretum of the Plains, 177 W Hickory St, Hesston.
The ‘Drive to Zero’ begins with the streets we drive on, not the drivers themselves
This week, Kansas Secretary of Transportation Calvin Reed kicked off KDOT’s annual Transportation Safety Conference in Wichita by emphasizing the key components of decreasing fatalities on Kansas’s streets and highways: safer drivers, safer vehicles, safer speeds, and safer roads. He was immediately followed by the conference’s keynote speaker, Charles Marohn, the founder of Strong Towns, an organization dedicated to helping America’s cities manage their finances and built environments better. Chuck made the case that, practically speaking, Kansas’s cities should just ignore the first three factors and focus on the last. He’s right.
As the additional job remains open, county attorney states need has not changed.
A job opening left open for months on the Harvey County website has led to commissioner Becky Reimer to start asking questions.
Freedom: Not Another Word for Things Left to Lose
“What noted conservative advocates jailing people to prevent the spread of their ideas?” If David Friedman’s The Machinery of Freedom was written nowadays, he could challenge readers to think of one who doesn’t.
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Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge Trade Show hosted
Jolee Adams, a junior at Newton High School, came out from behind a camera to be part of the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge Trade Show March 7 at the Meridian Center, an event sponsored by Network Kansas and the Newton Area Chamber of Commerce.
Through the lens: Cinderella at NHS
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‘Art is Ageless’ celebrated at Presbyterian Manor
Rita Patterson sat next her husband with a shy grin on her face after a reception for Art is Ageless at Presbyterian Manor March 6. The 87-year-old who lives on the family farm near Furley had three awards sitting on the table in front of her – including a best of show.