Here the birds are singing. I wonder if they too are glad for a break from the muggy hot climate on this early morning? I know I am. Without the heat, though, there would not be those bumper crops from the garden or even swimming days in the pond. Yeah, we’ll take it all as it comes, and when autumn rolls around we’ll heave a little sigh of relief.
Many of my patients will say “Doctor, I am so inflamed”. The use of the word inflammation is commonplace as we search the market for anti-inflammatory diets or self-help books on inflammation. The inflammatory response created by the immune system contributes to healing, but when left unchecked can contribute to chronic disease, allergy, and non-specific symptoms such as achy joints, fatigue, and malaise.
Prairie View Welcomes Licensed Addiction Counselor Prairie View recently announced the addition of Cecile McAlpine, LAC, PCCM, to its Newton staff. She provides addictions counseling services as an outpatient individual and group therapy counselor.
TONGANOXIE — The evening of Aug. 2, 2021, was a big one for this northeast Kansas town.
TOPEKA — The Kansas State Board of Education has established a temporary advisory council to improve and reform American Indian learning systems in the state. Cheryl Harrison-Lee, chairwoman of the Kansas Board of Regents, said the creation of the council will help state education officials as they try to close enrollment gaps for underserved Kansans.
School district to host “ESSER Input’ meeting USD 373 will host a meeting to collect community input on the spending of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund dollars from 6 to 7 p.m. June 29 in the board room of McKinley Adminstrative Center, 308 E.
An unusual theater performance is looking for an audience, as Bethel College’s Prison Theater Project returns as a summer term course. Two students, under the direction of John McCabe-Juhnke, professor emeritus of communication arts, are collaborating with seven inmates at Hutchinson Correctional Facility’s medium-security East Unit for a performance titled Inside Story.
Efforts to build a new public library facility in Newton received a boost this week, as the Dwane and Velma Lunt Wallace Foundation of Wichita announced a gift of $100,000 to the Newton Public Library capital campaign.
Can one upcycle a plastic bottle to create a piece of art? Yep, and teens learned how to create a “diving squid” art piece from plastic bottles at Newton Public Library this week. The Teen GameZone & Crafts on June 20 was focused on a project to use plastic water bottles to make art.
Historical museum to host presentation The Harvey County Historical Museum & Archives will host Valerie Mendoza for a presentation and discussion of “Beyond Brown: Mexican Struggle for Equality Before and After Brown V. Board,” at 2 p.m.