The Kansas Department of Children and Families recently announced a change in the contractor’s providing Family Preservation services for families in McPherson County. Currently, St. Francis Community Services provides family...
Category - Opinion
Please, say no to alcohol during pregnancy
September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) Awareness Month. In our household, every day is filled with FASDs awareness. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders are a group of conditions which can occur in an individual whose...
Former teacher faces back to school quandary
BY KIM BALDWIN KANSAS FARM BUREAU It’s that time of the year again when summertime store displays change and parents begin filling shopping carts with glue bottles, wide-ruled paper, crayon boxes, flashy backpacks, trendy lunch...
Book tells of child abduction in convoluted style
Diane Miller Welcome to the Book Club “Then She Was Gone,” Lisa Jewell (2017) ISBN 978-0- 5011-5464-5 This story falls somewhere between Jacquelyn Mitchaud’s “The Deep End of the Ocean” and Kate Hamer’s “The Girl in...
Crying can begin the healing process for anyone
SANDY BUNDY INMAN Did you know it's OK to cry? When you think about it, crying was the first sign that we were born. If they do not hear the baby cry, everyone gets on edge. That type of crying is always welcome. Yet, it...
Don’t scratch that itch!
STEVE GILLILAND EXPLORE KANSAS OUTDOORS My mom was so allergic to poison ivy I still believe to this day she could have caught it by merely looking at the plants. I remember her being hospitalized once with poison ivy so bad on...
Writer has the best job there could be
CARLA BARBER MAC CHAT Now that I’m a grandmother, I hear a phrase from moms, in reference to their offspring, that I didn’t hear when I was in mom-mode: “I made that!” I’m thankful I didn’t hear this, because I was an...
Reader addresses concerns with Summit Learning
I am submitting this letter to give my perspective on the many, many concerns that parents and patrons have either called, emailed, or met with me about in an effort to find answers about USD-418’s commitment to Summit...
The never ending false alarm
JESSIE WAGONER THEN WE LAUGHED We are still getting adjusted to our new routine, so we haven’t been doing the best job of getting to bed on time. I’ve been staying up later than I should and last week, I resolved to put a...
Relationships reduce crime
Last week, Interim Police Chief Mikel Golden released the 2018 McPherson Police Department summary report. The report showed crime rates are down in McPherson, which should raise all of our spirits. There were only 461 arrests in...