Opinions

Paid time-off for farmers is one of the intriguing ideas that caught the attention of our group during the recent Kansas Farm Bureau Casten Fellows international travel experience to the Baltics.

Local teachers will have a little extra cash in their pockets this year, thanks to another successful year of teacher negotiations.USD 327According to Joshua Lanning, superintendent of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo USD 327, teachers received an increase of $300 on their base salary of $38,832.

In the opening days of the Civil War, the “Kansas Brigade” led by Col. James H. Lane burned and looted farms and towns in an effort to “clear out” southern sympathizers in the border counties east of Kansas.Sixty-five miles east of Fort Scott they reached Osceola, a town of 3,000 citizens, on Sept.

Cup holders — it all began a few days ago when I was unable to put my drive-thru dollar drinks in my cup holders. It was a fiasco witnessed by the drivethru attendant as she held my much needed drinks out the window patiently waiting for me to take them out of her hands and drive away.

Crimson and golden leaves bring thoughts of seasons past and the grim certainty that winter will soon be upon us.

The Sept.

The new town of Kearney Junction, Neb., was platted in 1871 when the grade for the new Burlington & Missouri River Railroad connected to the Union Pacific. Tracks were finally finished to the junction in September of 1872, and stockyards were built to receive cattle in the coming year.

A couple of weeks ago, Mildred Schindler Janzen stood before several dozen guests and talked about her experiences growing up in Germany during World War II at an author’s event at Kansas Originals Market & Gallery, north of Wilson.Mrs.

Unity?Thank you to all the USD 112 School Board members and study groups, a lot of time is spent on this.That being said, I beg to differ that all board members should vote the same for a show of unity.

Happy National Cooperatives Month! As a cooperative communicator, October is full of educating people about and emphasizing the benefits of cooperative membership.Last year at this time, I wrote in this column about the history and value of cooperatives.