PAUL STRAUSZ CARS AND STUFF So what do you know about Rudolf? No, this is not about Christmas or the famous sleigh that needed guidance. Santa probably uses GPS by now anyway. I’m talking about Rudolf Diesel. Rudolf Diesel, who...
Category - Opinion
The solution to the Summit problem is …
ANNE HASSLER HEIDEL MANAGING EDITOR Monday was the night many parents and teachers in USD 418 have awaited all semester. The Board of Education took action on the future of Summit Learning as part of the district’s redesign...
Kids these days do plenty of good
KIM BALDWIN MCPHERSON COUNTY FARMER Kids today sometimes get the raw end of society. From time to time, I’ll read an article focusing on what’s wrong with them or overhear a conversation over coffee focusing on the problems...
Moundridge softball battling for regional seeding
RANDY FOGG COUNTY EDITOR The Moundridge High School softball team is in a tough battle to get one of the top seeds in its Class 2-1A Regional Softball Tournament. The Lady Wildcats will be hosting an eight-team regional, on May...
Share your story at McPherson Co. All Schools Day
ANNE KIRCHNER MCPHERSON CVB PUBLIC INFO. “Once upon a day in May I saw some children in their play I listened as they sang their songs I saw them as they marched along…” - Les Groves Those living in McPherson County are...
Science books look at stars, Great Lakes
DIANE MILLER WELCOME TO THE BOOK CLUB “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes,” Dan Egan (2017) ISBN 978-0- 395-24643-8 “The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars,” Dava...
A father and son’s turkey tales
STEVE GILLILAND EXPLORE KANSAS OUTDOORS Thirteen year old Cael Austin and his dad Jason were hunting northwest of McPherson on the opening evening of Kansas youth turkey season, and had set up along one of several wheat fields...
Spring reading abounds at the public library
STEVE READ MCPHERSON PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTOR Spring is at last here and underway, and with it, some great new non-fiction arriving from publishers and onto our library shelves. Many of them look like they will be popular with...
Babysitting turns into perilous experience
SANDY BUNDY INMAN I felt when I woke up this morning that spring is truly in the air. The trees have blossomed out all over town. Bradford pear, apricot, cherry and apple trees are just packed full of blossoms. The tulips are...
Trek around county in preparation for ASD
ANNE HASSLER HEIDEL MANAGING EDITOR Randy and I tossed a coin to see who should write a column this week and I get to do it. So let me tell you about my Monday. I started a second job working early mornings at the local YMCA...