HopeFest, an annual event sponsored by the the Harvey County Resource Council, was hosted in the gymnasiums of the Newton Recreation Commission on July 23. The county wide event highlights resources for everyone while offering activities, games, food and giveaways.
I made my way down to the far end of my brother-in-law’s field, and the sun rose higher. It was pushing 100 degrees. From one tree to the next, I scooped two-yearold Joshua and carried him 20 feet down the line to the next tree, where I carefully planted 20-inch chestnut saplings.
Down two holes with eight remaining, Asher Whitaker of Wichita made a strong run on the back nine of Sand Creek Station to down Alex Downing of Lee’s Summit, Mo., 2&1 in the 36-hole championship match of the 112th Kansas Amateur Men’s Stroke Play Championships.
Let’s talk about the weather. Yes, the weather.
A new grant from the U.S. Russia Foundation will fund free online Russian language courses for Kansas high school students.
Dear Doctors: How long does the smallpox vaccine stay effective? I ask because I received it as a child in the 1950s. Is it known if the vaccine would be effective against monkeypox some 60 years later, or is a booster needed? Does a booster even exist?
Ruby E. Buller, 91, Halstead, July 14, 2022.
DERBY — Bailyn Sorensen kept the post-season hopes alive for the Newton Sluggin’ Rebels with a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning in a 4-3 win over the Derby Twins in the consolation semifinals of the Sunflower Collegiate League tournament at Panther Field in Derby.
PITTSBURG — Dodge City’s Emanuel Aguilar drilled a 29-yard field goal with 23 seconds left to tie the game for the West team and he thought maybe send it to overtime. That wasn’t the case as the 49th annual Kansas Shrine Bowl ended in a 10-10 tie, the first one since 2001.
Despite the fervent support the Republican leadership has given to the Value Them Both amendment, its fate on August 2 may not tell us much about the current Kansas GOP. But the Republican contest for Kansas attorney general, by contrast, may actually tell us a great deal.