Amish Cook: The seasons are spellbinding
The change of seasons leaves me spellbound. Stepping outside, I love drinking in the aroma of autumn as I gaze over the grove of young chestnuts and colorful trees beyond.
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PERSIMMON COOKIES
PERSIMMON COOKIES 2 cups sugar 2 sticks of butter 2 eggs 1 cup persimmon pulp 3 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1 /4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1 /4 teaspoon ginger 1 /4 teaspoon Allspice 1 /2 cup chocolate chips Cream together sugar, butter, eggs, and persimmon pulp. In a separate bowl, mix flour and spices.
Teachers say survey ban is putting lessons on hold
WICHITA — A new law requiring Kansas schools to get parental permission before surveying students’ personal attitudes or beliefs has put lessons on hold in many schools. The law doesn’t go as far as a proposed Parents’ Bill of Rights that Gov.
NHS hall of famer passes away
Editor’s Note: This story is being reprinted with new photos, the Kansan sourced an incorrect photo of Floyd Garnett. Thank you to his family for submitting new images.
Court alternatives that spare a criminal record cost hundreds
TOPEKA — A court process that keeps criminal charges off someone’s record can charge hundreds of dollars for the possibility of a clean slate. Critics say some Kansas courts that charge heavily to cover the costs of diversion programs make a twotiered system of justice favoring the rich. But cities and counties that run the programs say they do what they can to make it accessible.
Severe drought triggers assistance in nearly all of Kansas, half of Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Almost all of Kansas and nearly half of Missouri are in severe enough drought to activate a federal program meant to help ranchers who have lost grazing acres for their herds, triggering millions of dollars in assistance.
Sports briefs
Three gymnasts compete at meet SHAWNEE MISSION — Three members of the Newton High School gymnastics team competed Thursday at the Shawnee Mission South All-Around Invitational. No team scores were kept at the meet.
BC men picked third, fourth in KCAC
WICHITA — The Bethel College men’s basketball team was picked to finish fourth by the coaches and third by the media in the KCAC pre-season polls taken by the coaches and media at the KCAC Media Day Thursday. Defending champion Oklahoma Wesleyan was picked to repeat in both polls.
Area prep football roundup
Class 3A, District 6 Hesston 43, Chapman 22 CHAPMAN – Hudson Ferralez passed for three touchdowns and Tyrone Taylor rushed for three touchdowns as the Hesston Swathers topped the Chapman Irish 43-22 Friday in district play in Chapman. Hesston led 24-14 at the half.
Insight Kansas: A Parents’ Bill of Rights — Right for Kansas or Wrong?
Key Words: gubernatorial election, parental involvement in education, transparency, parents’ rights. When asked about K12 education in the last gubernatorial debate between Democrat Governor Laura Kelly and Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt, the responses zeroed in on “parents’ rights.” Schmidt announced, if elected, he would support a parents’ rights bill. Kelly opposed, having vetoed comparable legislation. Both Schmidt and Kelly were following the lead of their national parties. Republicans made parental rights a talking point in the fall elections and introduced a Parents’ Bill of Rights in Congress. Democrats quickly voiced opposition.