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John Marshall is the retired editor-owner of the Lindsborg (Kan.) News-Record (2001-2012), and for 27 years (1970-1997) was a reporter, editor and publisher for publications of the Hutchinson-based Harris Newspaper Group. He has been writing about Kansas people, government and culture for more than 40 years, and currently writes a column for the News-Record and The Rural Messenger. He lives in Lindsborg with his wife, Rebecca, and their 21 year-old African-Grey parrot, Themis.
The strength in ceaseless variations
There are many ways to look at the term Swedishness. A small Lindsborg group several years ago considered this term during one Hyllningsfest, and...
A glimpse at ‘Swedishness’
When we moved to Lindsborg 16 years ago one of the first things that struck us about the town was what some people called...
Remembering Jay
This is the second Hyllningsfest without Jay Steinberg, who died in May, 2015, after a grinding battle with cancer. A round, elfin-like man with...
Special friends from Torsby
Alf and Maud Brorson are back, their visit again concurrent with Hyllningsfest, a treasure for these Swedes, and for Alf his 25th trip to...
Lindsborg ascends; the long work of good government
This month’s utility bill included City’s first stormwater utility fee. The $7 monthly assessment will be banked to finance a list of projects, each...
DEPARTMENT OF BASEBALL: Rush hour on the Ant Hill
We face a long list of travails but there is still baseball, October and the major league playoffs. And in the high
professional rendition of...
Hyllningsfest: according to our heart, not a calendar
Lindsborg is busy these days getting spiffed up for Hyllningsfest, the biennial celebration of Swedish heritage, an event that can draw crowds in the...
Smoky Valley Men’s Choir adds to concert schedule
The Smoky Valley Men’s Choir will perform at least twice more after its opening Hyllningsfest concert, on October 13, at 6:30 p.m. at Bethany...
Before ‘The Vietnam War’; an American Primer
Ken Burns seems to own the term “gripping,” for it is used to describe nearly every film he has produced in his long and...
Liberal, conservative, we’re all puritans
The nasty label of “liberal” has been stuck on some people because they favor public schools, public highways and Social Security, and simpler programs...
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