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SUNDAY BEST BETS

The Equalizer 7 p.m. on KWCH When the mother of a patient dying of a rare brain disease holds a hospital hostage in an attempt to get her daughter a life saving surgery, McCall (Queen Latifah) races to resolve the situation peacefully while dealing with pushback from government forces in the new episode “Do No Harm.” Tory Kittles, Adam Goldberg, Liza Lapira and Lorraine Toussaint also star.

‘Get the Lead Out’ letters received

One Newton resident got a letter from the city asking about the plumbing in their home, and their response was a call to the mayor. “I did already have a call from a disgruntled resident,” said Mayor Leroy Koehn.

Banks repair project stalls

A project to repair collapsed river banks in Harvey County East and West Parks has suffered some starts and stops, with the latest stoppage leading the county to ask questions as to just how the project can move forward.

In Brief

NWS to issue tornado warning test In observance of Severe Weather Preparedness Week, the National Weather Service will issue a test tornado drill at 10 a.m. March 7 across the state of Kansas.

HOROSCOPE

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Sign up for something that offers a roadmap to something you want to pursue. Altering how you earn or handle money will determine how well you do. Curb impulsive spending.

HEARING LOSS AND RISK OF DEMENTIA MAY BE RELATED

Dear Doctors: Our dad is 77 and is losing his hearing. He was fitted for a hearing aid, but he won’t use it. I just read there’s a connection between hearing loss and dementia. He’s actually worried about dementia, and if that’s true, it might get him to use his hearing aid. Can you talk about that?

JEROME DEAN GOERING

Jerome Dean Goering, 63, was born at Moundridge Mercy Hospital in Moundridge, KS on September 21, 1959 to Homer and Dorothy (Ewert) Goering. He went to be with the Lord on February 28, 2023.

Help us find some special people

It feels just like yesterday, because of how fast time moves when there is no time in the day to slow down and breathe, that we launched a new project. A project that has deadlines approaching quite rapidly.

The state of the nation

Each month I want to provide you with regular updates about what’s going on in our nation’s capital and throughout the 4th District of Kansas. Here’s what happened in February.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The BOE was clumsy I went to the school board meeting Monday to speak my piece regarding the potential closing of Walton, but ended up focused on the uproar over a vaping wrestler. As I understand this, the wrestler dumped his girlfriend for reasons unknown; the wrestler chose to flaunt rules and law by vaping on school property and was filmed in so doing; the wrestler qualified for the State Championship Match; the jilted girlfriend and her mother then shared the vaping video on-line, not with the school; the school needed to uphold a code of conduct to which the wrestler had previously agreed, but also wanted to protect him from the consequences of what was clearly on-line bullying; some school board members called for a special meeting of debatable legitimacy to evaluate this mess and attempted to adjust policy to allow management to somehow deal with an unwinnable matter; word then went through the community that the school system was trying to grant an athlete special privilege to enhance our chances at State, which was how this was first presented to me and, I’m sorry to say, was my first reaction.