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Bethel flag football team falls in debut

SALINA — The Bethel College women’s flag football team got a rude welcoming to the sport with a 60-0 loss to Kansas Wesleyan in the Threshers’ debut game. Scoring and stats were not reported, but Kansas Wesleyan led 20-0 after the first quarter and 33-0 at the half.

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Whose Line Is It Anyway? 8 p.m. on KSCW When all you have is your wit, some audience suggestions and a few inappropriate props, rest assured you are on the purest show on television.

In Brief

Board of education to meet The Newton USD 373 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. March 13 in the board meeting room of McKinley Administrative Center, 308 E.

HOROSCOPE

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- You can get things done if you start early. Don’t get worked up over things you can’t change; it will only slow you down and make you grumpy. A lifestyle change will save you money.

Bethel grad reaches NCAA tournament

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bethel College now has two players who have reached both the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics men’s basketball nationals and the NCAA Division I nationals.

CHARLES “CE” FORD

Charles “CE” Ford, 85 of Newton Kansas, went to be with the Lord on March 6th, 2023. Charlie was born August 3, 1937, to Charles E. and Rose “Crandall” Ford in Marion County. A very special Thank you to people who have helped Charlie during the past years of his life. A special thanks to Sarah and Janel Ferris, Staff at Paramount Nursing Home, Newton, Staff at Salem Nursing Home, Hillsboro, KS and Shawn Wetschensky with Good Shepard Hospice, Wichita, KS Due to Charlie’s wishes, his body will be cremated, and no Memorial service held. If so inclined, feel free to make a donation to a local animal shelter or to Good Shepard Hospice in his name. Charlie will truly be missed by his family and friends.

‘I claim authorship!’

In December 1916 an old farmer from Cando, Kasper F. Ebner, made a startling declaration in the columns of the Nonpartisan Leader, newspaper of the Nonpartisan League: he claimed to be the author of the anthem of the plains, “Little Old Sod Shanty on the Claim.”