Thursday was a great day
Thursday was a great day for Newton, for reasons you may know and reasons you may not. Downtown was hopping on Thursday eve, as for the 35th time three blocks of Main were closed and food vendors moved in.
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Ownes: Vote Yes on both constitutional amendments
There are two constitutional amendments on the ballot for November. They really haven’t received much media coverage, so I wanted to take a moment and share with you what they do and why I support them both. First, HCR 5014 is an amendment to allow legislative oversight of the state agency rules and regulations process that has been used to make laws without going through the legislature.
OWNING A DOG MAY PROTECT AGAINST LATER MENTAL ILLNESS
Dear Doctors: My wife read somewhere that when kids grow up with a do in the house, it can keep them from getting schizophrenia. I know that having a pet can help kids develop responsibility, but preventing mental illness seems like a stretch. Is this based on psychology -- or something else?
After the deluge
In 1988 climatologist James Hansen announced, “Global warming has arrived.” Now, 34 years later, it is painfully obvious that climate catastrophe has arrived. Featuring scenes that have become more and more routine in recent years, summer in the northern hemisphere saw extreme heat and wildfires in many places, as well as torrential rains and colossal floods that washed away the products of human settlement in others.
Farm Bureau Insight: The rural impact
My fellow Kansas Farm Bureau (KFB) members this is a call to action, a challenge, we need you to go out and vote Nov. 8. I am not going to sugarcoat it, instead I am going to hit this head on. Every one of our members need to get out and vote and your neighbors need to get out and vote — agriculture depends on it.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CREP Regulations, Industrial Wind Turbines A special Harvey County Commissioner’s meeting is planned for Thursday, October 13th, 6:30 p.m., at the Meridian Center. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and act on recent CREP revisions approved by the Harvey County Planning and Zoning Board.
LETTERS POLICY
Established in 1872 Chad Frey, Managing Editor LETTERS POLICY The Kansan encourages readers to express their views about issues through letters to the editor. Letters should be 250 words or fewer.
At a crossroads in my life, I became a substitute teacher in Kansas
Last month, I left my communications position working for a statewide elected official. Experiencing the stress of a “big job” during an election year, I was actually learning what the Kansas teacher shortage means. I didn’t realize it at the time, though, and I still had much more to learn. Emotionally understanding and empathizing with teachers and administrators was even further away.
Has Kris Kobach Changed?
Meet the new Kris Kobach. Is he the same as the old Kris Kobach? Before Kobach narrowly won the Republican primary for Governor in 2018, an independent group supporting then-Governor Jeff Colyer ran an ad featuring the tagline, “Call Kris Kobach. Tell him we can’t afford his antics.”
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Support for renaming Lindley Hall I wholeheartedly support Anthony Cueller’s letter to the editor regarding Lindley Hall. Our community’s values require us to be clear with our students, our families and beyond, that we will not continue to promote our racist past.