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For the first time in a long time, I won’t have to spend a Saturday defrosting an upright freezer in anticipation of the local meat processer calling to say our half steer is ready for pick up. Ideally, this would have happened last fall, but I was really trading one hand-medown freezer for another.

Topeka’s Kansas State Record of Nov. 6, 1867, reported Chester Thomas Jr. leading Sherman Bodwell by 1 vote for Shawnee County Sheriff.The editor added, “Before going to press, we hope to give the vote in Monmouth, when our readers can add it to the above votes.

We hear a lot about a labor shortage these days. It is true that many industries are trudging forward without enough workers.What is also true is that volunteers are in short supply.So, it is time to take a look at what benefits we all gain from volunteerism.

Concerns remain about Carneiro trusteeDear Editor, I would like to expand on the letter to the editor dated Aug. 30. Mr. Kelly Cikanek waited almost until the last “legal” date to organize a second budget meeting requiring approval by Aug.

J. H. Milhoan drove his team and wagon filled with several friends to Olathe, Kan., on the moonlit evening of Sept.6, 1862. They were just returning from an errand to the court at DeSoto, Kan., 15 miles northwest.

It’s OK to be “not OK.”This is definitely a trendy phrase, but I want to reiterate its importance.Recently, I was in the parking lot at the grocery store. I ran into a lady from church. I am terrible with names, and am embarrassed that I didn’t remember hers, but I know her friendly face.

Concerns with Carneiro TownshipKelly Cikanek, Carneiro Township Trustee, said in the commissioners meeting July 10, “There are two sides to every story.

After the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad steamed its first passenger train into Emporia on Sept. 14, 1870, towns began to spring up along the railroad grade southwest of Emporia at Florence, Peabody and Walton.

After Kansas Reflector reported on the ignominious and unconstitutional raid of the Marion County Record on Aug. 11, news outlets and commentators from across Kansas and the nation followed suit throughout the weekend.

Welcome to a new school year! It has been a joy to see our teachers, staff and students back together again. Our classrooms, buses, kitchens and offices just aren’t the same in the summer — people are what make our learning community so special. And it’s great to see everyone coming together again.