Opinions

Each week I look forward to reading the “Pastor’sPodium” in the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter. I find that no matter who writes the column,I usually learn something more about Jesus Christ andam usually inspired to do more seeking. I was disappointedto read the Sept. 8 column.

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.