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What’s that saying — the boss is away, so the mice will play? It may be true some places, but not at the I-R — there’s no downtime here to be able to play. This is the one week I dread every year — Linda Mowery-Denning is on a well-deserved vacation.

Wall Street is panicking this week because of the international trade war — specifically the tariffs being placed upon goods arriving from China. From Main Street USA, we shake our heads and utter a big, “so, what else is new?

Pastor’s Podium Wouldn’t you agree that America is in crisis and in need of healing?

The Way West A Journey Through Kansas by Charles B Boynton and T. B. Mason was published in 1855. The Kansas and Nebraska Territory had been prominent in the news which served to build a great curiosity about the land west of the Missouri River.

This is the mission statement for the Yakima Herald-Republic: “To provide the most relevant news and information essential to promoting civic engagement, public accountability and ‘quality of life’ for our Yakima Valley community.” It’s painted on a wall outside the newsroom.

Linda Mowery-Denning Is the future already a done deal? I-R USD 112 article 9/12/19 Reading the USD 112 article I thought it was amazing how quickly the Central Plains Middle School building was disposed of, almost so the decision to close the building could not be reversed.

Linda Mowery-Denning Editor/Publisher Letters from anonymous writers are usually tossed into the waste paper basket. However, a recent letter addressed to the publisher raises several points I’d like to address.

  In September of 1854 Charles B. Boynton and T. B. Mason crossed Missouri’s western border into the newly organized Kansas Territory. Their experiences were published one year later in the book, A Journey Through Kansas.

Change is in the air. Children have grown over the summer and are starting the new school year a little more grown up. The promise of sunny, brisk days makes many of us excited to breakout hoodies and sweaters.

Every year over Memorial Day weekend, graduates of Wilson High School gather at the town’s parish hall to celebrate the past and catch up with friends, many of whom they probably haven’t seen since the last reunion 12 months earlier.