Opinions

We relearned a hard lesson earlier this month — one that after so many years of covering county commissions, city councils and school boards should be stenciled on the wall in front of our desk at the newspaper. Our mistake?

Dear I-R Editor:I read Alan Rusch’s coverage of the Central Plains USD 112 board of education meeting at Holyrood on March 24, and I believe the Superintendent is correct on feeling a lot of push back when he discusses the idea of combining the Wilson and Central Plains sports programs.

I have often been tempted to publish a newspaper article in its entirety, but have always felt that the reader deserved more research on my part.

This was the last week for non-exempt committee meetings in the legislature. Our next week will consist of consideration of remaining bills on the floor of the House and Senate.

“Two Rides — Their Contrast,” appeared in the March 20, 1868, Emporia News.The writer, George T. Anthony, explained that 11 years previous, in 1857, he and others had embarked on an exploration of “Indian country,” south from Lawrence to Fort Scott.

We returned to the legislative session to start on bills received from the other chamber. There were only a few bills considered on the House Floor.SB 62 related to standards for student vision screenings.

In 1886 the southeast Kansas town of Tyro was laid out in southern Montgomery County. The first post office, known as Fawn, transferred to Tyro in 1893. The town was not incorporated until 1906.

The other night, at the annual meeting of Ellsworth County Economic Development, we started thinking about the definition of economic development as Lt. Gov. and Secretary of Commerce David Toland presented his keynote address to the 100 or so who attended.

It’s difficult to type this but here goes ... as this is being written I am celebrating my 50th anniversary in Kansas journalism. My first job was in 1972 with the Salina Journal.

The origins of Hunnewell, Kan. rose out of railroad competition for the Texas cattle trade that was coming up the Chisholm Trail.The town was named for Horatio Hollis (H. H.) Hunnewell, president of the Kansas City, Lawrence, and Southern Railroad. The railroad reached Hunnewell on June 16, 1880.