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 By Ken Frantz    Opinion    August 3, 2023

Fearless Faith

It’s time to dust off the boots, match your best jeans with your most colorful shirt and pull out that hat that’s been in the closet for the past 12 months. Fair time is at its height, a...

 
 By Gary Hodgson    Opinion    August 3, 2023

Under the Wire

Decades ago, our youngest daughter, then around 12, uttered a question to her mother and I that became part of family history and just this week popped back into my mind. Her question was, “when are...

 
 By Edward Jones    Opinion    August 3, 2023

Financial Focus

To be successful in most endeavors, it’s important to develop good habits — and that’s certainly the case for investors. And the earlier one develops these habits, the better. So, if you have teenagers who may be starting to work at part-time...

 
 By Ken Frantz    Opinion    July 27, 2023

Fearless Faith

This past week’s district church conference was hosted by my alma mater, McPherson College. Many of the same campus features of some 40 years ago remain firmly etched in my mind. Like most former...

 
 By Gary Hodgson    Opinion    July 27, 2023

Under the Wire

I have never considered myself a superstitious person, in fact I have made fun of friends who believed in any type of that behavior. I will admit, however, if it is genetically heritable, I may have...

 
 By Linda Langelo    Opinion    July 27, 2023

Extension Column

No one ever thinks it will happen to them. Recently, we had a beautiful Plant Select Garden in Washington County Fairgrounds. But one day, someone who worked for the county came along spraying a nearby area and turned the garden into a brown...

 
 By Gary Hodgson    Opinion    July 20, 2023

Under the Wire

OK, I know this is a weird title for a column, even for me! As I sat at my desk cranking out a few “Under The Wires” Sue called from her office a few feet down the hall to announce, “it is time...

 
 By Ken Frantz    Opinion    July 20, 2023

Fearless Faith

It was a perfectly good building in its day, six bays of finishing barn plus liquid manure handling capability. Sturdy, practical, and not too far off from today’s standards, the structure was...

 
 By Linda Langelo    Opinion    July 20, 2023

Extension Spotlight

The Turf Replacement Program was a bill into law in December of 2022. The second application cycle started as of July 1 through Aug. 31. There has been some mixed messaging about this Turf Replacement Program. First, who is eligible to apply: local g...

 
 By Gary Hodgson    Opinion    July 13, 2023

Under the Wire

An old joke asks the question, “Why do cowboys roll up the sides of their hats?” Answer: So three of them can sit together in the front seat of a pickup. I’m pretty sure there’s no truth to...

 
 By Ken Frantz    Opinion    July 13, 2023

Fearless Faith

It is official. The annual gathering of members representing my denomination is in the books. For over 230 years, and a few early unrecorded events, the business of the church has been placed before...

 
 By Linda Langelo    Opinion    July 13, 2023

Extension Column

Cottonwoods are fast growing trees in Populus genus. These trees are hardy to zones two through nine. Cottonwood trees produce cotton every other year. They preserve their resources. There is a cottonwood fluff produced around the seed which are...

 
 By Gary Hodgson    Opinion    July 6, 2023

Under the Wire

When Sue and I married 35 years ago, along with a brilliant partner in love and life, came new family members for me, the Carnahans, including the family patriarch, Fred Carnahan. My new...

 
 By Ken Frantz    Opinion    July 6, 2023

Fearless Faith

On the anniversary of the founding of our republic, there remain concerns over the ongoing debate of the separation of church and state. Everyone, it would seem, has a position to take, and...

 
 By Ken Frantz    Opinion    June 29, 2023

Fearless Faith

More often these days there is the realization of time passing. Measured parameters are increasingly difficult to keep nicely contained. Their march into the future is persistent, relentless in ways...

 
 By Gary Hodgson    Opinion    June 29, 2023

Under the Wire

I am pretty sure the question that is this week’s column title has crossed most folk’s minds. “What have I done that anyone will remember and will it be what I had hoped it would be?” As with...

 
 By RF Myer    Opinion    June 29, 2023

Extension Spotlight

Recent rains have encouraged broadleaf weed growth in growing wheat fields. Kochia, for the most part, is the weed in question although other weeds may also be a factor interfering with this year’s harvest activities. Keep in mind that there are...

 
 By Gary Hodgson    Opinion    June 22, 2023

Under the Wire

Being good at something doesn’t necessarily mean you are good at doing it. Yeah, I have been pretty confused by that myself for a lot of years. Nevertheless, I have found evidence of this twisted...

 
 By Ken Frantz    Opinion    June 22, 2023

Fearless Faith

Numerous scriptural references allude to crowds forming whenever Jesus was nearby. The synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) share common themes and formats in relating stories surrounding...

 
 By Janell Foley    Opinion    June 22, 2023

Strokes from Other Pens

Letter to the Editor, It is with great pleasure that I am sending distributions from the Trust of Muriel Brown. It was her wish that proceeds from her Trust be distributed by myself on her behalf, based on the performance of her investments. This...

 
 By Gary Hodgson    Opinion    June 15, 2023

Under the Wire

OK, you opened your front door this morning to pick up the latest edition of your local newspaper and were greeted with a face full of those awful, dirty Miller Moths who became residents of your home...

 
 By Ken Frantz    Opinion    June 15, 2023

Fearless Faith

Spring has brought numbers of interesting things to our doorstep, most related to a wetter than normal start to the growing season. Peonies are blooming as never before, columbine have exploded in the...

 
 By Gary Hodgson    Opinion    June 7, 2023

Under the Wire

Hay there my friends. What are you doing? Actually, that is a trick question. Notice my misspelling of Hey? That was not a mistake, I meant to refer to the mow it down, bale it up and store it away...

 
 By Ken Frantz    Opinion    June 7, 2023

Fearless Faith

Recent larger than normal rainfall amounts spurred weeds and flowers alike to new heights, exceeding their botanical potentials faster and more quickly than normal. The pasture is suddenly knee high,...

 
 By Gary Hodgson    Opinion    May 31, 2023

Under the Wire

Regular “Under The Wire” readers will have noticed several of my recent columns have mentioned vacations. That is not because Sue and I have been going on so many. In fact, just the opposite is...

 

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