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Memorial Day has changed for me over the years. As a small child, when I was with my Grandmother all the time, it was...

I never thought I would receive some many inquiries this past week from readers. The frequently asked question was:  ‘What is Hippie Juice’?  Well,...

By Doris Schroeder Since I last talked to you, we will have been to Manhattan to celebrate the wedding of our youngest grandson Mike and...

There’s just something about a toad that “conjures” up visions of a witch in a huge black hat with a big hairy wart on...

  Chipoltle wants their pork to come from free-rooting hogs who eat non GMO rations and sleep in deeply bedded barns and Panera Bread came...

By John Schlageck, Kansas Farm Bureau Every year in preparation for Memorial Day, Wilma Jean Erbe visits the three cemeteries where her relatives are buried....

By Frank J. Buchman   “When it rains, it pours.” That’s certainly been the case in the past couple of weeks, and we’re thankful for it. For...

Kansas has added a new process to local school finance: groveling. At the governor’s direction, the legislature embedded significant cuts into their block grant edict – one...

By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University. Hobbs, New Mexico. A large apartment complex is...

A friend of mine has two rambunctious elementary school aged sons who love to spend their time picking at each other and roughhousing. Well,...