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On Sept. 1, Wilson hosted high school volleyballagainst Chase, Natoma and Central Plains. The nextmorning we received two emails, one from an officiantand one from a KSHSAA representative.They read as follows:“I just wanted to say that I had one of the best evernights of officiating tonight.

Sept. 11 sort of snuck up on me this year. Midmorning, I was scrolling through social media and I saw a post from one of my journalism professors of that day.The post included photos of the student publications staff working, producing the Sept. 12 edition of The Collegian.

The first herds of Texas cattle were driven to Abilene in 1867 over a new cattle trail that became widely known as The Chisholm Trail. Eighteen to 20,000 head of cattle were shipped from Abilene’s Great American Stock Yards that fall.

School has resumed, which means many things. It can mean rushed mornings, new routines, forgotten lunches. It can also mean new classes, new teachers, new friends and possibly a new school.It also means the return of many favorite activities, sports and traditions.

The old west was chock-full of cowboys and irate townspeople delivering vigilante justice to horse thieves with hemp rope over the limb of a tree. However, the early years of Kansas Territory were filled with the practice of foraging from the land.

The biggest bets aren’t made at a card table, race track or during the Super Bowl. Instead, they happen every day on farms and ranches across the country.

The morning of Sunday, Sept. 2, 1877, William Brady arrived on the streets of Dodge City, Kan. Merely described as “a gentleman from Texas,” Mr. Brady was doubtless associated with the cattle trade. The shipping season was bringing cattlemen to town on a daily basis.

What a breath of fresh air the USD 299 meeting in Sylvan Grove was! The room was filled with community members who wanted to hear about the possibility of a land transfer of Wilson Schools into its district.

Richard Josiah Hinton was born in London, into relative poverty on Nov.26, 1830. His early life was described as “one of hardship — a struggle for bread.

Viewing the documentary “William Allen White: What’s Wrong With Kansas” at the EJSHSchool on Sunday, Aug. 14, as the opener for Cowtown Days week and in celebration of the Independent-Reporter’s 150th, awoke in our hearts a renewed appreciation of community journalism and quality local newspapers.