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The Way West In November 1871, a severe rainstorm swept across Kansas followed by a cold wind. The grass became covered with a sheet of ice two or three inches thick. A furious gale blew for three days and nights. Many men and horses were frozen to death and thousands of cattle perished.

You may have heard about the Trump administration’s latest attack on very poor Americans: a punitive new restriction that will cut SNAP benefits for 688,000 people. SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, is our country’s most popular and effective nutrition assistance program.

I once had a drink in the same room as Ron Leibman. I say in the same room because at the time I was under strict orders not to speak to the actor. The command came from my best friend, who at the time was the entertainment editor of the Salina Journal.

On this page is a column by Sherry Brennan on the federal food stamp program or SNAP. Brennan writes about the cuts the Trump Administration seems determined to impose on a program that has put food on the tables of countless Americans over the decades.

The Way West In the summer of 1847 Maj. William Gilpin was placed in command of a battalion of Indian fighters bound for the western Santa Fe Trail. German immigrants were recruited in St. Louis to fill one company of infantry, and one company of artillery. Very few of the recruits spoke English.

Political Bites “Who Cares?” That was the response a Trump supporter gave when I referred him to Trump’s comments regarding his personal Vietnam.

We had so much Christmas news this year that it was necessary to set aside two editions to accommodate it. As a result, we accidently left two Ellsworth Elementary School classes out of the Dec. 19 edition. However, you’ll find them on this week’s pages, just in time for the holiday.

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town.

An apology for the tone Dear Editor, This note is to apologize for the rudeness of my 12/12/2019 letter as submitted. I probably should have presented only the second paragraph to make my point.

The Way West Imagine the mouth of the Kansas River when it was first discovered by the early European explorers. The discovery would come as the larger Missouri River was being explored. The French learned of the Missouri River flowing into the Mississippi in 1670.