Wichita, KS- Teri Gayln Harpool (Dixon) passed away May 22, 2022. Teri was born to Gloyd and Lyna Dixon of Kingman, Kansas, on December 1, 1949. She married Greg Harpool on February 18, 1980. She worked as a legal administrator for several years and then returned to her first love; teaching as an elementary music teacher in USD 259 where she retired in 2019.
Hesston names coach HESSTON – Hesston College named Abby Young as its new softball coach. Young has spent the past two seasons at Iowa Western Community College as an assistant coach.
Schedule June 7 @ Buhler 6 p.m. June 8 Hutchinson 6 p.m.
SALINA — After two dates of rainouts, the Newton Post 2 Knights American Legion baseball team opened the season with a split Friday night against the Salina Eagles in Salina. Newton won the first game 6-3 and lost the nightcap 8-4.
A lot of changes have come to Newton’s summer college baseball team for the 2022 season. During the off-season, the team merged with the Wichita Sluggers and will be called the Sluggin’ Rebels.
KANSAS CITY, Kan, (AP) — Two months after the World Cup draw, the United States learned it will open the tournament against Wales on Nov 21. “It’s full steam ahead, concentrating on Wales,” U.S.
I read the article in The Newton Kansan: “Voelker brings historic mass to Newton” (June 5 issue). I am a cradle Catholic, and while I appreciate the quaintness of the old Tridentine Mass or Latin Mass; I am thankful I grew-up in the era just after Vatican II’s much needed reforms became a reality. While my parents knew Latin quite well, I do not. I can “follow” the landmarks of key terminology in the Latin Mass, but Latin is a tricky, foreign tongue to me. I can understand the priest better when I attend an English language Mass. “To each, his own.” I am glad the Latin Mass still exists and parishioners have “choice.”
And another sex scandal pops into the news. This time it’s the Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, cringing in shame upon the recent release of a “bombshell” report detailing two decades of sexual abuse by pastors and other church officials, along with ongoing official coverup of the crimes and denigration of any victims who had the courage to speak up.
Dear Doctors: My 8-year-old nephew is in the hospital with kidney problems. He wants to see the therapy dog who visits the kids on his floor, but my sister says no. How do I reassure her that it’s safe? I worry about interfering, but I’ve read that therapy dogs can help kids in the hospital feel better.
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