Dear Doctors: My doctor suggested I start using a nasal irrigation system to reduce buildup of pollens that trigger allergic reactions. Could this also mitigate the risk of getting sick with COVID-19 by removing some virus particles before they are activated? Or maybe keep infection less severe?
Stanley Willis Jantz, 80, died March 22, 2022, at his home in Hoisington. He was born September 1941, in Newton, Kansas, the son of Charles and Lila (Hays) Jantz. Stanley graduated from Newton High School in 1959. He married Lana Sue Brooks on May 26, 1963 in Scott City, Kansas. They later divorced.
Dear William Allen White, We have never met, but we may one day. My belief in such things ebbs and flows, much like the life and times you wrote of, during your life and time in Kansas.
Should abortion be illegal in Kansas — even in cases of rape, incest, or the life or health of a woman being at risk? How should Kansas politicians regulate Kansas women? Kansas voters get a say in these questions on August 2, 2022. Right now, abortion is legal in Kansas, but our state legislature has limited that right.
True to form, spring has arrived. In Kansas, that also means that, in addition to warmer temperatures and emerging gardens, storm clouds will be on the horizon. Severe thunderstorms, hail and the occasional tornado are a fact of life. So is the inevitable recovery by Kansas residents when nature takes a toll on roofs and other structures.
To any of you who have long days and wish for more to do, I wish you could have been here to watch all the action at our house this last week. It’s not just been action from six young children. We’ve had two work nights for the youth who helped clear out the shop and mulch flower beds and around our pine trees. The church ladies came to help wash walls and windows. Daniel has been putting in new flooring to replace our old chipped one, and the list goes on.
Since ancient times, marijuana has been used for medicinal and recreational purposes in many cultures. In the United States, it became illegal during prohibition, like alcohol. Later, under the Controlled Substances Act in the 1970’s, the federal government classified marijuana a Schedule 1 drug. This classification includes heroin, LSD, and ecstasy, all deemed to have no safe, effective medical use and a high potential for abuse.
Cold, breezy weather kept times and distances down at the season-opening Newton Invitational track and field meet Friday at Thresher Stadium, but the host Railers were able to still put together some top performances.
VALLEY CENTER – The Newton High School softball team won a nail-biter and won one going away Saturday in the thirdplace doubleheader against Campus at the Valley Center Invitational. The Railers won the first game 3-2 in eight innings and the second game 15-4 in six innings on the 10-run rule.
VALLEY CENTER – Three games in the early season for the Newton High School baseball team and all three were decided by one run. Ryan Ruggerio hit a two-run single in the top of the sixth and the Railers held off a bases-loaded threat in the bottom of the sixth for a 3-2 win over Wichita Heights Saturday in the fifth-place game of the Valley Center Invitational.