Hello again, dear readers, and welcome back to the monthly letters column. It’s almost summer, which means it’s time to break out the hats, sunscreen and beach umbrellas, because a sunburn is a sign of skin damage. Unfortunately, that damage adds up with each additional sunburn, so please take the time to protect yourself. And now, onward to your letters.
When a pair of armadillos showed up in Beth Ussleman’s yard last fall, she was a little surprised. They were among the last critters she would expect to take up residence in her Hesston yard. She didn’t run them
A new homeless shelter may be coming to the Newton Community, started where the first homeless shelter in town was founded years ago. “I have found six people this week who need housing, have no place to go and cannot go to [another] homeless shelter,” said Penny Dugan, founder of New Jerusalem Mission in the Old Axtell Hospital t 209 E Broadway St.
HESSTON – Hesston College School of Engineering celebrates their approval to admit international students into the baccalaureate program beginning this fall. This status is granted by the Student Exchange Visitor Program of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It comes after a six-month approval process and joins the ranks of several other programs available on campus including the Bachelor of Science in
Siobhán Scarry, a member of the Bethel College English faculty, had her new poetry manuscript selected as a finalist for the Dorset Prize from Tupelo Press. Tupelo is a literary press in North Adams, Mass., founded in 1999 to publish poetry, fiction and nonfiction.
El DORADO – On May 17 David Dillner, city of El Dorado city manager, looked at a camera and made a promise via Facebook. “We’re going to do everything to get the pool operational in a safe manner as quickly as we can,” Dillner said.
The roar of motorcycles will fill the air in central and eastern Kansas June 23-26 as the American Legion Riders take to the highways for the 7th Annual Kansas Legacy Run, to raise awareness and financial support for the American Legion Legacy Scholarship fund.
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Let’s go to the Super Bowl – that is, the Super Bowl of disc golf. It’s the Professional Disc Golf Association World Championships in Ogden, Utah.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. 1 Chronicles 16:34.