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Read moreThere are two kinds of people in the world: people who hate snow and those of us who love it.
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Following the Land Run in September 1893, Frank Boydston set up a good cattle operation near Pond Creek, Oklahoma Territory. Boydston was well-liked and seen as “an honest and industrious follower of that business commonly called ‘cattle punching’ in the Cherokee Outlet south of the Kansas border.”
Read moreLenore Sue Samuelson, 77, passed away Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Ellsworth. She was born Feb. 8, 1945, in Marysville, Kan., to Ernest and Myrtie (Johnson) Bledsoe. Lenore married Roger Samuelson in Eagle, Neb., on March 9, 1979.
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Democracy in Kansas can thrive with care, attention and nurturing
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It has been a great start to the 2022-23 school year and I am grateful for the support our community continues to offer our school district.
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Supplies were running short. Horses were starving. Some had not had corn for three days and the grass was gone, overgrazed by thousands of buffalo.
Read moreI recently had to fire up the furnace for the first time this season. As painful as it was to switch the thermostat from the off position to heat, Mother Nature forced my hand with a hard freeze about two weeks early. In my mind, there’s nothing better than waking up in a chilly house. On the flip side, there’s nothing worse than being awoken by a freezing house.
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