Imagining the empty shoes
GK Chesterton said, “It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.” Close your eyes.
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Community Through Coverage
My phone alerted me to a four-year-old photo a few days ago, or rather it alerted me to a photo taken four years ago of a newspaper clipping from decades ago. The clipping was a photo of a much younger version of me proudly standing next to a giant pumpkin I had grown in our garden.
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DONATING KIDNEY DOES NOT AFFECT LIFE EXPECTANCY
Dear Doctors: I was surprised to find out that a co-worker gave his nephew a kidney several years ago. He never mentions it and I don’t want to invade his privacy, but I would like to know more about the process. What does it take for someone to donate a kidney? Is it safe for them to do it?
GRACE ANNA SCHROEDER
December 27, 1927 to January 10, 2023 Grace was born to George and Helena Abrahams in Goessel, KS. Memorial servcie will be 11 am Saturday March 25th, at Bethel College Mennonite Church North Newton.
WILMA JEAN LAMB
“Park City, Kansas Wilma Jean Lamb, 85, was born on August 31, 1937 in Halstead, Kansas to John Weldon Prine and Pauline Roberta (Moulds) Prine. She loved taking care of her neighborhood feral cats.
FRANKLIN A. CALLAWAY
Franklin A. Callaway of Newton, Kansas, passed away March 18, 2023, at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas. He was born to Frederick L. and Lola M. (Bowman) Callaway on March 18, 1938, in Norton, Kansas. Attending school in Norton, Kansas, until 1955, Frank joined the Kansas National Guard, transferring to the U.S. Army in 1959. After retiring from the military in 1965, he continued with 36 years on the railroad, retiring in 2001. In 1959, Frank married Barbara White in Phillipsburg, Kansas. They were blessed with two sons, Frank and Scott and a daughter, Tamara. Frank was preceded in death by his parents, and three sisters, Joyce, Maxine, and Ruth. Frank is survived by his wife Barbara; sons, Frank L. (Debra) and Scott (Gloria); daughter, Tamara Merkwan (Michael). He went to be with his Lord and Savior. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Thursday, March 23, 2023, from 5-9pm, with the family present from 6-8pm. The funeral service will be at 2pm on Friday, March 24, 2023 at Petersen Funeral Home in Newton.
CHERYL FREDRICK
Peabody - Cheryl Fredrick, 77, passed away March 2, 2023 in Peabody. She was born November 22, 1945 in Berkley, California to Eugene and Raedeane (Fairchild) Clover.
Bethel softball team splits to snap skid
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