Opinions

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.

William Becknell is famously remembered for blazing the Santa Fe Trail in 1821. Of course, there is always more to the story. He was actually fairly well-known before going to Santa Fe, and as in so many success stories Becknell had experienced both victory and failure in his endeavors.

The importance of unity in USD 112My focus of this letter is in response to the Aug. 16, 2021, board meeting and direct comments made during that meeting that encouraged me to share my observations and beliefs I have had over the last several months.

The calendar has turned to fall, and the weather is slowly following suit. Harvest is underway with combines rolling through fields and semis hauling grain to elevators and on-farm bins. There’s more of those bins and semis now than ever before because there’s more grain.

Writing from Ellsworth, Kan., dateline Oct. 4, 1868, a Leavenworth Times correspondent who signed himself as “B” described his trip from Fort Reynolds, Colo., to Hays, Kan.“B” left Fort Reynolds by stagecoach the previous Sunday, Sept. 27. He reached Fort Lyon, Colo.

From Joint Chiefs of Staff  chairman to COVID-19Gen. Milley deserves our respectRon Etchison, Sept. 16, 2021, page A4 of the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter:    “On June 23 of this year, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley remarked, “I want to understand “white rage”.

I’m terrible with follow up; just ask any of my friends. But this time, it’s more important than usual I stick to my plan.Over the years, I have given blood and it almost always has been an unpleasant experience.

James Ohio Pattie published, in 1833, a memoir of his travels with his father, Sylvester Pattie, over the plains west of the Missouri River. Their adventures began once they reached Nebraska’s Platte River in July of 1825.

Did you know that I am a SHICK counselor? That means I offer free, confidential counseling regarding employment and Medicare information, supplemental information, and Part D — prescription drug plan comparisons and enrollment.

The Marquette Volunteer Fire Department was kind enough to take this photo Saturday morning of Marquette’s Thunder on the Smoky from the department’s raised ladder on one of its trucks.